Books & Resources

Am I a Christian or Just Religious?

When Comfortable Christianity Meets the Word of God

This book is not written to point fingers at churches, pastors, denominations, or other Christians. It is written out of a deep burden for those who believe they are saved simply because they have adopted a religious routine.

Many people call themselves Christians today because they prayed a prayer years ago, joined a local church, were baptized, or grew up in a Christian home. But the Bible tells us never to assume our standing before God. Scripture explicitly commands us to examine ourselves and test our faith against the word of God.

Am I a Christian or Just Religious? places comfortable Christianity directly beside the mirror of Scripture and asks the hard but necessary questions that many modern pulpits avoid: What does genuine, saving biblical faith actually look like? Does the miracle of the new birth always produce a radically changed life? Is there real, undeniable evidence that Jesus Christ is truly living in you?

If you are tired of a powerless, skin-deep religion that leaves your heart unchanged, this book offers a straight-shooting look at true salvation. It is a tool for self-examination, written to strip away religious hypocrisy and point you toward a surrendered, authentic walk with Jesus Christ.

Book proceeds help support the spread of the gospel and Bible teaching through The Other Side of Amen.

How to Be Spiritually Prepared for Troubled Times

Troubled times will always test the reality of what we truly believe. When global anxiety, economic uncertainty, and world events begin to shake the culture, people naturally panic. The world tells you to prepare for physical survival by hoarding supplies, tracking inflation, and building walls. But Scripture commands a different kind of readiness. This book is not about sensationalized end-times predictions, conspiracy theories, or trying to guess the date when the world will end. It is a practical handbook for true spiritual preparedness before the storm arrives at your front door.

Using straight Scripture and plain, uncompromised teaching, this book cuts through the noise of fear to help you build an unshakeable foundation. We look directly at the hard biblical standards for enduring trials, surviving tribulation, and strengthening your prayer life. You will learn how to ground your household deeply in God’s Word so that you can discern false teachers and spot spiritual deception in a lukewarm church culture.

Christians are never promised a life of comfort, but we are commanded to stand firm in faith and remain watchful. This book is an urgent call to move past a skin-deep, superficial religion and prepare your heart today. When difficult times come, you do not have to give in to panic. You can trust God completely, guard your mind like a gate, and confidently share the gospel with a terrified world that is desperately looking for real answers.

Book proceeds help support the spread of the gospel and Bible teaching through The Other Side of Amen.

Faith When Life Gets Hard

Learning to Trust God When Life Lets You Down

Life rarely turns out the exact way we mapped it out. When sudden pain, deep disappointment, unanswered prayers, unexpected loss, and heavy uncertainty hit your household, even a mature faith can be shaken to its core. Faith When Life Gets Hard is written directly for the believer who is struggling to trust God when the night is silent, the circumstances are bruising, and His divine purposes are completely impossible to understand.

Using straight Scripture and plain, uncompromised teaching, this book refuses to hand out cheap, plastic answers or clichéd religious phrases. It is not about pretending everything is fine or putting a fake smile on your face while you bleed inside. It is an honest, grit-filled look at what it actually takes to believe God is still good, still faithful, and entirely present when everything around you is collapsing.

Whether you are facing the personal trials of everyday life or looking at a volatile world spinning out of control, this book offers the solid food needed to build a resilient faith. It is a practical survival guide for your personal reading, a tool for deep group Bible study, or a direct lifeline to hand to someone walking through a dark season. Learn to anchor your soul to the only One who remains completely unmovable when your life feels completely broken.

Book proceeds help support the spread of the gospel and Bible teaching through The Other Side of Amen.

Embracing God’s Wisdom: A Journey of Faith and Reflection

The world is full of loud voices, constant distractions, and endless confusion. In the middle of all that noise, finding clear direction for your life can feel overwhelming. Embracing God’s Wisdom is a collection of thirty simple, straightforward devotionals written specifically for the average person who wants to cut through the clutter and deepen their personal faith.

This book does not use complicated theological jargon or stuffy academic language. Instead, it offers plain, accessible teaching that any ordinary man or woman can read, understand, and put into practice immediately. Each daily devotional looks directly at God’s wisdom as revealed in the pages of Scripture, offering you an honest moment of quiet reflection and real spiritual nourishment.

The purpose of this book is simple: to help you draw closer to God and find steady encouragement for your daily walk with Him. If you are looking for a practical, easy-to-read resource that bridges the gap between ancient Scripture and everyday modern life, Embracing God’s Wisdom offers the plain biblical truth you need to walk with confidence every single day.

Book proceeds help support the spread of the gospel and Bible teaching through The Other Side of Amen.

Embracing God’s Wisdom: Paul’s Commands for Victorious Living — 2nd Edition

The modern church has spent years watering down what it actually means to experience a victorious Christian life. We have been conditioned to think that victory means comfort, popularity, and ease. But the Apostle Paul gave the New Testament church a completely different standard. True biblical victory is not found in an easy road; it is found in radical obedience and daily fellowship with Jesus Christ.

Embracing God’s Wisdom: Paul’s Commands for Victorious Living is a direct, practical Bible study that walks you through twenty-six explicit commands left by the apostle Paul. Written intentionally with small-group Bible studies in mind—but equally powerful for independent personal reading—this book cuts through modern religious opinions to give you the straight truth of God’s Word.

Each short, accessible chapter breaks down a specific command, anchors it completely in Scripture, and delivers immediate, real-world application. Every lesson includes targeted reflection questions, direct prayers, and practical action steps to help you move past a skin-deep faith. Whether you are studying with a congregation, a small group, or alone at your kitchen table, the goal of this book is to strip away religious performance and train your heart to walk in closer obedience and daily fellowship with God.

Book proceeds help support the spread of the gospel and Bible teaching through The Other Side of Amen.

The Toughest Horse I Ever Rode

Some horses are born tough. Some cowboys are shaped by them. Set against the rugged, unforgiving ranch country of Wyoming, this true Western story follows Smoky—a wild, unpredictable horse that tested every ounce of a young cowboy's resolve—and the man who refused to give up on him. This book is written first and foremost as an authentic, fast-paced true cowboy story full of the real-world trials, grit, and livestock battles of ranch life.

But as a cowboy who loves the Lord, I took advantage of every single chapter. At the very end of each tale, I added a short devotional and a brief look at Scripture, with a little extra wrapped into the final chapter. You will see how the same resistance and stubbornness we find in an unbroken colt lives inside the human heart—and how God uses the hard ground of our everyday lives to teach us lessons about pride, failure, and surrender.

The Toughest Horse I Ever Rode can be enjoyed by anyone who loves a genuine, unvarnished story of the West. But its deeper purpose is to serve as a spiritual mirror, helping ordinary men and women look at the wild trials in their own lives and recognize exactly what a sovereign God might be trying to teach them through the struggle.

Book proceeds help support the spread of the gospel and Bible teaching through The Other Side of Amen.

The Basics of Following Christ

What does it actually mean to follow Jesus Christ? This book was written especially for new believers who are just starting out, as well as for anyone who wants a stronger, unshakeable foundation in the Christian faith. It cuts through complicated religious traditions to explain the absolute core of walking with God in clear, simple language, always pointing the reader directly back to the pages of Scripture for the final answers.

The Basics of Following Christ serves as a practical, step-by-step roadmap for your spiritual growth. Across these chapters, we look plainly at the foundational pillars of the faith, including true salvation, establishing a prayer life, understanding how to study the Bible, baptism, the role of the local church, finding real assurance of salvation, resisting temptation, and daily growing in faith.

Whether you have just surrendered your life to Christ today, or you have been sitting in a church building for years without a solid biblical foundation beneath your feet, this book is meant for you. It is a straight-shooting, easy-to-read resource designed to help you clearly understand exactly what God says in His Word so that you can turn away from the world and follow Jesus more faithfully every single day.

Book proceeds help support the spread of the gospel and Bible teaching through The Other Side of Amen.