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Backwoods Presbyterian

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Question for the PB...

What would you say are the best books that deal specifically with each "letter" in TULIP? Which deals/teaches Total Depravity best? Limited Atonement? Perseverance of the Saints? Unconditional Election? Irresistible Grace? etc...

Blessings,
 
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Five-Points-Calvinism-Defended-Documented/dp/0875528279]Amazon.com: The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended, Documented: David N. Steele, Curtis C. Thomas, S. Lance Quinn: Books[/ame]
 
[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Five-Points-Calvinism-Defended-Documented/dp/0875528279/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239026480&sr=8-2"]The Five Points of Calvinism, 2nd Edition[/ame]
 
I have Steele's book and recommend it. I'd also recommend "The Five Dilemnas of Calvinism" by Craig Brown.

It is a bit shorter and highly readable.

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Five-Dilemmas-Calvinism-Craig-Brown/dp/1567690866/ref=pd_sim_b_3/188-7238861-7102611#]Amazon.com: The Five Dilemmas of Calvinism: Craig R. Brown: Books[/ame]
 
The Canons of Dort! :)

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But seriously...I think A.W.Pink's book "Our Accountability to God" is one of the best treatments of Total Depravity. You can get it at Amazon.com
 
Classical Presbyterian said:
Boettner's book on Predestination deals with several of these points. Maybe for U and I?
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The Canons of Dordt are masterful in their answer to the Arminians. Boettner's The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination gives a solid treatment of all five points. Calvin's Calvinism is scheduled to be reissued this summer by Reformed Free Publishing Association. The RFPA also has a book on the five points entitled, Saved by Grace, authored by Ronald Cammenga and Ronald Hanko. The latter book is nice in the way it uses the creeds and scriptrues to define the issues. and anticipates the usual objections with solid answers in a very readable format.
 
For 'L' you can't beat The Death of Death in the Death of Christ by John Owen. It is an easy reading book that is great for light reading on a cold evening by the fireplace.












Well, not really that easy, but you can't beat it for the extensive treatment of Limited Atonement.
 
I love Palmer but Steele and Thomas is good because it lays both views side by side and may be better for more skeptical studious types.

Definite Atonement by Gary long is a great easy one with good appendix giving answers to the objection veres, 1 Jn 2:2 and the All verses
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1928965172/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link]Amazon.com: Definite Atonement: Gary D. Long: Books[/ame]

Here is a taste Propitiation in I John 2:2 by Dr. Gary D. Long

Cheaper source from old publisher Backus Books - Definite Atonement by Gary Long

Interesting article shows how the student helped the master learn this
Practicing Theology: Limited Atonement - How S. Lewis Johnson came to understand it better

Election Love Before Time is a good one for esp. for charismatics, it is a soft genetle approach to the doctrine, Kenneth Johns
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Some don't like it "Election: Love Before Time" by Kenneth D. Johns

Letters to Tom Evang Press is a good story way to get on thinking of the 5 points.

5 Points by Bishop

The intro only to Death of Death by JI Packer is Free here and an easier read and solid good info. http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/packer_intro.html
Also Evangelism and the Sov of God by Packer is helpful

And then books on Grace in general speak to this and the will, but are a little heavier like Bondage of the Will, Grace by Booth, etc. .
 
If you're looking for a good small booklet this one is great! He addresses each of the 5 points and contrasts it with Arminianism, its a great booklet to give to others!

The Reformed Faith by Loraine Boettner:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Reformed-Faith-Loraine-Boettner/dp/0875521223/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1239046253&sr=11-1]Amazon.com: Reformed Faith: Loraine Boettner: Books[/ame]
 
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Let us try this one more time.

I am asking for individual books that deal with the individual points themselves?

While very helpful and useful, books that deal with all five points is not what I am asking for in this thread.

Lawrence in post#15 had the right idea.
 
Okay, let me try this again! :) How about these by RC Sproul:

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Willing-Believe-Controversy-over-Free/dp/0801064120/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239047847&sr=1-20]Amazon.com: Willing to Believe: The Controversy over Free Will: R. C. Sproul: Books[/ame]

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Chosen-God-R-C-Sproul/dp/0842313354/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239048001&sr=1-2]Amazon.com: Chosen by God: R. C. Sproul: Books[/ame]
 
http://www.cepbookstore.com/p-3672-what-is-reformed-theology-un.aspx
WHAT IS REFORMED THEOLOGY? PREVIOUSLY GRACE UNKNOWN WHAT IS REFORMED THEOLOGY? PREVIOUSLY GRACE UNKNOWN
"By R.C. Sproul-PCA. Explains the foundations and main points of Reformed theology - Helps readers understand key issues of the Reformation and Calvinism Paperback 230 pages. Previously titled "Grace Unknown". ...

This book has individual chapters on each of the "five points." It is a superb summary (and excellent summary of reformed theology overall).
 
I appreciate your insistence on separate treatments. That is easier said than done. Several of the best handlings of each point are found in books dealing with all of them. Boettner's The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination is good for more than one point. Also, you will find that several of the theologians of a Calvinist stripe attempt to deal with all five of them as well (e.g., Hodge).

Total Depravity

The Bondage of the Will - Luther
On the Freedom of the Will - Edwards
The Total Depravity of Man - Pink

Unconditional Election

"A Treatise on the Eternal Predestination of God" - Calvin

Limited Atonement

The Death of Death - Owen (duh!)

Irresistible Grace

"Irresistible Grace" - John Murray
"Concerning Efficacious Grace" - Edwards

Perseverance

Eternal Security - Pink
The Race Before Us - Schreiner and Canedy
The Final Perseverance of the Saints - Lloyd-Jones
Four Views on Eternal Security - Pinson

You might want to read a book by the owner of this site: The Two Wills of God by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon or consider the series by John Piper on TULIP.
 
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Backwoods Presbyterian said:
Let us try this one more time.

I am asking for individual books that deal with the individual points themselves?

While very helpful and useful, books that deal with all five points is not what I am asking for in this thread.

Lawrence in post#15 had the right idea.
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Benjamin,
See my post above on total depravity and Pink's book. Also, I recommend Pink's book on Election, for Uncond. Elect. and his book The Satisfaction of Christ for Limited Atonement
Jim
 
If you have Dispensationalism: Rightly Dividing the People of God by Keith A. Mathison, the bibliography has some of the classic treatments of T U L I P individually.
 
DMcFadden said:
Total Depravity

The Bondage of the Will - Luther
On the Freedom of the Will - Edwards
The Total Depravity of Man - Pink
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Those would be my top three picks to read on origianl sin/total depravity.
Luther congratulated Erasmus for argueing that free willism and total depravity was the issue on which all the reformation hinged.
 
I find "The five points of Calvinism: defined, defended, documented" by Steele and Thomas a very good summary (and has already been recommended). It is the basic skeleton of the 5 points. A similar book, "the five points of Calvinism" by Edwin Palmer is also very good.
 
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