Reading List: Christian Studies

I’ve read all these books. Their inclusion on this list doesn’t mean that I recommend them all, or that I endorse the positions they espouse. This list is helpful if you want a full orbed view of the topics here listed. But please don’t confuse this list with being a list of books that represent MY position on various matters.

The Early Church

• The First Apology Of Justin. Justin Martyr.
• The Epistles Of St. Ignatius, Bishop Of Antioch. Ignatius.
• Homilies on Galatians. Chrysostom

The Protestant Reformation

The Reformation – England, The Puritans

• Confessions
• The Baptist Catechism Commonly Called Keach’s Catechism. Benjamin Keach
• London Baptist Confession of Faith 1689.
• The Westminster Confession of Faith. Westminster Assembly.
• The Westminster Larger Catechism. Westminster Assembly.
• Memoirs/Biographies/Letters
• Five English Martyrs. J.C. Ryle.
• Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. John Foxe.
• Letters of Samuel Rutherford. Samuel Rutherford.
• Meet The Puritans: With a Guide to Modern Reprints. Joel Beeke and Randal Peterson.
• Richard Sibbes. Mark Dever.
• Roger Williams. Henry Chupack.
• Historical Studies
• The Sabbath in Puritan New England. Alice Morse Earle.
• Doctrinal Works/Polemics/Sermons/Lectures
• Bruised Reed. Richard Sibbes.
• A Lifting Up for the Downcast. William Bridge.

The Reformation – Switzerland / France

• Calvin. Bruce Gordon.
• The Humanness of John Calvin: The Reformer as a Husband, Father, Pastor & Friend. Richard Stauffer.
• A Life of John Calvin: A Study in the Shaping of Western Culture. Alister E. McGrath.
• Pierre Viret: Forgotten Giant of the Reformation. Jean-Marc Berthoud.
• Treatises against the Anabaptists and against the Libertines. John Calvin.

The Reformation – Germany

• 95 Thesis. Martin Luther.
• Faith and Freedom: An Invitation to the Writings of Martin Luther. Martin Luther.
• Larger Catechism. Martin Luther.

The Anabaptists

Basic Works

• The Anabaptist Vision. Harold Bender.
• The Bloody Theater or Martyrs Mirror. Thieleman J. Van Braght.

Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean) / Apostolic Christian Church of America

• Apostolic Christian Church History. Herman Ruegger.
• Baptism: Who Shall And Shall Not Be Baptized. Samuel Heinrich Froehlich.
• Between Remnant and Renewal: A Historical and Comparative Study of the “Apostolic Christian Church” Among Neo-Anabaptist Renewal Movements in Europe and America. Joseph Pfieffer (Thesis, Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary).
• Choosing to Suffer Affliction: The Untold Story of Nazarene Persecution in Yugoslavia. Kathleen Nenadov (ed.).
• The Dynamics of Extinction: The Nazarene Religious Community in Yugoslavia After 1945. Bojan Aleksov (Thesis, Central European University).
• The Fascination of the Race and Other Essays. Benjamin Sommer.
• A Lifetime of Church. Tom Speicher.
• Matrimony According to the Word of God. Samuel Heinrich Froehlich.
• Meditations on the Epistles of John. Samuel Heinrich Froehlich.
• Marching To Zion: A History of the Apostolic Christian Church of America: 1847-1982. Perry Klopfenstein
• The Nazarenes. Karoly Eotvos.
• Nazareans in Yugoslavia.
• A Study in the Life and Thought of Samuel Heinrich Froehlich. K. Daniel Jahn (Thesis, University of Windsor)

Opposing Views

• Treatises against the Anabaptists and against the Libertines. John Calvin.

Contemporary Church History

Baptists In Canada

• William E. Payne: A Memoir by Michael A.G. Haykin

Theology

Christology

• The Glory of Christ. R.C. Sproul.
• Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ. John Piper.

Scripture / Interpretation / Exegesis

• Biblical Exegesis: A Guide for Ministers and Students. Michael J. Gorman
• Exegetical Fallacies. D. A. Carson.
• Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bibles Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity. James White.

Old Testament

• The Pentateuch
• God Spake by Moses: An Exposition of that Penteteuch. Oswald T. Allis.
• The Psalms
• The Psalms in Christian Worship. J.A. Lamb
• Psalm Singing Revisited: The Case For Exclusive Psalmody. Bruce C. Stewart.
• Reflections on the Psalms. C.S. Lewis.
• The Songs Of The People of God. Charles Hauret.

New Testament

• Romans
• Romans. Charles Hodge.
• Galatians
• Homilies on Galatians. Chrysostom

Ecclessiology

• General
• The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry on the Gospel. Mark Dever.
• Mother Kirk: Essays and Forays in Practical Ecclessiology. Douglas Wilson
• What Is a Healthy Church Member? (IX Marks). Thabiti Anyabwile.
• Why We Love The Church: In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion. Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck.
• 12 Challenges Churches Face. Mark Dever
• Church Government
• Biblical church government: An introduction to Presbyterian polity. Kevin Reed.
• By Whose Authority? Elders in Baptist Life. Mark Dever.
• Worship
• A Taste of Heaven: Worship in the Light of Eternity by R.C. Sproul
• Music/Song
• The Psalms in Christian Worship. J.A. Lamb
• Psalm Singing Revisited: The Case For Exclusive Psalmody. Bruce C. Stewart.
• The Songs Of The People of God. Charles Hauret.
• The Sacraments
• Baptism. Brian Russell.
• Baptism: Who Shall And Shall Not Be Baptized. Samuel Heinrich Froehlich.
• Children of Promise: The Biblical Case for Infant Baptism. Randy Booth.

Eschatology

• Amillennialism Today. William Cox.
• The Kingdom of God and the Church. Geerhardus Vos.
• Puritan Hope. Iain H. Murray.

Apologetics

• Christian Apologetics. Cornelius Van Til.
• God Is: How Christianity Explains Everything. Douglas Wilson.
• How to Respond to Muslims. Ernest Hahn.
• If There’s a God, Why Are There Atheists?. R.C. Sproul
• Letter from a Christian Citizen – A Response to “Letter to a Christian Nation” by Sam Harris. Douglas Wilson.
• Persuasions: A Dream of Reason Meeting Unbelief. Douglas Wilson

Ethics

• Principles of Conduct. John Murray.

The Sabbath

• The Christian Sabbath. Don Wayne Robertson.
• Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting by Marva Dawn
• The Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle