A Good Starting List for Christian Readers
Here
is a list of books the elders of ICC recommend.
They cover the major areas of the Christian life and are listed in a
recommended order.
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.
We will be adding a topical list in coming weeks.
1. Jerry Bridges: The Gospel for Real Life
2.
R.C. Sproul: The
Holiness of God
3.
John MacArthur, Our Sufficiency in Christ
4.
Joshua Harris: Stop Dating the Church
5.
Gary Friesen: Decision-Making and the Will of God
6.
John Piper: Don’t Waste Your Life
7.
Randy Alcorn: The Treasure Principle
8.
James Boice: Foundations of God’s City
9.
Joshua Harris: Not Even a Hint
10. John
Piper: When I Don’t Desire God
11. Kent
& Barbara Hughes: Spiritual Disciplines of a Godly Family
12. J.I.
Packer: Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
13. Mark
Dever, The Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
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
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
Gary Friesen, Decision Making and the Will of God
Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace
Randy Alcorn, The Treasure Principle
Jerry Bridges, Trusting God
Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly
Man
John Piper, Future Grace
John MacArthur, Our
Sufficiency in Christ
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