We have compiled a list of recommended Christian resources to assist you on your journey
RECOMMENDED MUSIC
JESUS CULTURE
Jesus Culture is a community of worship leaders and musicians whose heart is to see a generation impacted by encounters with the presence of God. Jesus Culture is focused on equipping a generation to transform society by bringing people into an encounter with God’s love through worship and discipleship.
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CHRIS TOMLIN
Chris Tomlin is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Texas, United States who has sold over 7 million records. He is a member of Passion Conferences and is signed to EMI’s sixstepsrecords. Some of his most well-known songs are “How Great Is Our God”, “Our God”, “Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)” and his cover of “Good Good Father”.
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WILL REAGAN
Will Reagan is a Christian singer/songwriter based in Knoxville, Tennessee. With his quiet acoustic guitar picking and plaintive voice, his worship songs are largely folk-driven. He performs both solo and with his group United Pursuit
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KIMBERLY & ALBERTO RIVERA
When Kimberly & Albert met in 1997, they discovered that the Lord had given them the same heart of passion for the Presence of God, and so they began their journey of exploring the realm of spontaneous songs in worship. Their prophetic mandate is to engage the Heavens and release the breaker anointing through prophetic sounds and declarations over individuals, places and nations.
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REND COLLECTIVE
Rend Collective is a Northern Irish Christian folk rock worship band originating from Bangor, Northern Ireland. Their first studio album Organic Family Hymnal was released on 28 September 2010. Their second studio album Homemade Worship by Handmade People was released on 10 January 2012
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FOR KING & COUNTRY
For King & Country is a Christian pop duo composed of Australian brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone.
The Nashville-based brothers’ 2012 debut record Crave has received praise, and the brothers were declared by Billboard as one of the “New Artists to Watch” for 2012.
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LAUREN DAIGLE
Lauren Daigle is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter.
Daigle’s latest album, Look Up Child, debut at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the highest-charting Christian album by a woman in over 20 years.
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RECOMMENDED BOOKS
THE BIBLE
The Inspired Word of God
Our favorite book of all time, we strongly recommend that you give it a read.
Everything we do at CVCC is centered on the teachings and principals in The Bible.
See the Apps section for app based Bibles.
RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY
John Mark Comer
Who are you becoming? That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. By outward metrics, everything appeared successful. But inwardly, things weren’t pretty. So he turned to a trusted mentor for guidance and heard these words: ‘Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life.’ It wasn’t the response he expected, but it continues to be the answer he needs.
ISBN: 978-1529308389 | Get on Kindle
PREPARING FOR THE GLORY
John and Carol Arnott
A fresh move of God is on the horizon! In the midst of fear, conflict, and unrest, a great Kingdom light is piercing through the darkness. Since the Day of Pentecost, this light of Holy Spirit outpouring has been increasing in brightness and will soon break forth in an unprecedented outpouring of supernatural glory. Are you prepared for what God wants to release in these last days?
ISBN: 978-0768417906 | Get on Kindle
THE CASE FOR CHRIST
Lee Strobel
With the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his leads, Lee Strobel uses his experience as a Chicago Tribune reporter to interview experts about the evidence for Christ from the fields of science, philosophy, and history. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award and twice nominated for Christian Book of the Year Award.
ISBN: 978-0310345862 | Get on Kindle
FACE TO FACE WITH GOD
Bill Johnson
In Face to Face With God Bill Johnson helps you pursue God for greater measures of His presence in your own life, sharing the principles he has learned as well as real-life stories from his church and ministry. You will learn:
How to “set up an ambush” for God rather than just waiting on God
What it means to enter “the favour of His face” and how it changes history
How to deal with distractions that enter the mind during prayer/meditation time
The reward of keeping your eyes on the “Blesser” while reaching for His blessings
What happens when God speaks directly as a result of obedience
How to move beyond the spiritual plateaus to ride the coming wave of revival
ISBN: 978-1629981864 | Get on Kindle
GOD HAS A NAME
John Mark Comer
Many of us ache for relationship with God, yet feel distant and disconnected from him. As if he’s more of an idea we believe in our head than a person we relate to. But God has a name: Yahweh. This one simple idea has the potential to radically alter how you relate to God, not as a doctrine, but as a relational being who responds to you in an elastic, back-and-forth way.
ISBN: 978-0310344209 | Get on Kindle
THE SHACK
William P Young
With 20 million copies sold worldwide THE SHACK is an international bestseller that explores life’s toughest questions through the gripping story of one man’s struggle to find answers to his suffering.
Mack’s youngest daughter, Missy, was abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, still trapped in his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack. Against his better judgement Mack arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon. What he finds there will change his life forever.
ISBN: 978-0340979495 | Get on Kindle
KNOW YOUR WHY
Ken Costa
People work for a variety of reasons. For many, the primary purpose of their work is cash. Their principal motivation is the paycheck that funds their everyday needs. Their work is a means to an end. Others are motivated by ambitions for a career, to move up the professional ladder and expand their experience, becoming more skilled in a particular area. Still others work for a cause, believing in the wider purpose of their work, attempting to make a difference in the world —to leave a mark in some way.
All of these are legitimate motivations. However, missing from all three is any sense of the value of work itself. The focus is on the output of the workplace, rather than valuing the input.
What we need is calling. Those who see their work as a calling experience a rich integration in their lives. They sense a purpose, a direction to their activities. Work has intrinsic meaning, rather than being simply a means to an end. In many ways this is precisely what the Spirit of God does in our lives. When we are in the flow of the Spirit, we are cooperating fully in our God-given callings. When people embrace their callings, they love their work, can manage inevitable tensions that arise, and are welcomed by their colleagues, who sense that there is something beyond the cash or career objectives. But how do we get there?
ISBN: 978-0718087715 | Get on Kindle
THE HEAVENLY MAN
Brother Yun
This is the intensely dramatic story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Henan Province and used him mightily to preach the gospel, despite horrific opposition. Brother Yun is one of China’s house church leaders, a man who despite his relative youth has suffered prolonged torture and imprisonment for his faith. Instead of focusing on the many miracles or experiences of suffering, however, Yun prefers to emphasise the character and beauty of Jesus. This astonishing book will form a watershed in your spiritual life.
ISBN: 978-1854245977 | Get on Kindle
DIRTY GLORY
Pete Greig
Following on from the success of Red Moon Rising, which tells the story of the first five years of the 24-7 prayer movement, Dirty Glory describes stories of transformation, from a walled city of prostitution in Mexico to the nightclubs of Ibiza, and invites people to experience the presence of God through prayer. An autobiographical adventure story spanning four continents, describing one of the most exciting movements of the Holy Spirit in our time, Dirty Glory will inspire and equip those dissatisfied with the status quo and passionate about the possibilities for spiritual and social transformation in our time.
ISBN: 978-1473631717 | Get on Kindle
RECOMMENDED PODCASTS
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BRIDGETOWN DAILY
With the modern world experiencing an unprecedented pandemic, people are facing fear and uncertainty. Most of our normal routines are being postponed or cancelled. And it is easy to feel lonely or isolated. Now, more than ever, is when Jesus calls us to follow the way of love as we seek to be a non-anxious presence in a cultural moment of anxiety. Listen along to the Bridgetown Daily podcast, for daily meditations on scripture, a quote, or the life of a saint to ground you in God and his peace.
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THE DANIELLE STRICKLAND PODCAST
Preaches, Rants, & Revelations from Danielle
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ELEVATION WITH STEVEN FURTICK PODCAST
Elevation with Steven Furtick is a weekly podcast featuring the most recent sermons and exclusive content from Elevation Church.
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SOLE PODCASTS
Great Stories. Tough Issues. Grace in the Real World. Sole invites ordinary people with extraordinary stories to talk through the complex issues of modern life and find the place where grace meets truth in every matter. Kris Langham and Brad Hornback host this weekly podcast by Through the Word. You gotta hear this story!
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RECOMMENDED APPS
THROUGH THE WORD
This is a really fantastic app for exploring the Bible. It takes the listener through one Bible chapter a day with excellent narration of the real meaning behind each chapter.
Click here to visit the Through the Word website
OUR DAILY BREAD
Our Daily Bread Ministries helps millions of people connect with God each day. For more than 75 years, their purpose has been to reach people with the life-changing wisdom of the Bible.
Click here to visit the Our Daily Bread website
YOUVERSION BIBLE
YouVersion creates biblically centered, culturally relevant experiences that encourage and challenge people to seek God throughout each day.
Click here to visit the Our Daily Bread website
THE OLIVE TREE BIBLE
Studying the Bible shouldn’t be hard. The Olive Tree Bible App equips you with easy-to-use Bible study tools and resources so you can stop skimming Scripture and get answers—for free.
This app provides 1000s of resources to help you go deeper into God’s Word—because studying the Holy Bible shouldn’t be hard.
Click here to visit the Olive Tree website
LECTIO 365
Lectio 365 is a daily devotional resource that helps you pray the bible every day.
Written by leaders from the 24-7 Prayer movement, and produced in partnership with CWR, this resource helps you engage with Scripture to inspire prayer and shape your life.
Click here to visit the Lectio 365 website
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