Resources

Links to resources:

• COHBC Sermon files and notes
• COHBC Small Group Studies
• COHBC Calender
• Suggested Reading
  • Gospel Resources:
    • A Gospel Primer, Milton Vincent
    • Living the Cross-Centered Life, C.J. Mahaney
    • The Truth of the Cross, R.C. Sproul
    • The Cross of Christ, John Stott
    • Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die, John Piper
    • The Cross and Christian Ministry, D.A. Carson
    • Pierced for our Transgressions, S. Jeffrey, M. Ovey, A. Sach
    • Redemption Accomplished and Applied, John Murray
       
  • Great Christian Biographies (Cut & Paste these titles in your favorite browser to find them on the web)*
    • Contending For Our All: Defending Truth and Treasuring Christ in the Lives of Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen, John Piper
    • The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd, John Piper
    • The Legacy of Sovereign Joy: God's Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin, John Piper
    • The Roots of Endurance: Invincible Perseverance in the Lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce, Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce, John Piper
    • John G. Patton, Autobiography
    • The Life and Diary of David Brainerd, Jonathan Edwards
    • Christian Leaders of the 18th Century, J.C.Ryle
    • Through Gates of Splendor, (Jim Elliot), Elisabeth Elliot
    • It is not Death to Die, (Hudson Taylor), Cromarty
    • Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, Roland H. Bainton
    • C.T. Studd, Norman Grubb
    • The Confessions of St. Augustine
    • Robert Murray McCheyne, Bonar
    • Beyond the Ranges, Frazier
    • William Carey
    • George Mueller, An Autobiography of George Mueller, Londan: J. Nisbet and Co., 1960
    • Adoniram Judson
    • Thomas Aquinas by G. K. Chesterton
    • Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography, Iain Murray, The Banner of Truth Trust
    • Memoirs of Jonathon Edwards, in the Works of Jonathon Edwards, vol. 1, The Banner of Truth Trust
    • Portrait of Calvin, T.H.L. Parker, Westminster Press
    • John Calvin: A Biography, T.H.L. Parker, Westminster Press
    • Augustus Hopkins Strong, Autobiography of Augustus Hopkins Strong, Judson Press
       
  • There are also some great Christian biographies through Youth With a Mission publishing that are geared toward kid’s/young people in their Christian Heroes Then and Now series.
    http://www.ywampublishing.com/c-70-christian-heroes-then-now.aspx
  • • Jonathan Goforth: An Open Door in China   (This is the best one we have read)
    • Sundar Singh: Footprints Over the Mountains  (Kurt Kimball said this one is excellent)
    • Hudson Taylor: Deep in the Heart of China
    • William Carey: Obliged to Go
    • Amy Carmichael: Rescuer of Precious Gems
    • Corrie ten Boom: Keeper of the Angels' Den
    • George Müller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans
    • Jim Elliot: One Great Purpose
    • Mary Slessor: Forward Into Calabar
    • Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma
    • C.T. Studd: No Retreat
       
  • Good sources for books on the Web:
    • Westminster Bookstore (WTS)
    • The Banner of Truth Trust
    • Amazon.com
    • Christian Book Store (CBD)
    • desiringGod.org
    • sovereigngraceministries.org
    • Crossway