I’ve been getting a bunch of requests for book recommendations for the New Year. I love that people want to read and learn about our awesome God! Below is a list of the 25 books that jump to my mind when I think of things that have shaped my life. There is no particular order to this list and there are certainly many books that I could add (and probably should add and take a few others off). I do think though that this represents a pretty wide spectrum of authors, time periods, styles and subjects. Whether you can go through this list this year, or if it will take you 10 years, I hope these books would help you grow in your understanding of God’s unchanging Scripture, causing you to love Him more deeply and live for Him more faithfully.
Happy Reading!
Pastor Jeff
- Knowing God by JI Packer
- Desiring God by John Piper
- The Holiness of God by RC Sproul
- The Cross of Christ by John Stott
- Total Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmons
- Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by JI Packer
- Saved by Grace by Anthony Hoekema
- Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul Tripp
- The Treasure Principle by Randy Alcorn
- The Cross and Christian Ministry by DA Carson
- The Attributes of God by A.W. Tozer
- Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray
- The Atonement by Leon Morris
- God in the Whirlwind by David Wells
- The Godly Man’s Picture by Thomas Watson
- The Doctrine of Repentance by Thomas Watson
- The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes
- Prodigal God by Tim Keller
- Generous Justice by Tim Keller
- Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges
- Celebration of the Disciplines by Richard Foster
- The Institutes of Christian Religion by John Calvin
- Confessions by Augustine
- Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves
- Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan