Recommended Reading

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” - C.S. Lewis

Book List

Study Bibles

  • Legacy Standard Bible by Steadfast Bible Publishers

  • ESV Study Bible by Crossway

  • ESV Reformation Study Bible by Ligonier Ministries

  • ESV Thompson Chain Study Bible by Zondervan

  • New American Standard Grace and Truth Study Bible by Zondervan

  • CSB Study Bible by Holman Publishers

Kids Bibles

  • The Biggest Story Bible Storybook by Kevin DeYoung

  • The Child’s Story Bible by Catherine F. Vos

  • ESV Following Jesus Bible by Crossway

  • CSB Explorer Bible for Kids

Systematic Theology

  • Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem

  • Bible Doctrine: Essential Teaching of the Christian Faith by Wayne Grudem

  • Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof

  • Foundations of the Christian Faith: A Comprehensive & Readable Theology by James Montgomery Boice

  • Abstract of Systematic Theology by James Boyce

  • Everyone's a Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology by R.C. Sproul

  • A Puritan Theology: Doctrine for Life by Joel Beeke

  • Institutes of Christian Religion by John Calvin

Biblical Theology

  • The God Who Is There by D.A. Carson

  • God's Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible by Vaughan Roberts

  • God's Glory in Salvation through Judgment: A Biblical Theology by James Hamilton

  • From Eden to the New Jerusalem: An Introduction to Biblical Theology by T. Desmond Alexander

Christian Living

  • Holiness by J.C. Ryle

  • The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul

  • Note to Self by Joe Thorn

  • The Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges

  • Desiring God by John Piper

Gospel

  • Ashamed of the Gospel by John MacArthur

  • he Gospel according to God: Rediscovering the Most Remarkable Chapter in the Old Testament by John MacArthur

  • The Gospel According to Jesus: What Is Authentic Faith? by John MacArthur

  • The Gospel According to Paul: Embracing the Good News at the Heart of Paul's Teachings by John MacArthur

  • The Gospel's Power and Message (Recovering the Gospel) by Paul Washer

  • The Gospel Call and True Conversion (Recovering the Gospel) by Paul Washer

  • Gospel Assurance and Warnings (Recovering the Gospel) by Paul Washer

  • Whatever Happened to The Gospel of Grace?: Rediscovering the Doctrines That Shook the World by James Montgomery Boice

  • God is the Gospel by John Piper

  • Today’s Gospel by Walt Chantry

  • Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray

Providence, Sovereignty, and Predestination

  • The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination by Lorraine Boettner

  • The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, and Documented by David Steele

  • The Sovereignty of God by A.W. Pink

  • Still Sovereign by Thomas Schreiner

  • Potter's Freedom by James White

  • Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul

  • Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J.I. Packer

  • Providence by John Piper

The Attributes and Character of God

  • Knowing God by J.I. Packer

  • The Attributes of God by A.W. Pink

  • The Pleasures of God by John Piper

  • Desiring God by John Piper

  • The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer

  • Show Me Your Glory: Understanding the Majestic Splendor of God by Steven J. Lawson

  • Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by D.A. Carson

  • The Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen Charnock

  • The Attributes of God [2 volumes] by A. W. Tozer

Christ

  • Knowing Christ by Mark Jones

  • The Cross of Christ by John Stott

  • Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament by Christopher Wright

  • Knowing the JesusThrough the Old Testament by Christopher Wright

  • Walking with Jesus through His Word by Dennis Johnson

  • Jesus On Every Page by David Murray

  • Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ by Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum

The Holy Spirit

  • The Holy Spirit (Contours of Christian Theology) by Sinclair Ferguson

  • Keep in Step with the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk with God by J.I. Packer

  • The Holy Spirit by A. W. Pink

  • Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament by Christopher Wright

The Trinity

  • The Forgotten Trinity by James White

  • Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves

  • Simply Trinity: The Unmanipulated Father, Son, and Spirit by Matthew Barrett

Apologetics

  • Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

  • The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey into Christian Faith by Rosaria Butterfield

  • Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey

  • The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel

  • Persuasions by Douglas Wilson

  • Momma Bear Apologetics by Hillary Ferrer

Prayer

  • A Praying Life by Paul Miller

  • Hunger for God by John Piper

  • When Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill

Church

  • The Master's Plan for the Church by John MacArthur

  • The Deliberate Church by Mark Dever

  • What Happens When We Worship by Jonathan Landry Cruse

  • The Trellis and the Vine by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne

  • Biblical Eldership by Alexander Strauch

  • Deacons by Matt Smethhurst

  • The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter

  • Worship by John MacArthur

Church History

  • The Story of Christianity (2 volumes) by Justo González

Trusting God in Trials and Difficulties

  • How Long, O Lord? by D. A. Carson

  • Suffering and the Sovereignty of God by John Piper and Justin Taylor

  • Is God Really in Control? by Jerry Bridges

  • Trusting God by Jerry Bridges

  • The Invisible Hand by R.C. Sproul

Dealing With Depression and Sorrow

  • Spiritual Depression by Martyn Lloyd-Jones

  • When the Darkness Will Not Lift by John Piper

  • Anxiety Attacked by John MacArthur

Parenting

  • Family Shepherds: Calling and Equipping Men to Lead Their Homes by Voddie Baucham

  • Family Driven Faith: Doing What It Takes to Raise Sons and Daughters Who Walk with God by Voddie Baucham

  • Family Worship Bible Guide by Joel Beeke

  • The Legacy: Ten Core Values Every Father Must Leave His Child by Steven J. Lawson

  • Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul Tripp

  • Shepherding a Child's Heart by Tedd Tripp

  • The Case for the Christian FamilyThe Case for the Christian Family by Jared Longshore

  • The Covenant Household by Douglas Wilson

Marriage and Biblical Manhood/Womanhood

  • Tying the Knot: A Premarital Guide to a Strong and Lasting Marriage by Rob Green

  • Tying the Knot Tighter: Because Marriage Lasts a Lifetime by Martha Peace and John Crotts

  • This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence by John Piper

  • Love That Lasts: When Marriage Meets Grace by Gary and Betsy Ricucci

  • Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson

  • Her Hand in Marriage: Biblical Courtship in the Modern World by Douglas Wilson

  • The Exemplary Husband by Stuart Scott

  • Let The Men Be Men by Chris Mueller (a must read for all men)

  • The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace

  • Let The Women Be Women by Chris Mueller (a must read for all women)

  • Eve in Exile: The Restoration of Femininity by Rebekah Merkle

Social Justice and CRT

  • Fault Line by Voddie Baucham

  • Christianity and Wokeness: How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking the Gospel - and the Way to Stop It by Owen Strachan

  • Strange New World by Carl Trueman

  • What Every Christian Needs to Know about Social Justice by Jeffrey D. Johnson

Christian Classics

  • City of God by Saint Augustine

  • Confessions by Saint Augustine

  • The Weight of Glory C.S. Lewis

Great Christian Biographies

  • Here I Stand by Roland Bainton

  • William Tyndale: A Biography by David Daniell

  • Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George Marsden

  • Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography by Iain Murray

  • The Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain Murray

  • John G. Paton: The Autobiography of the Pioneer Missionary to the New Hebrides by John G. Paton

  • To the Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson by Courtney Anderson

Devotionals

  • Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

  • The Valley of Vision by Authur Bennett

  • Godward Life [Books I and II] by John Piper

  • For The Love of God [Volumes I and II] by D.A. Carson

  • Handbook For Praying Scripture by William Varner

Fiction

  • The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis

  • The Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis

  • The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

  • The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien

  • The Green Ember series by S.D. Smith

  • East of Eden by John Steinbeck

  • The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

  • Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

  • The Hammer of God by Bo Giertz

  • Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte