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Redemption Accomplished and Applied 19 reviews
John Murray
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1984
Must-Read
+ this is a must-have book
+ Plumb the depths of Redemption Accomplished and Applied
+ Best Book on the topic of Soteriology! (excluding the bible of course)
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The Historical Reliability of the Gospels 16 reviews
Craig L. Blomberg
InterVarsity Press, 1987
Scholarly defense of the gospels' historical reliability
+ The Gospels As History
+ The Historical Reliability of the Gospels
Blomberg, an expert in the Synoptics, does a superb job, showing the inadequacies of much liberal gospel scholarship, and making an eminently credible case for the overall historical reliability of the canonical gospels. This is clearly going to be a classic, and anyone interested in Biblical ...
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On Being a Christian 11 reviews
Hans Kung
Image, 1984
Thoroughly honest, revealing, radical and inspiring.
+ On Being a Christian
+ A Tour de Force on the Essence of Christianity
+ Never judge a book by its author
+ A mainstay in any library
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The Pilgrim's Progress in Modern English (Pure Gold Classic) (Pure Gold Classics)38 reviews
John Bunyan; L. Edward Hazelbaker
Bridge-Logos Publishers, 1998
One of the best books in the world...
+ Great Update To A Timeless Classic
I can't believe I was never assigned this book in my school years, because it is amazing alone and as an allegory. If you are a Christian you will recognize people in the book, if you are not, the Gospel will be spelled out to you in a really beautiful, clear way. This is one of those books whose ...
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Knowing God78 reviews
J. I. Packer
InterVarsity Press, 1993
Convicting
+ Essential Theology
+ Brilliant
+ Knowing God book review
+ Tremendous Christian Classic
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The Holiness of God59 reviews
R. C. Sproul
Tyndale House Publishers, 2000
This is flat out good stuff...
+ Nice meditation on God's Holiness
+ Sproul's most brilliant work
+ wonderful
+ The Holy
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The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence for the Life of Christ30 reviews
Gary R. Habermas
College Press Publishing Company, Inc., 1996
Who said faith cannot be factual?
+ Makes a pretty good case for the historicity of Jesus
+ Grab your shovel were digging into History
+ Jesus Who?
+ A Must Read for Christology Students!
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The Cross of Christ29 reviews
John R. W. Stott
InterVarsity Press, 1986
Great book on penal substitution
+ Revelatory...
+ The Cross Transforms Everything
+ Best book I have read on the cross
+ He takes a profound subject and makes it simple
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Bible Jesus Read, The43 reviews
Philip Yancey
Zondervan, 2002
Great book!
+ Assigned, yet enjoyed
+ Excellent read
+ often overlooked
+ Asks Really Hard Questions About God
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Reaching for the Invisible God52 reviews
Philip Yancey
Zondervan, 2002
Love this book
+ Another good Yancey
+ Well-conceived
+ One of the "Best" I've read.
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Living the Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing11 reviews
C.J. Mahaney
Multnomah Books, 2006
Great work...
+ Life Changing.
+ Making Christ and His Work Preeminent in Our Lives
+ Great Gospel Book
+ Put some passion and heart behind your theology
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Cross and Christian Ministry, The: Leadership Lessons from 1 Corinthians6 reviews
D. A. Carson
Baker Books, 2004
A needed volume from an able and clear scholar
+ A Much Needed Reminder
+ A solid book for leaders
+ If you are a pastor, please read this book!
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The Passion of Jesus Christ: Fifty Reasons Why He Came to Die37 reviews
John Piper
Crossway Books, 2004
Heaven...And so much more
+ Jesus' passion and purpose
+ Why did Jesus come to walk on this earth thirty years, suffer, die and The Resurrection?
+ The Gospel is bigger than you think!
+ Good witnessing tool, good for Christians too
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The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics76 reviews
C. S. Lewis
HarperOne, 2002
Wonderful Investment
+ This book is HUGE!
+ Awesome book.
+ Undated Truth
+ All the best of this legendary author and theologian
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St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)47 reviews
Saint Augustine
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
Tolle, lege
+ A sinner's guide to Christianity
+ An amazing look at the life of a spiritual giant
I've long since lost the religious fervor that led me to read Augustine's Confessions for the first time some 40 years ago. But I've never tired of re-reading it, which I do every five years or so. For in addition to being an exquisitely written prayer, it's also a penetrating analysis of the ...
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The Christian Life: A Doctrinal Introduction7 reviews
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Banner of Truth, 1981
Excellent!
+ Doctrine Made Understandable
+ A Chapter a Week Keeps the Doctor Away
+ a spiritual nugget in every chapter
+ You have to read this!
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The Institutes of Christian Religion11 reviews
John Calvin
Baker Academic, 1987
Calvin Compressed
+ John Calvin Condensed
+ A Good First Hand Introduction to Calvin's Theology
+ Calvin condensed
+ Calvin's Institutes as Hors D'oeuvre
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The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness20 reviews
Jerry Bridges
Navpress Publishing Group, 1994
Holiness and Grace
+ This Book Kept Me From a Great Deal of Depression
+ This book is one of the best I've read
+ A Call To Faithfulness
+ Life Changing
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The Atonement: Its Meaning and Significance5 reviews
Leon Morris
InterVarsity Press, 1984
The standard work on the atonement
+ A Book on a Short List
+ It doesn't get any better than this
+ trimming a complex concept down to essentials
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Humility: True Greatness36 reviews
C. J. Mahaney
Multnomah Books, 2005
How Humility helped me
+ Reflections on Humility by C. J. Mahaney
+ Easy Read but a Hard Quality to Live
+ ouch
+ The Value of Humility
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