10 favorite books.

[Carbon]

John Owen - Overcoming sin and temptation
John Owen - The death of death in the death of Christ
Thomas Boston - The Covenant of Grace
George Smeaton - Christ's doctrine of the Atonement
Herman Witsius - The economy of the covenants between God and man.
John Calvin - The institutes
Alexander Stewart - The Tree of Promise
James White - The Potter's Freedom
R.C. Sproul - The Holiness of God
B. B. Warfield - Biblical Doctrines
Jonathan Edwards - The Freedom Of The Will


Oops, that's 11.

 

[CrazyCalvinistUncle]

Oops, that's 11.

The struggle is real. /hug

 

[fastfredy0]

The Existence and Attributes of God - Stephen Charnock

 

[Marilyn C]

The 5 books by C.J. Rolls on the Names and Titles of the Lord, from A - Z.

 

[civic]

I Copied/Pasted this from the old forum when I was a Calvinist back in November 2020. My list still remains the same today.

1) The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer
2) The Knowledge of the Holy by AW Tozer
3) Knowing God by Packer
4) The Cost of Discipleship by Bonhoeffer
5) How to read the Bible for all its worth by Fee and Stuart
6) The Gospel according to Jesus by MacArthur
7) Pilgrims Progress by Bunyan
8) Fox's Book of Martyrs by Fox
9) Kingdom of the Cults by Martin
10) Evidence that demands a verdict by McDowell

 

[civic]

@preacher4truth here was your list from 2020. Has anything changed ?

1. Studies in TSOTM - Martyn Lloyd Jones
2. The Way to True Happiness - Robert Harris
3. Knowing God - J I Packer
4. The Pilgrims Progress - John Bunyan
5. Communion with God - John Owen
6. Holiness - J C Ryle
7. The Parable of the Sower - Samuel Stennett
8. Romans - John Murray
9. Princeton vs. The New Divinity - Princeton Review
10. The Religious Affections - Jonathan Edwards
11. The Potter's Freedom - Dr. James White

 

[civic]

And another copy/paste that I still stand by

Here are some books I have on various subjects that I can recommend

1-Some great books written on the Resurrection are by Habermas and Lincona, McDowell, Kendall, Strobel, Dalferth
2-On the Deity of Christ are Chemnitz, Harris, Hurtado, Morgan & Peterson, Berkouwer, Murphy, Polythress, Bowman & Komoszewski, Bauckman, Cole, Clark & Johnson, Ware, MacArthur to name a few.
3- On the Trinity- Morey, Letham, White, Ware, Kostenberger, Swain, Ryken, Lefebvre,
4- Commentary sets- Word, NICNT, PNTC(Pillar), Baker Exegetical, TNAC

 

[Deleted member 5]

@preacher4truth here was your list from 2020. Has anything changed ?

1. Studies in TSOTM - Martyn Lloyd Jones
2. The Way to True Happiness - Robert Harris
3. Knowing God - J I Packer
4. The Pilgrims Progress - John Bunyan
5. Communion with God - John Owen
6. Holiness - J C Ryle
7. The Parable of the Sower - Samuel Stennett
8. Romans - John Murray
9. Princeton vs. The New Divinity - Princeton Review
10. The Religious Affections - Jonathan Edwards
11. The Potter's Freedom - Dr. James White

I'd have to think on it, but would add The Gospel According to Jesus in there.

 

[civic]

I'd have to think on it, but would add The Gospel According to Jesus in there.

I need to fit Martin Lloyd Jones Sermon on the Mount into my list. His insight into that is the best I have ever read.

 

[Deleted member 5]

I need to fit Martin Lloyd Jones Sermon on the Mount into my list. His insight into that is the best I have ever read.

Yep, he's the man, or rather "The Doctor". His sermons are second to none.

 

[Deleted member 6]

Yep, he's the man, or rather "The Doctor". His sermons are second to none.

I have it on good authority, your ten favorite books are...

See Spot Run
Green Eggs and Ham
Cat in the Hat
The Tale of Peter Rabbitt
Where's Waldo
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Adventures of Alice in Wonderland
Charlotte's Web
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Little Engine That Could


#ComeOnAndFessUp

 

[civic]

I have it on good authority, your ten favorite books are...

See Spot Run
Green Eggs and Ham
Cat in the Hat
The Tale of Peter Rabbitt
Where's Waldo
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Adventures of Alice in Wonderland
Charlotte's Web
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Little Engine That Could


#ComeOnAndFessUp

Its actually 12 you forgot Corduroy and Madeline

 

[Josheb]

In no particular order...

The Bible
The Francis Schaeffer trilogy (should be required reading for every Christian)
"Life Together" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas
"The Meaning of Marriage" by Timothy Keller
"Boundaries," or "Boundaries in Marriage" by Henry Cloud and John Townsend
"Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl
"Disciplines of a Godly Man" by R. Kent Hughes
"Free of Charge" by Miroslav Volf
"Hyperspace" by Michio Kaku

Honorable Mentions:

"Knowing God" by J. I. Packer
"The Incomparable Christ" by John Stott
"Systematic Theology" by Louis Berkof (way better than Grudem or Geisler and shorter than Bavinck or Hodge).
"Total Truth" by Nancey Pearcey
"Five Views on the Law and Gospel" edited by Stanley N. Gundry
"The Legacy of Heorot" by Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven, and Steven Barnes (even my wife liked it )
"The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work" by John Gottman