Book Store: Nonfiction

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This page lists a variety of nonfiction books I found helpful as I strive to live #NoHiding.

Building Radical Authenticity, Healthy Connection, and Rooted Identity:

Everything by Authors Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr John Townsend

• Start Here > Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life

• How To Get A Date Worth Keeping: Be Dating In Six Months Or Your Money Back

• Boundaries in Dating: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Relationships

• Boundaries in Marriage Learn when to say yes and when to say no to your spouse to make the most of your marriage.

• Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No

• Boundaries with Kids: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Children

• Safe People: How to Find Relationships that are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't 

• How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication

The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World  Author: Peter Scazzero

Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy by Donald Miller  (Author), Bob Goff (Foreword)

If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together by James J. Sexton  (Author)

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute

Healing and dealing with Greif, Trauma, Loss, and Hardship:

Where Is God When It Hurts?, by Philip Yancey

Grace: The Power To Change by Dr. James B. Richards (Author) GRACE! Only by realizing you can't change... can God finally change you from the inside out. A great read for addicts especially.

Secrets of the Secret Place by Bob Sorge (Author) How to live a life of non-religious quiet times. 

The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity by William P. Young (Author). This is technically fiction but placed here because it's an allegory with profound truths and healing.

Getting Physically Healthier

When it comes to food, here's the bottom line: Eat Meat, Healthy Fats, and Veggies and Fruit. Cut out Grains, Dairy, and all added sweeteners (even monk fruit and stevia). To find out why go on a Whole30. 

It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways, by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig ( #Whole30). Although there are about 200 pages of sceince and data, it's written for the laymen. Very easy to understand. It will radically change your relationship with food forever. And wait until you see all the ways the FDA has lied to you! 

The Ketogenic Bible: The Authoritative Guide to Ketosis by Jacob Wilson  (Author), Ryan Lowery  (Author). Much more science and history packed, but full of really great information. An intermediate read, but fascinating details about how the entire modern American diet was based on a lie and bad science. 

Storytelling (Writing Craft)

See my Writing Craft Database (here) 

Understanding Christianity and The Bible

Elements of a Christian Worldview, by Michael Palmer

Blessing Of The Lord: Makes Rich And He Adds No Sorrow With It, by Kenneth Copeland - What does it mean to be blessed with Abraham's blessing through Jesus? Find out.

Saving the Bible from Ourselves: Learning to Read and Live the Bible Well, by Glenn R. Paauw

Mere Christianity Author: C.S. Lewis

The Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible: NKJV Edition, Black Genuine Leather (Key Word Study Bibles), by Publishers, AMG

Immerse: Messiah (Immerse: The Reading Bible) by Institute for Bible Reading

Business, Marketing, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship 

Simplify Your Life: Divine Insights to Uncomplicated Living [Hardcover], by Mac Hammond - Some of the MOST practical steps for living a successful life I've ever heard from anyone.

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't, by Jim Collins - Arguably the best book written on how to run a great business... ever written. 

*See my post on The Hedgehog & The Sweet Spot. Finding Your Unique Place In This World, which was inspired by this book.

Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World, a step-by-step guide for anyone with something to say or sell, by Michael Hyatt - Taught me how to simplify my brand (still learning) and understand the personal brand elements.

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World, by Gary Vaynerchuk - Taught me to give, give, give, give, give... times ten... before asking for a sale or a click.

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, by James Clear

Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business by Donald Miller  (Author), Dr. J.J. Peterson (Author)

Financial Excellence

The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness, by Dave Ramsey - THE money book every human needs to read.

The Blessed Life: Unlocking the Rewards of Generous Living, by Robert Morris - How giving selflessly benefits the kingdom of God, and you get blessed as a byproduct.

Laws of Prosperity, by Kenneth Copeland - All my life I grew up believing that poverty was spiritual, and you shouldn't have "too much". Did you know that's NOT a biblical position?

Banking Basics for Believers by Darrell G. Wolfe - This breaks down the basics of what a bank is, how to prevent overdrafts, and how to build credit. It also provides some perceptive on money principles and the Tithe.

The following are my readings lists, by year. Starting 2019 and forward. 

The 2020 Reading List:

Pending:

Safe People: How to Find Relationships that are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't by Henry Cloud  (Author), John Townsend  (Author)

Marketing Made Simple: A Step-by-Step StoryBrand Guide for Any Business by Donald Miller  (Author), Dr. J.J. Peterson (Author)

Boundaries in Marriage by Henry Cloud  (Author), John Townsend  (Author)

Reading or Read:

It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways, by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig ( #Whole30). 

How to Have That Difficult Conversation: Gaining the Skills for Honest and Meaningful Communication by Henry Cloud  (Author), John Townsend (Author)

The Ketogenic Bible: The Authoritative Guide to Ketosis by Jacob Wilson  (Author), Ryan Lowery  (Author)

Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy by Donald Miller  (Author), Bob Goff (Foreword)

How to Start and Build a SIX FIGURE Voice Over Business: Set Your VO Career on Fire! by Bill DeWees (Author)

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality by Donald Miller  (Author)

Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No John Townsend (Author)

If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together by James J. Sexton  (Author)

Undaunted: Authentic Stories of Transformed Lives, East County, San Diego by Barry Sappington (Author)

The 2019 Reading List:

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, by James Clear

Where Is God When It Hurts?, by Philip Yancey

Elements of a Christian Worldview, by Michael Palmer

Saving the Bible from Ourselves: Learning to Read and Live the Bible Well, by Glenn R. Paauw

Mere Christianity Author: C.S. Lewis

The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World  Author: Peter Scazzero

By Author: Dr. Henry Cloud

• How To Get A Date Worth Keeping: Be Dating In Six Months Or Your Money Back

• Boundaries in Dating: How Healthy Choices Grow Healthy Relationships

• Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life

Other not otherwise categorized

101 Conversation Starters for Couples by Gary Chapman and Ramon Presson

Intellectual Foreplay: A Book of Questions for Lovers and Lovers-to-Be, by Eve Eschner Hogan

41 Will Come: Holding On When Life Gets Tough--and Standing Strong Until a New Day Dawns, by Tate, Chuck E.

The Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible: NKJV Edition, Black Genuine Leather (Key Word Study Bibles), by Publishers, AMG

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Other/Misc/Honourable Mentions

Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, by Michael J. Behe (Author)

The author exposes giant holes in Darwin's failed theory of evolution.

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, by Ben Stein (Hosted by) 

Ben Stein documentary (video) exposes the stupidity and NonScienctific position of most high schools and colleges in the USA; and why Intelligent Design should be a topic of discussion for any serious scientist.

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As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17 NIV)


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Darrell G. Wolfe

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