Resources

Bible Reading Plan 2026

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Further Study

What a joy it is to participate in the personal study of the Word throughout the Christian life! We have compiled a list of suggested resources to assist you in your study. This is not a complete list, but a launching pad of useful resources in exploring various areas and topics applicable to understand God more fully.

General Bible Study & Theology

• The God Who is There—D. A. Carson
• Scripture and the Authority of God—N. T. Wright
• A Little Exercise for Young Theologians—Helmut Thielicke
• To Know and Love God: Method for Theology—David K. Clark
• Exegetical Fallacies—D. A. Carson

Old Testament

• From Whom No Secrets are Hid: Introduction to the Psalms—Walter Bruggeman
• The Golden Alphabet—C. H. Spurgeon
• Introduction to Old Testament Theology: A Canonical Approach—John Sailhamer
• The Faith of Israel: A Theological Survey of the Old Testament—William Dumbrell
• The Bible and the Future—Anthony A. Hoekema

New Testament

• Reading the Gospels Wisely—Jonathan Pennington
• Paul the Ancient Letter Writer—Jeffery Weima
• Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was—Gerhard Lohfink
• Justification—N. T. Wright
• New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ—Thomas R. Schreiner

Theology

• The Institutes of the Christian Religion—John Calvin
• The Mortification of Sin—John Owen
• He Who Gives Life: A Theology of the Holy Spirit—Graham A. Cole
• No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God—John S. Feinberg
• Reformed Dogmatics—Herman Bavinck

Church History

• The Story of Christianity—Justo Gonzales
• Ancient Christian Worship—Andrew McGowen
• Christian History in Plain Language—Bruce Shelley
• On the Incarnation—Athanasius
• Early Christian Writings—Andrew Louth

Christian Life

• The Cost of Discipleship—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• You are What you Love—James K. A. Smith
• Confessions—St. Augustine of Hippo
• Religious Affections—Jonathan Edwards
• The Meaning of Marriage—Tim Keller
• Marriage Made in Eden—Alice P. Mathews

Ethics and Morality

• Ethics—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• The Moral Vision of the New Testament—Richard Hays
• Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics—Oliver O’Donovan
• Mere Christianity—C. S. Lewis
• Basic Christian Ethics—Paul Ramsey