Here is a list of evangelical reference books and software that will aid a believer in their desire to understand the Word of God. These resources are geared toward the average believer not the seminary scholar, so they are useful for anyone who wants to be informed on issues related to Christianity. While we do not endorse everything that is written in every book, we feel these are excellent resources to help you "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen." (2 Peter 3:18)
Apologetics (Defending the Faith):
Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics. Norman Geisler.
Defending Your Faith. R.C. Sproul.
Mere Christianity. C. S. Lewis.
Refuting Evolution. Jonathan Sarfati.
Scaling the Secular City. J. P. Moreland.
The Case for Christ. Lee Strobel.
The Case for Faith. Lee Strobel.
The Case for the Real Jesus. Lee Stobel.
The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict. Josh McDowell.
The Testimony of the Evangelists. Simon Greenleaf.
Bible Atlases:
Baker’s Bible Atlas. Charles Pfeiffer.
Deluxe Then and Now Bible Maps. Rose Publishing.
Holman Bible Atlas. Donald Wiseman.
Bible Dictionaries:
Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary.
Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary.
The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary.
Bible Handbooks:
Illustrated Bible Handbook. Lawrence O. Richards.
The MacArthur Bible Handbook. John MacArthur.
Willmington’s Handbook to the Bible. Harold Wilmington.
Bible Interpretation:
Basic Bible Interpretation. Roy Zuck
Cracking Old Testament Codes. D. Brent Sandy & Ronald L. Giese, Jr.
Hermeneutics: Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation. Henry Virkler.
How to Study the Bible. Richard Mayhue.
Interpreting the New Testament. Darrel Bock & Buist M. Fanning.
Bible Reference:
AMG’s Encyclopedia of Bible Facts. Mark Water.
Bible Archaeology. Alfred Hoerth and John McRay.
The Complete Book of Who’s Who in the Bible. Walter A. Elwell and Phillip Comfort.
The Illustrated Guide to Biblical History. Kendell H. Easley.
Christian Living (Discipleship):
A Serious Call to a Holy and Devout Life. William Law.
Abide in Christ. Andrew Murray.
All of Grace. Charles Spurgeon.
Clutter Free Christianity. Robert Jeffress.
Desiring God. John Piper.
Disciples are Made Not Born. Walter Hendrichsen.
Disciplines of a Godly Man. R. Kent Hughes.
Heaven Awaits. D. L. Moody.
Holiness By Grace. Bryan Chapell.
In Christ Alone. Sinclair B. Ferguson.
Love Walked Amoung Us. Paul E. Miller.
My Heart, My Life, My All. William MacDonald.
The Knowledge of the Holy. A. W. Tozer.
The Master's Plan for Discipleship. Robert Coleman.
Trusting God. Jerry Bridges.
Church Life:
40 Questions for Elders and Deacons. Benjamin L. Merkle.
9 Marks of a Health Church. Mark Dever.
Biblical Eldership. Alexander Strauch.
The Church. Richard Phillips, Philip Ryken and Mark Dever.
Life in the Father's House. Wayne Mack and Dave Swavely.
The Antioch Effect: 8 Characteristics of Highly Effective Churches. Ken Hemphill.
The New Testament Deacon. Alexander Strauch.
Pastoral Leadership. Jay Adams.
Commentaries:
(Single Volume)
Believer’s Bible Commentary. William MacDonald.
Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Commentary. Earl Radmacher, Ronald B. Allen, and H. Wayne House.
The MacArthur Bible Commentary. John MacArthur.
(Individual Books)
New American Commentary Series.
Concordances:
HCSB Comprehensive Concordance of the Holy Bible.
The NKJV Concordance.
The Crossway Comprehensive Concordance of the Holy Bible, English Standard Version,
The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance,
The Strongest NIV Exhaustive Concordance,
Contemporary Issues:
Ashamed of the Gospel. John MacArthur.
Christ and Culture. D.A. Carson.
Conversant with Emergent. D.A. Carson.
Culture Shift. Al Mohler.
The DaVinci Deception. Erwin Lutzer.
Dethroning Jesus. Darrel Bock and Daniel Wallace.
The Discipline of Discernment. Tim Challies.
Fools Gold. John MacArthur.
The Healing Promise: Is It Always God's Will to Heal? Richard Mayhue
The KJV Only Controversy. James White.
The Master’s Perspective on Contemporary Issues. Robert Thomas.
No Place for Truth. David Wells.
This Little Church Stayed Home. Gary E. Gilley.
This Little Church Went to the Market. Gary E. Gilley.
The Six Days of Creation. Paul F. Taylor.
The Truth War. John MacArthur.
Understanding Spiritual Gifts. Robert L. Thomas.
Who Runs the Church? Paul E. Engle and Steven B. Cowan.
Why Were Not Emergent. Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck.
Women’s Ministry in the Local Church. J. Ligon Duncan and Susan Hunt.
Cults and False Religions:
Answering Islam. Norman Geisler.
Christianity In Crisis. Hank Hanegraaff.
Encyclopedia of New Age Beliefs. John Ankerberg and John Weldon.
Islam and the Bible. David Goldmann.
Jesus Among Other Gods. Ravi Zacharias.
Kingdom of the Cults. Walter Martin.
Mormonism 101. Bill McKeever.
Occult Invasion. Dave Hunt
Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah's Witnesses. Ron Rhodes.
The Compact Guide to World Religions. Dean C. Halverson
Devotionals:
Daily in His Presence. Andrew Murray.
Living Hope for the End of Days. John Barnett.
Morning and Evening Devotions. Charles Spurgeon.
Mornings with Tozer. A.W. Tozer.
My Utmost for His Highest. Oswald Chambers.
Strength for Today. John MacArthur.
The Mother Who Seeks After God. Laura Martin.
The Valley of Vision. Arthur Bennett.
End Times:
Charts on Bible Prophecy. H. Wayne House and Randall Price.
Complete Book on Bible Prophecy. Mark Hitchcock.
Future Israel. Barry Horner.
Israel: The Land and People. H. Wayne House.
The Bible and Future Events. Leon Wood.
Evangelism (Witnessing):
Go and Make Disciples! Roger S. Greenway.
Questioning Evangelism. Randy Newman.
Tactics. Gregory Koukl.
Tell the Truth. Will Metzger.
The Gospel and Personal Evangelism. Mark Dever.
Greek and Hebrew:
Basics of Biblical Greek. William Mounce.
Basics of Biblical Hebrew. Gary D. Pratico and Miles V. Van Pelt.
Biblical Hebrew. Page H. Kelley.
Complete Vocabulary Guide to the Greek New Testament. Warren C. Trenchard.
Greek for the Rest of Us. William Mounce.
How Biblical Languages Work. Peter James Silzer and Thomas John Finley.
Students Vocabulary of Biblical Hebrew. Larry A. Mitchel.
Jesus, Life of:
AMG’s Encyclopedia of Jesus Life and Time. Mark Water.
Jesus: The Greatest Life of All. Charles Swindoll.
The Earthly Career of Jesus the Christ. Robert Culver.
The NIV/NASB Harmony of the Gospels. Robert L. Thomas and Stanley N. Gundry
Jesus, Teachings:
All the Teachings of Jesus. Herbert Lockyer.
Sermon on the Mount. D. Martyn Lloyd Jones.
What Did Jesus Mean? Ron Rhodes.
New Testament:
An Introduction to the New Testament. D.A. Carson and Douglas Moo.
Encountering the New Testament. Walter A. Elwell and Robert W. Yarbrough.
Survey of the New Testament. Paul N. Benware.
Old Testament:
A Survey of the Old Testament. Andrew Hill and John Walton.
Encountering the Old Testament. Bill Arnold and Bryan Beyer.
Survey of the Old Testament. Paul N. Benware.
Prayer:
A Hunger for God. John Piper.
Living a Prayerful Life. Andrew Murray.
Prayer the Great Adventure. David Jeremiah.
Spurgeon's Prayers. Charles Spurgeon.
Software:
Bible Works. Bibleworks.com
Logos. Logos.com
PC Bible Study. Biblesoft.com
Quick Verse. Quickverse.com
Theology:
Bible Doctrine. Wayne Grudem.
Systematic Theology. Robert Culver.
A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith. Robert Reymond.
The Moody Handbook of Theology. Paul Enns.
Word Studies:
Vine’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words.
The Complete Word Study Dictionary: Old Testament. Warren Backer and Eugene Carpenter.
The Complete Word Study Dictionary: New Testament. Spiros Zodhiates.
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