– The Shape of Sola Scriptura by Keith Mathison
– Infallibility and Interpretation by Rushdoony
– Through New Eyes by James Jordan
– The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God by John Frame
– The Doctrine of the Word of God by John Frame
– The Inspiration and the Authority of the Bible by B.B. Warfield
– The Holy Trinity by Robert Letham
– He Shall Have Dominion by Ken Gentry
– The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross by Leon Morris
– That You May Prosper by Ray Sutton
– Easy Chairs Hard Words by Doug Wilson
– Israel and the New Covenant by Roderick Campbell
– Images of the Spirit by Meredith Kline
– Redemption: Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
– The Institutes of Biblical Law (Vol. 1 ) by Rousas Rushdoony
Ecclesiology: Beginning & Essential
Read 1st – The Church
Comes Home by Robert Banks
2nd – Pagan
Christianity by Viola & Barna
3rd – Paul’s Idea of
Community by Robert Banks
4th – House Church
5th – Home Fellowship Proposal of Core Values & Practices (link) by Ankeny
5th – Home Fellowship Proposal of Core Values & Practices (link) by Ankeny
Additional and Supplemental Reading
- To Preach or Not To Preach by Norrington
- Total Church
- Going to the Root by Christian Smith
- Finding Organic Church by Frank Viola
- TheHouse Church
Family, Work & Re-creation
- Going to the Root by Christian Smith
- Reimagining Church by Frank Viola
- The Problem of Wineskins by Howard Snyder
- Organic Leadership by Neil Cole- Finding Organic Church by Frank Viola
- The
* * NOTE * * A few of the books and authors in the Ecclesiology section above advocate egalitarian views within the Church in her local fellowships. They have a very negative view of anyone functioning with the gift of leading and/or sheparding a local congregation.
Let me be very clear : I disagree with this view STRONGLY, and believe such teaching to be dreadfully out of accord with Scripture. Aside from that though, all the books listed are excellent and can be read with much profit.
Gospel Mission & Apologetics
– Evangelism in the Early Church by Michael Green
– Evangelism in the Early Church by Michael Green
– The Heart of Evangelism by Jerram Barrs
– Tell the Truth by Will Metzger
– L’Abri by Edith Schaeffer
– Persuasions by Douglas Wilson
– Always Ready by Greg Bahnsen
– Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
– Covenantal Apologetics: Principles and Practice in Defense of Our Faith by Oliphint
– Walking in the Law of the Lord by William Einwechter
– Always Ready by Greg Bahnsen
– Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
– Covenantal Apologetics: Principles and Practice in Defense of Our Faith by Oliphint
– Walking in the Law of the Lord by William Einwechter
Gospel Fellowship
– The Christian Passover: Agape Feast or Ritual Abuse? (link) by Perks
–Everyday Church
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– Making a Meal of It by Ben Witherington
– From Forgiven to Forgiving by JayAdams
– From Forgiven to Forgiving by Jay
– A Meal with Jesus by Tim Chester
– When the Church was a Family by Joseph Hellerman
– Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoffer
– The Mark of the Christian by Francis Schaeffer
– Standing on the Promises by Douglas
Wilson
– Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
– In Tune with the World: A Theory of Festivity by Josef Pieper
– Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
– In Tune with the World: A Theory of Festivity by Josef Pieper
– Sheparding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp
– Margin by Swenson
– God at Work by Gene Veith
– When You Rise Up: A Covenantal Approach to Homeschooling by R.C. Sproul, Jr.
– A Christian Philosophy of Education by
Stephan Perks
– Reforming Marriage by Douglas Wilson
– The Family by B.M. Palmer
– Federal Husband by Douglas Wilson
– Who Owns the Family? by Ray Sutton
Fiction & Biographies
– Silence by Endo
– Beowulf (translation by Seamus Heaney)
– Confessions by Augustine
Fiction & Biographies
– Silence by Endo
– Beowulf (translation by Seamus Heaney)
– Confessions by Augustine
– The Once & Future King by T.H. White
– A River Runs through It by Norman Maclean
– My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
– The Road by Cormac McCarthy
– The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
– Dune by Frank Herbert
– The Lord of the Rings trilogy by Tolkien
– Shantung Compound by Gilkey
– Leave it to Psmith by Wodehouse
– L’Abri by Edith Schaeffer
– The Temple by George Herbert
– The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
– The Lord of the Rings trilogy by Tolkien
– Shantung Compound by Gilkey
– Leave it to Psmith by Wodehouse
– L’Abri by Edith Schaeffer
– The Temple by George Herbert
– The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
– David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
– Heiland by Franklin Sanders
– Watership Down by Richard Adams
– Henry and the Great Society by Roush
– Henry and the Great Society by Roush
– Jaber Crow by Wendell Berry
more to come...
more to come...
Personal Discipleship
– The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God by John Frame
– Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life by John Calvin
– Holiness by J.C. Ryle
– Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life by John Calvin
– Holiness by J.C. Ryle
– You are what you Love by James K.A. Smith
– The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs
– From Mind to Heart: Christian Meditation Today by Peter Toon
– Provocations by Soren Kierkegaard
– Prayer by E.M. Bounds
– Charity and its Fruits by Jonathan Edwards
– The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
– A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law
– The Doctrine of the Christian Life by John Frame
– True Christianity by Johann Arndt
Culture & Social Order Studies
– Rules for Reformers by Douglas Wilson
– Leisure: The Basis for Culture by Josef Pieper
– All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes by Ken Myers
– Idols for Destruction by Herbert Schlossberg
– The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays by Wendell Berry
– The Humiliation of the Word by Jacques Ellul
– Technopoly by Neil Postman
– Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
– By This Standard by Greg Bahnsen
– Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports by Shirl Hoffman
– Plowing in Hope: Towards a Biblical Theology of Culture by David Hegeman
– Christian View of Men and Things by Gordon Clark
– Poverty and Wealth by Ronald Nash
– What's Wrong with the World by GK Chesterton
– Social Justice and the Christian Church by Ronald Nash
– Against the Protestant Gnostics by Phillip Lee
Civil Government
– God and Government by Gary DeMar
– Education, Christianity and the State by J. Gresham Machen
– Law and Liberty by Rousas Rushdoony
– Restoring America One County at a Time by Joel McDurmon,
– Lex Rex by Samuel Rutherford
– The Civil Magistrate's Power by Thomas Cobbett
– The Establishment and Limits of Civil Government by James Willison
– The Institutes of Biblical Law (Vol. 1 ) by Rousas Rushdoony
– The Law by Frederic Bastiat
– Bureaucracy by Ludwig von Mises
– The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment by Jeremiah Burroughs
– From Mind to Heart: Christian Meditation Today by Peter Toon
– Provocations by Soren Kierkegaard
– Prayer by E.M. Bounds
– Charity and its Fruits by Jonathan Edwards
– The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
– A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life by William Law
– The Doctrine of the Christian Life by John Frame
– True Christianity by Johann Arndt
Culture & Social Order Studies
– Rules for Reformers by Douglas Wilson
– Leisure: The Basis for Culture by Josef Pieper
– All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes by Ken Myers
– Idols for Destruction by Herbert Schlossberg
– The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays by Wendell Berry
– The Humiliation of the Word by Jacques Ellul
– Technopoly by Neil Postman
– Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
– By This Standard by Greg Bahnsen
– Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports by Shirl Hoffman
– Plowing in Hope: Towards a Biblical Theology of Culture by David Hegeman
– Christian View of Men and Things by Gordon Clark
– Poverty and Wealth by Ronald Nash
– What's Wrong with the World by GK Chesterton
– Social Justice and the Christian Church by Ronald Nash
– Against the Protestant Gnostics by Phillip Lee
Civil Government
– God and Government by Gary DeMar
– Education, Christianity and the State by J. Gresham Machen
– Law and Liberty by Rousas Rushdoony
– Restoring America One County at a Time by Joel McDurmon,
– Lex Rex by Samuel Rutherford
– The Civil Magistrate's Power by Thomas Cobbett
– The Establishment and Limits of Civil Government by James Willison
– The Institutes of Biblical Law (Vol. 1 ) by Rousas Rushdoony
– The Law by Frederic Bastiat
– Bureaucracy by Ludwig von Mises
