Recommended Readings

"Visit many good books but live in the Bible."

- Charles Spurgen

Commentaries

* JC Ryle Expository Thoughts on the Gospels, Ryle.
* The Message of the OT and NT, Dever.
* Psalms: The Treasury of David, Spurgeon.
* The MacArthur Bible Commentary, MacArthur.
* Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament, Beale and Carson.

Theology

* Conversion, Lawrence.
* Knowing God, Packer.
* Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, Packer.
* God’s Greater Glory, Ware.
* Created in God’s Image, Hoekema.
* Systematic Theology: Grudem.
* A Catechism on Biblical Doctrine, Downing.
* The Institutes, Calvin.

About Christ

* Glimpses of the Inner Life of Our Lord, Blaike.
* The Glorious Sufficiency of Christ, Tyree.
* The Person of Christ, MacLoud.
* The Cross of Christ, Stott.
* The Whole Christ, Ferguson.
* Gentle and Lowly, Ortlund.
* Prophet, Priest, and King, Mohler.
* Kings Cross, Keller.
* Knowing Christ, Jones.

Devotional

* Psalm 119, Charles Bridges.
* A Cluster of Camphire, Mrs. Spurgeon.
* A Word in Season, Walker.
* Morning Mercies, Tripp.
* Spurgeon’s Sorrows, Eswine. (On Depression)
* Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, Vroegop.
* The Bruised Reed, Sibbs.

General Reading

* 9 Marks of a Healthy Church, Dever.
* The Holiness of God, RC Sproul.
* Church Discipline, Leeman.
* The Peacemaker, Sande.
* Faithful Leadership, Tice.
* Elders, Rinne.
* Deacons, Smethurst
* Evangelism, Stiles.
* Discipling, Dever.
* The Power of Prayer, Spurgeon.
* I Am a Church Member, Rainer.

Families

* Pilgrims Progress, Bunyan.
* What is The Gospel, Gilbert.
* New City Catechism, Keller.
* Don’t Waste Your Life, Piper.
* Delighted in God, Muller. (Prayer)
* Disciplines of a Godly Man, Hughes.
* Disciplines of a Godly Woman, Ms. Hughes.
* Family Worship, Bush.

Christmas and Advent

* The Dawn of Redeeming Grace, Ferguson.
* Love Came Down at Christmas, Ferguson.
* Good Tidings of Great Joy, Spurgeon.

History

* The Unquenchable Flame, Reeves.
* Revival and Revivalism, Murray.
* The Story of Christianity Vol. I & II, Gonzalez.
* Thrones of Blood, Josephus.
* Historical Theology, Allison.
* Controversy of the Ages, Cabal.
* American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion, Wilsey.