You Must Read: Books That Have Shaped Our Lives (Various)

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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 molded 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.

Table of Contents

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 Two-Volume Autobiography of C H Spurgeon

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

RC Sproul 93

14 Evangelical Eloquence by R L Dabney

Hywel Jones 101

15 Tracts and Letters of John Calvin

Ian Hamilton 109

16 The Work of the Holy Spirit by Octavius Winslow

Iain D Campbell 117

17 The Apostles’ Doctrine of the Atonement by George Smeaton

Jerry Bridges 125

18 A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson

Walter J Chantry 131

19 Diary of Kenneth A MacRae

John J Murray 137

20 Christian Leaders of the Eighteenth Century by J C Ryle

Peter Barnes 145

21 The Works of Richard Sibbes

Mark Dever 153

22 The Diary and Life of Andrew Bonar

Andrew Swanson 161

23 Revival Year Sermons (1859) by C H Spurgeon

Stuart Olyott 169

24 Human Nature in Its Fourfold State by Thomas Boston

Cor L Onderdelinden 175

25 Letters of Samuel Rutherford

Joel R Beeke 185

26 Thoughts on Religious Experience by Archibald Alexander

Pieter de Vries 193

27 Redemption Accomplished and Applied by John Murray

Albert N Martin 201

28 Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks

J Ligon Duncan 209

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

John MacArthur 221

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

John R de Witt 235

31 The Glory of Christ by John Owen

Sinclair B Ferguson 247

32 The Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain H Murray

Ian S Barter 259

Epilogue: The Books from Three Perspectives

(1) A View from Latin America

William Barkley 265

(2) A View from the Philippines

Brian Ellis 271

(3) A View from the Gray House, Edinburgh

John Rawlinson 277

List of Contributors 287

Product Details

Title: You Must Read: Books That Have Shaped Our Lives 

Author: Various

Publisher: Banner of Truth

Pages: 304

Binding: Paperback

Size: 21.5 x 13.7 x 1.9 cm

ISBN: 9781848715660