Recommended
Readings
Select your area of interest from the following topics to view the books our pastor highly recommends. While we may not necessarily agree with everything in every book, each provides a solid treatment of the various subjects from a reformed, biblical perspective. Generally, titles are arranged from an introductory level to a more techinical level. Most are avaible in our church library, or for sale on the Book Shelf.
ABCs of the Christian Faith
Ultimate Questions, John Blanchard
Basic Christianity, John Stott
Saved from What, R.C. Sproul
The Christian Life, Sinclair B. Ferguson
Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die, John Piper
Now, That's a Good Question!, R.C. Sproul
Apologetics
Every Thought Captive: A Study Manual for the Defense of Christian Truth, Richard L. Pratt, Jr.
Worldviews in Conflict: Choosing Christianity in a World of Ideas, Ronald H. Nash
Always Ready: Directions for Defending the Faith, Greg L. Bahnsen
Reason to Believe: A Response to Common Objections to Chistianity, R.C. Sproul
Defending Your Faith: An Introduction to Apologetics, R.C. Sproul
Classical Apologetics, R.C. Sproul and John Gerstner
Five Views on Apologetics, Steven B. Cowan, ed.
Baptism
The Meaning and Mode of Baptism, Jay Adams
Your Baby's Baptism, W. Wilson Benton, Jr.
Why Do We Baptize Infants? Bryan Chapell
Children of the Promise: The Biblical Case for Infant Baptism, Robert R. Booth
Immersion & Immersionists, W.A. Mackay
The Case for Covenantal Infant Baptism, Gregg Strawbridge, ed.
The Biblical Doctrine of Infant Baptism, Pierre Marcel
The Presbyterian Doctrine of Children in the Covenant, Lewis Bevens Shenck
We & Our Children: The Reformed Doctrine of Infant Baptism, Herman Hanko
The Shaping of the Reoformed Baptismal Right in the Sixteenth Century, Hughes Oliphant Old
Bible Content/Interpretation (See also Scripture)
Survey of the Bible, William Hendrickson
Knowing Scripture, R.C. Sproul
Found: God's Will, John MacArthur
Discovering God's Will, Sinclair Feguson
How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth , Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart
Principles of Biblical Interpretation, Louis Berkhof
New Testament Exegesis, Gordon D. Fee
Exegetical Fallacies, D.A. Carson
According to Plan: the Unfolding Revelation of God in the Bible, Grame Goldsworthy
The Church Is Israel Now: The Transfer of Conditional Privilege, Charles D. Provan
Christ of the Covenants, O. Palmer Robertson
Biblical Theology, Geerhardus Vos
Old Testament Survey, LaSor, Hubbard, Bush
Introduction to the New Testament, Carson, Moo, and Morris
Biography
Charismatic Issues (See also Health and Healing; Suffering/Grief/Sickness/Trouble)
The Disease of the Health and Wealth Gospels, Gordon D. Fee
The Healing Promise: Is it Always God's Will to Heal?, Richard Mayhue
The Healing Epidemic, Peter Masters
Power Encounters: Reclaiming Spiritual Warfare, David Powlison
The Final Word, O. Palmer Robertson
Signs of the Apostles, Walter J. Chantry
Perspectives on Pentecost, Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.
Demonization of the Believer: Attacking the Sufficiency of Scripture, Gil Rugh
Charismatic Chaos, John MacArthur
The Charismatics and the Word of God, Victor Budgen
Counterfeit Miracles, B.B. Warfield
A Christian's Guide to Today's Catholic Charismatic Movement, James Neher
Church Architecture/Symbols
Protestant Worship and Church Architecture: Historical and Theological Considerations, James F. White
Look to the Rock: One Hundred Ante-bellum Presbyterian Churches of the South, Carl Julien
The Architectural Setting for Reformed Worship, James H. Nichols and Leonard J. Trinterud
Architecture Appropriate for Reformed Worship, William Childs Robinson
The House of God: Church Architecture, Style and History, Edward Norman
How to Read a Church: A Guide to the Symbols and Images in Churches and Cathedrals, Richard Taylor
Signs & Symbols in Christian Art, George Ferguson
Symbols of the Christian Faith, Alva William Steffler
Symbols of Church Seasons & Days, John Bradner
Symbols of the Church, Carroll E. Whittemore, ed.
Church Words: Origins and Meanings, Stephen E. Moore
Church/Ecclesiology
Distinctives of Biblical Prebyterianism, John M. Otis
Life in the Father's House, Wayne A. Mack and David Swavely
To Be or Not to Be a Church Member?, That is the Question!, Wayne Mack
Onward, Christian Soldiers: Protestants Affirm the Church, Don Kistler, ed.
This Little Church Stayed Home: A Faithful Church in Deceptive Times, Gary E. Gilley
The Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, Richard Phillips, Philip Ryken, Mark Dever
Biblical Church Discipline, Daniel E. Wray
Handbook of Church Discipline: A Right and Privilege of Every Christian , Jay Adams
The Glorious Body of Christ, R.B. Kuiper
The Church, Edmund Clowney
Order in the Offices, Mark R. Brown, ed.
Church History
The Church in History, B.K. Kuiper
Church History: A Crash Course for the Curious, Christopher Catherwood
The Story of the Church, A.M. Renwick
Church History in Plain Language, Bruce Shelley
The History of Christian Doctrines, Louis Berkhof
Theology of the Reformers, Timothy George
The Genius of Puritanism, Peter Lewis
A History of Christianity, Kenneth Scott Latourette
Dispensationalism
A Comparison of Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology, Richard P. Belcher
The Church Is Israel Now: The Transfer of Conditional Privilege, Charles D. Provan
A Primer on Dispensationalism, John H. Gerstner
Why I Left Scofieldism, William E. Cox
An Examination of Dispensationalism, William E. Cox
The Israel of God: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, O. Palmer Robertson
Dispensationalism: Rishtly Dividing the People of God?, Keith A. Mathison
Understanding Dispensationalists, Vern S. Poythress
Backgrounds To Dispensationalism, Clarence Bass
Darby, Dualism, and the Decline of Dispensationalism, Ronald M. Henzel
This World is Not My Home: The Origins and Development of Dispensationalism, Michael Williams
Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth: A Critique of Dispensationalism, John H. Gerstner
Dispensationalism Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow, Curtis I. Crenshaw and Daniel R. Morse
The Incredible Scofield and His Book, Joseph M. Canfield
The Gospel of the Kingdom. Philip Mauro
Doctrines of Grace/Election
The Five Points of Calvinism, David N. Steele and Curtis C. Thomas
Chosen by God, R.C. Sproul
Putting the Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel, Michael Horton
The Case for Traditional Protestantism: The Solas of the Reformation, Terry L. Johnson
The Sovereignty of God, Arthur W. Pink
Education
The Necessity for the Christian School, John M. Otis
The Case for Classical Christian Education, Douglas Wilson
Rediscovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Douglas Wilson
Excused Absence, Douglas Wilson
The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had, Susan Wise Bauer
A Reader's Guide to Reformed Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of Reformed Theology, Joel R. Beeke
Mathematics: Is God Silent?, James Nickel
The Closing of the American Heart, Ronald H. Nash
The Seven Laws of Teaching, John Milton Gregory
Education, Christianity, and the State, J. Gresham Machen
Emerging Church Movement/Postmodernism
The Truth War: Fighting for Certainty in an Age of Deception, John MacArthur
Postmodern Times: A Christian Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture, Gene Edward Veith, Jr.
Esachatology/End Times
The End Times Made Simple, Samuel E. Waldon
A Case for Amillennialism: Understanding the End Times, Kim Riddlebarger
Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope, Keith A. Mathison
The End of All Things: A Defense of the Future, C. Jonathin Seraiah
The Last Days According to Jesus, R.C. Sproul
When Shall These Things Be? A Reformed Response to Hyper-Preterism, Keith A. Mathison
Three Views on the Millenium and Beyond, Darrell Bock, ed.
Four Views on t he Book of Revelation, C. Marvin Pate, ed.
The Meaning of the Millenium: Four Views, Robert G. Clouse, ed.
The Promise of the Future, Cornelius P. Venema
Family Worship
The Family Worship Book: A Resource for Family Devotions, Terry L. Johnson
Training Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotions Based on the Shorter Catechsim, Starr Meade
Daily Family Devotions Guide, Brad Winsted & Tom Waldecker, Children's Ministry International
Rediscovering Catechism: The Art of Equipping Covenant Children, Donald Van Dyken
How to Teach the Catechism to Children, Joyce M. Horton
Rediscovering the Lost Treasure of Family Worship, Jerry Marcellino
Family Worship, Joel R. Beeke
A Book for Family Worship, Jim Cromarty
Family Worship, Kerry Ptacek
The Case for Family Worship, George Hammond
Thoughts on Family Worship, James W. Alexander
Returning to the Family Altar, Douglas W. Comin
Federal Vision/Auburn Avenue Theology
The Current Justification Controversy, O. Palmer Robertson
The Auburn Avenue Theology: Pros & Cons, E. Calvin Beisner, ed.
Not Reformed at All: Medievalsim in "Reformed" Churches, John W. Robbins, ed.
The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology: A Comparative Analysis, Guy Prentiss Waters
Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry, R. Scott Clark, ed.
Finances
The Total Money Makeover, Dave Ramsey
Financial Peace Revisited, Dave Ramsey
Health and Healing (See also Charismatic Issues; Suffering/Grief/Sickness/Trouble)
Miraculous Healing, Henry W. Frost
The Healing Promise: Is it Always God's Will to Heal?, Richard Mayhue
Too Good to Be True: Finding Hope in a World of Hype, Michael Horton
The Valley is Bright, Nell Collins and Mary Beth Moster
Heaven and Hell
The Glory of Heaven, John MacArthur
Heaven on Earth, Stephen J. Nichols
Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment, Robert A. Peterson
Hell Under Fire, Christopher W. Morgan & Robert A. Peterson, eds.
Eternal Punishment, A.W. Pink
Four Views on Hell, William Crockett, ed.
Holy Spirit
The Silent Shepherd: The Care, Comfort, and Correction of the Holy Spirit, John MacArthur
The Holy Spirit, Arthur W. Pink
The Work of the Holy Spirit, Octavius Winslow
The Holy Spirit: His Gifts and Power, John Owen
The Holy Spirit: His Person and Ministry, Edwin H. Palmer
The Person & Work of the Holy Spirit, Benjamin B. Warfield
The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, George Smeaton
Gifts of the Holy Spirit, C.R. Vaughan
The Work of the Holy Spirit, Abraham Kuyper
Islam
The Truth About Islam, Anees Zaka and Diane Coleman
Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross, Norman Geisler and Abdul Saleeb
Lord's Supper
The Lord's Supper: Eternal Word in Broken Bread, Robert Letham
Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper, Keith A. Mathison
The Lord's Supper, Thomas Watson
Daddy, May I Take Communion? Paedocommunion vs. The Bible, Leonard J. Coppes
Marriage/Family
The Intimate Marriage: A Practical Guide to Building a Great Marriage, R.C. Sproul
The Complete Husband, Lou Priolo
The Excellent Wife, Martha Peace
Reforming Marriage, Douglas Wilson
Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage in the Bible, Jay E. Adams
My Life for Yours: A Walk Through the Christian Home, Nancy Wilson
Strengthening Your Marriage, Wayne Mack
Missions and Evangelism
Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God, J.I. Packer
Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper
Old Age
Autumn Gold: Enjoying Old Age, Clifford Pond
A Word to the Aged, William Bridge
A Happy Old Age, Ashton Oxenden
Parenting
On Becoming Baby Wise, Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam
My First 300 Babies, Gladys West Hendrick
Shepherding a Child's Heart, Tedd Tripp
Proverbs for Parenting: A Topical Guide for Child Raising from the Book of Proverbs, Barbara Decker
Hints on Child Training, H. Clay Trumbull
The Little Book of Christian Character & Manners, William & Colleen Dedrick
The Fruit of Her Hands: Respect and the Christian Woman, Nancy Wilson
Praise Her in the Gates: The Calling of Christian Motherhood, Nancy Wilson
Let Me Be a Woman, Elisabeth Elliot
Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing, Douglas Wilson
Future Men, Douglas Wilson
The Mark of a Man, Elisabeth Elliot
The Heart of Anger, Lou Priolo
Piety/Spiritual Growth
Morning and Evening: Daily Readings, C.H. Spurgeon
Heart Aflame: Daily Readings from Calvin on the Psalms, John Calvin
The Way of Holiness: A Study in Christian Growth, Kenneth Prior
Knowing God, J.I. Packer
Spiritual Growth, A.W. Pink
In the Face of God: The Dangers & Delights of Spiritual Intimacy, Michael Horton
Overcoming the World: Grace to Win the Daily Battle, Joel R. Beeke
Reformed Spirituality, Joseph A. Pipa & J. Andrew Wortman, eds.
Puritan Reformed Spirituality, Joel R. Beeke
Prayer
The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions, Arthur Bennett, ed.
A Simple Way to Pray, Martin Luther
Lord, Teach Me to Pray, John MacArthur
Talking to God: A Theology of Prayer, Wayne R. Spear
Gleanings from Paul: The Prayers of the Apostle, A.W. Pink
Praying Backwards, Bryan Chapell
Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin (3.XX)
Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms (WCF XXX:1-8, LC 178-196, SC 98-107)
The Collects of Thomas Cranmer, C. Frederick Barbee and Paul F.M. Zahl
A Method for Prayer, Matthew Henry
Theology of Prayer, Benjamin Morgan Palmer
Preaching
The Pastor's Public Ministry, Terry Johnson
Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for Preaching, Don Kistler, ed.
Be Carfeul How You Listen: How to Get the Most Out of a Sermon, Jay Adams
The Priority of Preaching, John Cheeseman
Preaching With Purpose, Jay Adams
Christ-Centered Preaching, Bryan Chapell
Preachers With Power, Douglas Kelly
Preaching & Preachers, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Rediscovering Expository Preaching: Balancing the Science and Art of Biblical Exposition, John MacArthur
Sacred Rhetoric, Robert Lewis Dabney
Scripture (See also Bible Content/Intrepretation)
Scripture Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine, R.C. Sproul
The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible, B.B. Warfield
The Origin of the Bible, Philip Wesley Comfort, ed.
The Text of the New Testament, Bruce M. Metzger
The Word of God in English: Criteria for Excellence in Bible Translation, Leland Ryken
The King James Version Debate: A Plea for Realism, D.A. Carson
The King James Only Controversy, James R. White
Spiritual Warfare
How to Meet the Enemy: Arming Yourself for Spiritual Warfare, John MacArthur
Power Encounters: Reclaiming Spiritual Warfare, David Powlison
Demonization of the Believer: A Unbiblical Teaching Exposed, Gil Rugh
Territorial Spirits and World Evangelisation?, Chuck Lowe
Spiritual Warfare in a Believer’s Life, Charles Spurgeon
The Christian’s Warfare, Robert Murray McCheyne
Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices, Thomas Brooks
Suffering/Grief/Sickness/Trouble (See also Health and Healing; Charismatic Issues)
How to Handle Trouble, Jay Adams
Behind a Frowning Providence, John J. Murray
The Healing Promise: Is it Always God's Will to Heal?, Richard Mayhue
Miraculous Healing, Henry W. Frost
Why Does it Have to Hurt? The Meaning of Christian Suffering, Dan G.McCartney
Too Good to Be True: Finding Hope in a World of Hype, Michael Horton
Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, John Piper & Justin Taylor, eds.
The Invisible Hand: Do All Things Really Work for Good?, R.C. Sproul
Overcoming Fear, Worry, and Anxiety, Elyse Fitzpatrick
Down, But Not Out: How to Get Up When Life Knocks You Down, Wayne Mack
Depression: A Stubborn Darkness, Edward T. Welch
When the Darkness Will Not Lift, John Piper
Out of the Blues: Dealing With the Blues of Depression and Loneliness, Wayne Mack
Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Its Cure, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The Valley is Bright, Nell Collins and Mary Beth Moster
The Broken Home: Lessons in Sorrow, Benjamin Morgan Palmer
Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts, Jerry Bridges
Systematic Theology
Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms
Concise Theology, J.I. Packer
Essential Truths of the Christian Faith: 100 Key Doctrines in Plain Language, R.C. Sproul
Summary of Christian Doctrine, Louis Berkhof
The Wetsminster Confession of Faith for Study Classes, G.I. Williamson
The Inspiration and the Authority of the Bible, B.B. Warfield
Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin
Systematic Theology, Louis Berkhof
A New Systematic Theology, Robert Reymond
Systematic Theology, Charles Hodge
Systematic Theology, R.L. Dabney
Worship
Reformed Worship: Worship that is According to Scripture, Terry L. Johnson
With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship, D.G. Hart
A Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of Christ-Centered Worship, Michael Horton
Recovering Mother Kirk: The Case for Liturgy in the Reformed Tradition, D.G. Hart
O Come, Let Us Worship: Corporate Worship in the Evangelical Church, Robert G. Rayburn
Worship: Reformed According to Scripture, Hughes Oliphant Old
Presbyterian Worship: Its Meaning and Method, Donald Macleod
The Fine Art of Public Worship, Andrew W. Black
Leading Worship, Terry L. Johnson
Give Praise to God: A Vision for Reforming Worship, Ryken, Thomas, Duncan, eds.
The Westminster Directory of Public Worship
The Presbyterian Liturgies, Charles W. Baird
The Lord's Service: The Grace of Covenant Renewal Worship, Jeffrey J. Meyers
Worship in the Presence of God, Frank J. Smith and David C. Lachman, eds.
The Worship of God: Reformed Concepts of Biblical Worship, Joseph A. Pipa, Jr., ed.