Recent Readings

2009

January:
Reformed Dogmatics: Holy Spirit, Church, and New Creation – Herman Bavinck
The Triumph of the Lamb: A Commentary on Revelation – Dennis E. Johnson
Calvin and Calvinism – Benjamin B. Warfield
Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics - Graeme Goldsworthy
Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing – John R. Trimble
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith (vol. v) – John Owen
The Biblical Doctrine of Infant Baptism - Pierre-Charles Marcel
A History of Philosophy, vol. 1 – Frederick Copleston, S.J.

February:
The Law is Not of Faith – ed. Bryan D. Estelle, J.V. Fesko, David Vandrunen
The Temple and the Church’s Mission – G.K. Beale
An Introduction to the Heidelberg Catechism – Lyle D. Bierma
Heinrich Bullinger and the Doctrine of Predestination – Cornelis P. Venema
The Belgic Confession: Its History and Sources – Nicolaas H. Gootjes
Concise Reformed Dogmatics - J. van Genderen & W. H. Velema

March:
Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments – Brevard S. Childs
Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture - Brevard S. Childs
Word Without End – Christopher R. Seitz
The Word of God and the Word of Man – Karl Barth
The Struggle to Understand Isaiah as Christian Scripture – Brevard S. Childs
The New Testament and the People of God – N. T. Wright
The Art of Biblical Narrative – Robert Alter
An Introduction to the Old Testament - Edward J. Young

April:
The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative - Hans W. Frei
Canon and Biblical Interpretation – ed. Craig G. Bartholomew & Anthony C. Thiselton
The New Testament as Canon - Brevard S. Childs
The Barth Lectures – Colin E. Gunton
Figured Out: Typology and Providence in Christian Scripture – Christopher R. Seitz
The Sickness Unto Death – Søren Kierkegaard
Isaiah: A Commentary - Brevard S. Childs
The Christological Controversy - Richard A. Norris, Jr.
Dogmatics in Outline – Karl Barth
Inspiration and Incarnation - Peter E. Enns

May:
The Great Passion: An Introduction to Karl Barth’s Theology - Eberhard Busch
How to Read Karl Barth: The Shape of His Theology – George Hunsinger
Church Dogmatics I.1 - Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics I.2 - Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics II.1 - Karl Barth

June:
Church Dogmatics II.2 - Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics III.1 – Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics III.2 - Karl Barth
Night - Elie Wiesel
Church Dogmatics III.3 - Karl Barth

July:
Church Dogmatics III.4 - Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics IV.1 – Karl Barth
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
Church Dogmatics IV.2 - Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics IV.3.1 – Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics IV.3.2 - Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics IV.4 - Karl Barth
Karl Barth – John Webster
Sinai & Zion – Jon D. Levenson
Orthodox and Modern: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth – Bruce L. McCormack
A Biblical History of Israel – Provan, Long, & Longman

August:
Foolishness to the Greeks - Lesslie Newbigin
Called to the Ministry - Edmund P. Clowney
Augustine of Hippo - Peter Brown
God’s Being is in Becoming – Eberhard Jüngel
City of God - Augustine
How to Read the Bible - James L. Kugel
Kant: A Very Short Introduction - Roger Scruton
Disruptive Grace: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth – George Hunsinger
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics – Immanuel Kant
The Epistle to the Romans – Karl Barth
Martin Luther’s Basic Theological Writings – ed. Timothy F. Lull
Modern Christian Thought - James C. Livingston
The Gospel In A Pluralist Society - Lesslie Newbigin

September:
Doing Church History – Gordon L. Heath
The Early Church – Henry Chadwick
God of Promise – Michael S. Horton
Longing to Know – Esther Lightcap Meek
Early Christian Doctrines – J.N.D. Kelly
Primary Reading in Philosophy for Understanding Theology – ed. Diogenes Allen & Eric O. Springsted
Him We Proclaim – Dennis E. Johnson
Eats, Shoots & Leaves – Lynn Truss

October:
Princeton and Preaching – James M. Garretson
Introducing Heidegger - Jeff Collins & Howard Selina
Christology of the Later Fathers – ed. Edward R. Hardy
Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks – Nicholas Wolterstorff
Words of Life: Scripture As the Living and Active Word of God – Timothy Ward
How to Do with Words – J. L. Austin

November:
Covenant and Eschatology – Michael S. Horton
The Göttingen Dogmatics – Karl Barth 

2008

January:
John Calvin: A Biography – T.H.L. Parker
Five English Reformers – J.C. Ryle
The Saints’ Everlasting Rest – Richard Baxter
Pierced for Our Transgressions - Steve Jeffrey, Michael Ovey, Andrew Sach
Lectures on Calvinism - Abraham Kuyper
Jonathan Edwards: A Life – George Marsden
Classical Evangelical Hermeneutics – Mal Couch
The Cross He Bore – Frederick Leahy
Christianity and Liberalism – J. Gresham Machen

February:
Thomas Shepard: Pilgrim Father and Founder of Harvard – Alexander Whyte
The Exemplary Husband – Stuart Scott
The Supremacy of God in Preaching – John Piper
Respectable Sins – Jerry Bridges
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Preaching and Preachers – D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
A Treatise on Regeneration – Peter Van Mastricht
Systematic Theology – Louis Berkhof
Works of John Owen, Vol. 2: Communion With God
Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ From all the Scriptures – Dennis E. Johnson

March:
Luther: Man Between God and the Devil – Heiko A. Oberman
According To Plan: An Introduction to Biblical Theology – Graeme Goldsworthy
Paul: An Outline of His Theology – Herman N. Ridderbos
1&2 Thessalonians(WBC) – F.F. Bruce
Princeton Seminary (Volume I): Faith and Learning - David B. Calhoun
Living the Cross-Centered Life – C.J. Mahaney
Jesus and the Gospels – Craig L. Blomberg

April:
Biblical Theology – Geerhardus Vos
The Christian’s Reasonable Service (Volume I) - Wilhelmus à Brakel
Princeton Seminary (Volume II): The Majestic Testimony – David B. Calhoun
Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament - Christopher J.H. Wright
Aristotle for Everyone – Mortimer J. Adler
Memoirs - Thomas Halyburton
Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis

May:
Reformed Dogmatics (Volume I): Prolegomena – Herman Bavinck
The Schilder Trilogy: Christ in His Suffering - Klass Schilder
With Heart and Mouth: An Exposition of the Belgic Confession – Daniel R. Hyde
The Epistle to the Philippians (NIGTC) – Peter T. O’ Brien
Reformed Dogmatics (Volume II): God and Creation – Herman Bavinck
Covenant, Justification and Pastoral Ministry – ed. R. Scott Clark
History of Theology – Bengt Hägglund

June:
Jesus Loves the Little Children - Daniel R. Hyde
Commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism - Zacharius Ursinus
The Structure of Biblical Authority – Meredith G. Kline
A Case for Amillennialism – Kim Riddlebarger
By Faith, Not By Sight – Richard B. Gaffin, Jr.
Covenant Theology in Reformed Perspective – Mark W. Karlberg
Kingdom Prologue - Meredith G. Kline
Covenant and Eschatology – Michael S. Horton
God, Heaven and Har Magedon – Meredith G. Kline
The Economy of the Covenants (Vol. I) – Herman Witsius

July:
The Early Church – Henry Chadwick
An Introduction to the Old Testament – Tremper Longman III & Raymond B. Dillard
Perfectionism (Volume I) – Benjamin B. Warfield
Early Christian Doctrines – J.N.D. Kelly
John Williamson Nevin – Darryl G. Hart
The Drama of Doctrine – Kevin J. Vanhoozer
God of Promise – Michael S. Horton
Creed Or Chaos? – Dorothy L. Sayers
The Economy of the Covenants (Vol. II) - Herman Witsius
The Pearl of Christian Comfort – Petrus Dathenus
On Being a Theologian of the Cross – Gerhard O. Forde

August:
The Christian’s Reasonable Service (Vol. II) - Wilhelmus à Brakel
With Reverence and Awe – Darryl G. Hart & John Muether
Institutes of Elenctic Theology (Vol. I) – Francis Turretin
Luther’s Theology of the Cross – Walther von Loewenich
The Covenant Theology of Caspar Olevianus – Lyle D. Bierma
Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages – R.W. Southern
Perspectives on Pentecost – Richard B. Gaffin
Cur Deus Homo – Saint Anselm
In the Face of God – Michael S. Horton

September:
Perfectionism (Volume II) – Benjamin B. Warfield
An Introduction to the New Testament – Carson & Moo
The European Reformation – Euan Cameron
The Marrow of Modern Divinity – Edward Fisher
The Freedom of a Christian - Martin Luther
The Coming of the Kingdom – Herman Ridderbos
The Bible and the Future - Anthony A. Hoekema

October:
Lord and Servant: A Covenant Christology – Michael S. Horton
Reformed Dogmatics: Sin and Salvation in Christ - Herman Bavinck
Recovering the Reformed Confession - R. Scott Clark
Defending the Faith – D.G. Hart
Selected Shorter Writings: J. Gresham Machen - J. Gesham Machen & D.G. Hart
Protestant Scholasticism – Carl R. Trueman & R. Scott Clark
Covenant and Salvation: Union with Christ – Michael S. Horton
The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) – Jaroslav Pelikan
The Genius of Luther’s Theology - Robert Kolb and Charles P. Arand

November:
Reformed Dogmatics - Heinrich Heppe
A Biblical Case for Natural Law - David VanDrunen
A Better Way – Michael S. Horton
Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics (Vol. I) – Richard A. Muller
Christless Christianity – Michael S. Horton
Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant - R. Scott Clark
The Epistle to the Romans - Douglas J. Moo
Institutes of Elenctic Theology: Volume II – Francis Turretin
People and Place: A Covenant Ecclesiology - Michael S. Horton
The Lost Soul of American Protestantism - Darryl G. Hart
Images of the Spirit - Meredith G. Kline
Covenant Theology: John Murray’s and Meredith G. Kline’s Response to the Historical Development of Federal Theology in Reformed Thought – Jeong K. Jeon
The Eschatology of the Old Testament – Geerhardus Vos

December:
The Pauline Eschatology – Geerhardus Vos
Studies in Tertullian and Augustine - B. B. Warfield
A Firm Foundation - Caspar Olevianus
The Republic – Plato
Kingdom Prologue – Meredith G. Kline
Faith and Sanctification – G. C. Berkouwer
A Secular Faith – Darryl G. Hart