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[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by ReformedDave

Wow! As I own 3-4000 books where do I start!

Let me give you some authors and categories and maybe answer any questions.

Most anything by the English, Scottish, American and Dutch puritans. Tough reading until one gets used to them. The greatest collection of non-inspired writing in existence.

Writers like J. Gresham Machen, John Murray, Abraham Kuyper, C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, St. Augustine, John Calvin, Frances Turretin, Jonathan Edwards B. B. Warfield, Cornelius Van Til, Martyn Lloyd Jones, John Gerstner, C. H. Spurgeon, Francis Schaeffer, R. J. Rushdoony, and Greg Bahnsen . These are just a few and it doesn't mean I agree with everything they wrote.

Of todays writers; John MacArthur, R. C. Sproul, John Piper, David Wells, John Frame, J. I. Packer come to mind.

My top ten(actually eleven) books of all time are;
"Gospel Worship" by Jeremiah Burroughs
"Grace" by Christopher Love
"Altogether Lovely" by Jonathan Edwards
"Institutes of Christian Religion" by John Calvin
"The Christian's Reasonable Service" by Wilhelmus a' Brakel
"Desiring God" by John Piper
"The Almost Christian Discovered" by Matthew Mead
"Holiness" by R. C. Sproul
"Ashamed By the Gospel" and "Reckless Faith" by John MacArthur
"Heaven Opened" by Richard Alleine

Out of the 10 only 3 authors are alive.

Thanks for the recommendations!

[Felicity]

I picked up a John Piper book to skim through at lunch one day and brought it home to read but for some reason I just couldn't get into it. Maybe it was just that particular book.

I love reading MacArthur! It goes without saying I don't agree with everything he writes but I like his writing style. He's "meaty" without getting boggy or over my head or difficult to understand.

I think I read "Holiness" by Sproul a few years back and I've read a little of Christopher Love.

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by ReformedDave

Really? Whom would that be?

Jonathan Edwards and John Calvin......J/K. Actually it was your post by C.S. Lewis that mentioned George MacDonald and then you mentioned G.K. Chesterfield. Both of these author writings reflect their belief in the reconciliation of all men.