Reading List
These are books that I have read and strongly recommend. The ones in italics are on my reading list!
Bibles:
The Bible in ESV
The Bible- NKJV ( very smooth translation)
The Bible- NIV ( I would not recommend the TNIV due to the gender neutral controversy.)
The John MacArthur Study Bible
The ESV Study Bible
The ESV Student Study Bible
Biographies:
D.L. Moody
John and Betty Stam
William Tyndale
William Wilberforce
Watchman Nee
Fanny Crosby
Jonathan Edwards
David Livingston
John Wesley [I liked reading about his life for the Lord (even though we differ in doctrine) but the book left out his neglected family life. ]
Books:
Confessions- St. Augustine
To the Glory of God: A 40-Day Devotional on the Book of Romans- Boice
The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds on Prayer- Bounds (favorite)
Pilgrim’s Progress- Bunyan (classic must read)
The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment- Challies
Crazy Love-Chan
The Forgotten God- Chan
Erasing Hell- Chan
The Explicit Gospel- Chandler
The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards
Sinners in the hands of an Angry God- Edwards
Counsel from the Cross- Fitzpatrick
The Pursuit of Holiness- Bridges (one of my favorite books)
The Practice of Godliness- Bridges
Trusting God- Bridges (another good read emphasizing the Sovereignty of God during hard times)
Just Do It- Kevin De Young
A Way with Words- Ditchfield
Death by Love- Driscoll
Vintage Jesus- Driscoll
Religion Saves and 9 other Misconceptions- Driscoll
Vintage Church- Driscoll
Doctrine- Driscoll
Passion and Purity- Elliot
Love has a price tag- Elliot
I don’t have enough faith to be an Atheist- Geisler
Introduction to Biblical Theology- Goldsworthy
Gospel- Greear
Systematic Theology- Grudem (ip- don’t know when I’m ever going to finish that giant textbook… it’s bigger than me!)
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood- Grudem and Piper
I Kissed Dating Goodbye- Harris
The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Post-Holocaust Perspectives- Haynes
We Believe: Recovering the Essentials of the Apostles’ Creed- Horton
The Reason for God- Keller
Counterfeit Gods- Keller
The Meaning of Marriage- Keller
If I Perish- Kim
God’s Design for Christian Dating- Laurie
The Chronicles of Narnia- Lewis
Mere Christianity- Lewis
The Screwtape Letters- Lewis
The Jesus Story Book Bible- Llloyd Jones
The Enemy Within- Lundgaard
Slave – MacArthur
Anxious for Nothing- MacArthur
Right Thinking in a World gone Wrong- MacArthur
The Quest for Character- MacArthur
Found: God’s will- MacArthur
The Truth War- MacArthur
The Murder of Jesus- MacArthur
Twelve Extraordinary Women- MacArthur
Living the Cross Centered Life- Mahaney
The Cross Centered Life- Mahaney
Humility- Mahaney
Feminine Appeal- Carolyn Mahaney
I Really Want to Change… So, Help Me God- MacDonald
When Life is Hard- MacDonald
Lord, Change My Attitude: Before It’s Too Late- MacDonald
Gripped by the Greatness of God- MacDonald
More than a Carpenter- McDowell
Evidence that Demands a Verdict- McDowell
Surprised By Hope- N.T. Wright
Knowing God by J.I. Packer
Desiring God- Piper (classic)
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God- Piper
Don’t Waste your Life- Piper (I highly recommend this)
Think- Piper
Bloodlines- Piper
A Godward Life- Piper
Battling Anxiety- Piper
Finally Alive- Piper
Faith Women and their Extraordinary God- Noel Piper
Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ- Piper
Spectacular Sins- Piper
Life as a Vapor- Piper
The Pleasures of God- Piper
Radical- Platt (convicting)
A Call to Prayer- Ryle (J.C.)
Holiness- Ryle (J.C.)
The Holiness of God- Sproul
Knowing God- Sproul
Chosen by God- Sproul
All of Grace- Spurgeon
Morning by Morning devotionals- Spurgeon
Evening by Evening devotionals- Spurgeon
Holy Living- Taylor (One my my absolute favorite books. A must read)
The Case for Christ- Strobel
The Case for a Creator- Strobel
Hope Again- Swindoll
Knowledge of the Holy- Tozer
The Pursuit of God- Tozer
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands- Tripp
The Heidelberg Catechism: A Study Guide- Williamson
Easy Chairs, Hard Words- Wilson
Revolution in World Missions- Yohannan
