Staff Favorites & Reviews

No staff is entirely static, staying exactly the same for years with no additions or subtractions. We realize that, but we're also pretty proud of our current personnel, and the many ways they've helped shape Exodus Books and point it in some unforeseen and wonderful directions. So, in 2011 we started asking each individual to share their favorite books, curricula, games, etc., and these pages are the result.

Because sharing favorites is fairly personal, we thought you should get to know each of these peculiar persons and asked them all to write a main bio, as well as section-specific bios. These are partly to show why they selected the titles and products in their lists, and partly just to show you that Exodus Books is inhabited by real people who do real things.

One of our biggest in-store services is making recommendations and helping people find what works best for them. These lists aren't as customer-specific, but they serve the same purpose—we're not just trying to parade our excellent taste or prove that we're literate, we're trying to help you discover things you may never have found otherwise, and maybe to rediscover some old favorites.

It's probably a fact universally true of book-lovers: given the chance, they'll talk your ear off about the books they love, the books they hate, and all the books you'll never read but that are really much better than the well-known books you will read. This isn't pretension. It's simply what happens to those who love words and want to share them. We've tried to cut the talk down here, though we'll gladly answer any pertinent questions.

With that, we present Staff Favorites. You'll find some overlap (lots of people seem to like The Chronicles of Narnia), but rarely if ever will you find complete consensus on a single title, product, or curriculum line. That's why we let everyone make their own lists: you know the official Exodus stance by reading our reviews, but the individuality that makes our store unique and awesome is what's on display here. Enjoy, and don't judge too harshly.

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30 Days to Understanding the Bible
by Max Anders
Reprint from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 7th-Adult
in Bible Reading & Study (Location: XBI-STUDY)
$19.99
Adopted for Life
by Russell D. Moore
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV)
$8.00
Against the Church
by Doug Wilson
1st edition from Canon Press
for Adult
in Ecclesiology (Location: XTH-ECC)
$15.00
All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes
by Kenneth Myers
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS)
$6.50 (1 in stock)
Always Ready
by Greg Bahnsen
from Covenant Media Foundation
for 10th-Adult
in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE)
$14.95 $10.00 (3 in stock)
Am I Called?
by Dave Harvey
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Church Ministry & Service (Location: XWO-MIN)
Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies
by Doug & N.D. Wilson
from Canon Press
for 8th-Adult
in Introductory & Intermediate Logic (Location: LOG-CAN)
$23.99
America: From Gridlock to Deadlock
A Basic History of the United States Volume 6
by Clarence B. Carson
from American Textbook Committee
American History Reference for 9th-Adult
in Basic History of the United States (Location: HISCUR-US)
$19.00
Art and the Bible
by Francis A. Schaeffer
from InterVarsity Press
for 11th-Adult
in Creating Culture (Location: XCU-CRE)
$12.00
Art for God's Sake
by Philip Graham Ryken
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Creating Culture (Location: XCU-CRE)
$6.99 $4.00 (1 in stock)
Art of Manliness
by Brett McKay, Kate McKay
from How Books
for 9th-Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
Assumptions That Affect Our Lives
by Christian Overman
4th edition from Worldview Academy
for 9th-12th grade
in Worldview Resources (Location: XWV-RES)
$17.00 $9.50 (2 in stock)
Back To Basics
by David Hagopian, editor
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$16.00 $10.00 (2 in stock)
Battle Belongs to the Lord
by K. Scott Oliphint
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE)
$14.99
Beauty in the Heart
by Pam Forster
1st edition from Doorposts
for 5th-Adult
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
Best Things in Life
by Peter Kreeft
from InterVarsity Press
for 9th-Adult
in Philosophy (Location: XWV-PHI)
$18.00 $8.50 (2 in stock)
Blue Like Jazz
by Donald Miller
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$3.00 (3 in stock)
Body By Design
by Alan Gillen
from Master Books
for 9th-Adult
in Human Anatomy & Physiology (Location: SCI-ANA)
$13.59
Bonhoeffer
by Eric Metaxas
1st edition from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 11th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
Bonhoeffer
by Eric Metaxas, foreword by Timothy J. Keller
Revised and Updated from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for 11th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$24.99
Bringing Heaven Down to Earth
by Nathan L. K. Bierma
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Child Abuse in the Classroom
by Phyllis Schlafly
1st edition
for Adult
in Secular vs. Christian Education (Location: HSR-PE)
Children of the Promise
by Robert Booth
from P&R Publishing
for 11th-Adult
in Baptism (Location: XWO-SAC1)
$14.99
Christian History Made Easy
Rose Bible Basics
by Timothy Paul Jones
from Rose Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
$14.99 $10.50 (1 in stock)
Christian Manifesto
by Francis Schaffer
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE)
$17.99
Christian Mind
by Harry Blamires
from Regent College
for Adult
in Christians & Thought (Location: XAP-THO)
$17.99 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Christianity & Culture
by T. S. Eliot
from Harvest Books
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$12.00
Christianity and Liberalism
by J. Gresham Machen
from Eerdmans
Religion/Philosophy for 11th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$15.99
Christianity and the Constitution
by John Eidsmoe
from Baker Academics
for Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
$25.00 $15.00 (1 in stock)
Church History in Plain Language (old)
by Bruce L. Shelley
2nd edition from Thomas Nelson Publishers
Church History Reference for 10th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Church History in Plain Language (old)
by Bruce L. Shelley
3rd edition from Thomas Nelson Publishers
Church History Reference for 9th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
$12.00 (1 in stock)
Church in History
by B. K. Kuiper
2nd edition from Eerdmans
Church History Reference for 9th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
$33.99
Codependent No More
by Melody Beattie
2nd edition from Hazelden
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
Common Sense 101
by Dale Ahlquist
from Ignatius Press
for 9th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$15.16
Community
Re:Lit Books
by Brad House
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Discipleship & Community (Location: XCL-DIS)
$15.99 $6.00 (3 in stock)
Concise Theology
by J. I. Packer
from Tyndale House
for 10th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$16.99
Connecting
by Dr. Larry Crabb
Reprint from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
Consequences of Ideas
by R. C. Sproul
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Worldview Resources (Location: XWV-RES)
$19.99
Cost of Discipleship
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Foreword by Eric Metaxas
1st edition from Touchstone
for 10th-Adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$15.19
Counsel from the Cross
by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick & Dennis E. Johnson
1st edition from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$15.99
Covenantal Apologetics
by K. Scott Oliphint
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE)
Crazy Busy
by Kevin DeYoung
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Practical Christian Living (Location: XCL-PRAC)
$10.19
Crazy Love
by Francis Chan
Revised and Updated from David C. Cook
for 10th-Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$12.00
Damsels in Distress
from P&R Publishing
in Biblical Womanhood (Location: XFA-WOM)
$12.00 $8.00 (1 in stock)
Daring Greatly
by Brené Brown
from Avery
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$17.00
Deadliest Monster
by Jeff Baldwin
from Fishermen Press
for 9th-Adult
in Worldview Resources (Location: XWV-RES)
Depression
by Edward T. Welch
2nd edition from New Growth Press
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$15.99
Desiring God
by John Piper
2nd edition from Multnomah Books
for 11th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
$17.99
Desiring the Kingdom
Cultural Liturgies Volume 1
by James K.A. Smith
from Baker Academics
for 11th-Adult
in Art & Culture (Location: XCU-ART)
$17.50
Discipline
by Elisabeth Elliot
from Revell Publishing
in Spiritual Disciplines (Location: XCL-SPDI)
$14.99
Discipling the Nations
by Dennis Woods
from ClassicalFree Virtual Academy
for 11th-Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
Doctrine
by Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears
from Crossway Books
for 10th-Adult
in Clearance: Christian Books (Location: XCLE)
$9.00
Don't Waste Your Life
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Sacrificial Living (Location: XCL-SAC)
$13.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Dumbing Us Down
by John Taylor Gatto, foreword by Zachary Slayback
25th Anniversary from New Society
for 11th-Adult
in Secular vs. Christian Education (Location: HSR-PE)
$19.99
Easy Chairs, Hard Words
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Reformed Theology (Location: XTH-REF)
$12.00 $7.00 (3 in stock)
Emotionally Destructive Marriage
by Leslie Vernick
from WaterBrook Press
for Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
$17.00
Enemy Within
by Kris Lundgaard
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Repentance & Avoiding Sin (Location: XCL-REP)
$9.99
Engaging Today's Prodigal
by Carol Barnier
New Edition from Moody Press
for Adult
in Parenting Teens (Location: XFA-PAR)
$12.99
Every Thought Captive
by Richard Pratt
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE)
$9.99 $5.00 (1 in stock)
Evidence Not Seen
by Darlene Deibler Rose
from HarperCollins
Biography for 9th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$16.99
Excused Absence
by Doug Wilson
2nd edition from Canon Press
for 11th-Adult
in Secular vs. Christian Education (Location: HSR-PE)
$16.99
Extravagant Grace
by Barbara Duguid
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in The Gospel (Location: XTH-GOS)
$12.99 $7.50 (1 in stock)
Face to Face
by Steve Wilkins
2nd edition from Canon Press
for 9th-Adult
in Hospitality (Location: SS-HOS)
$14.00
Families Where Grace Is in Place
by Jeff VanVonderen
Reprint from Bethany House
for Adult
in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV)
$15.99
Family Shepherds
by Voddie Baucham Jr.
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Biblical Manhood (Location: XFA-MEN)
$13.50
Family: God's Weapon for Victory
by Robert Andrews
2nd edition from Sentinel Press
for 10th-Adult
in Covenant Family (Location: XFA-COV)
$12.00
Feminization of American Culture
by Ann Douglas
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Social Commentary for Adult
in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS)
$34.50
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
For a Glory and a Covering
by Doug Wilson
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Covenant Marriage (Location: XFA-MAR)
$15.00
For Instruction in Righteousness
by Pam Forster
3rd edition from Doorposts
in Doorposts Materials (Location: BIB-CHDP)
Forgotten Heavens
by Douglas Wilson (editor)
from Canon Press
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$6.50
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
by John Foxe
from Bridge-Logos
for 10th-Adult
in Renaissance & Reformation Literature (Location: LIT3-REN)
$18.99
Future Men
by Doug Wilson
2nd edition from Canon Press
for 10th-Adult
in Raising Sons (Location: XFA-SON)
$15.95
Future of Home Schooling
by Michael Farris
from Regnery Publishing, Inc.
for Adult
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$2.00 (1 in stock)
Future of Justification
by John Piper
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Justification & Sanctification (Location: XTH-JUS)
$13.50
Geek Dad
by Ken Denmead
from Gotham Books
for Adult
in Dangerous Books for Kids (Location: SS-DAN)
$18.00
Girl Talk
by Carolyn Mahaney
from Crossway Books
for 9th-Adult
in Raising Daughters (Location: XFA-DAU)
$12.99 $8.00 (3 in stock)
Give Them Grace
by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick, Jessica Thompson
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Parenting (Location: XFA-PAR)
$14.99
Glory of Kings
by Peter Leithart
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
for Adult
in Various Theology (Location: XTH-MISC)
$40.00
Gnostic Empire Strikes Back
by Peter Jones
from P&R Publishing
for Adult
in Presuppositional Apologetics (Location: XAP-PRE)
God and Caesar
by John Eidsmoe
from Wipf and Stock Publishers
for Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
God at Work
by Gene Veith
2nd edition from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Work & Vocation (Location: SS-VOC)
$15.99
God in Three Persons
by Allen Vander Pol
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
God's Passion for His Glory
by John Piper, Jonathan Edwards
from Crossway Books
for Adult
in Puritan Writings (Location: XCH-PUR)
$12.00
God's Smuggler
by Brother Andrew
from Chosen Books
Biography for 7th-Adult
in Biographies (Location: BIO)
$16.99
Goldsworthy Trilogy
by Graeme Goldsworthy
from Paternoster
for Adult
in Biblical Theology (Location: XTH-BIB)
$19.99
Growing In Christ
by J. I. Packer
from Crossway Books
for 11th-Adult
in Knowing & Loving God (Location: XCL-KNOW)
Growing Up Christian
by Karl Graustein
from P&R Publishing
for 9th-Adult
in Growing Up Christian (Location: XCL-GROW)
Growth of America
A Basic History of the United States Volume 4
by Clarence B. Carson
from American Textbook Committee
American History Reference for 9th-Adult
in Basic History of the United States (Location: HISCUR-US)
$19.00
Harsh Truth about Public Schools
by Bruce N. Short
from Chalcedon / Ross House Books
for Adult
in Secular vs. Christian Education (Location: HSR-PE)
$18.00
Heaven is for Real
by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent
from Thomas Nelson Publishers
for Adult
in Heaven & Hell (Location: XTH-HEHE)
Hell on Trial
by Robert A. Peterson
from P&R Publishing
for 10th-Adult
in Heaven & Hell (Location: XTH-HEHE)
Hidden Art of Homemaking
by Edith Schaeffer
from Tyndale House
for 9th-Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$16.99
Holiness of God
by R. C. Sproul
2nd edition from Tyndale House
for 9th-Adult
in Theology Proper: The Study of God (Location: XTH-GOD)
$17.99
Hollywood Worldviews
by Brian Godawa
from InterVarsity Press
for 11th-Adult
in Culture & Discernment (Location: XCU-DIS)
Home Schooling: The Right Choice!
by Christopher Klicka
Revised and Updated from Broadman & Holman
in Practical Home Schooling (Location: HSR-PRAC)
$14.99 $10.00 (3 in stock)
Home: A Short History of an Idea
by Witold Rybczynski
from Penguin Putnam
for 10th-Adult
in Purposeful Homemaking (Location: SS-HOM)
$12.80
Honest Money
by Gary North
from Christian Liberty Press
for 11th-Adult
in Christianity and the State (Location: XWV-STA)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
How Christianity Changed the World
by Alvin J. Schmidt
from Zondervan
for 10th-Adult
in Church History Overviews (Location: XCH-OVE)
How People Change
by Timothy S. Lane & Paul David Tripp
from New Growth Press
for 10th-Adult
in Christian Counseling (Location: XCL-COU)
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