November/December 2025 Issue:
Here are some of the recent additions to our church library. Come and check out these and many other great resources!
• Accessible Church: A Gospel-Centered Vision for Including People with Disabilities and Their Families, by Sandra Peoples
• Empowered Witness, by Alan Strange
• This Homeward Ache: How Our Yearning for the Life to Come Spurs on Our Life Today, by Amy Baik Lee
• The God Who Draws Near: Life with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, by Michael A. G. Haykin
• Reforming Criminal Justice: A Christian Proposal, by Matthew T. Martens
• A Christian's Guide to Mental Illness: Answers to 30 Common Questions, by David Murray
• The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross, by Patrick Schreiner
• Stay Salt, by Rebecca Manley Pippert
• The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to Transgender Theory, by Robert S. Smith
• The Gospel After Christendom: An Introduction to Cultural Apologetics, by Collin Hansen, Ivan Mesa, Skyler R. Flowers (Editors)
• Union with the Resurrected Christ: Eschatological New Creation and New Testament Biblical Theology, by G. K. Beale
• The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism, by Brad Edwards
• The Way of Christ in Culture: A Vision for All of Life, by Benjamin T. Quinn
• Can I Sit Here? A Story about Feeling Lonely, Being Brave, and Making Friends, by Heather Thompson Day
• John Knox: The Boy Who Changed a Country, by Sinclair B. Ferguson
• While We're Far Apart: A World War I Homefront Novel Set in New York, by Lynn Austin
• The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond, by Alisa Childers
• The Man in the Tree and the Brand-New Start: A True Story about Zacchaeus and the Difference Knowing Jesus Makes, by Carl Laferton
• The 4 Seasons of Marriage, by Gary Chapman
• Praying the Scriptures for Your Life: 31 Days of Abiding in the Presence, Provision, and Power of God, by Jodie Berndt
September/October 2025 Issue:
by Emily Peterson
When my oldest was 4 months old, I sat her on my lap to read to her. The book I chose was not a great classic of literature but rather a baby’s board book like many you have seen before.September/October 2025 Issue: need to know to be a fully functioning and independent adult. “How am I ever going to cover all the basics while also getting to the important things like who God is and what that means about who she is? How am I going to teach her about right, wrong, sin and forgiveness?” It seemed too much to manage.
However, God designed this little girl to be raised in a family. His design was for her to be taught about what God has done and will do for His people within the context of living models, flawed though they may be. As I cared for this little baby, she learned about God’s provision for His people. Christ and His relationship to His church would be modeled every day as she watched her parents follow the biblical guidelines for marriage and rearing children. God has provided lesson upon lesson about Himself through the relationships He has placed us in. Thus, the family is God’s continuous object lesson.
In October and November, Pastor Jay will be looking across the Scriptures at God’s design for families. Listed are several books Pastor Jay will be referencing. They may be beneficial to you as you learn about the beauty of marriage, parenting and family relationships as God designed them to be.
1. To the Tenth Generation: God’s Heart for Your Family, Far into the Future, by Ray Ortlund
2. The New Dare to Discipline, by James Dobson
3. What the Bible Says About Parenting: God's plan for Rearing Your Child, by James MacArthur
4. Parenting in the Pew: Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship, by Robbie F. Castleman
5. Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family, by Paul David Tripp
6. The Grace Marriage: How the Gospel and Intentionality Transform Your Relationship, by Brad Rhoads
7. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God, by Timothy Keller
8. Will They Stand: Parenting Kids to Face the Giants, by Ken Ham