Best Books of 2025

Jan 2, 2026    Matt Groen, Ryan Chase

Book recommendations: 

The Unseen Realm – Michael Heiser 

Heaven – Randy Alcorn

The Sin of Empathy – Joe Rigney

Deep Work – Cal Newport

Out of the Silent Planet – C.S. Lewis

The Holiness of God – R.C. Sproul

The Four Loves – C.S. Lewis

My Dear Hemlock – Tilly Dillehay

Heaven Taken By Storm – Thomas Watson

The Oath – Frank Peretti

Christianity and Culture – T.S. Eliot

The Lost Art of Disciple Making – LeRoy Eims

King of Kings – James Baird


Mentioned in passing: 

How to Lead Your Family – Joel Beeke

Man and Woman in Christ – Stephen B. Clark

The Conservative Mind – Russel Kirk


Reading in the future: 

Defenders of the West – Raymond Ibrahim

The Two Swords of Christ – Raymond Ibrahim

Sword and the Scimitar – Raymond Ibrahim

The Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin

The Essentials of Reformed Systematic Theology – Joel Beeke

Encouragement – Jared Mellinger

On Christian Teaching – Augustine

The City of God – Augustine


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