These are some books I suggest for your list, especially if you're starting your exodus from mainstream Evangelicalism into Reformed circles of Christian faith. But first, some tips for developing better habits for more consistent reading: Making time to read. If you want an excellent guide for Reformed reading, look no further: reformedbooks.net
Charles Spurgeon commented on theological reading,
But on to my list. Some of you would like to begin reading but don't know where to start. This list includes titles which have been most helpful to my personal growth in Christ and have shaped my Christian world view. Most are available for purchase from one of the following dealers:
MonergismBooks.com [most informative, broadest selection]
Cumberland Valley Bible Book Store
Westminster Seminary
Solid-ground-books.com
Sprinkle Publications [nicely bound rare-ish books]Amazon.com [read reviews here, and buy elsewhere!]
@ = Free online version, click the symbol.
Essential Reading for the Post-Evangelical Pilgrim:
+ Temptation, Resisted & Repulsed, John Owen
+ Communion with God, John Owen
+ Profiting from the Word - Arthur W. Pink @+ Body of Divinity, Thomas Watson
+ Pocket Guide to Church History - Dr. Jeffrey Bingham
+ Holiness - J. C. Ryle @+ The Sovereignty of God - Arthur W. Pink @
+ Personal Declension and Revival of Religion in the Soul - Octavius Winslow @
+ Satan Cast Out, Frederick Leahy
Christian Living / Sanctification:
+ Temptation, Resisted & Repulsed, John Owen
+ Communion with God, John Owen
+ The Mortification of Sin - John Owen @
+ Holiness - J. C. Ryle @
+ Personal Declension and Revival of Religion in the Soul - Octavius Winslow @
+ Profiting from the Word - A. W. Pink @
+ Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions - Arthur Bennett Ω
+ The Young Christian - Matthew Henry+ The Christian in Complete Armor - William Gurnall @
+ The Bruised Reed - Richard Sibbes @
+ The Acceptable Sacrifice - John Bunyan @
+ Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Donald S. Whitney
+ Resolutions & Advice to Young Converts - Jonathan Edwards @
+ A Puritan Golden Treasury - I.D.E. Thomas
Overviews of Christian Theology:
+ Body of Divinity, Thomas Watson
+ Three Forms of Unity
+ Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin
+ Reformed Confessions Harmonized - Joel Beeke
Doctrines of Grace, Calvinism:
+ The Sovereignty of God - A. W. Pink @
+ Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God - J. I. Packer
+ Bondage of the Will - Martin Luther @ [review]
+ Doctrines of Grace, a Scripture List - Nathan Pitchford @
+ Five Points of Calvinism - W. J. Seaton @
+ All of Grace - Charles H. Spurgeon @
+ Redemption Accomplished and Applied - John Murray
+ A Defense of Calvinism - Charles H. Spurgeon @
Theology Proper / Pnuematology / Christology:+ The Holy Spirit, John Owen
+ The Sovereignty of God, A. W. Pink
+ Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer
+ The Holiness of God, R. C. Sproul
+ The Loveliness of Christ, Samuel Rutherford
Miscellaneous :
+ Satan Cast Out, Frederick Leahy
+ Augustine for Armchair Theologians - Stephen Cooper
+ The Ten Commandments, A. W. Pink
Biography / Non-Fiction Narrative:+ Autobiography of Charles Haddon Spurgeon - W. Y. Fullerton @ [review]
+ Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners - John Bunyan Ω @
+ Confessions - Augustine @
+ Missionary Patriarch: The True Story of John Paton, John Paton
+ The Life of A. W. Pink, Iain Murray [review]
+ Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret - Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor @
+ Sailing Alone Around the World, Joshua Slocum
+ A Surprising Work of God - Jonathan Edwards @
+ Resolutions & Advice to Young Converts - Jonathan Edwards @
+ John Calvin for Armchair Theologians, Christopher Elwood
+ Martin Luther for Armchair Theologians, Steven D. Paulson
+ A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards, George Mardsen
+ Tortured for Christ - Richard Wurmbrand @
+ David Livingstone - Thomas Hughes @ [review]
+ In His Own Words - Martin Luther
+ Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God - David McCasland
+ Mission to the Head Hunters - Frank Drown
Commentaries:+ Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible - Matthew Henry @
+ Commentaries - John Calvin @
+ Exposition of the Whole Bible - John Gill @
Evangelism, Doctrines related to:+ Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God - J. I. Packer
+ Words to Winners of Souls - Horatius Bonar @
Evangelistic Presentations:
+ All of Grace - Charles H. Spurgeon Ω @
+ The Christian's Great Interest, William Guthrie Ω
+ Truth for All Time - John Calvin (must read!!) Ω
+ Around the Wicket Gate - C. H. Spurgeon @
+ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - Jonathan Edwards ^ @
Ecclesiology / Pastoral Ministry:+ The Reformed Pastor - Richard Baxter Ω @
+ Warnings to the Churches - J. C. Ryle ^
+ Words to Winners of Souls - Horatius Bonar @
Fiction / Poetry:+ The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan Ω @
+ Coral Island, R. M. Ballantyne Ω
+ Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe ^ @
History:+ Pocket Guide to Church History - Dr. Jeffrey Bingham ^
+ He is There and He is Not Silent, Francis Schaeffer Ω
+ The Reformation for Armchair Theologians, Glen Sunshine
+ Foxe's Book of Martyrs, John Foxe
+ A Surprising Work of God - Jonathan Edwards
+ The Century, for Young People - Peter Jennings
Ancient & Medieval Literature (Up to 1400 AD):
+ On Christian Doctrine, AD 397-426, Augustine+ Confessions, AD 397-398, Augustine Ω @
+ Didache, c. AD 90-180, Anonymous
Philosophy:
+ How Should We Then Live, Francis Schaeffer Ω
+ He is There and He is Not Silent, Francis Schaeffer
+ Aristotle in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern
+ Plato in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern
+ Politics, Aristotle
Cultural Issues / Applied Christianity:
+ How Shall We Then Live, Francis Schaeffer Ω
+ Not for Sale, David Batstone ^ (Modern slave trade)
Check out my 2009 Resolutionary Reading List.
Charles Spurgeon commented on theological reading,
As the apostle says to Timothy, so also he says to every-one, 'Give yourself to reading.' ... He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers, and expositions of the Bible... the best way for you to spend your leisure is to be either reading or praying.Knowing what joy and improvement I've received from great authors of the past, I cannot easily convey the disappointment I feel when people confess how few substantive books they read each year, while finding time for hundreds of hours of shallow television, YouTube videos, and banal fiction. Diet tells much, and suggests our state of health. Avoiding hard and meaningful material is like attempting to subsist on intellectual Ramen noodles.
But on to my list. Some of you would like to begin reading but don't know where to start. This list includes titles which have been most helpful to my personal growth in Christ and have shaped my Christian world view. Most are available for purchase from one of the following dealers:
MonergismBooks.com [most informative, broadest selection]
Cumberland Valley Bible Book Store
Westminster Seminary
Solid-ground-books.com
Sprinkle Publications [nicely bound rare-ish books]Amazon.com [read reviews here, and buy elsewhere!]
@ = Free online version, click the symbol.
Essential Reading for the Post-Evangelical Pilgrim:
+ Temptation, Resisted & Repulsed, John Owen
+ Communion with God, John Owen
+ Profiting from the Word - Arthur W. Pink @+ Body of Divinity, Thomas Watson
+ Pocket Guide to Church History - Dr. Jeffrey Bingham
+ Holiness - J. C. Ryle @+ The Sovereignty of God - Arthur W. Pink @
+ Personal Declension and Revival of Religion in the Soul - Octavius Winslow @
+ Satan Cast Out, Frederick Leahy
Christian Living / Sanctification:
+ Temptation, Resisted & Repulsed, John Owen
+ Communion with God, John Owen
+ The Mortification of Sin - John Owen @
+ Holiness - J. C. Ryle @
+ Personal Declension and Revival of Religion in the Soul - Octavius Winslow @
+ Profiting from the Word - A. W. Pink @
+ Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions - Arthur Bennett Ω
+ The Young Christian - Matthew Henry+ The Christian in Complete Armor - William Gurnall @
+ The Bruised Reed - Richard Sibbes @
+ The Acceptable Sacrifice - John Bunyan @
+ Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Donald S. Whitney
+ Resolutions & Advice to Young Converts - Jonathan Edwards @
+ A Puritan Golden Treasury - I.D.E. Thomas
Overviews of Christian Theology:
+ Body of Divinity, Thomas Watson
+ Three Forms of Unity
+ Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin
+ Reformed Confessions Harmonized - Joel Beeke
Doctrines of Grace, Calvinism:
+ The Sovereignty of God - A. W. Pink @
+ Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God - J. I. Packer
+ Bondage of the Will - Martin Luther @ [review]
+ Doctrines of Grace, a Scripture List - Nathan Pitchford @
+ Five Points of Calvinism - W. J. Seaton @
+ All of Grace - Charles H. Spurgeon @
+ Redemption Accomplished and Applied - John Murray
+ A Defense of Calvinism - Charles H. Spurgeon @
Theology Proper / Pnuematology / Christology:+ The Holy Spirit, John Owen
+ The Sovereignty of God, A. W. Pink
+ Knowledge of the Holy, A.W. Tozer
+ The Holiness of God, R. C. Sproul
+ The Loveliness of Christ, Samuel Rutherford
Miscellaneous :
+ Satan Cast Out, Frederick Leahy
+ Augustine for Armchair Theologians - Stephen Cooper
+ The Ten Commandments, A. W. Pink
Biography / Non-Fiction Narrative:+ Autobiography of Charles Haddon Spurgeon - W. Y. Fullerton @ [review]
+ Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners - John Bunyan Ω @
+ Confessions - Augustine @
+ Missionary Patriarch: The True Story of John Paton, John Paton
+ The Life of A. W. Pink, Iain Murray [review]
+ Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret - Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor @
+ Sailing Alone Around the World, Joshua Slocum
+ A Surprising Work of God - Jonathan Edwards @
+ Resolutions & Advice to Young Converts - Jonathan Edwards @
+ John Calvin for Armchair Theologians, Christopher Elwood
+ Martin Luther for Armchair Theologians, Steven D. Paulson
+ A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards, George Mardsen
+ Tortured for Christ - Richard Wurmbrand @
+ David Livingstone - Thomas Hughes @ [review]
+ In His Own Words - Martin Luther
+ Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God - David McCasland
+ Mission to the Head Hunters - Frank Drown
Commentaries:+ Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible - Matthew Henry @
+ Commentaries - John Calvin @
+ Exposition of the Whole Bible - John Gill @
Evangelism, Doctrines related to:+ Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God - J. I. Packer
+ Words to Winners of Souls - Horatius Bonar @
Evangelistic Presentations:
+ All of Grace - Charles H. Spurgeon Ω @
+ The Christian's Great Interest, William Guthrie Ω
+ Truth for All Time - John Calvin (must read!!) Ω
+ Around the Wicket Gate - C. H. Spurgeon @
+ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - Jonathan Edwards ^ @
Ecclesiology / Pastoral Ministry:+ The Reformed Pastor - Richard Baxter Ω @
+ Warnings to the Churches - J. C. Ryle ^
+ Words to Winners of Souls - Horatius Bonar @
Fiction / Poetry:+ The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan Ω @
+ Coral Island, R. M. Ballantyne Ω
+ Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe ^ @
History:+ Pocket Guide to Church History - Dr. Jeffrey Bingham ^
+ He is There and He is Not Silent, Francis Schaeffer Ω
+ The Reformation for Armchair Theologians, Glen Sunshine
+ Foxe's Book of Martyrs, John Foxe
+ A Surprising Work of God - Jonathan Edwards
+ The Century, for Young People - Peter Jennings
Ancient & Medieval Literature (Up to 1400 AD):
+ On Christian Doctrine, AD 397-426, Augustine+ Confessions, AD 397-398, Augustine Ω @
+ Didache, c. AD 90-180, Anonymous
Philosophy:
+ How Should We Then Live, Francis Schaeffer Ω
+ He is There and He is Not Silent, Francis Schaeffer
+ Aristotle in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern
+ Plato in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern
+ Politics, Aristotle
Cultural Issues / Applied Christianity:
+ How Shall We Then Live, Francis Schaeffer Ω
+ Not for Sale, David Batstone ^ (Modern slave trade)
Check out my 2009 Resolutionary Reading List.
4 comments:
Alarm to the Unconverted by Joseph Alleine is also one of my favorites and one of the most convicting books I have ever read. I actually bought a bunch of copies of it for professing Christians that need to know reality.
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What a work the Spirit has done and is doing through you. Be encouraged and praise Him for His salvation! All hail the power of Jesus' name!
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Link to Jonathan Edwards's Advice to Young Converts:
http://www.dominiontheology.org/JE-Advice.htm
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