Books I Keep Returning To
On faith, leadership, entrepreneurship, and the examined life.
These are not books I read once and shelved. They are books I have marked up, argued with, and come back to. They have shaped how I pastor, how I build, and how I think about purpose. Links go to Amazon — I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
Grace & Theology
Encounters With Jesus
Keller at his most accessible — short chapters, each centred on a Gospel encounter, each asking what this reveals about who Jesus is. I give this to people who are curious but not yet convinced.
View on Amazon AU →Establishing Your Heart
Richards on how to ground your heart in grace rather than performance — practical and scripturally rich. One of the most honest books I have read about why rule-keeping never produces the life God intends.
View on Amazon AU →The Gospel in Twenty Questions
Ellis takes the hardest questions about grace and gives direct, scripture-grounded answers. If you have ever wondered whether grace really is as good as it sounds, this book addresses the objections head on.
View on Amazon AU →Grace & The Power of the Gospel
Wommack unpacks what the gospel actually is — not a ticket to avoid hell, but a complete transformation of how you relate to God. The power of the gospel is not just about what happens after you die; it is about who you become and how you live now.
View on Amazon AU →Grace Revolution
If you want to understand what grace does to a person who genuinely receives it, this is the book I recommend first. Not theology as an intellectual exercise — grace as lived experience.
View on Amazon AU →The Holy Spirit
On the person and role of the Holy Spirit — not as a force or a feeling, but as a person to be known. One of the most clarifying books I have read on who the Spirit is and what it looks like to actually live with Him.
View on Amazon AU →Hosting the Presence
The idea that we are not just recipients of God's presence but hosts of it — and that the quality of our hosting matters. Changed how I think about worship, leadership, and the atmosphere of what we build.
View on Amazon AU →Live the Let-Go Life
On releasing anxiety, control, and the weight of trying to manage outcomes that belong to God. Prince connects grace theology to the practical experience of rest — not passivity, but deep peace.
View on Amazon AU →Mere Christianity
A rigorous, honest defence of faith from one of the most careful minds of the 20th century. I still give this to people who say they are not sure what they believe.
View on Amazon AU →Paul's Prophetic Lens
Byars on how Paul understood righteousness through the prophetic lens of the Old Testament — the continuity of God's promises running into the New Covenant. A rigorous and rewarding read for anyone who wants to understand why faith and righteousness are inseparable.
View on Amazon AU →The Power of Imagination
Wommack on how God uses imagination as the gateway to receiving from Him. Not fantasy — sanctified vision. Reshaped how I think about faith, prayer, and stepping into what God has shown you.
View on Amazon AU →Renovation of the Heart
One of the most important books on spiritual formation I have read. Transformation is not accidental — it is a disciplined engagement with the processes God has given us. Grace-based discipleship from a philosophical and deeply practical perspective.
View on Amazon AU →Simply Good News
Wright strips the gospel back to what it actually is — good news, not good advice. One of the clearest explanations I have read of why the gospel is genuinely news about something that has happened, not a set of instructions to follow.
View on Amazon AU →Simply Jesus
One of the finest New Testament scholars alive, asking: who did Jesus actually think he was, and what was he actually doing? Rigorous, readable, and unsettling in the best way.
View on Amazon AU →The Supernatural Ways of Royalty
On identity as sons and daughters of God — and how that changes everything about how you approach life, authority, and purpose. The "royalty" is not arrogance; it is the settled confidence of someone who knows whose they are.
View on Amazon AU →Surprised by Hope
Wright argues that the Christian hope is not escaping the world but transforming it — resurrection as the model for everything. If you have ever wondered what the gospel is actually for, this book will reframe your answer.
View on Amazon AU →Leadership & Character
Atomic Habits
The most practical book on behaviour change I have read. The key insight — identity drives habits, not the other way around — maps perfectly onto how I think about grace and discipleship. You act like who you believe you are.
View on Amazon AU →The Emotionally Healthy Leader
Emotional immaturity in a leader is one of the greatest threats to any organisation. The path to emotional health runs through genuine spiritual formation — not just better strategies. This book confronted me personally.
View on Amazon AU →Everybody, Always
Bob Goff writes about love the way most people write about good intentions. Relentlessly practical about what it actually looks like to love difficult people — not in theory, but in real relationships.
View on Amazon AU →In Search of Significance
McGee's classic on where human value actually comes from — not from performance, not from approval, not from status, but from what God says about you. One of the most practical books on identity I have given to people who are in crisis about who they are.
View on Amazon AU →The Principle of the Path
Direction, not intention, determines destination. A simple idea that restructured how I make decisions in business and in life.
View on Amazon AU →Unreasonable Hospitality
Guidara turned a restaurant into a once-in-a-lifetime experience by obsessing over making people feel seen. The leadership principle applies everywhere: give people more than they expect and do it with intention.
View on Amazon AU →Wild at Heart
Foundational to understanding masculine calling. Not about being tough — about being alive. Changed how I understand what God invites men into.
View on Amazon AU →Kingdom Business
The 9 to 5 Window
The clearest articulation I have found of why faith and work are one calling, not two separate lives. This is Kingdom Business thinking from first principles.
View on Amazon AU →Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A
The inside story of how Chick-fil-A built one of the most remarkable brand cultures in American business — while staying closed on Sundays. Faith-driven values becoming business excellence. This is the kind of Kingdom Business story I find compelling.
View on Amazon AU →Excellence Wins
Schulze built the Ritz-Carlton on a simple idea: excellence is not about luxury, it is about caring. "We are ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen." The standard of excellence he describes is exactly what Kingdom Business should look like.
View on Amazon AU →Kingdom Wealth
Balestri challenges the idea that poverty is somehow more spiritual than prosperity. Kingdom wealth is not about accumulating for yourself — it is about understanding the supernatural principles that allow you to be a conduit of generosity and Kingdom advancement.
View on Amazon AU →Start With Why
The framework behind every decision I make when building. If your "why" isn't clear, nothing else — marketing, team, product — will hold together.
View on Amazon AU →Faith & Scripture I Build From
Verses and passages that anchor how I lead and build.
I am a pastor before I am an entrepreneur. These scriptures are not decorative — they are load-bearing walls in how I run my businesses, lead my family, and make decisions under pressure.
"Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers."
The thesis of everything I do. Soul, health, and finances are not separate departments — they rise and fall together. This is not prosperity gospel. It is an integrated understanding of what flourishing looks like.
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men."
The verse I return to when I am tempted to cut corners or do just enough. Your work — the meeting, the proposal, the client call — is an act of worship when you bring everything to it.
"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding."
This is why I research before I recommend. Why I wore X39 for three months before I told anyone. Wisdom is not just knowledge — it is knowledge applied with discernment.
"Seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."
The ordering principle behind Kingdom Business. Purpose comes first. The income, the growth, the opportunity — these follow alignment, not the other way around.
"For I know the plans I have for you — plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
The verse I preach when people feel stuck. You were not built for where you currently are. There is a plan, and it is good — but it requires movement, not just waiting.
"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it."
Leadership begins in the interior. Character, motivation, generosity, integrity — everything a leader produces flows from the condition of their inner life. This is not advice about emotion management. It is a diagnosis of the source of leadership itself.
"One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed."
The paradox of generosity as a business principle. Open-handed leadership — with knowledge, credit, opportunity, and resources — produces more than hoarding ever does. I have seen this play out too many times to dismiss it as coincidence.
"Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things."
The operating instruction for Kingdom Business. Not a withdrawal from the world, but a reorientation of what drives you inside it. The leader who is set on things above is free from the anxieties that drive most business decisions — the fear of scarcity, the hunger for status, the need for approval.
"How much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!"
The New Testament vision for what flourishing looks like. Not survival. Not coping. Reigning in life — a posture of abundance, agency, and purpose rooted not in circumstances but in what has already been given. This is the theological foundation beneath everything I do in business and in ministry.
X39 & Phototherapy Research
Peer-reviewed studies and clinical papers behind the science.
I spent months in the research before I ever wore a patch. These are the studies that convinced me there was something genuinely worth investigating. Read them yourself — don't take my word for it.
Skin Biology
GHK-Cu and Skin Rejuvenation
Research on GHK-Cu's role in tissue remodelling, wound healing, and the modulation of inflammation — the foundation of X39's mechanism.
PubMed →Gene Expression
GHK-Cu's Effects on Gene Regulation
Loren Pickart's work showing GHK-Cu resets gene expression toward a more youthful profile across multiple systems.
PubMed →Clinical
LifeWave Clinical Study Library
LifeWave's own repository of IND applications, peer-reviewed studies, and clinical trial data on phototherapy patch efficacy.
lifewave.com →Nerve & Brain
GHK-Cu and Neurological Health
Evidence that GHK-Cu stimulates nerve growth factor and supports cognitive function — explaining the brain clarity many users report.
PubMed →Anti-Inflammatory
GHK-Cu as an Anti-Inflammatory Agent
How GHK-Cu modulates inflammatory cytokines — relevant to pain, recovery, and chronic inflammation research.
PMC →Wound Healing
Photobiomodulation & Tissue Repair
Foundational photobiomodulation research — the broader science of light-frequency interaction with biological tissue that underpins LifeWave's approach.
PubMed →Want to talk through any of this?
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