What is the most used book in your library?

[Jash Comstock]

Besides your Bible, what book in your library do you finding yourself going back to more often than any other?

Mine would be a tossup between Augustine's Confessions and Spurgeon's Treasury of David

 

[RamistThomist]

Richard Muller's Dictionary of Theological Latin and Greek Terms

 

[Tirian]

Matthew Henry's Complete....

 

[jambo]

Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress with Spurgeon's Treasury of David being a close second. Matthew Henry would probably be third.

 

[Herald]

My Nestle-Aland Greek NT.

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[Alan D. Strange]

Mine, given my particular line of service, would be a variety of reference works, particularly with respect to church history.

I would cite a few in that respect: The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, the Eerdmans/Brill Encylopedia of Christianity (5 vv.), the Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation (4 vv.), and Georgetown's Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils (2 vv.).

These are some I use a lot, along with many others.

Peace,
Alan

 

[Backwoods Presbyterian]

My copy of Calvin's Institutes has the most markings and bookmarks protruding from it, but as far as week-to-week use I'd say it would be (for right now, will change in April) it is my Hebrew resources.

 

[yeutter]

Close call between Gill's commentary and Mathew Henry's commentary.

 

[LeeD]

The Pilgrim's Progress
Calvin's Commentaries
Henry's Commentaries

 

[RamistThomist]

Also,

Dorsey, David. Literary Structure of the Old Testament: A Commentary on Genesis to Malachi, Baker. Shows how chiasms are all over the Old Testament. The best one volume commentary on the Old Testament.

 

[earl40]

Feigenbaum's Echocardiography

 

[jwithnell]

Joy of Cooking. I've gone through 3 editions.

Now if you're talking theological, if I were told I could have only one of my books, likely it would be a collection of sermons by Jonathan Edwards compiled under the title Knowing Christ.

 

[reaganmarsh]

For last couple of weeks it has been several biblical counseling volumes and the books for my OT Theology course through SBTS.

On a normal basis it's my "big 5": commentaries by Calvin, M. Henry, M. Poole, Jamieson-Faussett-Brown, and Keil & Delitzsch, along with whatever exegetical tools I need for the sermons that week.

 

[Jack K]

Probably Berkhof's ST, especially if it counts as the same thing when I reach for his Manual instead. Or if Matthew Henry's commentary counts as a single book, that might take first place. There are other writers whom I might read more often, but not one single book.

Wait... I just realized that for the sheer number of times I pick it up and open it, it has to the the Christian Writer's Manual of Style.

 

[KMK]

Boston's Works, Vol I and II

 

[Rom]

Complete works of Thomas Boston and Matthew Henry.

 

[Rich Koster]

Strong's Concordance ( paper & electronic)

 

[Free Christian]

Mathew Henry followed by the Exposition of the Confession of Faith.

 

[Andres]

Surprised no one's mentioned mine - The Westminster Standards.

 

[Galilean]

Definitely the Westminster Standards.

 

[JimmyH]

Right now it is Greek For The Rest Of Us by Mounce. Struggling, wish I had paid attention when they taught grammar in grade school.

 

[Hamalas]

Westminster Larger and Shorter Catechisms.

 

[chatwithstumac]

Commentary: John Gill
ST: Charles Hodge

 

[bookslover]

My Nestle-Aland Greek NT.

Nestle? Don't they make candy bars?

 

[Kiffin]

Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life and Rob Bell's Love Wins--such theologically rich treatises.

 

[Reformed Covenanter]

Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life and Rob Bell's Love Wins--such theologically rich treatises.

In my case, it is the FPP edition of the Westminster Standards. Other than that, I have read David McKay's The bond of love (on covenant theology) four times. I think that is the book I have re-read the most.

 

[Hamalas]

Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life and Rob Bell's Love Wins--such theologically rich treatises.

Brother, you're really tempting me to make a joke about Reformed Baptists right now....

 

[Kiffin]

Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life and Rob Bell's Love Wins--such theologically rich treatises.

Brother, you're really tempting me to make a joke about Reformed Baptists right now....

haha...please resist the temptation!

Ok, here's my serious go-to reference: New Dictionary of Biblical Theology http://www.amazon.com/New-Dictionary-Biblical-Theology-Exploring/dp/0830814388

 

[Jake]

My top three are the Free Presbyterian edition of the Westminster Standards and other documents, Matthew Henry's complete commentary, and Calvin's Institutes.

 

[moral necessity]

Calvin's Commentaries/Institutes and Luther's Works.