Apps, downloadable resources, and recommended books provide 24 hour opportunities for spiritual growth and encouragement. We are pleased to be able to recommend the following resources.
Apps
Truth for Life — The Bible Teaching Ministry of Alistair Begg
Ligonier Ministry / Ref Net — Theological instruction bridging the gap between Sunday School and Seminary.
RGC sermons are being added as formatting is completed. Click here to go to the Sermon page.
RGC Downloads
RGC Church Covenant RGC Covenant
The Expulsive Power of a New Affection (Chalmers) Thomas Chalmers – The Exlpulsive Power of a New Affection
Scripture Memory Helps
Yearly Bible Reading Plan – Robert McCheyne Robert M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
Books and Reading
| Recommended Reading | |
|---|---|
| Bible | |
| Holy Bible: English Standard Version | Crossway Publishers |
| Apologetics | |
| Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claim of the Christian Message | Ravi Zacharias |
| Tactics | Greg Koukl |
| The Case for Christ | Lee Strobel |
| The Dawkins Delusion | Alistair McGrath |
| The Reason for God | Timothy Keller |
| Biography | |
| Adoniram Judson | Vance Christie |
| Confessions | St. Augustine |
| Hudson Taylor: Gospel Pioneer to China | Vance Christie |
| Jonathon Edwards: A Life | George Marsden |
| Spurgeon: A New Biography | Arnold Dallimore |
| The Hiding Place | Corrie Ten Boom |
| Through the Gates of Splendor | Elizabeth Elliot |
| Children's Reading | |
| Baby Wren and the Great Gift | Sally Lloyd-Jones |
| I Am: 40 Reasons to Trust God | Diane Stortz |
| New City Catechism | |
| Pilgrim's Progress | John Bunyan |
| The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden | Kevin DeYoung |
| The Chronicles of Narnia | C. S. Lewis |
| The Donkey Who Carried a King | R. C. Sproul |
| The Garden, The Curtain, and the Cross | Carl Lafterton |
| The Priest with Dirty Clothes | R. C. Sproul |
| The Prince's Poison Cup | R. C. Sproul |
| Christian Learning Resources | |
| Getting the Gospel Right | R. C. Sproul |
| Knowing God | J. I. Packer |
| Knowing Scripture | R. C. Sproul |
| The Sovereignty of God | A. W. Pink |
| What Is the Gospel? | Greg Gilbert |
| What's the Difference? Manhood and Womanhood Defined According to the Bible | John Piper |
| Who Is Jesus | Greg Gilbert |
| Church | |
| Nine Marks of a Healthy Church | Mark Dever |
| The Deliberate Church | Mark Dever and Paul Alexander |
| Bad Religion: How We Became a Nation of Heretics | Ross Douthat |
| How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age | Jonathan Leeman |
| The Abolition of Man | C. S. Lewis |
| The City of God | St. Augustine |
| The Gathering Storm: Religious Liberty and The Right to Be Christian | Albert Mohler |
| Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity | Nancy Pearcey |
| We Cannot Be Silent | Albert Mohler |
| Dating | |
| Getting Serious about Getting Married | Debbie Maken |
| Sex, Dating, and Relationships | Gerald Hiestand and Jay Thomas |
| Devotional | |
| Morning and Evening Devotionals | Charles Spurgeon |
| My Utmost for His Highest | Oswald Chambers |
| The Book of Common Prayer | |
| The Practice of the Presence of God | Brother Lawrence |
| The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers | Banner of Truth Trust |
| Village Hymns for Social Worship | Asahel Nettleton |
| Discipleship and Christian Living | |
| Follow Me | David Platt |
| Multiply | Francis Chan |
| Radical | David Platt |
| Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life | Donald Whitney |
| The Blessing of Humility | Jerry Bridges |
| The Cost of Discipleship | Dietrich Bonehoffer |
| The Expulsive Power of a New Affection | Thomas Chalmers |
| A Celebration of Discipline | Richard Foster |
| Abiding in Christ | Andrew Murray |
| Absolute Surrender | Andrew Murray |
| Desiring God | John Piper |
| Discipline of Grace | Jerry Bridges |
| Don't Waste Your Life | John Piper |
| Holiness | J. C. Ryle |
| Holy Ground: Walking with Jesus as a Former Catholic | Chris Castaldo |
| Imitation of Christ | Thomasÿ Kempis |
| Knowledge of the Holy | A W Tozer |
| Mere Christianity | C S Lewis |
| Overcoming Sin and Temptation | John Owen |
| Renovation of the Heart | Dallas Willard |
| Tempted and Tried | Russell Moore |
| The Mortification of Sin | John Owen |
| The Pursuit of God | A. W. Tozer |
| War of Words: Getting to the Heart of Your Communication Struggles | Paul David Tripp |
| Family / Adoption | |
| Adopted for Life | Russell Moore |
| Unplanned | Abby Johnson |
| Fiction | |
| Paradise Lost | John Milton |
| Pilgrims Progress | John Bunyan |
| The Screwtape Letters | C. S. Lewis |
| Heaven / Death | |
| Heaven | Randy Alcorn |
| The Glory of Heaven | John MacArthur |
| The Last Enemy | Michael Wittmer |
| Leadership / Productivity | |
| Do More Better | Tim Challies |
| The Conviction to Lead | Albert Mohler |
| Marriage | |
| Intended for Pleasure | Ed Wheat |
| The Meaning of Marriage | Timothy Keller |
| This Momentary Marriage | John Piper |
| What Did You Expect: Redeeming the Realities of Marriage | Paul David Tripp |
| Missions | |
| A Chance to Die | Elizabeth Elliot |
| A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story | Michael Goheen |
| Let the Nations Be Glad | John Piper |
| Life on Mission: Joining the Every Day Mission of God | Dustin Willis, Aaron Coe |
| Out of the Salt Shaker & Into the World | Rebecca M Pippert |
| Paradigms in Conflict: 10 Key Questions in Christian Missions Today | David Hesselgrave |
| Reaching and Teaching: A Call to Great Commission Obedience | M. David Sills |
| The Master Plan of Evangelism | Robert Coleman |
| When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor | Steve Corbett |
| Money and Finances | |
| Family Money Matters | John Temple |
| Living in the Light: Money, Sex, and Power | John Piper |
| Managing God_s Money | Randy Alcorn |
| The Treasure Principle | Randy Alcorn |
| Parenting | |
| Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens | Paul David Tripp |
| Christ-Centered Parenting Bible Study Book | Russell Moore |
| Get Outta My Face! How to Reach Angry, Unmotivated Teens with Biblical Counsel | Rick Horne |
| I Want to Enjoy My Children | Henry Brandt and Kerry Skinner |
| Instructing a Child_s Heart | Tedd and Margy Tripp |
| Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family | Paul David Tripp |
| Shepherding a Child_s Heart | Tedd Tripp |
| P*rnography | |
| Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace | Heath Lambert |
| Sexual Detox: A Guide for Guys Who Are Sick of P*rn | Tim Challies |
| Prayer | |
| A Praying Life | Paul Miller |
| It Happens After Prayer | H. B. Charles |
| Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation | D. A. Carson |
| The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds on Prayer | E. M. Bounds |
| The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down | Albert Mohler |
| With Christ in the School of Prayer | Andrew Murray |
| Sexuality and Gender Issues | |
| Desire and Deceit | Albert Mohler |
| Love into Light | Peter Hubbard |
| Secrets Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert | Rosaria Butterfield |
| Sexual Sanity for Men | David White |
| Sexual Sanity for Women | Ellen Dykas |
| Undefiled | Harry Schaumburg |
| What Is the Meaning of Sex? | Denny Burk |
| The Cross of Jesus | |
| The Cross He Bore | Frederick Leahy |
| The Cross of Christ | John Stott |
| The Truth of the Cross | R. C. Sproul |
| Theology | |
| Chosen By God | R. C. Sproul |
| Delighting in the Trinity | Michael Reeves |
| Freedom of the Will | Jonathon Edwards |
| Institutes of Christian Religion | John Calvin |
| Jesus the King: Understanding the Life and Death of the Son of God | Timothy Keller |
| Pensees | Blaise Paschal |
| Putting Amazing Back Into Grace | Michael Horton |
| Repentance: The First Word of the Gospel | Richard Owen Roberts |
| Scripture Alone | James White |
| Systematic Theology | Wayne Grudem |
| The Attributes of God | A. W. Pink |
| The Bondage of the Will | Martin Luther |
| The Holiness of God | R. C. Sproul |
| The One True God | Paul Washer |
| The Religious Affections | Jonathon Edwards |
| The Roman Catholic Controversy | James White |
| What Is Reformed Theology | R. C. Sproul |
