Pastor's Book List
The following is a list of books and authors that can be of help to you. This list makes no claim to be complete. The inclusion of a book on this list should not be understood to be an endorsement of the author or the publishers. Some of these books may also be borrowed from the church library.
Remember, for every category there are dozens of good choices and even more poor choices. It is only the Word of God that is perfect.
Study Bibles
- Life Application Bible
- Ryrie Study Bible
- Scofield Study Bible (Original, not "New")
- The Open Bible
- Thompson Chain Reference Bible
Bible Dictionaries / Concordances
- Herbert Lockyer's Illustrated Bible Dictionary
- Smith's Bible Dictionary
- Strong's Complete Dictionary of Bible Words
- Vines Expository Dictionary
- Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Commentaries
- Matthew Henry's Commentary
- The Bible Exposition Commentary, Warren W. Wiersbe
- Barnes Notes
- The Enduring Word Commentary, David Guzik
- Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary on the Whole Bible
- Treasury of Old and New Testament, Charles Spurgeon
Bible Prophecy / Eschatology
- Signs of the Times, M.R. Dehaan
- Prophecy for Today, Dwight J. Pentecost
- Exploring the Future, John Philips
- Is This the End?, David Jeremiah
Bible Dictionaries / Concordances
- How to Master the English Bible, James Martin Gray
- Living Messages of the Books of the Bible, G. Campbell Morgan
- How to Pray and How to Study the Bible, R.A. Torrey
- The Bible Explorer's Guide, John Philips
Devotionals
- My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers
- Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
- Day By Day by Vance Havner
Prayer
- Signs of the Times, M.R. Dehaan
- Prophecy for Today, Dwight J. Pentecost
- Exploring the Future, John Philips
- Is This the End?, David Jeremiah
The Christian Life
- The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs, John Foxe
- Waiting on God, Andrew Murray
- So Great Salvation, Charles Ryrie
- The Christian Home, Clarence Sexton
- How to Raise Your Children for Christ, Andrew Murray
Other Trustworty Authors
- A.W. Tozer
- E.M. Bounds
- G. Campbell Morgan
- H.A. Ironside
- Lee Roberson
- John R. Rice
- Oliver B. Greene
- Vance Havner
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones
"Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they
saturate you. Read and reread them; masticate them and digest them. Let them go
into your very self. Peruse a good book several times and make notes and analysis
of it. A student will find that his mental constitution is more affected by one book
thoroughly mastered than by twenty books he has merely skimmed. Little learning
and much pride come of hasty reading. Some men are disabled from thinking by
their putting meditation away for much reading. In reading, let your motto be
much, not many."
Charles H. Spurgeon
1834-1892