We recommend that you have the textbooks on the first day of class. If you have any questions, please contact your professor.
Items marked with an asterisk (*) are purchased from the CoA online bookstore and will be provided to you at your first class meeting.
David deSilva, Unholy Allegiances: Heeding Revelation’s Warning. Hendrickson, 2013. ISBN: 1619701413. $19.99.
1 academic commentary on Revelation from an approved list.
Dallas Willard, Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God. IVP Formation, 2021. ISBN: 0830848517. $22.00.
Tom Elliff, A Passion for Prayer: Experiencing Deeper Intimacy with God. CLC Publications, 2010. ISBN: 1936143038. $19.99.
John H. Timmerman and Donald R. Hettinga, In the World: Reading and Writing as a Christian, 2004, Baker Academic, 2nd ed. ISBN: 0801027535. $38.00.
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity.
Francis Chan, Multiply: Disciples Making Disciples, (2012 edition) (free pdf copy)
Robert E. Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism, Study Guide Included, Revell, 2006. ISBN: 0800731220. $16.99.
Leroy Eims The Lost Art of Disciple Making, Zondervan, 1978. ISBN: 978-0310372813. $14.99.
Walter A. Henrichsen, Disciples Are Made Not Born: Helping Others to Grow to Maturity in Christ, David C. Cook, 2011. ISBN: 0781438837. $18.99.
William L. Holladay, ed. A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, Eerdmans, 1972. ISBN: 0802834132. $47.99.
Optional
John Goldingay, Hosea–Micah, Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Prophetic Books, Baker Academic, 2021. ISBN: 0801030765. $54.99.
Douglas R. Groothius, Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith, IVP Academic, 2011. ISBN: 0830839356. $50.00.
Dallas Willard, The Allure of Gentleness: Defending the Faith in the Manner of Jesus, HarperOne, 2015. ISBN: 0062114085. $18.99.
Letting Go of Your Past, by John & Paula Sanford. $8.57
God’s Power to Change, by John & Paula Sanford. $10.49
Deliverance & Inner Healing, by John & Mark Sandford. $17.87
Growing Pains, by John & Paula Sanford. $10.49
Transforming the Inner Man, by John & Paula Sanford. $10.49
Restoring the Christian Family, by John & Paula Sanford. $6.99
* $259. Elijah House Course Manual and Certification Fee
Required Readings:
The Bible (Fairly recognized version but no paraphrase like Living Bible or the Message)
Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the character of Christ, 2002 (ISBN: 1-57683-296-1)
David Benner, The Gift of Being Yourself: The sacred call to self-discovery, 2015, (ISBN: 978-0-8308-4612-2)
Henri Nouwen, Spiritual Formation: Following the movements of the Spirit, 2010, (ISBN: 978-0-06-168613-9)
Additional Resources:
Peter & Gerri Scazzero, Emotionally Healthy Relationships, 2017 (ISBN: 978-0-310-08189-0)
Peter Scazzero, Emotionally Healthy Relationships Day by Day, 2017 (ISBN: 978-0-310-34959-4)
The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard, Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1988.
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction – Discipleship in an Instant Society, by Eugene Peterson, Intervarsity Press, Downer Grove, Il, USA, 1980
Subversive Spirituality, by Eugene Peterson, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1997
Devotional Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups, A Renovaré Resource for Spiritual Renewal, edited by Richard J Foster and James B Smith.