Book Recommendations

There are many books that we could recommend with the help of others who have read more. Here is a large list of books to read. Much more could be added. Our goal is for these books and those like it will draw many more readers to a deeper love for the Author of life Himself. Easier to read books are in bold.

(Compiled with the help of Capitol Hill Baptist Church)

Introductory Books
Author, Title

• Lewis, Mere Christianity
  
• Stott, Basic Christianity
  

Bible Study Aids
Author, Title

• Carson, New Testament Commentary Survey
  
• Carson, Moo, Morris An Introduction to the New Testament
  
• Dillard & Longman, An Introduction to the Old Testament
• Fee & Stuart, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
• IVP New Bible Dictionary
  

Biographies

Author, Title

• Bainton, Here I Stand
  
• Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
  
• Colson, Born Again
  
• Dallimore, Spurgeon
  
• Dallimore, George Whitefield
  
• Elliott, A Chance to Die
  
• Foxe, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
  
• Grant, Vanya
  
• Hathaway, The Heavenly Man
  
• Marsden, Jonathan Edwards: A Life
  
• Muller, The Autobiography Of George Muller
  
• Piper, The Hidden Smile of God
  
• Piper, The Legacy of Sovereign Joy
  
• Piper, The Roots of Endurance
  
• Ryle, Five English Reformers
  
• Spurgeon, C. H. Spurgeon Autobiography: The Early Years, 1834-1859
  
• Spurgeon, C. H. Spurgeon Autobiography, Volume 2: The Full Harvest 1860-1892
  
• Taylor, Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret
  
• Ten Boom, The Hiding Place
  

Christ and Culture

Author, Title

• Augustine, The City of God
  
• Behe, Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
  
• Colson, God and Government
  
• Geisler, Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross
  
• Guinness, Dining with the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with Modernity
  
• Johnson, Darwin on Trial
  
• Johnson, Objections Sustained: Subversive Essays on Evolution, Law and Culture
  
• Johnson, Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law & Education
  
• Johnson, The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of Naturalism
  
• Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
  
• Nash, Worldviews in Conflict
  
• Schaeffer, Escape from Reason
  
• Schaeffer, Trilogy
  
• Schmidt, Straight & Narrow?: Compassion & Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate
  
• Sowell, A Conflict of Visions: Idealogical Origins of Political Struggles
  
• Sproul, Lifeviews
  
• Sproul, Playing God: Dissecting Biomedical Ethics and Manipulating the Body
  
• Strobel, The Case For A Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
  
• Wells, God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams
  
• Wells, Losing Our Virtue
  
• Wells, No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?
  

Christian Living

Author, Title

• Alcorn, Money, Possessions, and Eternity
  
• Bonar, Words to Winners of Souls
  
• Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts
  
• Bunyan, All Loves Excelling: The Saints’ Knowledge of Christ’s Love
  
• Bunyan, The Holy War
  
• Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress
  
• Calvin, Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life
  
• Carlson, The welfare of my neighbor: Living out Christ’s love for the poor
  
• Carson, Call to Spiritual Reformation, A: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers
  
• Carson, How Long, O Lord?: Reflections on Suffering and Evil
  
• Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
  
• Colson, How Now Shall We Live?
  
• Edwards, Jonathan Edwards’ Resolutions: And Advice to Young Converts
  
• Grudem, Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business
  
• Harris, Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated World
  
• Jensen/Payne, Guidance and the Voice of God
  
• Lloyd-Jones, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure
  
• Lundgaard, The Enemy Within: Straight Talk About the Power and Defeat of Sin
  
• Mahaney, The Cross-Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing
  
• Mahaney, Humility: True Greatness
  
• Mahaney, Worldliness
  
• Metzger, Tell the Truth: The Whole Gospel Wholly by Grace Communicated Truthfully & Lovingly
  
• Packer, Growing in Christ
  
• Packer, Keep in Step with the Spirit: Finding Fullness in Our Walk with God
  
• Packer, Meeting God (Lifeguide Bible Studies)
  
• Packer, A Passion for Faithfulness: Wisdom From the Book of Nehemiah (Living Insights Bible Study)
  
• Packer, Rediscovering Holiness: Know the Fullness of Life with God
  
• Peterson, Lifestyle Discipleship: Encouraging Others to Spiritual Maturity
  
• Piper, The Dangerous Duty of Delight
  
• Piper, Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
  
• Piper, Don’t Waste Your Life
  
• Piper, Future Grace, Revised Edition: The Purifying Power of the Promises of God
  
• Piper, God’s Passion for His Glory
  
• Piper, The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God
  
• Piper, The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God’s Delight in Being God
  
• Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
  
• Powlison, Seeing with New Eyes
  
• Edwards, Charity and Its Fruits: Christian Love as Manifested in the Heart and Life
  
• Edwards, Jonathan Edwards: On Revival
  
• Ryle, Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots
  
• Sande, The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict
  
• Sibbes, The Bruised Reed
  
• Sproul, Ultimate Issues
  
• Spurgeon, Finding Peace in Life’s Storms
  
• Spurgeon, John Ploughman’s Pictures or Plain Talk for Plain People
  
• Spurgeon, John Ploughman’s Talks
  
• Spurgeon, The Power of Prayer in a Believer’s Life (Christian Living Classics
  
• Spurgeon, Praying Successfully
  
• Stiles, Mack & Leeann’s Guide to Short-Term Missions
  
• Stiles, Speaking of Jesus: How To Tell Your Friends the Best News They Will Ever Hear
  
• Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change
  
• Watson, Heaven Taken by Storm
  
• Webster, Selling Jesus: What’s Wrong with Marketing the Church
  
• Welch, When People are Big and God is Small
  
• Westberg, Good Grief
  
• Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life
  

Church & Worship

Author, Title

• Adams, Handbook of Church Discipline: A Right and Privilege of Every Church Member
  
• Armstrong-Ed., The Coming Evangelical Crisis: Current Challenges to Authority of Scripture and the Gospel
  
• Carson, Worship by the Book
  
• Clowney, Called to the Ministry
  
• Clowney, The Church (Contours of Christian Theology)
  
• Dagg, Manual of Church Order
  
• Hull, Disciple-Making Church
  
• Johnson, Reformed Worship
  
• Kauflin, Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God
  
• Murray, Invitation System
  
• Piper, Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership
  
• Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry, Updated and Expanded Edition
  
• Piper, Supremacy of God in Preaching
  
• Stott, What Christ Thinks of the Church: An Exposition of Revelation 1-3
  
• Wells, Bleeding of Evangelical Church:
  
• Whitney, Spiritual Disciplines within the Church: Participating Fully in the Body of Christ
  
• Wray, Biblical Church Discipline
  

Commentaries

Author, Title

• Boice, Romans (4 Volume Set)
  
• Calvin, Commentary on Romans
  
• Carson, Jesus and His Friends
  
• Carson, Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians, 12-14
• IVP,New Bible Commentary
• Morris,The First and Second Epistles to the Thessalonians
• Stott, The Letters of John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (IVP Numbered))
• IVP, The IVP New Testament Commentary Series (Set)
• IVP/Erdman’s,New International Commentary on the Old Testament (set of 24 volumes)
• Tyndale, Tyndale New Testament Commentary, 20 Vol. Set

Devotional Aids

Author, Title

• Bennett, Valley of Vision (Leather): A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
  
• Spurgeon, Morning & Evening
  
• Carson, For the Love of God (Vol. 1, Trade Paperback): A Daily Companion for Discovering the Riches of God’s Word
  
• Carson, For the Love of God, Volume 2: A Daily Companion for Discovering the Riches of God’s Word
  

History

Author, Title

• Billingsley, Mighty Like a River: The Black Church and Social Reform
  
• Birkett, The Essence of the Reformation
  
• Catherwood, Church History: A Crash for the Curious
  
• Costen, African American Christian Worship: 2nd Edition
  
• Davies, The Worship of the American Puritans
  
• Dowley, Introduction to the History of Christianity
  
• George & Dockery-Ed., Theologians of the Baptist Tradition
  
• Murray, Evangelicalism Divided: A Record of Crucial Change in the Years 1950 to 2000
  
• Murray, Revival and Revivalism
  
• Nettles, Teaching Truth, Training Hearts: The Study of Catechisms in Baptist Life
  
• Raboteau, Slave Religion: The “Invisible Institution” in the Antebellum South
  

Marriage & Family

Author, Title

• Brandt, Old Paths for Little Feet
  
• Chapell, Each for the Other: Marriage as It’s Meant to Be
  
• Crabb, The Marriage Builder: A Blueprint for Couples and Counselors
  
• Grudem & Piper, Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism
  
• Gundersen, Your Child’s Profession of Faith
  
• Harris, Boy Meets Girl: Say Hello to Courtship
  
• Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
  
• Lindvall, Read Aloud Bible Stories, Volumes 1-4
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• Murray, Divorce
  
• Piper, Treasuring God in Our Traditions
  
• Priolo, Complete Husband: A Practical Guide to Biblical Husbanding
  
• Priolo, Heart of Anger: Practical Help for the Prevention and Cure of Anger in Children
  
• Schoolland, Leading Little Ones to God: A Child’s Book of Bible Teachings
  
• Scott, The Exemplary Husband: A Biblical Perspective
  
• Stanton, Why Marriage Matters: Reasons to Believe in Marriage in Postmodern Society (Experiencing God)
  
• Stiles, 17 Things My Kids Taught Me about God: Parables of Spiritual Sight
  
• Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy
  
• Tripp, Shepherding a Child’s Heart
  
• Vos, The Child’s Story Bible
  

Theology

Author, Title

• Armstrong, Roman Catholicism
  
• Beckwith/Selman-Ed, Sacrifice in the Bible:
  
• Belcher, A Journey In Grace (Theological Journey Series)
  
• Berkhof, Manual of Christian Doctrine
  
• Berkhof, Systematic Theology
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• Blomberg, The Historical Reliability of the Gospels
  
• Bruce, The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?
  
• Bruce, The Message of the New Testament
  
• Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion
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• Carson, The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God
  
• Carson, Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility: Biblical Perspective in Tension
  
• Carson, Love in Hard Places
  
• Cheeseman, Saving Grace
  
• Ferguson, The Christian LIfe: A Doctrinal Introduction
  
• Ferguson, The Grace of Repentance
  
• George, Theology of the Reformers
  
• Goldsworthy, The Goldsworthy Trilogy: Gospel & Kingdom, Wisdom & Revelation
  
• Gray/English, Potted Guide to Theology
  
• Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine
  
• Holwerda, Jesus and Israel: One Covenant or Two?
  
• Judson, <emChristian Baptism
• Kaiser, The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable & Relevant?
  
• Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism
  
• Luther, Bondage of the Will
  
• Morris, The Atonement: Its Meaning and Significance
  
• Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
  
• Packer, “Fundamentalism” and the Word of God
  
• Packer, God Has Spoken: Revelation and the Bible
  
• Packer, Knowing God
  
• Packer, Truth & Power: The Place of Scripture in the Christian Life
  
• Palmer, Five Points of Calvinism
  
• Pink, The Attributes of God
  
• Sproul, Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification
  
• Stott, Christian Mission in the Modern World
  
• Tada & Estes, When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty
  
• Ware, God’s Lesser Glory: The Diminished God of Open Theism
  

Women

Author, Title

• Elliott, Passion and Purity
  
• Fitzpatrick/Cornish, Women Helping Women: A Biblical Guide to Major Issues Women Face
  
• Fitzpatrick, Idols of the Heart: Learning to Long for God Alone
  
• Kostenberger, Women in the Church: An Analysis and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15
  
• Mahaney, Feminine Appeal: Seven Virtues of a Godly Wife and Mother
  
• Peace, The Excellent Wife: A Biblical Perspective
  
• Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward