10. Living for God's Glory- Joel Beeke
This book was great. It reminded me of Chosen by God by Sproul only better. It is a great introduction to Calvinism, like Sproul's book, but it goes farther by introducing the Reformed faith more deeply than Sproul did. This would be a great read for anyone who is beginning to look into Calvinism and what it means to be Reformed.
9. Death by Love: Letters from the Cross- Mark Driscoll
This was a great book. It talked about real sin with real people and real struggles with the grace and mercy of the cross. It is a great reminder of sin, not only of the lay people, but especially with pastors.
8. Reforming or Conforming?
All of these writers believe that the very first thing we need, as the church, is a doctrine of the church and a theology of minstry. This is what the book is all about. We need to get back to the Biblical basis of these doctrines not just what the mood of the moment tells us these doctrines are. This is a great book really challenging churches to remember what it is to be a church and why we need to be the Church.
7. Christian Apologetics- Van Til, ed. William Edgar.
This is one of the classics for Reformed Apologetics. Everyone should read Van Til at least once in their life and Edgar's notes don't distract but are actually helpful.
6. Justification- J.V. Fesko
This is a great book covering a great topic. Fesko deals with Justification on nearly every scale. Every chapter is dealing with a different aspect of the doctrine. This is a great read for anyone of the Christian faith.
5. We Become What We Worship- GK Beale
This is a must read for all Christians. Beale deals with the sin that causes all sin in this book. This book is all about idol worship. His whole thesis is just the book title. Whatever we worship is what we will resemble. This is a great book on sin and the problems of sin. I would refer this book to any and all.
4. People and Place- Michael Horton
This is his final series in his covenant theology series. In this final book he discusses the origin, mission, and destiny of the church through the viewing lens of covenant theology. I think everyone who calls himself Reformed should read this. It seems to me that Reformed Baptist would agree with most of what he has said until this book. Horton might be the greatest author of our time and this just adds to that resume.
3. Reformed Dogmatics- Herman Bavinck
This is one of the greatest compilations of reformed theology we have today. I would say next to Calvin's Institutes it is one of the best layouts of Reformed theology. I have only read some of the series but it continues to get better as he continues to paint the full picture of his theology.
2. Christless Christianity- Michael Horton
This book is going to be around for ages to come, not only because it is a good read but the church is never going to stop dealing with this issue. Paul dealt with it in his day, Calvin and Luther did, Augustine did, and now we are. This book is a must read for every single person claiming Christianity. It is a short read with a lot packed in. This book can and will redefine our generation.
Finally we have made it to the top. This has been a great year for authors, especially theologically minded authors, and how can you top the other nine. Well my final author did it in quite the controversial fashion. But coming in at NUMBER 1 is
Recovering the Reformed Confession- R. Scott Clark
This book has topped all others and it is very simple why, because it pretty much contains what all the others talk about. He deals with the quest for both illegitimate religious certainty and religious experience (Horton's CC). He deals with what reformed theology is(Bavinck's, Beeke's, Fesko, Van Til). He deals with the reformed theology, piety, and practice, and what it actually means to be reformed. He deals with what the church should be and how it should be run (R or C). This book is a great read. It is fairly short and quick for all that is compacted in there. Every single man who is called to ministry should read this. And to those who consider themselves reformed read it twice and make sure you know what it truly means to be reformed.
Here are some books that I have not had a chance to really look at but would love to read
Calvin A Heart for Devotion Doctrine and Doxology, The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism GK Beale, Young, Restless, and Reformed Colin Hanson, Theological Guide to Calvin's Institutes, Why We're Not Emergent, and Introduction to Systematic Theology Van Til.
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