I need your help building a library. I am not having a problem finding reformed bks that are 100+ years old. What I would like is for you to give me your top five books from the last 100yrs. I have plenty on eschatology but on other subjects I am at a lost. So, what five bks from the last 100 yrs could you not live without? Thanks, Tim
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But how about the titles and I get my wife to buy
Here's a couple that would be up there:
Boettner, Loraine
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination
Pink, Arthur
The Sovereignty of God
Berkhof, Louis
Systematic Theology
Boettner, Loraine
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination
Pink, Arthur
The Sovereignty of God
Berkhof, Louis
Systematic Theology
Puritanhead
Puritan Board Professor
Here are six good, absolute "must-have" Reformed Books from the twentieth-century in my humble opinion:
The Doctrines of Grace by Philip Graham Ryken, James Montgomery Boice
The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended and Documented by David N. Steele, Curtis C. Thomas
The God Who Justifies by James R. White
The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
The Salvation of Souls: Nine Previously Unpublished Sermons on the Call of Ministry and the Gospel by Jonathan Edwards Richard A. Bailey (Editor), Gregory A. Wills (Editor), George M. Marsden (Foreword)
The Doctrines of Grace by Philip Graham Ryken, James Montgomery Boice
The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended and Documented by David N. Steele, Curtis C. Thomas
The God Who Justifies by James R. White
The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
The Salvation of Souls: Nine Previously Unpublished Sermons on the Call of Ministry and the Gospel by Jonathan Edwards Richard A. Bailey (Editor), Gregory A. Wills (Editor), George M. Marsden (Foreword)
Puritanhead
Puritan Board Professor
someone-- help me out... I want to build my theology library... I've got some good foundations, and about 100 books on the subject.... Most of my several hundred-volume library are works devoted to history, classics, politics, constitutional history and law, and jurisprudence. 2006 is the year of theology reading for me! 2005 was mostly about history and politics, though I did get in some theological reading!
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Puritanhead
Puritan Board Professor
My Amazon.com Book Guide to understand Reformed Protestant Theology
This might be helpful. Get a Reformation Study Bible too!
This might be helpful. Get a Reformation Study Bible too!
VirginiaHuguenot
Puritanboard Librarian
Last 100 years? I would suggest the works of John Murray, Cornelius Van Til, Francis Schaeffer, J.G. Vos, J.G. Machen, Loraine Boettner, Louis Berkhof, Abraham Kuyper, and B.B. Warfield.
[Edited on 9-18-2005 by VirginiaHuguenot]
[Edited on 9-18-2005 by VirginiaHuguenot]
WrittenFromUtopia
Puritan Board Graduate
Vos, Vos, Van Til, Berkhof, Murray (John), Machen!
Puritanhead
Puritan Board Professor
Is it wrong to covet books?
Apologist4Him
Puritan Board Freshman
Hmm...from the books listed so far, the books I own include...
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination by Loraine Boettner
The Sovereignty of God by Arthur W. Pink (I own The Essential Arthur W. Pink, 3 Volumes in 1 which includes The Attributes of God, The Sovereignty of God, and The Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer)
Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof
The Doctrines of Grace by Philip Graham Ryken, James Montgomery Boice
The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended and Documented by David N. Steele, Curtis C. Thomas
The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
I have not read enough to compile a top 5 from the past 100 years, but in addition to the books already listed I will include the following books which I also own...
Always Ready by Greg Bahnsen ($11.24 at the Alpha and Omega Ministries bookstore)
Van Til's Apologetic by Greg Bahnsen
The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God by John Frame
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Foundations of the Christian Faith by James Montgomery Boice
Reformed Dogmatics Vol. 1 & 2 by Herman Bavinck
The Works of Cornelius Van Til CD-ROM: http://www.logos.com/products/details/517 (individual hard copies by title: http://www.wtsbooks.com/faculty-former-faculty-cornelius-van-til.html)
Van Til's "In Defense of the Faith" multi-volume set may be the magnum opus of Van Til's works. Even his 16 page "Why I Believe in God" booklet is quite profound.
Willing to Believe by R. C. Sproul
Grace Unknown: The Heart of Reformed Theology by R. C. Sproul
Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith by William Webster & David T. King http://www.christianbook.com/Christ...=4678&netp_id=317941&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW
Inerrancy edited by Norman Geisler (includes The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy and articles by 14 scholars including: J. I. Packer, Greg Bahnsen, John Gerstner, and R. C. Sproul).
Life's Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy by Ronald Nash
Worldviews in Conflict: Choosing Christianity in the World of Ideas by Ronald Nash
The Resurrection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright
And if you would like to know more about Reformed authors check out the Realms of Faith Christian Authors Database: http://faith.propadeutic.com/authors/authors.html
[Edited on 9-18-2005 by Apologist4Him]
The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination by Loraine Boettner
The Sovereignty of God by Arthur W. Pink (I own The Essential Arthur W. Pink, 3 Volumes in 1 which includes The Attributes of God, The Sovereignty of God, and The Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer)
Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof
The Doctrines of Grace by Philip Graham Ryken, James Montgomery Boice
The Five Points of Calvinism: Defined, Defended and Documented by David N. Steele, Curtis C. Thomas
The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul
Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
I have not read enough to compile a top 5 from the past 100 years, but in addition to the books already listed I will include the following books which I also own...
Always Ready by Greg Bahnsen ($11.24 at the Alpha and Omega Ministries bookstore)
Van Til's Apologetic by Greg Bahnsen
The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God by John Frame
Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
Foundations of the Christian Faith by James Montgomery Boice
Reformed Dogmatics Vol. 1 & 2 by Herman Bavinck
The Works of Cornelius Van Til CD-ROM: http://www.logos.com/products/details/517 (individual hard copies by title: http://www.wtsbooks.com/faculty-former-faculty-cornelius-van-til.html)
Van Til's "In Defense of the Faith" multi-volume set may be the magnum opus of Van Til's works. Even his 16 page "Why I Believe in God" booklet is quite profound.
Willing to Believe by R. C. Sproul
Grace Unknown: The Heart of Reformed Theology by R. C. Sproul
Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith by William Webster & David T. King http://www.christianbook.com/Christ...=4678&netp_id=317941&event=ESRCN&item_code=WW
Inerrancy edited by Norman Geisler (includes The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy and articles by 14 scholars including: J. I. Packer, Greg Bahnsen, John Gerstner, and R. C. Sproul).
Life's Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy by Ronald Nash
Worldviews in Conflict: Choosing Christianity in the World of Ideas by Ronald Nash
The Resurrection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright
And if you would like to know more about Reformed authors check out the Realms of Faith Christian Authors Database: http://faith.propadeutic.com/authors/authors.html
[Edited on 9-18-2005 by Apologist4Him]
RamistThomist
Puritanboard Assessor
Bahnsen, Van Til's Apologetic: Readings and Analysis
Frame, Doctrine of the Knowledge of God
Vos, Biblical Theology
Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God
Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
Frame, Doctrine of the Knowledge of God
Vos, Biblical Theology
Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God
Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
Me Died Blue
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
I would second Boettner's The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination, as well as Steele, Thomas and Quinn's book on the five points as being indispensable works on that topic that are recent yet already classic.
Berkhof and Vos are also classic works on systematic and biblical theology.
Likewise, Van Til's The Defense of the Faith and Bahnsen's Van Til's Apologetic share a comparable place with regard to apologetics.
Regarding the Christian worldview and its extension to all of life, I would strongly recommend Foundations of Christian Scholarship by various authors, as well as Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism.
A few other books on spirituality in general would definitely include Puritan Reformed Spirituality by Beeke, as well as Horton's In the Face of God. The latter in particular has had more influence on my spiritual mindset than any other book by a contemporary, living author, as I have noted several times here. Search the board for some comments on the book.
Berkhof and Vos are also classic works on systematic and biblical theology.
Likewise, Van Til's The Defense of the Faith and Bahnsen's Van Til's Apologetic share a comparable place with regard to apologetics.
Regarding the Christian worldview and its extension to all of life, I would strongly recommend Foundations of Christian Scholarship by various authors, as well as Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism.
A few other books on spirituality in general would definitely include Puritan Reformed Spirituality by Beeke, as well as Horton's In the Face of God. The latter in particular has had more influence on my spiritual mindset than any other book by a contemporary, living author, as I have noted several times here. Search the board for some comments on the book.
RamistThomist
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It is the finest application of presuppositionalism, period. There is not a bad essay in that book and each one is worth the price of it.
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