Bibliography: 2009
Jan 14th, 2009 by Nathan White
As a follow-up to my previous post where I detailed my top 10 books read in 2008, in this post I will give a limited Bibliography for what I plan to read in 2009.
Please note that I am prefacing this Bibliography with a ‘as the Lord wills‘. It seems as though every time I have set out a Bibliography before, for some reason or another, I’ve failed to read about 25% of the list. This has been caused by time restraints, unexpected providence, and general change of interest. Most specifically, I find that my interests often change throughout the year, so I might add or subtract books depending on the specific subject I desire to study.
Nevertheless, in no particular order, here is what I plan to read in 2009. If you have read something on the list, please throw in your two cents. Likewise if you are familiar with a similar book I might enjoy. And if you’d like me to let you know whether a book is worth the read or not, also let me know and I’d be glad to do so.
Bibliography: 2009
- An Old Testament Theology: An Exegtical, Canonical, and Thematic Approach?
by Bruce K. Waltke, Charles Yu - Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith?
by Samuel E. Waldron - Jesus Made in America: A Cultural History from the Puritans to the Passion
by Stephen J. Nichols - From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions?
by Ruth Tucker - Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate?
by Jerry Bridges - Christ And Culture Revisited?
by D. A. Carson - David Martyn Lloyd-Jones: The First Forty Years, 1899-1939?
by Iain Murray - The Expository Genius of John Calvin?
by Steven J. Lawson - Covenant Theology: From Adam to Christ?
by Nehemiah Coxe, John Owen - Covenant Theology: The Key of Theology in Reformed Thought and Tradition?
by Peter Golding, Golding Peter - When Sinners Say “I Do”: Discovering the Power of the Gospel for Marriage?
by Dave Harvey - Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures?
by Dennis E. Johnson - The Law of Perfect Freedom: Relating to God and Others Through the Ten Commandments?
by Michael Horton - Gospel Worship, Or, the Right Manner of Sanctifying the Name of God in…?
by Jeremiah Burroughs - The Worship of the American Puritans 1629-1730?
by Horton Davies - Shepherding a Child’s Heart?
by Tedd Tripp, Theodore A. Tripp - Manly Dominion: In a Passive-Purple-Four-Ball World?
by Mark Chanski - John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace?
by Jonathan Aitken, Philip Yancey - Letters from the South Seas?
by Maggie Whitecross Paton - With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship?
by D. G. Hart, John R. Muether - Revival and Revivalism: The Making and Marring of American Evangelicalism
by Iain Murray - Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership
by Alexander Strauch - The Puritans: Their Origins and Successors
by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones - Logic, Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry After Truth with a Variety
by Isaac Watts - The Works of John Flavel?
by John Flavel - The Godly Family: A Series of Essays on the Duties of Parents and Children?
by Henry Venn, Samuel Davies, Samuel Stennett, Arthur Hildersham, Philip Doddridge, George Whitefield - Goldsworthy Trilogy: Gospel and Kingdom, Gospel and Wisdom, Gospel and Revelation
by Graeme Goldsworthy - The Pauline Eschatology?
by Geerhardus Vos - The Art of Man-fishing?
by Thomas Boston
And I...
Great list Nathan, you’ll be a better man in 2010 after reading these! Here’s the one’s I’ve read with a few comments:
Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith?
by Samuel E. Waldron
Very good, isn’t comprehensive, but deals with the main stuff…must be on the shelves of every RB!
With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship?
by D. G. Hart, John R. Muether
I like this book, it may come across as leaning to heavy on the confession, but I don’t believe the authors set aside or augment Scripture, it is just the way they express it. Gets to the important heart of worship.
Shepherding a Child’s Heart?
by Tedd Tripp, Theodore A. Tripp
Good, I really should read this again.
Manly Dominion: In a Passive-Purple-Four-Ball World?
by Mark Chanski
Superb, written by a personal friends, but even if he wasn’t I would say that, the best book bar none on this subject, timely. You should also buy your wife (and exchange books) the companion volume published recently – Womanly Dominon…same comments.
Biblical Eldership: An Urgent Call to Restore Biblical Church Leadership
by Alexander Strauch
Very excellent, deals with plurality and parity, studied it 10 years ago….best book, perhaps only book from a Baptist viewpoint that does justice to the biblical model of eldership.
I’ve dipped into one or two others, but not enough to comment.
Paul–
Awesome. Thanks for the recommendations.
My wife does have Womanly Dominion, and I do plan on reading it after I read Manly Dominion, but I can’t just announce that on my blog
Also, I’m curious about ‘Reverence and Awe’. I’ve heard mixed reviews, particularly in regards to what you said about his argumentation relying too much on Reformed history.
Also, I didn’t add this, but to get my Puritan fill, I’ve got about 20 ‘puritan paperbacks’ I hope to get through as sort of ‘devotional’ reading.
Michael Horton and the WHI team has selected for this year’s theme, Christ in Culture. It might help in supplementing D.A. Carson. There are some excellent starting salvo’s in this month’s Modern Reformation Mag..
Make sure she reads Manly Dominion to bro!…it will be good for you!
Don’t get me wrong Reverence and Awe is my favourite book on worship…but as you observe there have been criticisms…I think I can see warrant to the criticisms, but at the same time think if you asked the authors they would say, that to there conscience at present, the confession is in perfect harmony with the Scriptures. I think the criticisms seem to focus on the appearance that the authors base their worship model on the confession and would not revise worship in light of clearer understanding of Scripture, I didn’t see that in the book, I think they hold their confession in high regard as an exposition of Scripture.
All this + Puritan Paperbacks?…..excellent.
Thomas, wasn’t that last White Horse Inn good?
Speaking of good marriage books, Paul. I just read ‘The Reformed Marriage’ by Douglas Wilson. Although I do NOT endorse Wilson’s theology, I thought it was a great little book on Marriage. Just a thought.
Wilson’s books apart for the “you know what” ones are great, I think his one on Courtship is excellent as well.
It’s been too long since I read The Reformed Marriage, my wife would probably agree!
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