Always glad when anybody agrees with my picks! Been married for 33 years and the bride says the only thing she's ever agreed with me on was in my choice of the finest woman in the world to marry me! :rolleyes:
And thanks for reviving this thread. Sometimes they lay dormant until a new reader has something to add . . and we appreciate that!
Authors Whom I Trust
Discussion in 'Books & Publications Forum' started by Dr. Bob, Jan 1, 2003.
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I think one of great Authors Whom I Trust is Dr. Bob. I have read almost all of his posts and enjoyed every one.
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Old Timers
John Calvin
martin Luther (in moderation)
JOhn Gill
John owen
John Brine
William Huntington
William Gadsby
J C Philpot
MOre recent
H Ridderbos
G Vos
There are a host of modern authors of whom I have one book, but I don't know if I would read everything by them, such as:
Graeme Goldsworthy
Tom Schreiner
Mark Seifrid
Don Carson
Doug Moo
and others of that ilk.
Better to say that my favourite modern authors usually come from IVP/Apollos, Westminster JohnKnox, and Baker Academic.
Can't forget Tolkien!!
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OOPS! I just noticed that I didn't include the title of the book from Leadership Ministries on practical pastoral ministries. It is:
"What the Bible Says to the Minister"
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i am relatively new to this but i do enjoy:
N.T.Wright
Rick Renner
Alister E. McGrath
Colin Gunton
only a short list i know, but other authors are : the Brontes,
Austen
Shakespeare
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I love apologetics so I read those kinds of books.
Norman Geisler
Ronald Nash
Josh McDowell
David Noebel
R.C. Sproul
Ravi Zecharias
Francis Shaeffer
I also love philosophy and theology and read the following authors.
Gordon Lewis
Mortimer Adler
Bruce Demarest
John MacArthur
Henry Thiessen
David Smith
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My favorites are A. W. Tozer, C. H. Spurgeon, Finney, Moody, James A. Stewart, Harry Ironsides, and William Grady.
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Jimmy Stewart? ;) Anyway, my list would include...
Brennan Manning
CS Lewis
Cardinal Newman
Ravi Zacharias
Chuck Colson
Richard Foster
John Stott (though not always in agreement with his Calvinism, he's still a great Bible scholar)
John Wesley
Jack Hayford (would be great if he'd leave TBN)
Francis Mcnutt
Henri Nouwen
Thomas Merton
William Barclay
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To Jude's list I would add:
Don Bloesch
Millard Erickson
John Ortberg
Fleming Rutledge
Phil Yancey
Eugene Peterson
And many others!!
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How about 20th-21st Century Christian Authors ?
I would nominate John MacArthur , R.C. Sproul , Walter Chantry , James Packer ( with some reservations ) , B.B. Warfield , Alexander Whyte , Dr. L-J , A.W. Pink and J.C.Ryle ( he just barely made it into the 20th century ) . Jerry Bridges , Elizabeth Elliott , James White , James Boice , Donald G. Barnhouse , D.A. Carson , Doug Moo , S. Lewis Johnson , Gordon Clark , F.F. Bruce , A.W. Tozer , Leon Morris , Ralp Martin , Don Kettie , Mark Strouse , Andreas Kostenberger , Henrietta Mears , Harold hoehner , Moises Silva , Gordon Fee , Phillip Johnson and so on ...
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Quote: Can't forget Tolkien!!
Used to read C S Lewis, but he leads down too many dangerous paths, so I stopped.
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This one threw me for a loop! Tokien with his decidedly Romanistic ideology versus Lewis, who was High Church, and for the most part one of the best defence of the gospel.
I don't like to quote as my favourite authors, cos surely in short order they will come up with some quirk. I absolutely abhor dispensationalism, and yet had a disproportionate number of books by dispensationalists which I found good reading.
Generally enjoy reading the older theologues.
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I like Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, RC Sproul, John MacArthur, John Piper, David Jeremiah, Chuck Swindoll, Woodrow Kroll.
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I enjoy reading Erwin Lutzer. I have many books that he has written. He does a great job of writing theology with a practical application and doing so concisely.
Recently I have purchased three books by Simon J. Kistemaker. The title of the books are The Miracles, The Conversations of Jesus, and The Parables. These have been great reading. I read the book about parables rather quickly and will probably go back and read it again. The other two I am using for devotions each morning.
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Henry Morris
C. K. Barrett
F. F. Bruce
Robert Guelich
David Aune
Richard Longenecker
Ralph Martin
Ben Witherington III
Hans Walter Wolff
Claus Westermann
Trent Butler
Gordon Fee
C.E.B. Cranfield
William Holladay
Craig Blomberg
Leon Morris
Joel Green
Duane Garrett
Douglas Moo
I. Howard Marshall
F. B. Huey
Tremper Longman III
Edward J. Young
James Brooks
James Luther Mays
David Garland
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John Owen
Thomas Watson
CH Spurgeon
CS Lewis
John Piper
John Macarthur
Philip Yancey
Chuck Swindoll
David Jeremiah
JI Packer
RC Sproul
FF Bruce
Douglas Moo
DA Carson
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TCG : Do you really trust C.S. Lewis ? He was not nearly as theologically sound as your other choices .
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