Our Parenting Journey: Master Resource List
ByIf you haven’t read my disclaimer for this series please do so.
If you made it through the series with me, you can probably tell I love books. I mentioned and/or recommended a lot of books throughout this series, so I thought I would close it with a master resource list. This is not exhaustive by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a start. These are books I have enjoyed, many will read again, and some I look forward to reading. Add your own favorite parenting/family books in the comments section.
My Favorite Books on Parenting:
1. Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
2. Teach Them Diligently by Lou Priolo
3. Grace-Based Parenting by Ted Kimmel
Other Recommended Parenting/Family Resources:
1. Christian Living in the Home by Jay Adams
2. Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham
3. The Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo
4. The New Six Point Plan for Raising Happy, Healthy Children by John Rosemond
5. What is a Family? by Edith Schaeffer
6. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families by Stephen Covey
7. Train Up a Child by Brent Bounds (Audio)
8. Training Our Younger Children by Kenneth Maresco (Audio)
9. Gospel Centered Parenting by C.J. Mahaney (Audio)
10. Raising Children Who Are Confident in God by John Piper (Audio)
Parenting/Family Books I Haven’t Read but Are on My List to Read:
1. Parenting is Heart Work by Scott Turnasky
2. Peacemaking for Families by Ken Sande
3. God, Marriage and Family by Andreas Kostenberger (many call this THE book for Christian families)
4. Instructing a Child’s Heart by Tedd and Margy Tripp
5. Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas
6. Raising Kids for True Greatness by Ted Kimmel
7. Age of Opportunity by Paul David Tripp
8. The Shaping of a Christian Family by Elisabeth Elliot
9. Standing on the Promises by Douglas Wilson
10. The Family: God’s Weapon for Victory by Robert Andrews
11. My Life for Yours by Douglas Wilson
12. For the Family’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
13. Making a Home for Faith by Elizabeth Caldwell
14. Teaching Kids Authentic Worship by Kathleen Chapman
15. Heirs of the Covenant: Leaving a Legacy of Faith for the Next Generation by Susan Hunt
16. Courageous Parenting by Jack Graham
Books That Are Not Necessarily Family/Parenting Books but Encourage Godly Interactions with Others:
1. How People Change by Timothy Lane and Paul David Tripp
2. Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul David Tripp
3. Humility by C.J. Mahaney (here are the audio messages as well)
4. The Peacemaker by Ken Sande
5. The Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges
6. The Great Work of the Gospel by John Ensor
7. War of Words by Paul David Tripp
8. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
9. The Prodigal God by Tim Keller
Resources for Family Worship:
1. Family Worship Hymnal
2. Family Worship by Donald S. Whitney
3. Thoughts on Family Worship by James Alexander
4. The Family Worship Book by Terry Johnson
5. Training Hearts Teaching Minds by Starr Meade
6. The Righteous Shall Live by Faith by Children Desiring God
7. Lord, Teach Us to Pray by Children Desiring God
8. Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus by Nancy Guthrie
9. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross by Nancy Guthrie
Resources for Men:
1. Disciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes
2. Where’s Dad? by Weldon Hardenbrook
3. Dynamic Dads by Paul Pettit
4. King Me: What Every Son Wants and Needs From His Father by Steve Farrar
5. Raising a Modern-Day Knight by Robert Lewis
Resources for Women:
1. Biblical Womanhood in the Home ed. by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
2. Girl Talk by Carolyn Mahaney
3. Praise Her in the Gates by Nancy Wilson
4. Don’t Make Me Count to Three by Ginger Plowman
5. The Hidden Art of Homemaking by Edith Schaeffer
6. Your Home a Place of Grace by Susan Hunt
7. Heaven at Home by Ginger Plowman
8. Disciplines of a Godly Woman by Barbara Hughes
9. Moms2Moms Series by Covenant Life Church (Audio)
Resources for Children:
1. The Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm
2. The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
3. Big Truths for Little Kids by Susan Hunt
4. My ABC Bible Verses by Susan Hunt
5. Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers books by Joey Allen
6. Biblewise books
7. Seeds Music
8. Cedarmont Kids Music
9. Fighter Verses by Children Desiring God
10. Herein Is Love (vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, and vol. 4)
11. Truth Made Simple by John Todd
12. ESV Children’s Bible
13. Heaven for Kids by Randy Alcorn
3 Comments
March 7th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Wow! That’s quite a list.
Do you have the ESV Children’s Bible? I’m planning to get it for my boys but I think they still may be too young.
We have several picture Bibles written for preschoolers and we also have Arch Books that the boys seem to like.
I haven’t read many “man” books, but I have liked Not Even a Hint by Josh Harris. I have Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross but I never thought of it as a family worship book. That’s a good idea.
I do recommend John Piper’s The Pleasures of God which I recently finished. It’s not really about parenting although it does touch on that subject among many.
And for fiction, I highly recommend Peace Like a River by Leif Enger.
March 7th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Abby has an ESV Children’s Bible we got her the Christmas she was 3 years old. It is pretty well beat-up now, but she loves it. I had to battle against giving one to her when she was older so she could keep it a “nice, clean” Bible. But we got it for her, even though we knew it would get pretty mangled, to give her an early love of having her own Bible. We wanted her to see it as a book that is worn out because of lots of use and love given to it, not something that is put on a shelf to be kept pretty. She takes it with her so many places. She loves to just sit and thumb through it and it is a joy to me to see that. We do our family time in the morning and then also read to Abby and Elijah from the Bible at night. So at night we use her Bible. The reason we went with the ESV is because Joe and I both read the ESV and we memorize a lot as a family, as well as during homeschool time for Abby. So we wanted her to begin memorizing verses that she could keep with her for her whole life.
LOVE “The Pleasures of God’ and just read “Peace Like a River” last month and could NOT put it down! Thanks for the extra recommendations!
March 7th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Hi Erin. I just wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed your Parenting Journey series. You obviously put a lot of effort and thought into each post. Your honesty and forthrighness are apparent and appreciated and even though you could have used this as a soap box, you were never didactic or preachy. You were humble and informative, thoughful and thought provoking. Much appreciated. Great job!