Top 100 + Books

Theodore Zachariades Ph.D.

Biography (These are some of my favorites).

1. Here I Stand, Roland H. Bainton.
2. Calvin: A Biography, Bernard Cottret.
3. Selena: Countess of Huntingdon, Faith Cook.
4. Jonathan Edwards, Iain H. Murray.
5. The British Josiah, N. A. Woychuk.
6. The Forgotten Spurgeon, Iain H. Murray.
7. George Whitefield, J. P. Gledstone.
8. John Owen, Andrew Thomson.
9. The Life and Writings of the Rev. John Gill, D.D., John Rippon.
10. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 2 Vols., Iain H. Murray.
11. George Whitefield 2 Vols., Arnold Dallimore.
12. Faithful Witness: Life & Witness of William Carey, Timothy George.
13. J. Greshem Machen, Stephen J. Nichols.
14. Against The World: The Odyssey of Athanasius, Henry W. Coray.
15. Augustus Montague Toplady, George M. Ella.
16. Augustine of Hippo, Peter Brown.
17. Anne Boleyn, Joanna Denny.
18. God's Outlaw: William Tyndale, Brian H. Edwards.
19. The Life of John Knox, Thomas McCrie.
20. John Wyclif, G. R. Evans.
21. John Wesley, Stephen Tomkins.
22. The Life of A. W. Pink, Iain H. Murray.
23. Isaac Watts, Paxton Hood,
24. Autobiography of George Muller, George Muller.
25. J. I. Packer, Alister McGrath.
26. William Wilberforce, William Hague.
27. Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce, Eric Metaxas.
28. Out of the Depths, John Newton.
29. Shadow of The Almighty: The Life & Testament of Jim Elliot, Elisabeth Elliot.
30. The Golden Shore: The Life of Adoniram Judson, Courtney Anderson.

Reformation (choose one or two for a survey of this most important era).

1. The Essence of The Reformation, Kirsten Birkett.
2. The Reformation, Diarmaid MacCulloch.
3. The Reformation, T. M. Lindsay.
4. The Reformation of The Sixteenth Century, Roland H. Bainton.
5. The Great Reformation, R. Tudur Jones.
6. The Reformation, Patrick Collinson.
7. The Protestant Reformation, Hans J. Hillerbrand.
8. The Protestant Reformation, Lewis W. Spitz.
9. Twelve Reformation Heroes, G. A. Neilson.
10. Reformation Heroes, Diana Kleyn & Joel R. Beeke.
11. Five English Reformers, J. C. Ryle.
12. Bloody Mary's Martyrs, Jasper Ridley.
13. Five Women of the English Reformation, Paul F. M. Zahl.
14. Encyclopedia of The Reformed Faith, Donald K. McKim.
15. Reformation Thought 2^nd or 3^rd Ed., Alister McGrath.

Puritans (Get Packer and one other, though you do well to have them all).

1. Puritan Profiles, William Barker.
2. Meet The Puritans, Joel R. Beeke & Randall J. Pederson.
3. A Quest for Godliness, J. I. Packer.
4. The Quest for Full Assurance, Joel R. Beeke.
5. The Puritans: Their Origins & Successors, Martyn Lloyd-Jones.

Apologetics (Presuppositional) My preference is Gordon Clark.

1. Always Ready, Greg L. Bahnsen.
2. A Christian View of Men & Things, Gordon H. Clark.
3. Faith Has its Reasons, Kenneth Boa & Robert Bowman (survey of various approaches).
4. Van Til's Apologetic, Greg L. Bahnsen.
5. Language and Theology, Gordon H. Clark.
6. The Clark-Van Til Controversy, Herman Hoeksema.
7. Apologetics to The Glory of God, John Frame.
8. Every Thought Captive, Richard L. Pratt Jr.
9. Doctrine of The Knowledge of God, John Frame.
10. Faith's Reasons For Believing, Robert L. Reymond.

Apologetics (Evidentialist) I always enjoy Ravi Zacharias

1. Scaling the Secular City, J. P. Moreland.
2. Classical Apologetics, R. C. Sproul, Arthur Lindsey, & John Gertsner.
3. Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, Norman Geisler.
4. A New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, Josh McDowell.
5. Can Man Live Without God, Ravi Zacharias.

Apologetics (Cultural) Do not pass up David Wells. If choosing only one: Courage to Be Protestant should be it. But you'll probably want them all!!!

1. No Place For Truth, David Wells.
2. God in The Wasteland, David Wells.
3. Losing Our Virtue, David Wells.
4. Above All Earthly Pow'rs, David Wells.
5. The Courage To Be Protestant, David Wells.
6. The gods of The Age or The God of Ages?, Carl F. H. Henry.
7. The Dust of Death, Os Guinness.
8. Dining With The Devil, Os Guinness
9. No God But God, Os Guinness & John Seel.
10. Deliver Us From Evil, Ravi Zacharias.

Only For Baptists (and those desirous of knowing the Right Paths J)