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Recommended Reading

The Elders of ICC recommend the following books as a basic reading list. They cover the major areas of the Christian life. Following this list, you will find a list of authors. These are men we find generally and helpful in how they handle the Scriptures. Most things they put out are worth reading. After that you will find a list of recommended Bible Study tools.

Jerry Bridges, The Gospel for Real Life
R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God
John MacArthur, Our Sufficiency in Christ
Joshua Harris, Stop Dating the Church
Gary Friesen, Decision-Making and the Will of God
John Piper, Don’t Waste Your Life
Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle
James Boice, Foundations of God’s City
Joshua Harris, Not Even a Hint
John Piper, When I Don’t Desire God
Kent & Barbara Hughes, Spiritual Disciplines of a Godly Family
J.I. Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
Mark Dever, The Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
Kevin DeJong, Just Do Something: How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Fleeces, Open Doors, Random Bible Verses, Casting Lots, Liver Shivers, Writing in the Sky, etc.
Jerry Bridges, The Bookends of the Christian Life
John Piper, This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence
John Piper, Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ: The Cost of Bringing the Gospel to the Nations in the Lives of William Tyndale, Adoniram Judson, and John Paton (The Swans Are Not Silent)
John Piper, What Jesus Demands from the World
Tim Challies, The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment

Recommended Authors

John MacArthur
John Piper
Jerry Bridges
James Boice
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
R.C. Sproul
C.S. Lewis
J.C. Ryle
Joshua Harris
Allister Begg
Charles Ryrie
David Baron
Arnold Fruchtenbaum
Alfred Edersheim
Ian Murray

Bible Study Tools

Exhaustive Concordance that goes with Translation
John MacArthur, The MacArthur Commentary
John Mac Arthur, MacArthur’s Quick Reference Guide to the Bible
Merrill Unger, Unger’s Bible Dictonary
Merrill Unger, The New Unger’s Bible Handbook
Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible
The Macmillan Bible Atlas

Old Testament

Merrill Unger, Introductory Guide to the Old Testament
Walt Kaiser, A History of Israel

New Testament

Alfred Edersheim, Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ
Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services at the Time of Christ
Alfred Edersheim, The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah
J. Dwight Pentecost, The Words and Works of Jesus Christ
Johnston M. Cheney, The Life of Christ in Stereo: The Four Gospels Combined As One

Theology

Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith
James Boice, Foundations of the Christian Faith

Salvation

Jerry Bridges, The Gospel for Real Life
John Murray, Redemption: Accomplished and Applied
David Clotfelter, Sinners in the Hands of a Good God
James Boice, Whatever Happened to the Gospel of Grace
Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will

God

John Piper, The Pleasures of God
Jerry Bridges, The Joy of Fearing God
J.I. Packer, Knowing God
R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God
John MacArthur, Loved by God
Stephen Charnock, The Existence and Attributes of God
A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy

Bible (Bibliology)

James White, The King James Only Controversy
Leland Ryken, The Word of God in English
J.I. Packer, Fundamentalism and the Word of God
Howard Hendricks, Living by the Book
Walt Kaiser, Toward an Exegetical Theology
Bernard Ramm, Hermeneutics

Church (Ecclesiology)

Joshua Harris, Stop Dating the Church
Mark Dever, The Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

End Times (Eschatology)

Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Footsteps of the Messiah
J. Dwight Pentecost, Things to Come

Prayer

D.A. Carson: A Call to Spiritual Reformation
John MacArthur, Lord, Teach Me to Pray

Missions

John Piper, Don’t Waste Your Life
John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad
J.I. Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
Barry Rubin, You Bring the Bagels, I’ll Bring the Gospel
(resource for witnessing to the Jewish Community)

Apologetics and Worldview

William Metzger, Tell the Truth
Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth
Richard Pratt, Every Thought Captive
Phillip Johnson, Reason in the Balance
Josh McDowell, Evidence that Demands a Verdict
Michael Brown, Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus

Christian Living

John Piper, Desiring God
John Piper, When I Don’t Desire God
John Piper, Future Grace
John Piper, What Jesus Demands from the World
John Piper, This Momentary Marriage
John Piper, Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ
Gary Friesen, Decision Making and the Will of God
Jerry Bridges, Trusting God
Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace
Jerry Bridges, The Bookends of the Christian Life
Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle
Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man
John MacArthur, Our Sufficiency in Christ
John MacArthur, Twelve Extraordinary Women
John MacArthur, A Tale of Two Sons
Donald Whitney, 10 Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health
Tim Challies, The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment
Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something

Holiness and Purity

Joshua Harris, Not Even a Hint
Kris Lundgaard, The Enemy Within
Wayne Wilson, Worldly Amusements
J.C. Ryle, Holiness
Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness