AXIOM LIBRARY
The following list of books is given to you as a resource. Axiom Church doesn't endorse every page of every resource. Rather, we hope these books will help refine your faith, connect you closer to Jesus and take you deeper into His Kingdom. All books listed are either "beginner" or "intermediate" level reading.
ANABAPTIST/MENNONITE BRETHREN RESOURCES
The Naked Anabaptist: https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Anabaptist-Essentials-Radical-Anniversary/dp/0836199839/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=naked+anabaptist&qid=1623258020&sr=8-2
Anabaptist Essentials: https://www.amazon.com/Anabaptist-Essentials-Palmer-Becker/dp/1513800418/ref=sr_1_2?crid=328IBT0BAGXPA&dchild=1&keywords=anabaptist+essentials&qid=1623258059&sprefix=anabaptist+ess%2Caps%2C212&sr=8-2
Who Are the Mennonite Brethren: https://usmb.org/beliefs/
Video: Mennonite Brethren History Snapshot: https://usmb.org/resource-library/
Anabaptism Basics: https://usmb.org/anabaptism/
FORMATION
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster
The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God by Dallas Willard
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals by Wilson-Hartgrove, Claiborne, and Okoro
The Spiritual Journey Trilogy by David Benner
· The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self Discovery
· Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality
· Desiring Gods Will: Aligning Our Hearts With Gods Will
Invitation to the Jesus Life: Experiments in Christlikeness by Jan Johnson
The Reasons for God by Tim Keller
Letters from a Skeptic by Greg Boyd
MISSION
AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church by Hugh Halter
Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of Love
Thin Places: 6 Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional Community by Jon Huckins
Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church by N.T. Wright
Barefoot Church: Serving there Least in a Consumer Culture by Brandon Hatmaker
One Thousand Risks: fighting fear for an awesome, awkward life with Jesus by chad johnson
CELEBRATION
Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality by Richard Beck
Holy Merriment: Etiquette and Advice on Holy Merriment by Hugh Halter
The Meal Jesus Gave Us by NT Wright
Streams Of Living Water by Richard Foster
Christ Plays In Ten Thousand Places by Eugene Peterson
Worship: The Reason We Were Created by A.W. Tozer
FAMILY
Let the Children Come To Me: Nurturing Anabaptist Faith Within Families by Lisa Weaver & Elizabeth Miller
OTHER
Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading by Eugene Peterson
The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of a Radical Faith by Stuart Murray
Jesus For President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw
Surprised By Scripture by NT Wright
All Right Now: Finding Consensus on Ethical Questions by Tim Geddert
The Myth of a Christian Nation by Greg Boyd
DEVOTIONALS:
Meeting God in Scripture by Jan Johnson (Lectio Divina)
My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers
Gift and Task by Walter Brueggemann
We Make the Road by Walking by Brian McLaren
The Supplied Life by Bill Freeman
Seeking the Kingdom by Richard Foster
The Devotional Classics
The Practice of the Presence of God
ATONEMENT
Reviving Old Scratch, Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted by Richard Beck
God at War: the Bible and Spiritual Conflict by Gregory A. Boyd
The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis