Jerry Bridges Books in Order

Jerry Bridges examines how Christians can pursue holiness in everyday life while depending on divine grace. Biblical teaching and practical guidance distinguish personal responsibility from God's work, addressing habits, conduct, and spiritual growth.

This six-session Bible study examines parenting through Scripture, combining discussion questions with practical family projects. Its lessons invite parents to consider relationships with their children and apply biblical principles to daily responsibilities, communication, and shared family life.

Jerry Bridges explores how devotion to God shapes Christian character and relationships. Drawing on Scripture, he considers humility, joy, contentment, self-control, and other qualities, offering practical ways to cultivate godliness in daily life.

Jerry Bridges explores the biblical meaning of fellowship through the New Testament concept of koinonia. He examines spiritual partnership, shared possessions, and mutual care, encouraging churches to build community that reaches beyond social gatherings.

Drawing on Scripture and personal adversity, Jerry Bridges explores whether God can be trusted when life becomes painful or confusing. He examines divine sovereignty, wisdom, and love, connecting theological convictions with a practical response to suffering.

Jerry Bridges challenges Christians to stop treating their relationship with God as a reward for good performance. He explores the continuing role of grace, connecting freedom, holiness, and daily confidence in God's love.

Jerry Bridges examines the relationship between God's grace and the effort involved in Christian growth. He explains how the gospel supports disciplines of commitment, conviction, and obedience without turning spiritual maturity into a performance contest.

Jerry Bridges explores the apparent tension between fearing God and enjoying intimacy with him. Biblical reflections on divine holiness, wisdom, and love explain how reverence can support a relationship marked by trust and joy.

Jerry Bridges offers guidance for private worship centered on God's greatness, holiness, wisdom, and love. Biblical reflections and prayers encourage readers to deepen their understanding of God's character and express praise and gratitude.

Jerry Bridges connects personal worship with the daily practice of discipleship. He explores obedience, dependence, awareness of God's presence, and submission to divine authority, using biblical teaching and prayers to guide the reader's response.

Jerry Bridges explores how private worship can shape a life that honors God. Through biblical teaching and devotional guidance, he considers reverence, daily wisdom, and the meaning of giving God glory beyond formal acts of praise.

Jerry Bridges explores how the gospel shapes Christian living beyond the promise of salvation. He connects theology with daily struggles, addressing guilt, legalism, grace, and the pursuit of a character increasingly patterned after Christ.

Jerry Bridges introduces practical foundations for spiritual growth, including Scripture, prayer, reliance on the Holy Spirit, and service. He considers how Christians can deepen their relationship with Christ and trust God through difficulties.

Jerry Bridges examines the nine qualities Paul describes as the fruit of the Spirit. Connecting devotion to God with everyday character, he offers practical guidance for cultivating love, patience, self-control, and other expressions of Christian maturity.

Jerry Bridges challenges Christians to confront sins they often overlook, including jealousy, anger, pride, and selfishness. Drawing on his own struggles, he explores how the gospel and divine grace can transform these everyday patterns.

Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington trace Christ's atonement through biblical sacrifices, prophecy, and New Testament teaching. They explore the exchange of human sin for Christ's righteousness and its meaning for salvation and Christian faith.

This yearlong devotional gathers selections from Jerry Bridges's writings into daily readings on Christian growth. Reflections on holiness, grace, and spiritual discipline encourage readers to examine their lives and pursue a deeper relationship with God.

Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington describe Christ's righteousness and the Holy Spirit's power as foundations for Christian living. Their bookend metaphor addresses guilt, self-reliance, motivation, and the search for lasting spiritual change.

Jerry Bridges examines how the gospel enables spiritual transformation throughout a Christian's life. He connects grace, justification, adoption, spiritual disciplines, and the Holy Spirit's work, explaining how belief can lead to continuing growth.

Jerry Bridges explores Christian identity through eight biblical perspectives, including being created, justified, adopted, and made new in Christ. He connects these truths to a lasting foundation for confidence and a believer's daily life.

Jerry Bridges traces his path from a poor childhood through military service, engineering, missionary work, and writing. Reflecting on providence, he draws seven spiritual lessons from the experiences that shaped his faith and life.

Jerry Bridges uses the Beatitudes to examine humility as a practical Christian virtue. He connects Jesus' teaching with repentance, righteousness, and mercy, offering guidance for expressing humility through ordinary decisions and relationships.