Five Books For Men Who Are Done With Shallow Faith
Because surface-level faith wasn't built for what's coming.
I think it’s a fair assessment to say that most men hold things in. It’s part of our nature. We have to be the tough guy. The one who has it all together.
That’s why books are perfect for us. A healthy outlet for us to navigate our troubles — especially faith and at times when it is tested.
Here are five books from my VIPs that would be perfect Father’s Day gifts.
For the man building something that has to last:
Six weeks through Ephesians. Written by a dad of four who builds things and has learned the hard way that foundations are everything. Not about being perfect. About what holds when life doesn’t cooperate.
For the man paying attention to what’s happening in the world and needing it to mean something:
The Signs in Heaven Series — Ender E. Law
An engineer with an MBA spent 30 years in high-tech before turning that same analytical mind on Scripture. What he found in the celestial alignments, the 2017 and 2024 eclipses, the Four Horsemen of Revelation — it’s the kind of thing you can’t unfind once you’ve seen it.
This is Scripture, astronomy, and ancient history pulled into focus.
→ [See the full series on Amazon]
For the man grinding through the week and feeling the gap between who he is on Sunday and who he has to be on Monday:
Thank God It’s Monday(?) — Tom Petersen
Honest and practical. Funnier than it has any right to be. Written by someone who did the wrong thing at work, repeatedly, and found Scripture had something to say about every single situation.
25 reviews. 5 stars. Enough said.
→ [Get it on Amazon]
For the man asking what any of this is actually for:
The Return of Heaven — Steve Martin
40 authors. 3 languages. 1,500 years of writing. One story underneath all of it. For the man who feels the weight of the world but can’t name why — this book names it. Then shows him where it ends.
→ [Get it on Amazon]
For the man who wants to go deeper into what Jesus actually said:
The Heart and Soul of God’s Kingdom — Trip Kimball
A devotional study through the Sermon on the Mount that doesn’t sand the edges down. The Kingdom isn’t a future event to wait for. Jesus made that clear on a hillside. This book makes it clear again.
→ [Get it on Amazon]
I’m reading Ender E Laws book right now…. It is fascinating!
Thanks Thomas!