This is a book that will give you a firm sense of the 5 Crowns of Reward from the perspective of an anecdotal experience of a pastor's relationship with the parishioners. The book runs through a particular fictional experience where they are on a field trip together, and the subject of the 5 Crowns of Reward pops up and dominates the conversation for the sake of the book. The book focuses on the practical application of the Crowns in the life of the believer, and what they gained out of the experience. The narrator pops in for some useful insights, and the pastoral personality in the narrative supplies some biblical connections. This book is a good way to dip your toes into the waters of the 5 Crowns of Reward for beginners who are a little intimidated by the broader biblical connections, and the ministry usage of the activities these Crowns demand from Christians. Heroe's Welcome

If you get to read Mark Hitchcock's materials, his book on eschatology, The End, and other works, you will be all the better for it. This book, Heavenly Rewards, takes the 5 Crowns of Reward from a strongly exegetical angle. That means each chapter will take you each and every Scripture that sets up the rewards theme in Scripture, culminating in the 5 Crowns of Reward in the New Testament. Highly recommended book; it reads like a sermon with a strong focus on the final judgement of the Church leading into the Millennial Reign of Christ.

The first book everyone would do well to place in their library is Crowns of Valor--Bold Leaders, Arise! from Dr. Justin R. Woods. This is they only --THE ONLY ONE-- in all of Christendom that bridges the direct link from the 5 Crowns of Reward in the NT to a "Full Counsel of God" Model of Ministry, to include eschatology. Once those connections are made, the sky's the limit! From that point, you will make sense of all other resources.