2007/6 A Reading List For Serious Christians and Church Leaders
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This reading list has been hastily prepared to meet requests by a number of individuals. It will be revised as time permits.
A. Doctrine
1. Systematics
i. A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, Samuel Waldron.
ii. Manual of Theology, JL Dagg.
iii. Systematic Theology, Louis Berkhof
2. Scripture
i. Survey of the Bible, William Hendriksen
ii. Nothing But the Truth, Brian H. Edwards.
iii. Baptists and the Bible, L. Russ Bush & Tom J. Nettles
3. Salvation
i. The Reign of Grace, Abraham Booth.
ii.The Sovereignty of God, AW Pink.
iii. Chosen By God, RC Sproul.
4. Others
i. God’s Righteous Kingdom, Walter J. Chantry.
ii. Amillennialism Today, William E. Cox
iii. The History of Christian Doctrines, Louis Berkhof.
iv. Biblical Theology, Geerhardus Vos.
B. History
1. Early Church & General History
i. Sketches From Church History, SM Houghton.
ii. 2000 Years of Christ’s Power, Pts. 1, 2 & 3, NR Needham.
2. Reformation
i. Renaissance & Reformation, William R. Estep.
3. Post Reformation
i. Who Were The Puritans, Erroll Hulse.
ii. Revival & Revivalism, Iain Murray.
iii. The Church in History, Stanford E. Murrell.
4. Baptists
i. The Anabaptist Story, Leonard Verduin.
ii. Rediscovering Our Baptist Heritage, Michael Haykin.
iii. History of the English Calvinistic Baptists, Robert W. Oliver.
C. Ministry
1. Preaching, Interpretation & Sermons.
i. Principles of Biblical Interpretation, Louis Berkhof.
ii. On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons, John A. Broadus & Vernon L. Stanfield
iii.Lectures to My Students, CH Spurgeon.
vi. Preaching & Preachers, M. Lloyd-Jones.
2. Evangelism & Missions
i. Today’s Evangelism: Its Message and Methods, Ernest C. Reisinger.
ii. Powerful Evangelism for the Powerless, C. John Miller.
iii. Mission Today, Graham Cheesman.
iv. An Introduction to the Science of Missions, JH Bavinck.
3. Pastoral & Ethical Isues
i. On Being A Pastor: For Pastors and Teachers, Alistair Begg & Derek Prime
ii. Physician of Souls, Dr. Peter Masters.
iii. Competent to Counsel, JE Adams.
iv. Evangelical Ethics, JJ Davies.
v. Today’s Gospel: Authentic or Synthetic? Walter Chantry.
vi. The Great Invitation, Erroll Hulse.
4. Religions, Cults, Movements
i. The World’s Religions, Sir Norman Anderson.
ii. Confronting the Cults, Gordon R. Lewis.
iii. The Charismatic Phenomenon, Dr. Peter Masters.
iv. Healing Epidemic, Dr. Peter Masters.
v. Tongues, Healing, and Prophecies, BS Poh.
D. Church
1. Baptist Principles
i. Baptists: Thorough Reformers, John Quincy Adams.
ii. The Baptism of Disciples Alone, Fred Malone.
iii. The Anatomy of a Hybrid, Leonard Verduin.
2. Church Government
i. Multifaceted Jewel, BS Poh
ii. Independency, BS Poh
iii. Keys of the Kingdom, BS Poh
3. Wider Church Issues
i. Knowing the Times, M. Lloyd-Jones.
ii. The Puritans, M. Lloyd-Jones.
iii. All Roads Lead To Rome? Michael de Semlyen
iv. Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism, George M. Marsden.
4. Biographies
i. Spurgeon: A New Biography, Arnold Dallimore.
ii. George Whitefield, Vols. 1 & 2, Arnold Dallimore.
iii. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Vols. 1 & 2, Iain H. Murray.
iv. Jonathan Edwards, Iain H. Murray.
v. William Carey, S. Pearce Carey.
vi. To The Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson, Courtney Anderson.
vii. Pastor Hsi, Mrs. Howard Taylor.
viii. A Stone Made Smooth, Wong Mind-Dao.
ix. Nest Above The Abyss, Isabel Kuhn.
x. Mountain Rain: A Biography of James O. Fraser, Eileen Crossman