The Bookshelf

An ever-increasing list of books I love and recommend!

Christian Theology & Spirituality

• J.I. Packer, Knowing God
• Charles Colson, Loving God
• John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied
  
• Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology
• William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour (3 vols)
• Iain Murray, The Puritan Hope
• John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress
• John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
• John Bunyan, The Intercession of Christ
• John Flavel, The Mystery of Providence
• A. W. Pink, The Sovereignty of God
• J.Gresham Machen, The Christian View of Man
• J.Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
• J.Gresham Machen, What is Faith?
• Thomas Watson, All Things for Good
• Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity
• J.C.Ryle, Holiness
• James Montgomery Boice, Standing on the Rock
• James Montgomery Boice, The Glory of God’s Grace
• James Montgomery Boice, Renewing your Mind in a Mindless world
• A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God
• A.W. Tozer, We Travel an Appointed Way
• John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion
• John MacArthur, Ashamed of the Gospel
• Jonathan Edwards, Charity and Its Fruits
• John Piper, Desiring God
• Herman Bavinck, The Doctrine of God
• Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology (3 vols)
• James Orr, The Christian View of God and the world
• James Dobson, When God doesn’t make sense
• R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God
• C.J. Mahaney, Humility: True Greatness
• Cornelius Plantinga, Not the Way it’s supposed to be
• Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible for all its worth
• John Stott, The Contemporary Christian
• William Edgar, Truth in all its Glory
• E.M. Bounds, Purpose in Prayer
• E.M. Bounds, Power through Prayer
• Leonard Ravenhill, Why Revival Tarries
• Alister McGrath, Christian Theology

 Apologetics

• Douglas Groothuis, Christian Apologetics
  
• Douglas Groothuis, Truth Decay
• Lee Strobel, The Case for Christ
• Lee Strobel, The Case for Faith
• D.James Kennedy, Why I Believe
• Ravi Zacharias, Jesus among other gods
• John Ankerberg & John Weldon, Ready with an Answer
• Timothy Keller, The Reason for God

Worldview and Culture

• Brian J. Walsh & J. Richard Middleton, The Transforming Vision
• Francis Schaeffer, Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy (comprises the 3 classic writings of The God who is There, Escape from Reason, and He is there and He is not silent)
• Nancy Pearcey, Total Truth
• Nancy Pearcey, Saving Leonardo
• Charles  Colson, How Now shall we Live?
• Andrew Hoffecker (ed.), Revolutions in Worldview
• Colin Brown, Philosophy and the Christian Faith
• J.P. Moreland & William Lane Craig, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview
• Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism
• Gene Edward Veith, State of the Arts
• Albert Wolters, Creation Regained
• James Sire, The Universe Next Door
• Miroslav Volf, A Public Faith

Biography & History

• Iain Murray, The Forgotten Spurgeon
• Iain Murray, Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography
• Roland H. Bainton, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
• S.M.Houghton, Sketches from Church History
• Geoffrey Hanks, 70 Great Christians
• Louis Berkhof, The  History of Christian Doctrines
• The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.

Business and Economics

• Jay W. Richards, Money, Greed and God
• Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson
• Wayne Grudem, Business for the Glory of God
• Jeff Van Duzer, Why Business Matters to God
• Kenneth Wong and Scott Rae, Business for the Common Good
• Robert Sirico: Defending the Free Market
• Victor Claar and Robin Klay, Economics in Christian Perspective
• David Landes, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

 Fiction

• R.L. Stevenson, Kidnapped
• Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
• Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
• Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
• C.S. Lewis , Chronicles of Narnia
• Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings

Work/Calling

• Os Guinness, The Call
• John Maxwell, Life@Work
• Gordon Smith, Courage and Calling
• Lester DeKoster, Work: The Meaning of your Life
• Dan Miller, 48 Days to the Work you love
• John Acuff: Start
• Gene Edward Veith, God at Work
• Tim Keller, Every Good Endeavour
• Doug Sherman and William Hendricks, Your Work matters to God
• Tom Nelson, Work Matters
• John Beckett, Loving Monday
• John Beckett, Mastering Monday
• Henry and Richard Blackaby, God in the Marketplace
• Miroslav Volf, Work in the Spirit

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Education

• Cornelius  Van Til and Louis Berkhof, Foundations of Christian Education
• Doug Wilson, The Case for Classical Christian Education
• Doug Wilson, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning
• Susan Wise Bauer, The Well-Educated Mind

Leadership/Management

• Ken Blanchard, Lead like Jesus
• John Maxwell, The 360° Leader
• Dave Ramsey, EntreLeadership