BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS

The content we consume is important. There’s so much out there - it can be overwhelming to know what’s good. We want to recommend a few books and digital resources to get you started. We also have a physical bookstall at the church with books on many different topics.
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EXPLORING FAITH

Book cover titled 'Confronting Christianity' with a red background and twelve black and white circles numbered 1 to 12, featuring the subtitle '12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion' and author Rebecca McLaughlin.
Book cover titled 'The Reason for God' by Timothy Keller, with a dark blue background and yellow and light blue text, decorated with small yellow dots resembling stars, and the subtitle 'Belief in an Age of Scepticism'.
Book cover with flying birds and the title "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis.
Book cover for 'The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus' by Lee Strobel. Background has flowing, reddish-brown colors. Text highlights the book's title, author, and mentions that the story has been made into a major motion picture.

CHRISTIAN CLASSICS

Book cover for 'Knowing God' by J. I. Packer, 50th anniversary edition, features a sunset over the ocean with a reflection of the sun on the water.
Book cover titled "The Holiness of God" by R. C. Sproul with a black background, yellow flame graphic, and bold yellow and white text.
The book cover of "Counterfeit Gods" by Timothy Keller. It has a yellow background with red dotted diamond patterns and black text.
Book cover with the title 'Overwhelmed by a Relentless God' by Francis Chan, featuring handwritten words 'crazy love' with arrow drawings, and a banner indicating it is a revised edition including an interactive study guide.

HELP WITH READING THE BIBLE

Cover of the book titled 'God's Big Picture: A Bible Overview' by Vaughan Roberts, featuring a starry galaxy background.
Book cover titled 'Dig Deeper: Tools to unearth the Bible's treasure' by Nigel Beynon and Andrew Sach, with a subtitle 'Foreword by Vaughan Roberts,' featuring an illustration of a cross-section of soil with a shovel, showing layers of earth and a cardboard layer underneath.
Colorful graphic illustrating different colors with a black background, titled 'Read Scripture' and 'Illustrated Summaries of Biblical Books' in white text, featuring a white Bible icon in the top right corner.
Cover of the book titled "Bible Doctrine" by Wayne Grudem, featuring a geometric design with yellow, white, gray, and black colors, and the subtitle "Essential teachings of the Christian faith," with a mention of a strategic theology overview.

CHRISTIAN LIVING

Book cover titled "You Can Really Grow" by John Hindley, featuring a simple illustration of a plant sprouting in a pot on a green background.
Book cover titled 'Know and Tell the Gospel' by John Chapman, featuring a microphone symbol.
Book cover of 'Christians Face Battles' by Vaughan Roberts featuring a person sitting with their head bowed, illuminated by red light.
The cover of a book titled "Just Do Something" by Kevin DeYoung features a person sitting in a lawn chair in a field, facing away from the camera, with a large text block on the top half of the cover. The title is at the top in bold, textured letters, followed by a subtitle and summary of the book's content. The author's name is at the bottom, and there is a red circular badge indicating over 300,000 copies sold.

YOUNG FAMILIES

Colorful cartoon cover of 'The Beginner's Bible: Timeless Children's Stories' showing Noah's Ark characters, animals, and a large tree with red apples.
Cover of a children's book titled 'The Beginner's Gospel Story Bible' by Jared Kennedy, illustrated by Trish Mahoney. The cover features a blue background, cartoon illustrations of children reading a Bible, and shelves with books and toys.
Cover of The Jesus Storybook Bible showing colorful illustrations of biblical scenes and a central portrait of Jesus. The title reads 'The Jesus Storybook Bible' with the subtitle 'Every story whispers his name,' written by Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jago, labeled as an anglicized edition.
Colorful illustrated cover of a storybook titled "The Biggest Story Bible Storybook" featuring vibrant depictions of a tree, planets, a priestess or sage figure, a rainbow, a building resembling a church, a plant, mountain, and two people.

TEENS

Book cover titled "Tricky: The Hardest Questions to Ask About Christianity... and Some Answers" by Michael Dormandy and Carl Laferton, featuring a circular maze design on a dark background.
Book cover titled "How Do We Know That Christianity Is Really True?" by Chris Morphew, illustrated by Emma Randall, with decorative scientific and religious symbols in the background.
Book cover titled "This Changes Everything: How the Gospel Transforms the Teen Years" by Jaquelle Crowe, featuring illustrations of city buildings, a handshake, a fingerprint, and a cross with a sunrise background, in earth tones of orange, beige, and navy blue.
Book cover titled "Chris Morphen: Best News Ever" with colorful text, stars, clouds, and decorative elements on a dark background, promoting a 100-day guide to the gospel of Mark.

PODCASTS / CHANNELS

The resources below obviously aren’t a complete list, nor do we necessarily endorse every word expressed by every contributor. They are offered as a helpful starting point for those seeking faithful and helpful Christian content online. As a general principle, we try to recommend content that’s rooted in biblical and historic Christianity, and consistent with what Christians have believed throughout the centuries. 

Text saying 'the BIBLE PROJECT' in a speech bubble on a light blue background.
Black background with white logo that reads "Delafé Testimonies" in a stylized font.

Two Brits (one living in England, one in America) have humorous discussions on Christians topics.

‘Ask Pastor John’ is a podcast where John Piper responds to theological queations from his audience.

Centered text reading 'SIMPLY PUT' with a small graphic of a tree in the top right corner.
Podcast cover art with a pink background and large black quotation marks. Title reads 'The Confronting Christianity Podcast' in white text.

‘Simply Put’ is a podcast of short 5-minute episodes helpfully explaining some of the longer words in Christian theology.

‘The Confronting Christianity Podcast’ is hosted by Rebecca Mclaughlin who interviews Christians on hot topics.

‘The Beat’ is the channel of Allen Parr (Find on Youtube, TikTok, Instagram, podcast, etc).

‘Speak Life’ is the channel of Glen Scrivener (Find on youtube, TikTok, instagram, podcast, etc).

‘Delafé’ is a YouTube channel loaded with moving and shareable stories about different people finding faith in Jesus.

‘The Bible Project’ is a studio that produces short animations to help you understand books and themes of the Bible.

APPS / BLOGS

Logo with two overlapping speech bubbles and the text 'Got Questions' underneath
A graphic of two praying hands, one black and one white, on an orange background, with the text "PRAYERMATE" underneath.

‘Got Questions’ is a website that provides short and trusted answers to big questions about life and faith. Also available as an app.

‘PrayerMate’ is an app that helps you to pray. You can note down prayer requests and set reminders.
Neon sign with an open book and a heart outline in orange on a black background.
Green background with white text 'TGC' in the center.
Illustration of an open book with a cross in the center, using red and white colors.

‘Accelerate Books’ is a subscription website that provides summaries of and best quotes from Christian books.

‘The New City Catechism’ helps children & adults learn core doctrines of the Christian faith with 52 short questions & answers.

‘Step Bible’ is an amazing website & app that allows you to read the Bible in English alongside the original languages.

‘The Bible Memory App’ helps you to memorise your favourite verses. You can create groups and learn with friends.

‘The Gospel Coalition’ (TGC) is a blog of short articles on all sorts of helpful topics. Also available as an app.

CHRISTIAN MUSIC

Check out one of our playlists for some recommended Christian music. We’re on Spotify and Amazon.

DM Sunday Playlist

DM Family Playlist

DM Chill Playlist

DM Christmas Playlist