The Provost Recommends

25 Must-Read Books on Christian Living & Spirituality
Curated by the provost, this list of 25 books on Christian spirituality and the Christian life is essential reading for every Cairn student before graduation. These works have had a profound impact not only on the provost’s own journey but also on countless students over the years.
Access to eBooks and eAudio books is limited to current students, faculty, and staff of Cairn University.

#5 The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Multiple print copies in Library: BR125 .L67 | eBook | eAudio Book

#6 The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Print book: PR3330 .A1 & PR3330 .A2 | eBook | eAudio Book

#7 Confessions by Saint Augustine
Print book: BR65.A6 E5 | eBook | eAudio Book

#8 How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture by Francis A. Schaeffer
Print book: BR115.C5 S33 | eBook

#9 The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
Print book: BT1103 .K45

#10 Desiring God by John Piper
Print book: BV4817 .P56

#11 The Cross of Christ by John Stott
Print book: BT453 .S675 | eBook | eAudio Book

#12 How Now Shall We Live? by Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
Print book: BR115.C8 C554 | eBook | eAudio Book

#13 Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship by Lesslie Newbigin
Print book: BT774 .N48 | eBook

#14 The God Who Is There: Finding Your Place in God's Story by D. A. Carson
Print book: BS511.3 .C376 | eBook

#15 Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper
Print book: BV4501.3 .P55 | eBook

#16 A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller
Print book: BV210.3 .M56 | eBook | eAudio Book

#17 Faithful to Christ: A Challenge to Truly Live for Christ by Charles H. Spurgeon
Print book: On order

#18 Decision Making and the Will of God by Garry Friesen
Print book: BV4501.3 .F75

#19 The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior by Steven Garber
Print book: BV4531.2 .G37
 

#20 You Are What You Love by James K.A. Smith
Print book: BV176.3 .S48 | eBook

#21 Christ and Culture by H. Richard Niebuhr
Print book: BR115.C8 N5

#22 Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God by Dallas Willard
Print book: BV4501.2 .W5327 | eBook | eAudio Book

#23 Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good by Amy L. Sherman
Print book: BV4593 .S54 | eBook | eAudio Book

#24 The Naked Public Square: Religion and Democracy in America by Richard John Neuhaus
Print book: BL2525 .N48

#25 The Hole in Our Holiness by Kevin DeYoung
Print book: BV4509.5 .D49 | eBook | eAudio Book