Tom Ascol

Church Membership

October 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Grace Baptist Church of Cape Coral, Florida (pastored by Tom Ascol) shares on its website the following list of recommended books on Church Membership.

Life in the Body of Christ: Privileges and Responsibilities in the Local Church by Curtis C. Thomas.
Life in the Father’s House: A Member’s Guide to the Local Church by Wayne A. Mack and Dave Swavely.
Stop Dating the Church: Fall in Love with the Family of God by Joshua Harris.
What Is a Healthy Church? by Mark Dever.
Spiritual Disciplines within the Church: Participating Fully in the Body of Christ by Donald Whitney.
Membership Matters: Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation by Chuck Lawless.
The Church Member’s Guide by John Angell James

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Church Leadership

October 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Grace Baptist Church of Cape Coral, Florida (pastored by Tom Ascol) shares on its website the following list of recommended books on Church Leadership.

Elders in Congregational Life: Rediscovering the Biblical Model of Church Leadership by Phil Newton
Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership by Alexander Strauch
By Whose Authority? Elders in Baptist Life by Mark Dever
“Plural-Elder Congregationalism” by Sam Waldron (in Who Runs the Church? 4 Views on Church Government)
“The Plural-Elder-Led Church: Sufficient as Established–The Plurality of Elders as Christ’s Ordained Means of Church
Governance” by James White (in Perpsectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity)
40 Questions About Elders and Deacons by Benjamin Merkle
Dear Timothy: Letters on Pastoral Ministry by Tom Ascol (ed.)

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Christian Ministry – recommended texts

May 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Grace Baptist Church (Cape Coral, Florida), pastored by Tom Ascol, lists on its website the following list of recommended books in the area of “Christian Ministry”:

The Christian Ministry; With an Inquiry into the Causes of Its Inefficiency by Charles Bridges
An Earnest Ministry the Want of the Times by John Angell James
Cross and Christian Ministry, The: Leadership Lessons from 1 Corinthians by D.A. Carson
An All Around Ministry by Charles Spurgeon
The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry by John Piper

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Christianity and Culture

May 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Grace Baptist Church (Cape Coral, Florida), pastored by Tom Ascol, lists on its website the following list of recommended books in the area of “Christianity and Culture”:

Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling by Andy Crouch
unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity… and Why It Matters by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons
They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations by Dan Kimball
The Unchurched Next Door: Understanding Faith Stages as Keys to Sharing Your Faith by Thom Rainer
Christ and Culture Revisited by D.A. Carson
Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to the Passion of the Christ by Stephen Nichols
Culture Shift: Engaging Current Issues with Timeless Truth by R. Albert Mohler

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The Cultural Milieu – Book Recommendations

Christian Worldview – Book Recommendations

Apologetics – Book Recommendations

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Charles Spurgeon – recommended titles

May 16, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Grace Baptist Church (Cape Coral, Florida), pastored by Tom Ascol, lists on its website the following list of recommended books by and about Charles Spurgeon:

Morning and Evening, by Charles Spurgeon
Lectures to My Students, by Charles Spurgeon
The Treasury of David (3 vol.), by Charles Spurgeon
The Soulwinner, by Charles Spurgeon
All of Grace, by Charles Spurgeon
Autobiography of C.H. Spurgeon, by Banner of Truth
The Forgotten Spurgeon, by Iain Murray
Spurgeon v. Hyper-Calvinism: The Battle for Gospel Preaching, by Iain Murray
Spurgeon: Prince of Preachers, by Lewis Drummond
Spurgeon, by Arnold Dallimore

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The Eschatology of Charles Haddon Spurgeon (Dictionary of Premillennial Theology)

Select Quotes of Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon on Reading

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Biblical Theology

May 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Grace Baptist Church (Cape Coral, Florida), pastored by Tom Ascol, lists on its website the following list of recommended books in the area of “Biblical Theology”:

According to Plan: The Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible by Graeme Goldsworthy
Biblical Theology: The History of Theology From Adam to Christ by John Owen
Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments by Geerhardus Vos
Biblical Theology: Retrospect and Prospect by Scott Hafemann
New Dictionary of Biblical Theology: Exploring the Unity & Diversity of Scripture by IVP
Turning Points by Vaughn Roberts
The God of Promise and the Life of Faith: Understanding the Heart of the Bible by Scott Hafemann
The Christ of the Covenants by O. Palmer Robertson
The Christ of the Prophets by O. Palmer Robertson
Drama of Scripture, The: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story by Craig Bartholomew and Michael Goheen
God’s Big Picture: Tracing the Story-Line of the Bible by Vaughn Roberts
God of Promise: Introducing Covenant Theology by Michael Horton

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Art

April 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Grace Baptist Church, pastored by Tom Ascol, lists on its website the following list of recommended books on the topic of “Art”:

Art And the Bible, by Francis Schaeffer
Art for God’s Sake: A Call to Recover the Arts, by Philip Graham Ryken
The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly about the Arts, by Leland Ryken
A Journey into Christian Art, by Helen de Borchgrave
The Evidential Power of Beauty: Science and Theology Meet, by Thomas Dubay
State of the Arts: From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe, by Gene Edward Veith, Jr.
Eyes Wide Open: Looking for God in Popular Culture, by William D. Romanowski
Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue, by William A. Dyrness
Art Needs No Justification, by H.R. Rookmaaker
Art in Action: Toward a Christian Aesthetic, by Nicholas Wolterstorff

Filed Under: Blog, Tom Ascol Tagged With: Aesthetics, Art, arts, beauty

Church Membership

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