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Tolle lege | Latin phrase that translates to Take up and read.

study bibles

Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.

John Calvin

• Literary Study Bible
• Gospel Transformation Study Bible
• Westminster Reference Bible
• Reformation Study Bible

commentaries

Bible study is the most essential ingredient in the believer’s spiritual life, because it is only in study of the Bible as that is blessed by the Holy Spirit that Christians hear Christ and discover what it means to follow Him.

James Montgomery Boice

• Let’s Study Banner of Truth
• The Bible Speaks Today Series John Stott, J.A. Motyer
• Calvin’s Commentaries John Calvin
• Matthew Henry Commentary Matthew Henry
• EP Study Commentary John Currid
• Lectio Continua Expository Commentary Joel Beeke, Jon D. Payne
• The Christ of Wisdom O. Palmer Robertson
• Studies in the Sermon on the Mount Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• The MacArthur Bible Commentary John MacArthur
• The Epistle to the Romans John Murray
• A Mentor Expository Commentary Christian Focus
• Ryken’s Bible Handbook Leland Ryken, Philip Ryken, James Wilhoit
• The Treasury of David Charles Spurgeon
• Triumph of the Lamb Dennis E. Johnson

theology

The Christian faith is ultimately not only a matter of doctrine or understanding or of intellect, it is a condition of the heart.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

• The Sovereignty of God A.W. Pink
• The Christ of the Covenants O. Palmer Robertson
• The Marrow of Modern Divinity Edward Fisher
• Reformed Dogmatics Geerhardus Vos
• Institutes of the Christian Religion John Calvin
• The Holy Spirit Sinclair Ferguson
• The Church of Christ James Bannerman
• Foundations of the Christian Faith James Montgomery Boice
• The Christ of Wisdom O. Palmer Robertson
• The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible B.B. Warfield
• Natural Theology Geerhardus Vos
• Providence John Piper
• Against the Gods John Currid

christian growth & living

Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.

Charles Spurgeon

• A Heart for God Sinclair Ferguson
• Knowing God J. I. Packer
• The Pursuit of Holiness Jerry Bridges
• Practical Religion J.C. Ryle
• The Cross-Centered Life C.J. Mahaney
• Desiring God John Piper
• The Joy of Fearing God Jerry Bridges
• The Mystery of Providence John Flavel
• The Gospel of Jesus Christ Paul Washer
• The Christian Life Sinclair Ferguson
• The Seven Sayings of the Saviour on the Cross AW Pink
• Spiritual Depression Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• The Mortification of Sin John Owen
• The Whole Christ Sinclair Ferguson
• Ordinary Michael Horton
• The Way of the Master Ray Comfort
• Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ John Piper
• The Holiness of God R.C. Sproul
• Hard to Believe John MacArthur
• Trusting God Jerry Bridges

kids

If you would train your children rightly, train them in the way they should go and not in the way they would.

J.C. Ryle

• Fool Moon Rising Kristi and T. Lively Fluharty
• The Big Book of Questions and Answers about Jesus Sinclair Ferguson
• The Child’s Story Bible Catherine Vos
• Christian Biographies for Young Readers Simonetta Carr
• The Magnificent Time Machine Sinclair Ferguson
• Halfway Herbert Francis Chan
• Sammy and His Shepherd Susan Hunt
• The Big Picture Story Bible David R. Helm, Gail Schoonmaker
• Banner Board Books Set Rebecca VanDoodewaard
• Bible History ABCs Stephen Nichols
• Thoughts for Young Men J.C. Ryle
• The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
• C is for Christian Alistair Begg
• The Lightlings R.C. Sproul

devotional

God bless thee; and put meekness in thy breast, Love, charity, obedience, and true duty!

William Shakespeare

• Psalms by the Day Alec Motyer
• A Method for Prayer Matthew Henry
• Grace and Glory Geerhardus Vos
• Daily Readings J.C. Ryle
• Holiness Day by Day Jerry Bridges
• Daily Doctrine Kevin DeYoung
• Letters of John Newton John Newton
• 31 Days toward Trusting God Jerry Bridges
• Daily Light Trinitarian Bible Society
• Through the Bible, Through the Year John Stott
• Prayers on the Psalms Scottish Psalter of 1595
• Walking with God Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• Spurgeon’s Sermons Charles Spurgeon
• Morning & Evening Charles Spurgeon
• Things Unseen Sinclair Ferguson
• The Heart of the Bible John MacArthur