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Recommended Reading List

The following is a list of books The Francis Asbury Society recommends
for additional reading and studying.  FAS does not carry these books, but we have
provided the links where you can purchase them online.

Click below on the book title to go to the link to purchase each book.
You can also find these books at your favorite Christian bookstore.
 

A Real Christian: The Life of John Wesley
by Kenneth J. Collins

(available at Amazon.com)
 
Eliza Asbury
by David J. A. Hallam
(Available on line at www.francisasbury.org)

 
Every Man's Battle
by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker
Every man's guide to winning the war on sexual temptation one victory at a time.
(Available at Amazon.com)

 
Every Young Woman's Battle: Guarding Your Mind, Heart, and Body
in a Sex-Saturated World

by Shannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterburn
(Available at Amazon.com)
 
Every Woman's Battle: Discovering God's Plan for
Sexual and Emotional Fulfillment

by
Shannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterburn
(Available at Amazon.com)
 
Give Us This Day: Daily Hope for Caregivers
by Martha Sparks
(available at Amazon.com)

 
God Is Enough
by Melvin Dieter
(Available at Amazon.com)

 
Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World
by Joanne Weaver
(Available at Amazon.com)

 
How to Live the Victorious Life
by an Unknown Christian
(Published by Zondervan -- Available at Amazon.com)

 
John Wesley: A Theological Journey
by Dr. Kenneth J. Collins
(Available at Amazon.com)
 
Samuel Logan Brengle - Portrait of a Prophet
by Clarence W. Hall
(Available at Amazon.com)

 
Sanctified Sanity - The Life and Teaching of Samuel Logan Brengle
by R. David Rightmire (Available at Amazon.com)

 
Strength for Today
by Martha Evans Sparks

Martha is a journalist that has written four books.  Two of her books are on caregiving written from her experiences in caring for her husband during the last five or six years of his life when his health deteriorated sharply.  Strength for Today addresses the losses, changes, and transitions that everyone goes through as they age.  It is in a daily devotional format.  Available at Wesleyan Publishing House.  Visit Martha's website at www.martha-evans-sparks.com
 
The NIV Application Commentary on Isaiah
by Dr. John N. Oswalt
(Available at Amazon.com)

 
Walk On! Let God Make You Whole and Holy in Your Daily Life
by Dr. Donald Joy
 New
(Available for downloading at http://www.donaldjoy.com/resources.htm)

 
The Second Half of Marriage
by David and Claudia Arp
(Available at Amazon.com)
 
What's the Big Deal about Sex - Loving God's Way
by Jim Burgen
(Available at Amazon.com)

 
Selected Readings on Discipleship

DISCIPLESHIP

Personal Disciple-Making, Adset, Christopher (Here's Life, 1989).

Spiritual Mentoring: A Guide for Seeking and Giving Direction,
             Anderson, Keith R. and Randy D. Reese (Downers Grove:  Inter-Varsity, 1999).

The Master's Plan for Making Disciples, Arn. Win and Charles (Church Growth, 1982).

Women and Men in the Fourth Gospel: A Discipleship of Equals, Beirne, Margaret
             (Sheffield:  Sheffield Academic Press, 2003).

Spiritual Leadership, Blackaby, Henry & Richard (Nashville: Broadman 2001).

The Cost of Discipleship, Bonhoeffer,  Dietrich (NY:  Touchstone, 1995).

Everyday Discipleship for Ordinary People, Briscoe, Stuart (Victor, 1988).

The Training of the Twelve, Bruce, A.B. (Kregel, 1871, 1970).

Households and Discipleship, Carter, Warren (Sheffield:  Sheffield Academic Press, 
               1994).

Disciplemaking:  A Self-Study Course on Follow-up and Discipleship, Coleman, 
               Robert E., with Timothy Beougher and Tom Phillips, eds., (Billy Graham
               Center, 1994).

The Master Plan of Evangelism, with Study Guide by Roy Fish, Coleman, Robert E.,
                (Revell. 1963, 1993).

The Master Plan of Discipleship, Coleman, Robert E., (Revell, 1987).

The Mind of the Master, Coleman, Robert E., (Christian Outreach, 2000)

The Great Commission Lifestyle, Coleman, Robert E. (Revell, 1992).

The Lost Art of Discipleship, Eims, LeRoy (Zondervan, 1978).

Jesus Driven Ministry, Fernando, Ajith (Wheaton:  Crossway Press, 2002).

Leadership Lifestyle, Fernando, Ajith (Wheaton:  Tyndale House, 1985).

Transforming Leadership, Ford, Leighton (InterVarsity, 1991).

The Master Plan of Teaching, Freideman, Matt (Victor 1990).

Teaching to Change Lives, Hendricks, Howard G. (Multnomah, 1987).

Disciples Are Made - Not Born, Hendrickson, Walter (Baker, 1990).

The Mentored Life, Houston, James (NavPress, 2002).

Jesus Christ:  Disciple Maker, Hull, Bill, (Baker, 1990).

The Disciple Making Pastor, Hull, Bill (Old Tappan N.J. Revell, 1988).

Pastor Pastorium, Latham, Henry (Deighton Bell, 1910).

Patterns of Discipleship in the New Testament, Longnecker, Richard N. (Grand Rapids:
                Eerdmans, 1996).

True Discipleship, MacDonald, William (Walterick, 1902).

Becoming A Healthy Disciple, Macchia, Stephen A. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004).

From the Heart of a Woman:  Basic Discipleship from a Woman's Viewpoint, Mayhall,
             Carole (NavPress, 1976).

Discipleship, Mayhall, Jack (Victor, 1984).

Basic Discipleship, McClung, Floyd (Inter-Varsity, 1990).

Christian Spirituality:  An Introduction, McGrath, Alister (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999).

New Testament Follow-up for Pastors and Laymen, Moore, Waylon (Eerdmans, 1972).

Multiplying Disciples, Moore, Waylon (NavPress, 1981).

Where Do We Go From Here, Neighbor, Ralph W. (Touch, 1990).

The New Reformation, Ogden, Greg (Zondervan, 1990).

The Disciple, Ortez, Juan C. (Creation house, 1989).

Design for Discipleship, Pentecost, J. Dwight (Zondervan, 1971).

The Making of a Disciple, Keith Phillips (Revell, 1981).

Dynamic Discipleship, Powell, Paul W. (Broadman, 1984).

Evangelism in the Twenty-First Century, Rainer, Thom S., ed. (Harold Shaw, 1989).

Following Christ:  Models of Discipleship in the New Testament., Ryder, Andrew
                 (Lanham, MD:  Sheed & Ward, 1999).

Evangelizing Adults, Smith, Glenn C. (National Catholic Evangelization Assoc. and
                 Tyndale House, 1985).

The Heart of Mentoring:  Ten Proven Principles for Developing People to Their Fullest
                 Potential,
Stoddard, David A. (NavPress, 2003).

Born to Reproduce, Trotman, Dawson (Back to the Bible, 1964).

You Can Make Disciples, Warr, Gene (Word, 1978).

With Christ in the School of Disciple Building, Wilson, Carl (Zondervan, 1976).

The Purpose Driven Life, Warren, Rick (Zondervan, 2003).

Following the Master:  Discipling in the Steps of Jesus, Wilkins, Michael J.
                 (Zondervan, 1992).

The Spirit of the Disciplines, Willard, Dallas (Harper & Row, 1988).


Selected Readings on Revival

REVIVAL

Revival in the Old Testament, Autrey, C. E. (Grand Rapids,: Zondervan, 1960).

Revival, Avant, John and Malcolm McDowd Alvin Reed (Nashville: Broadman, 1996).

Great Revivals of the Bible, Baker, Earnest (Kingsgate, 1966).

Accounts of a Campus Revival:  Wheaton, 1995, Beougher, Timothy and Lyle Dorsett
             (Shaw, 1995).

Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray McCheyne, Bonar, Andrew (Carlisle, PA:  Banner
             of Truth, 1996).

The Coming World Revival, Bright, Bill (San Bernardino, CA: New Life, 1995).

The Pursuit of Holiness, Bridges, Jerry (Nav Press, 2003).

Practicing the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence (Wheaton: Billy Graham
            Center, IOE, 1996).

Revivals Their Laws and Leaders, Burns, James (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1960).

New Testament History, Bruce, F. F. (Doubleday, 1980).

An Endless Line of Splendor:  Revivals and Their Leaders from the Great Awakening to the
             Present
  (Wheaton:  Tyndale House, 1986)

The Coming World Revival, Coleman, Robert E., ed. (Revell, 1992

Let the Fire Fall: Introduction to Revival, Coleman, Robert E., ed. (Seoul, Korea: Torch  

Trinity Graduate School of Theology, 2000 (In English and Korean)

Eight Keys to Biblical Revival,  Drummond, Lewis A. (Minneapolis: Bethany, 1994).

Ablaze for God, Dueivel, Wesley L. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989).

Thoughts on the Revival of Religion in New England, Edwards, Johathan (in his works).

Revivals of Religion, Finney, Charles G. (Revall, n.d.).

The Fruit of Revival, Finney, Charles G. (Wheaton: Billy Graham Center, IOE, 2000).

When Heaven Touched Earth:  The Awakening of 1858 and It’s Effects on Baptists (Need of
             t
he Times, 1996).

Spiritual Classes, Foster, Richard (San Francisco: Harper, 2000).

Evangelism in the Early Church, Green, Michael (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985).

Continuous Revival, Grubb, Norman (Fort Washington, PA: Christian Literature Crusade, n.d.

The Apostolic Church, Harrison, Everett F. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1985)

Counterfeit Revival, Hanegraaf, Hank (Dallas: Word, 1997).

Revive Us Again:  Your Wake-up Call for Spiritual Renewal, Kaiser, Walter C. (Christian
             Focus, 2001)

A Testament of Devotion, Kelly, Thomas (NY:  Harper Colling, 1992).

Revival, Lloyd-Jones, Marilyn (Wheaton: Crossway, 1987).

Dynamics of Spiritual Life:  An Evangelical Theology of Revival, Lovelace, Richard F.
             (Downers Grove:  Inter-Varsity, 1979).

Like Christ, Murray, Andrew (NY: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d.).

With Christ in the School of Prayer, Murray, Andrew (Chicago: M.A. Donohoe, n.d.).

Firefall:  How God Has Shaped History Through Revival., McDow, Malcolm and Alvin L. Reid
             (Nashville:  Broadman and Holman, 1997).

An Urgent Appeal to Christian Leaders in America, National Revival Network  
             (NavPress,2003)

Heart Cry for Revival, Olford, Stephen (Revell, 1962)

Campus Aflame, Orr, J. Edwin (Regal, 1971).

Desiring God, Piper, John (Sister, OR:  Multnomah, 1996)

Knowing God, Pacher, J. I. (Downers Grove:  Inter-Varsity, 1993).

Revival, Roberts, Richard Owen (Wheaton:  Tyndale House, 1983).

Speaking the Gospel Through the Ages, Riednick, Melton (Concordia, 1984)

History of Evangelism, Scharpff, Paulus (Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 1964)

The Glorious Revival Under King Hezekiah, Smith, Wilbur M. (Grand Rapids:
             Zondervan, 1954)

Revivalism and Social Reform, Smith, Timothy L. (Abingdon, 1957)

Evangelism:  A Concise History, Terry, John Mark (Nashville:  Broadman, 1994).

Rivers of Revival, Towns, Elmer and Neil T. Anderson (Regal, 1997).

The Ten Greatest Revivals Ever, Towns, Elmer (Servant, 2000).

Rain from Heaven:  Revival in Scripture and History, Wallis, Arthur (Hodden and
             Stoughton, 1979).

Revival:  An Enquiry, Warren, Max (SMC, 1954).

And With Fire, Wood, Skevington (CLC, 1958)