Helpful Resources

Road To Revival by Vance Havner

“This book has been uniquely instrumental in challenging the staff at KJOL to evangelism and revival during the COVID Pandemic.” –Dave

Revolution In World Missions by KP Yohannan

“Years ago, this book enlightened me to the urgency and necessity of preaching the Gospel.” –Dave

EvanTell

“This is a great resource for churches and individuals who want to learn to share the Gospel.”  –Dave

GodTools 

"This app  is created by Cru, formerly Campus Crusade for Christ, and it takes you through various lessons and presentations to help you learn practical ways to start Gospel Conversations and even have several other language choices too!"  –Leslie

Evangelism Explosion

“Evangelism Explosion trains people how to share their faith in Christ and how to bring people from unbelief to belief. They present on-the-job training called Equip America (which KJOL hosted recently) where the experienced lead the inexperienced in demonstrating how to start conversations and present the Gospel." -Kurt

Living Waters, Ray Comfort

"I have learned so much about evangelism and sharing the Gospel by watching videos of Ray Comfort witnessing on Youtube, and their website is a great place to find resources to help you go and do like-wise." -Dave

Hurlbut’s Stories of the Bible  by Jessie Hulrbut

“Elizabeth Elliot said her father used to read this to her at the dinner table. So we spent a year reading this out loud to our kids night after night. Perhaps no other book has been so instrumental in their knowledge of the Scripture than this one to date.” -Dave

"My husband and I love Hurlbut's stories of the Bible too and have already started reading it with our 1 year old. I love how easily presented the stories are and that it reads like one continual story." -Leslie

Little Pilgrim’s Progress by Helen Taylor

“Based on John Bunyan’s classic, this is an easier to read rendition, which I found helpful myself! My kids and I had countless deep nightly discussions on the lessons in this story.  It’s a classic for a reason.” - Dave

Superbook - CBN

“My kids LOVE it and ask to watch. While it is quite pricey to buy the episodes directly, they have the first couple seasons out for free on YouTube, Prime, and RightNow Media.” -Dave

The Dime That Lasted Forever by Rochunga Pudaite

“While this is not a kids book, it is family friendly. My wife and I read this to our kids for the great lessons about God’s provisions, direction, and miracles.” -Dave

Theo - Whitestone Media

“Theo is a very well done animated series with loveable characters, great story-telling, solid theology, and impacting lessons…I enjoy watching this one with the kids.” -Dave

The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson

“Written by accomplished Christian musician, Andrew Peterson, this fantasy book series is receiving great reviews. We recently gifted this to a niece; and when our kids are a little older, we plan on reading it to them as well. Angel Media is also animating the series.” -Dave

You Who? Why you Matter and How to Deal with It by Rachel Jankovic  

"This was a great study for me." -Nikki

First 5 App by Proverbs 31 Ministries

This app helps to keep me on track with reading the bible daily as they study a full book of the bible at a time, and it doesn't take much time to go through the devotional which is great for a busy mom!" -Leslie

Christian View , on Philosophy and Culture, Francis Shaeffer

"Even after a time of exuberance in my Christian walk I found myself going through a period of a feeling of pointlessness. In a desire to try to learn something new I picked up Francis Schaeffer’s Christian View on Philosophy and Culture. After that my life was never the same. I highly recommend this read for anyone serious about being in this world but not of it as Jesus intended." -Doug

The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading & Understanding the Entire Bible by Tara-Leigh Coble

This has seriously brought the Bible to life for me and helped me understand the Lord on such a deeper level.  -Nikki

Online Creation Classes, Alpha Omega Institute

Evolutionary theory has been extremely successful at leading many in our culture away from the faith.  Great numbers in and out of the church unknowingly conceed evolution as the scientific victor, but the debate rightly rages on.  Learn how modern science actually supports a Biblical worldview of Creation and a world-wide Flood.  -Dave

A Quest for More  By Paul David Tripp

"This book is an easy one to read and is all about choosing to do everything, even the seemingly mundane, for the glory of God and for the sake of His kingdom.It really gave me a good perspective on how to view everything I do as worship." -Leslie

YouVersion Bible app

"I love that not only can you simply search through and read scripture but I like to find various reading plans and even use the app to do bible studies with my family that lives out of state." -Leslie

Daily Grace Co App & Website 

"This app is a great way to go through studies alone or with friends and groups on specific books of the Bible or other biblical topics. You can also order workbooks through the site which make this a really handy study resource." -Leslie

E-Devo, Today's Turning Point, Dr. David Jeremiah 

"For many years David Jeremiah has been a favorite of mine, and a great reinforcement of his teaching has been his daily email devotional "Today's Turning Point with David Jeremiah." It is presented in a very clear and concise form, often with a call to action for the day. It often corresponds to his teaching from the day, as aired on KJOL!"  -Ken

The Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer 

"When I first read this work, it was an assignment in my studies. What a glorious assignment! The apostle Paul said “I count it all joy to suffer for Christ.” He described it as identifying with Christ, not doing penance to gain any kind of salvation. Bonhoeffer brings this concept right out of the pages of scripture into real practice for today. If you are interested in experiencing the power of God in your life, this is a must read. I highly recommend The Cost of Discipleship. " -Doug

Marriage after God: Chasing Boldly after God's Purpose for Your Life Together  by Jennifer and Aaron Smith. 

"This book speaks of Jennifer and Aaron's testimony of how God turned a marriage in crisis into a marriage built upon God's redemptive love." -Brittany

Family Life's Weekend to Remember 

"A powerful dimension of 'FLT', is the Weekend to Remember ministry that brings couples together in a setting to renew marriages and 're-kindle a spark' in their relationships. I personally know a couple that was heading for separation and (likely divorce) who credit a Weekend to Remember with saving their marriage. We've heard countless testimonies of couples whose marriages were repaired or strengthened through these Weekends." -Ken

CrossExamined, Frank Turic

Frank Turic came to CMU not too long ago; and CrossExamined.org is a great hub for learning to defend your faith! With links to Youtube and Facebook videos, answers to questions, online courses, and plenty of resources, this is a great place to grow in your knowledge of God and his world. I have personally learned a lot by watching Frank Turic." -Dave

LeeStrobel.com

"The man himself! Lee Strobel's story of an atheist-news reporter-turned-Christian was documented in his book and recent movie, The Case For Christ. He is also a prolific author of  books on apolologetics and does speaking engagements." -Dave

AlisaChilders.com

"Alisa Childers is an excellent apologist. I didn't know much about her when she was a member of ZOEgirl, but  I love listening to her podcast, watching her youtube videos where she discusses biblical truth and combats the lies of this world. She offers a clear perspective on the challenging topics of our culture, particularly from a woman's perspective." -Leslie

GotQuestions.org

"This has been such a great study tool for me when I'm reading God's word and there's something said that I don't fully grasp yet. I can pull up 'Got Questions?' and it helps me to go deeper in my understanding of scripture. " -Leslie