My essential books
As a follow-up from yesterday…If my house were burning and I could grab a few volumes from the shelf, here are the one’s I’d choose:
- The Bible (currently using ESV Study Bible)
- The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
- Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
- The Valley of Vision, Arthur Bennett
- a volume or two of church history like From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya by Ruth Tucker, The Story of Christianity Vol 1 and 2 by Justo Gonzalez, or Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley
- a biography (Spurgeon or Edwards or similar), a hymnal, a book of creeds
These books would give me truth, hope, vision, gratitude, perspective, expression, and a solid anchor for life.
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My list was similar when put in a situation of leaving my library behind and deciding in just minutes which handful of books I would take. There might have been one or two I cannot remember, but of the ones I can remember I chose the following:
• New American Standard Bible
• New Geneva Study Bible
• “Concise Theology” by J. I. Packer
• “Systematic Theology” by Wayne Grudem
• The Trinity Hymnal
I have learned I can get by with a much smaller library of books, especially since so much is available online now. This has challenged me to do less quoting and more writing of my own commentary derived from Bible exposition. Since getting acquainted with the ESV Study Bible, I would replace the previous two Bibles with the ESV Study Bible, if I had to choose, and keep the last three books (even almost 12 years later).