I was asked recently to come up with a short list of Christian books that have impacted my life, being books that I would also heartily recommend others to read. I would add that such books should be read more than once. And we should intersperse newer works with older works. They are as follows:
Addendum: I also recommend that you read -- and seek to master -- the works of one author, or a few authors, who wrote deeply on biblical and theological topics. Over the past forty years my studies have centered on the following theologians and/or pastors: John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Francis Schaeffer, and more recently, Herman Bavinck and Carl F. H. Henry.
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together.
- Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion (1541).
- Coleman, Robert. Master Plan of Evangelism.
- DeYoung, Kevin. Taking God at his Word.
- Keller, Tim. The Reason for God.
- Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity.
- Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Evangelistic Sermons.
- Luther, Martin. Commentary on Galatians.
- Machen, J. Gresham. Christianity and Liberalism.
- Packer, J. I. Knowing God.
- Schaeffer, Francis. True Spirituality.
- Stott, John. The Cross of Christ.
Addendum: I also recommend that you read -- and seek to master -- the works of one author, or a few authors, who wrote deeply on biblical and theological topics. Over the past forty years my studies have centered on the following theologians and/or pastors: John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Francis Schaeffer, and more recently, Herman Bavinck and Carl F. H. Henry.
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