You Must Read
Books that have shaped our lives
| Weight | 0.41 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 21.5 × 13.6 × 1.8 cm |
| format | Book |
| binding | Cloth-bound, Cloth-bound & ePub, Cloth-bound & Kindle, ePub, Kindle (.mobi), Paperback, Paperback & ePub, Paperback & Kindle |
| Banner Pub Date | Apr 13, 2015 |
| Original Pub Date | 2015 |
| Paperback ISBN | 9781848715660 |
| Clothbound ISBN | 9781848715653 |
| Paperback Page Count | 304 |
| Clothbound Page Count | 307 |
| topic | Pastoral Biography, Pastoral Theology/Pastoral Helps, Spiritual Growth |
Book Description
Have you ever wondered what influences have shaped the preachers, teachers and authors you respect? You Must Read brings together more than thirty well-known Christian leaders and gives them the opportunity to talk about a book that has made a lasting impact on their lives. Their personal narratives and recommendations of the literature that has moulded and matured them combine to produce a book full of interest from start to finish, but also one that can be ‘dipped into’ for occasional reading. Best of all, You Must Read will be an indispensable guide to some of the truly great books that have transformed, encouraged, instructed and challenged countless Christians’ lives. You Must Read is a ‘must read’ in itself, and a marvelous stimulus to read more.
You Must Read is an ambiguous title. As Christians ‘we are what we read’. God’s word is the instrument by which the Holy Spirit renews our minds and transforms our lives. The same is true, to a lesser extent, of Christian literature. The biographies of Christians whose lives have left a permanent mark on the church often disclose the influence of a particular book, or books, they themselves have read. So, You Must Read is a perennial maxim. You really must read!
But we also use these words when we are enthusiastic about a good book. We instinctively ask our friends, ‘Have you read …?’ And if the answer is ‘no’ we tend to say ‘Oh, you must read …’
But where do you begin? There are so many books from which to choose. Many of us want to ask, ‘Can somebody please tell me what books I should read?’ You Must Read provides some answers from the pens of a number of well-known Christian leaders, including Joel R. Beeke, Alistair Begg, Jerry Bridges, Mark Dever, J. Ligon Duncan, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., John MacArthur, Stuart Olyott, R. C. Sproul , Derek W. H. Thomas, Geoffrey Thomas, and many others
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| Introduction | xi | |
| 1 | The Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain H Murray | |
| R Albert Mohler, Jr | 1 | |
| 2 | The Works of John Bunyan | |
| Faith Cook | 9 | |
| 3 | Today’s Gospel: Authentic or Synthetic? by Walter J Chantry | |
| Thomas E Richwine | 17 | |
| 4 | The Reformed Pastor by Richard Baxter | |
| Edward Donnelly | 25 | |
| 5 | What Is an Evangelical? by D Martyn Lloyd-Jones | |
| Alistair Begg | 33 | |
| 6 | The Valley of Vision by Arthur Bennett | |
| Mark G Johnston | 41 | |
| 7 | Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography by Iain H Murray | |
| Sharon James | 49 | |
| 8 | The Calvinistic Methodist Fathers of Wales by John Morgan Jones and William Morgan | |
| Geoffrey Thomas | 57 | |
| 9 | Expository Thoughts on the Gospels by J C Ryle | |
| Derek W H Thomas | 63 | |
| 10 | The Two-Volume Autobiography of C H Spurgeon | |
| Jonathan Watson | 71 | |
| 11 | Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans by Robert Haldane | |
| Maurice Roberts | 79 | |
| 12 | Historical Theology by William Cunningham | |
| Keith Underhill | 87 | |
| 13 | The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended by Jonathan Edwards | |
| RC Sproul | 93 | |
| 14 | Evangelical Eloquence by R L Dabney | |
| Hywel Jones | 101 | |
| 15 | Tracts and Letters of John Calvin | |
| Ian Hamilton | 109 | |
| 16 | The Work of the Holy Spirit by Octavius Winslow | |
| Iain D Campbell | 117 | |
| 17 | The Apostles’ Doctrine of the Atonement by George Smeaton | |
| Jerry Bridges | 125 | |
| 18 | A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson | |
| Walter J Chantry | 131 | |
| 19 | Diary of Kenneth A MacRae | |
| John J Murray | 137 | |
| 20 | Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century by J C Ryle | |
| Peter Barnes | 145 | |
| 21 | The Works of Richard Sibbes | |
| Mark Dever | 153 | |
| 22 | The Diary and Life of Andrew Bonar | |
| Andrew Swanson | 161 | |
| 23 | Revival Year Sermons (1859) by C H Spurgeon | |
| Stuart Olyott | 169 | |
| 24 | Human Nature in Its Fourfold State by Thomas Boston | |
| Cor L Onderdelinden | 175 | |
| 25 | Letters of Samuel Rutherford | |
| Joel R Beeke | 185 | |
| 26 | Thoughts on Religious Experience by Archibald Alexander | |
| Pieter de Vries | 193 | |
| 27 | Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray | |
| Albert N Martin | 201 | |
| 28 | Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks | |
| J Ligon Duncan | 209 | |
| 29 | D Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Volume 1: The First Forty Years; Volume 2: The Fight of Faith by Iain H Murray | |
| John MacArthur | 221 | |
| 30 | The Life and Letters of Benjamin Morgan Palmer by Thomas Cary Johnson | |
| John R de Witt | 235 | |
| 31 | The Glory of Christ by John Owen | |
| Sinclair B Ferguson | 247 | |
| 32 | The Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain H Murray | |
| Ian S Barter | 259 | |
| Epilogue: The Books from Three Perspectives | ||
| (1) A View from Latin America | ||
| William Barkley | 265 | |
| (2) A View from the Philippines | ||
| Brian Ellis | 271 | |
| (3) A View from the Grey House, Edinburgh | ||
| John Rawlinson | 277 | |
| List of Contributors | 287 |
Reviews
- Review by Books At A Glance
- Review by Bob Thomas
- Review by Andrew Spencer
- Review by Terry Delaney
- Review by David Burke (page 13)
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Lorraine Wagner –
Indeed a treasure trove of insightful articles make up this book. I have always wondered what helps to shape our Christian viewpoint or even the authors we enjoy…and this book is the answer to THAT question! a rare treasure indeed.