Books You Should Read About The Origin, Reliability, And Authority Of The Bible

 Scripture Alone by James White

Scribes And Scripture by John Meade & Peter Gurry 

Canon Revisited by Michael Kruger

The Heresy Of Orthodoxy by Andreas Kostenberger & Michael Kruger 

The Origin Of The Bible edited by Philip Comfort

The Books That Shaped Me

 Of course the Bible is far above all other books because it is the Word of God.  For several years I used the NIV (1984 Edition) and then later switched to the ESV, which is now the main translation that I use.  Here are some of the most significant and influential books on my thought.  

Institutes Of The Christian Religion by John Calvin

Here I Stand by Roland Bainton

The Bondage Of The Will by Martin Luther

The Gospel According To Jesus by John MacArthur

No Place For Truth by David Wells

What Is Reformed Theology? by R.C. Sproul

Christian Apologetics by Cornelius Van Til

The God Who Is There by Francis Schaeffer

The King James Only Controversy by James White

Desiring God by John Piper

Putting Amazing Back Into Grace by Michael Horton

Always Ready by Greg Bahnsen

Apologetics by John Frame

Jesus Under Fire edited by Michael Wilkins & J.P. Moreland

Five Books On The End Times View Known as Amillennialism

Amillennialism is the traditional, Reformed Protestant view of eschatology (last things) and the Book of Revelation.  Here are some good books on the subject.  

The Five Points Of Amillennialism-Jeffrey Johnson

A Case For Amillennialism-Kim Riddlebarger

The End Times Made Simple-Samuel Waldron

The Bible And The Future-Anthony Hoekema

More Than Conquerors-William Hendriksen 

R.C. Sproul Books

 R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was one of the best theologians in recent history.  Here are a few of his best books.

-The Holiness Of God

-Chosen By God

-What Is Reformed Theology?

-Willing To Believe

-The Invisible Hand

Books On The Authority Of Scripture

 Here are some good books that deal with the authority, inerrancy, infallibility, reliability, and sufficiency of Scripture.  

Scripture Alone by James R. White

Sola Scriptura! Edited by Don Kistler

God's Word Alone by Matthew Barrett

The Inerrant Word Edited by John MacArthur

Books On Creation And Evolution

How old is the earth?  Are the creation days literal 24 hour days?  Were Adam and Eve literal, historical people?  Was the Flood global or local?  Should Genesis 1-11 be interpreted literally or allegorically?  These books will provide understanding and answers to these questions.  


The Battle For The Beginning by John MacArthur

Six Days by Ken Ham

Four Views On Creation, Evolution, And Intelligent Design edited by J.B. Stump 

Books About God And His Control Of Things

Is God in control of all things?  Do things just happen?  Do all things really work for good?  Who does what in salvation?  Is salvation the work of God or the work of man?  Why does evil exist?  Does God ordain evil?  The following books will help provide answers to these questions and more.  

The Potter's Freedom by James R. White

The Invisible Hand by R.C. Sproul

Still Sovereign Edited by Thomas Schreiner & Bruce Ware 

Why Is There Evil In The World? by Greg Welty

Three Books On Christian Missions And Evangelism

Here are three excellent books on missions and evangelism.  Other books by these authors would also be worthwhile.  

Let The Nations Be Glad by John Piper

Radical by David Platt

Evangelism And The Sovereignty Of God by J.I.Packer  

Christian Books You Should Read

Here are some books that all Christians (and non Christians) should read.  They are books of substance and they are actually Biblical.  Also, other books by these authors would be well worth reading.  

The Gospel According To Jesus by John MacArthur

Chosen By God by R.C. Sproul

Desiring God by John Piper

God In The Whirlwind by David F. Wells

How Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer

Two Books On The Trinity

Non-Christians and Christians alike often seem to be confused about the doctrine of the Trinity.  It is a foundational and distinctive teaching of Christianity.  Most false religions deny the Biblical teaching on the Trinity.  So here are two excellent books on the Trinity.


The Forgotten Trinity by James R. White

Delighting In The Trinity by Michael Reeves

Four Books On Defending Christianity

Here are four good Christian apologetics books that are not highly technical or extremely difficult to read.  

Why Should I Believe Christianity?-James Anderson
The Battle Belongs To The Lord-Scott Oliphint
Expository Apologetics-Voddie Baucham
Always Ready-Greg Bahnsen

Kevin DeYoung's "Taking God At His Word"

Kevin DeYoung usually does good work and this book is no exception.  "Taking God At His Word" is a short book that is well worth your time. 

In the book DeYoung looks at the attributes of Scripture using the acronym SCAN.  The attributes are sufficiency, clarity, authority, and necessity.  He also includes a helpful section about Jesus' view of Scripture.  Plus he includes a helpful appendix with more related resources.  

DeYoung shows that the Bible is all we need for salvation and godly living.  We should stop looking everywhere else for God to speak and simply look to the Bible.  God speaks through his Word, the Bible is alive.  This is a book that all Christians (and non Christians) should read. 

Bill O'Reilly's "Killing Jesus"

"Killing Jesus" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard is on the bestsellers list.  It is said to be a history and the authors state they are dealing only in known facts.  Though in places they do seem to speculate on things.  In the book O'Reilly does not defend the miracles or the resurrection of Jesus as true historical facts. 

They do use some good Biblical scholarship as sources.  The work of Darrell Bock and the book "Jesus Under Fire" are two examples.  Somewhat surprisingly O'Reilly and Dugard, both Catholics use the NIV an evangelical Bible translation. The book does provide some good background information especially on the Roman Empire and first century Jewish life. 

The book is generally favorable to historic Christianity.  But some of Bill O'Reilly's views on the Bible are problematic.  He believes much of it is to be interpreted as an allegory, not taken as literal.  In the book the miracles of Jesus are downplayed.  Though the resurrection is not defended as historic fact it does seem the authors believe it really happened. 

The book "Killing Jesus" is not a must read but it can be useful for the background information.  Those wanting to know the real, historic Jesus should read the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John).