This page contains resources for my books.

That’s Not Church! Essays about Disciple-Making in the Local Church. This is my latest book, not in the Adventure Series. It contains selected essays that originally appeared in my blogs.

Join the Adventure! A Call to Christian Discipleship and Mission Suitable for Everyone is a short, readable book designed to get you started in mission and spiritual growth. The book uses the metaphor of the 1/4-inch domino, which, when tipped over can result in a significant chain reaction, describing simple, doable ways to answer Jesus’ call to meet needs and grow spiritually yourself.

Live the Adventure! Disciple-making for Ordinary People is the next book in the Adventure series. Join the Adventure! gets you started. Live the Adventure! tells how ordinary people, following the example of Jesus, Paul, and Barnabas, can make disciples with GRIT: Generationally, Relationally, Intentionally, with Transformation. It is NOT necessary to read Join the Adventure! before reading Live the Adventure.

The Disciple’s Work captures the importance of work—ordinary, everyday work—the kind that makes life possible. Whether you’re a doctor, teacher, programmer, house builder or a delivery truck driver—maybe the most important job on the list (see page 27)—your work matters! You serve by your work, you serve at your work, and, if you’re a believer, you have an opportunity to advance the Kingdom from your work, provided you’ve done #1 and #2 well.

Everyone on the Wall: a call to Christian Mission contains some content from the previous books as well as new material designed to involve everyone:

• Everyone on the Wall! Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” The solution is full participation just as Nehemiah enjoyed in Nehemiah chapters 1 – 6, especially chapter 3.
• Everyone in the Word! Discipleship is the engine of mission, and discipleship starts with time in the Word. (Psalm 1.2)
• Everyone bearing fruit: The result of daily meditation on the Word is fruit: godly character, good work, changed culture, and changed lives, to name a few. (Psalm 1.3)
• Everyone making disciples: Making disciples is not just for the chosen few. God needs everyone “on the wall” and that includes making disciples. (Matthew 28.18 – 20)

All books contain Biblical principles and examples, stories of everyday people, and a proven simple approach to mission and spiritual disciplines.

All are available in paper and electronic form: just click the links above.

Also, I delivered a series of sermons from the first three books in July 2018.

– Join the Adventure! supports the content of the first two sermons: “Invitation to Change the World” and “Join the Adventure.”

– Live the Adventure! supports the next two: “Share the Adventure” and “Train for the Adventure.”

– The Disciple’s Work supports the last two: “Work on the Adventure” and “The Importance of the Military.”

A video series from Everyone on the Wall was posted by Officers Christian Fellowship in 2020. You can access the videos here.

Here’s the 1/4-inch domino illustration from early in the Join the Adventure and reviewed in Live the Adventure:

How much power would it take to knock down a domino the size of the Empire State Building?

Can a 13-year-old swimmer beat Michael Phelps? No, but maybe at age 21! I’ve seen a picture of Phelps towering over 13-year-old swimmer Joseph Schooling from Singapore. Schooling beat Pheps in the 2016 Olympics when he was 21. An example of growth through training!

One important influence on me and the books is work coming from The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC), founded by John Stott in the early 1980s. I’m a huge fan of the book Imagine Church by Neil Hudson, which uses the concept of frontlines. In addition, the Executive Director of the LICC, Mark Greene, has written a marvelous book Fruitfulness on the Frontline. I strongly recommend both books. The Kindle version of Imagine Church can be ordered here.

Here’s a list of some of the books and materials that are mentioned in Join the Adventure, Live the Adventure and The Disciple’s Work. Many of these are great resources for your discipleship journey.

–Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan: 4-column, read the whole Bible in one year
–New Testament Reading Plan: 5 x 5 x 5, read the New Testament in one year
– Brief instructions and journal for daily time with God. This is a very succinct summary of the very detailed content in the book, along with a template for implementing Read, Reflect, Respond, Record.
– The Wheel Illustration. This is a summary and history of The Navigators’ Wheel Illustration with a link to download a PDF you can share with others.
– One Verse Evangelism. This is a very clear, concise method for presenting the gospel visually using only Romans 6.23.
– Topical Memory System. The link points to the various paper versions of the Topical Memory System, described in Live the Adventure on page 52. There are also apps. Search TMS77 in the Apple App store or the Google Play store.
– The Modified Engel Scale is mentioned in The Disciple’s Work in the section on how people progress from unbeliever to mature disciple.
– The Fourth Journey: The Story of Military Missions from the Book of Acts by Gary Saunders of the Military Missions Network is discussed in The Disciple’s Work. The essay explains in detail how God used the network of the Roman military to advance the gospel while the Apostle Paul was in military custody in Acts chapter 21 – 28. (Sometimes, the file doesn’t want to open all the pages within Google Drive, but if you download the file, it’s all there.)

-In God’s Family (2:7) Discipleship Series
Growing Strong in God’s Family This is the book from which the Daily Time with God instructions were adapted. Here’s the full description from the www.NavPress.com web site. “This first book in The 2:7 Series is designed to help you build a strong foundation for your Christian life through enriching Bible study, Scripture memory, and group interaction. With its biblical and practical approach to discipleship, this workbook will yield long-term, life-changing results, such as: a closer relationship with God, a keener sense of priorities, renewed concern for non-Christian friends, a growing camaraderie within your study group.”
Deepening Roots in God’s Family
Bearing Fruit in God’s Family

Every Man a Warrior is a powerful tool for men. Like the 2:7 Series, it is a three-book series, and the first book helps men build the foundation they need for their walk with God, including a solid plan for daily time with God similar to the one in Join the Adventure and Growing Strong in God’s Family.

Do the Work by Steven Pressfield This is the secular book I mention under “Do the Work” in the FREED to Succeed section of the Discipline of an Adventurer. It’s a one-hour read designed to help you overcome what Steven calls the “resistance.”