Listening and Speaking to God Series:
Devotionals or Bible Study (for the benefit of Growth Group Leaders):
- Listening to God by Toni Lindeback (Available on Church Central Online)
- Speaking to God by Trevor and Linda Oakley (Available on Church Central Online)
Commentary suggestions (for the benefit of Growth Group Leaders and Preachers):
Listening To God
- The Doctrine of Scripture: An Introduction by Mark Thompson (Wheaton: Crossway, 2022)
- The Revelation of God by Peter Jensen (Leicester: IVP, 2002)
- Concise Theology by J.I. Packer (Wheaton: Tyndale, 1993) – particularly ‘Revelation’; ‘Interpretation’; ‘Authority’
- The Life of Faith – an introduction to Christian Doctrine by Peter Jensen (Kingsford: Matthias Media, 2023) – particularly his chapters of Scripture.
Speaking to God
This series focuses on John 17 and looks at the way Jesus prays (being the longest prayer of his recorded in the gospels). To accompany that part of the series, my suggestions is to look at prayer in general and as such there are several good books which are helpful for encouraging and shaping the prayer life of the Christian person.
- The Lord’s Prayer – Learning from Jesus on What, Why, and How to Pray by Kevin DeYoung (Wheaton: Crossway, 2022)
- A Praying Life – connecting with God in a distracted world by Paul E. Miller (Colorado Springs: Nav Press, 2009)
- Prayer and the Knowledge of God – what the whole Bible teaches by Graeme Goldsworthy (Leicester, IVP, 2003)
- Prayer – experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God by Timothy Keller (London: Hodder & Stroughton, 2014)