You Must Read

Books that have shaped our lives

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Category

Weight .90 lbs
Dimensions 8.5 × 5.4 × .75 in
ISBN 9781848715660
Paperback ISBN

9781800405042

Clothbound ISBN

9781848715653

Binding

Paperback, Cloth-bound, eBook (ePub & Kindle), Paperback & eBook (ePub & Kindle), Cloth-bound & eBook (ePub & Kindle)

Topic

Spiritual Growth, Pastoral Theology/Pastoral Helps, Pastoral Biography

Original Pub Date

2015

Banner Pub Date

Apr 13, 2015

Recent Pub Date Year

2025

Paperback Page Count

296

Clothbound Page Count

307

Format

Book

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 Autobiography of C. H. Spurgeon: Vol. I: The Early Years; Vol. 2: The Full Harvest

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

R. C. Sproul

93

14

Evangelical Eloquence by R L Dabney

Hywel Jones

101

15

Tracts and Letters of John Calvin

Ian Hamilton

109

16

The Apostles’ Doctrine of the Atonement by George Smeaton

Jerry Bridges

117

17

A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson

Walter J. Chantry

123

18

Diary of Kenneth A MacRae

John J. Murray

129

19

Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century by J C Ryle

Peter Barnes

137

20

The Works of Richard Sibbes

Mark Dever

145

21

The Diary and Life of Andrew Bonar

Andrew Swanson

153

22

Revival Year Sermons (1859) by C H Spurgeon

Stuart Olyott

161

23

Human Nature in Its Fourfold State by Thomas Boston

Cor L. Onderdelinden

167

24

Letters of Samuel Rutherford

Joel R. Beeke

177

25

Thoughts on Religious Experience by Archibald Alexander

Pieter de Vries

185

26

 Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray

Albert N. Martin

193

27

Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks

J. Ligon Duncan

201

28

D Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Volume 1: The First Forty Years; Volume 2: The Fight of Faith by Iain H Murray

John MacArthur

213

29

The Life and Letters of Benjamin Morgan Palmer by Thomas Cary Johnson

John R. de Witt

227

30

The Glory of Christ by John Owen

Sinclair B. Ferguson

239

31

 The Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain H Murray

Ian S. Barter

251

Epilogue: The Books from Three Perspectives

(1) A View from Latin America

257

William Barkley

(2) A View from the Philippines

Brian Ellis

263

(3) A View from the Grey House, Edinburgh

John Rawlinson

269

List of Contributors

279

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  1. 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

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