From elementary school through college, I could count the number of books I've read on one hand (maybe two). Then, God opened my eyes to the Reformed faith with the perspective that "All truth is God's truth" and "Everything was created by Him and for Him," so go and discover God's creation. This led me to seminary where I basically had to learn to read and write. Now at the end of my seminary career, my reading and writing have improved (though I have a long way to go). I had a goal to read 30 books this year. Well, by grace (and a little skimming), I've read 45.
Theology
A Primer on Postmodernism (Grenz , Stanley J.)
Christianity and the Postmodern Turn (ed. Penner, Myron)
The Israel of God in Prophecy (LaRondelle, H. K.)
Biblical Studies
Biblical Words and Their Meaning (Silva, Moises)
Four Views on the Book of Revelation (Pate, C. M.)
*Jesus and the Old Testament (France, R. T.)
Let’s Study Hebrews (Jones, H.)
*More Than Conquerors (Hendriksen, W.)
Seeing the Psalms: The Theology of Metaphor (Brown, William)
The Art of Biblical Narrative (Alter, Robert)
The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts? (ed. Beale, G. K.)
Church Ministry
*A Better Way (Horton, Michael)
Advanced Strategic Planning: A New Model for Church and Ministry Leaders (Malphurs, Aubrey)
*Brothers, We Are Not Professionals (Piper, John)
Foundations of Christian education: Addresses to Christian teachers by Louis Berkhof and Cornelius Van Til. (ed. Johnston, Dennis)
Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures (Johnson, Dennis)
In the Splendor of Holiness: Rediscovering the Beauty of Reformed Worship for the 21st Century (Payne, Jon D.)
*Preaching Christ in All of Scripture (Clowney, Edmund P.)
Preaching & Preachers (Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn)
Spiritual Leadership (Sanders, J. Oswald)
Shepherding God’s Flock (Adams, Jay)
The Making of a Leader (Clinton, J. Robert)
The Reading And Preaching Of The Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 4: The Age of the Reformation (Old, Hughes Oliphant)
*The Reformed Pastor (Baxter, Richard)
The Work of the Pastor (Still, William)
Who Runs the Church: Four Views on Church Polity (ed. Cowan, Steven)
Why Johnny Can’t Preach (Gordon, T. David)
Christian Life
*A Quest for Godliness (Packer, J. I.)
Christian Spirituality: Five Views of Sanctification (ed. Alexander, Donald)
Eschol: A Cluster of the Fruit of Canaan (Owen, John)
*How People Change (Tim Lane and Paul David Tripp)
How do I Change? (C. J. Mahaney)
John Owen on the Christian Life (Ferguson, Sinclair B.)
*John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace (Aitken, Jonathan)
*Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers: The Necessity, Nature, and Means of It (Owen, John)
*The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (Keller, Tim)
Transforming Grace (Jerry Bridges)
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ, with an Introduction by J. I. Packer (Owen, John)
The Duty of Pastors and People Distinguished (Owen, John)
The Gospel Mystery of Sanctification: Growing in Holiness by Living in Union with Christ (Marshall, Walter)
*The Pilgrim’s Progress (Bunyan, John)
*When Sinners Say "I Do": Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage (Harvey, Dave)
Worldly Saints (Ryken, Leland)
Missions
*A History of Christian Missions (Neill, Stephen)
The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in the Transmission of Faith (Walls, Andrew F.)
(* recommended)
Recommend widening your list of authors to include those who espouse differing viewpoints, i.e. authors who are not protestant. The only way to truly understand what others belief is by reading their teachings, not the interpretation of someone who already disagrees with them. Karl Keating has written several very good books explaining what Catholics believe--Keating is the founder of catholic apologetics and answers a lot of the misperceptions protestants have about Catholics. Then of course there is the catechism of the Catholic church.
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