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THE BASICS – FOR EVERY CHURCH MEMBER
 
(Modified from 9Marks Recommended Readings)
 
APOLOGETICS
 
Stanley Jaki, The Savior of Science (Scottish Academic Press)
 
Philip Johnson, Darwin on Trial (IVP)
 
Philip Johnson, Objections Sustained (IVP)
 
Philip Johnson, Reason in the Balance (IVP)
 
Francis Shaeffer, Escape from Reason (IVP)
 
Michael J Wilkins and J.P. Moreland, Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus (Zondervan)
 
 
BIOGRAPHY
 
Courtney Anderson, To the Golden Shore: The Life of
Adoniram Judson (Zondervan)
Roland H. Bainton, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Abingdon)
Iain Murray, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 2 vols. (Banner of Truth)
Iain Murray, Jonathan Edwards (Banner of Truth)
C.H. Spurgeon, Autobiography (Banner of Truth)
 
 
CATECHISMS
 
Tom Nettles, Teaching Truth, Training Hearts (Calvary)
 
John Piper, ed., A Baptist Catechism (Desiring God Ministries)
 
 
THE CHURCH
 
Jay Adams, Handbook on Church Discipline (Zondervan)
 
John Armstrong, ed., The Compromised Church (Crossway)
 
J.L. Dagg, Manual of Church Order
 
Mark Dever, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (booklet; Center for Church Reform)
 
Mark Dever, Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (book; Crossway)
 
Mark Dever, ed., Polity: Biblical Arguments on How to Conduct Church Life (CCR)
 
Mark Dever, A Display of God’s Glory: Deacons, Elders, Membership, and Congregationalism (CCR)
 
John Piper, Elders (Desiring God Ministries)
 
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines within the Church (Moody)
 
 
CHURCH HISTORY
 
Mark Dever, Richard Sibbes (Mercer)
 
Tom Dowley, ed., Handbook to Church History (Fortress)
 
Greg Wills, Democratic Religion (Oxford)
 
 
DATING
 
Joshua Harris, I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Multnomah)
 
Joshua Harris, Boy Meets Girl (Multnomah)
 
 
DEVOTIONAL
 
Augustine, Confessions (Henry Chadwick translation, Oxford World Classics)
 
Horatius Bonar, Longing for Heaven (Christian Focus)
 
John Bunyan, Grace Abounding (Anchor)
 
John Bunyan, Holy War (Christian Focus)
 
John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress (Penguin)
 
D.A. Carson, For the Love of God, 2 vols. (Crossway)
 
Jonathan Edwards, Charity and its Fruits (Banner of Truth)
 
Carolyn Mahaney, Feminine Appeal (Crossway)
 
Jerry Marcellino, Rediscovering the Lost Jewel of Family Worship (Audobon Press)
 
J.I. Packer, Knowing God (IVP)
 
Elizabeth Prentiss, Stepping Heavenwards (Calvary)
 
J.C. Ryle, Holiness (Baker)
 
C.H. Spurgeon, Faith’s Checkbook (Whitaker)
 
C.H. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening (thin ones; Christian Focus)
 
Donald S. Whitney, How Can I Be Sure I’m a Christian? (Navpress)
 
Donald S. Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (Navpress)
 
 
DISCIPLESHIP
 
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together (Harper & Row)
 
Elyse Fitzpatrick & Carol Cornish, Women Helping Women (Harvest House)
 
John Stott, Basic Christianity (Eerdmans)
 
 
EVANGELISM
 
Joseph Bayly, The Gospel Blimp (Lifejourney Books)
 
D.A. Carson, ed., Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns (Zondervan)
 
Jonathan Edwards, Works on Revival (including Distinguishing Marks) (Banner of Truth)
 
Val Grieve, Your Verdict on the Empty Tomb (Paternoster)
 
Patrick Johnstone, Operation World (Zondervan)
 
Will Metzger, Tell the Truth (IVP)
 
Iain Murray, The Invitation System (Banner of Truth)
 
Iain Murray, Revival and Revivalism (Banner of Truth)
 
J.I. Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (IVP)
 
Mack Stiles, Speaking of Jesus (IVP)
 
Christianity Explained (Narrowgate Press, UK)
 
 
MARRIAGE & DIVORCE
 
John Murray, Divorce (Presbyterian & Reformed)
 
 
PARENTING
 
Ted Tripp, Shepherding a Child’s Heart (Shepherd Press)
 
 
PRAYER
 
Arthur Bennett, ed., Valley of Vision (Banner of Truth)
 
D.A. Carson, A Call to Spiritual Reformation (Baker)
 
Samuel Prime, The Power of Prayer (Banner of Truth)
 
 
STUDY TOOLS
 
Handbook to the Bible (Zondervan)
 
New Bible Commentary (IVP)
 
New Bible Dictionary (IVP)
 
Dan Allender and Tremper Longman, Bold Love (Navpress)
 
Dan Allender and Tremper Longman, Bold Purpose (Navpress)
 
D.A. Carson, Doug Moo, Leon Morris, Introduction to the New Testament (Zondervan)
 
Raymond Dillard and Tremper Longman, Introduction to the Old Testament (Zondervan)
 
Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All it’s Worth (Zondervan)
 
 
SUFFERING
 
D.A. Carson, How Long, O Lord? (Baker)
 
Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed (Banner of Truth)
 
 
THEOLOGY
 
Louis Berkhoff, Systematic Theology (Banner of Truth)
 
F.F. Bruce, The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (Eerdmans)
 
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Westminster/John Knox)
 
D.A. Carson, The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (Crossway)
 
D.A. Carson, Love in Hard Places (Crossway)
 
D.A. Carson, Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility (Wipf and Stock)
 
J.L. Dagg, Manual of Theology (Gano/Sprinkle)
 
John Flavel, They Mystery of Providence (Banner of Truth)
 
Timothy George, The Theology of the Reformers (Broadman)
 
Graeme Goldsworthy, Gospel and Kingdom (Paternoster)
 
Wayne Grudem and John Piper, eds., Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Crossway)
 
Martin Hengel, Crucifixion (Fortress)
 
Carl F.H. Henry, Toward a Recovery of Christian Belief (Crossway)
 
Robert Letham, The Works of Christ
 
Fred Malone, A String of Pearls Unstrung (Founders)
 
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression (Eerdmans)
 
Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will (Westminster/John Knox, or SCM
 
Leon Morris, The Atonement (IVP)
 
John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied (Banner of Truth)
 
Tom Nettles, By His Grace and For His Glory (Founders)
 
J.I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness (Crossway)
 
J.I. Packer, Fundamentalism and the Word of God (Eerdmans)
 
J.I. Packer, God Has Spoken: Revelation and the Bible (Baker)
 
A.W. Pink, The Attributes of God (Baker)
 
John Piper, Future Grace (Multnomah)
 
John Piper, God’s Passion for His Glory (Crossway)
 
John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad (Baker)
 
John Piper, The Pleasures of God (Multnomah)
 
John Piper, TULIP: What We Believe about the Five Points of Calvinism (Desiring God Ministries)
 
Ernest Reisinger, What Should We Think of the Carnal Christian? (Banner of Truth)
 
Thomas Scott, The Articles of the Synod of Dort (Sprinkle)
 
B.B. Warfield, The Plan of Salvation (Simpson)

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The Deep End of the Pool IN DEPTH STUDY For Pastors, Church Leaders,  and Those Considering Seminary   EXPOSITORY PREACHING Grant R. Osborne - The Hermeneutical Spiral Mark Dever et al - Preaching the Cross John MacArthur - Rediscovering Expository Preaching Bryan Chappell – Christ-Centered Preaching Greg Heisler - Sprit Led Preaching Graeme Goldsworthy – Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture Sidney Greidanus – The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text Sidney Greidanus – Preaching Christ from the Old Testament D. Martyn Lloyd Jones – Preaching and Preachers John Piper – Supremacy of God in Preaching C.H. Spurgeon – Lectures To My Students John Stott – Between Two Worlds Dennis E. Johnson – Him We Proclaim Walter C. Kaiser Jr. – Toward an Exegetical Theology Graeme Goldsworthy – According to Plan Hershael York & Bert Decker – Preaching with Bold Assurance Craig L. Blomberg - Preaching the Parablese Haddo Robinson - Biblical Preaching   Michael Duduit - Handbook of Contemporary Preaching Graeme Goldsworth - Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture Ramesh Richard - Preparing Expository Sermons Warren Wiersbe - Preaching & Teaching with Imagination D. Brent Sandy & Ronald L. Giese Jr. - Cracking the Old Testament Code Sidney Greidanus - Preaching Christ for the Old Testament Tremper Longman III - Making Sense of the Old Testament John Stott - Between Two Worlds D Martin Lloyd Jones - Preaching & Preachers Peter Adam - Speaking God's Words Sidney Greidanus - The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text Thabiti M. Anyabwile - The Faithful Preacher John A. Broadus - On Preparation and Delivery Dennis M. Cahill - The Shape of Preaching Michael Fabarez - Preaching that Changes Lives Walter L. Liefeld - New Textament Exposition Keith Willhite - Preaching with Relevance without Bumbing Down Arturo G. Azurdia III - Spirit Empowered Preaching Jack Kuhatschek - Applyig the Bible Daniel M. Doriania - Putting the Truth to Work Fred B. Craddock - As One Without Authority Haddon Robinson & Craig B. Larson - The Art & Craft of Biblical Preaching Mark Dever - The Gospel & Personal Evangelism Brian Chapell - Using Illustrations to Preach with Power Graham Johnston - Preaching to a Post Modern World Richard J. Erickson - A Beginners Guide to New Testament Exegesis NEW TESTAMENT Paul, Apostle of the Heart Set Free, F.F. Bruce  Introduction to the New Testament, D.A. Carson, Douglass Moo, and Leon Morris Crucifixion, Martin Hengel  Origin of Paul’s Gospel, Seyoon Kim  The Presence of the Future, George Eldon Ladd  A Theology of the New Testament, George Eldon Ladd Introduction to the New Testament, John Stott  OLD TESTAMENT The Authority of the Old Testament, John Bright History of Israel, John Bright  Introduction to the Old Testament, Dillard and Longman  The Faith of Israel, William Dumbrell  The Goldsworthy Trilogy, Graeme Goldsworthy (see esp. Gospel and Kingdom in this volume) Whoredom, Ray Ortlund, Jr. STUDY TOOLS New Bible Dictionary, IVP  New Bible Commentary, IVP  Handbook to the Bible, Eerdmans  Exegetical Fallacies, Donald Carson  How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth, Fee & Stuart The Hermeneutical Spiral, Grant Osborne SYSTEMATICS Systematic Theology, Louis Berkhof  Manual of Theology, J.L Dagg  Systematic Theology, Wayne Grudem Systematic Theology (3 vols.), Charles Hodge  THEOLOGY Cur Deus Homo, Anselm  Reformed Pastor, Richard Baxter  Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan  Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin The Gagging of God, D.A. Carson  The Religious Affections, Jonathan Edwards Spiritual Depression, D. Martin Lloyd-Jones  Bondage of the Will, Martin Luther  Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, J.I. Packer  Fundamentalism and the Word of God, J.I. Packer  Introduction to John Owen’s Death of Death in the Death of Christ, J.I. Packer  Knowing God, J.I. Packer  Future Grace, John Piper  The Pleasures of God, John Piper Holiness, J.C. Ryle Little Exercise for Young Theologians, Helmut Thielicke  Inspiration and Authority of Scripture, B.B. Warfield  No Place for Truth, David Wells  God in the Wasteland, David Wells  Losing Our Virtue, David Wells       CHURCH DISCIPLINE/MEMBERSHIP Handbook of Church Discipline, Jay Adams The Compromised Church, ed., John Armstrong Nine Marks of a Healthy Church, Mark Dever Polity: Biblical Arguments on How to Conduct Church Life, ed., Mark Dever The Reformation of the Church, ed., Iain Murray Democratic Religion, Greg Wills CHURCH HISTORY Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, Roland Bainton The Early Church, Henry Chadwick  The Dumb Ox (A Biography of Aquinas), G.K. Chesterton  George Whitfield (2 vols.), Arnold Dallimore  Handbook to the History of Christianity, ed. Tim Dowley Theology of the Reformers, Timothy George  The Democratization of American Christianity, Nathan Hatch  The Waning of the Middle Ages, Johan Huizinga  A History of Christianity in the U.S & Canada, Mark Noll Quest for Godliness, J.I. Packer  The Church Under Siege, M.A. Smith  EVANGELISM The Gospel Blimp, Joe Bayly Tell The Truth, Will Metzger Revival and Revivalism, Iain Murray Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, J.I.Packer Speaking of Jesus, J.Mack Stiles Christianity Explained (Workbook)Scripture Union   LEADERSHIP The Reformed Pastor, Richard Baxter The Christian Ministry, Charles Bridges Elders, John MacArthur Biblical Eldership, John Piper Brothers, We are NOT Professionals, John Piper Biblical Eldership, Alexander Strauch MISSIONS Operation World, Patrick Johnstone Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper Christian Mission in the Modern World, John Stott    David Wells, The Bleeding of the Evangelical Church (Banner of Truth)   David Wells, God in the Wasteland (Eerdmans)   David Wells, Losing our Virtue (Eerdmans)   David Wells, No Place for Truth (Eerdmans)   John Wenham, Christ and the Bible (Baker)   George Whitefield, Selected Sermons (Banner of Truth)     WORSHIP   Baptist Hymnal (Broadman)   Horton Davies, Worship of the American Puritans (Soli Deo Gloria)   Michael Horton, In the Face of God (Word)   Leonard Payton, Reforming Our Worship Music (Crossway) David Petersen, Engaging with God (Eerdmans)

 

 

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