Recommended Books
Below you’ll find a list of books that we recommend to students who are interested in sound, biblical material for further study and growing in Christ.
Greek
- Machen, J. Gresham and Dan G. McCartney. New Testament Greek for Beginners. Prentice Hall, 2003.
- Mounce, William D. Basics of Biblical Greek: Grammar. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003.
- Wallace, Daniel B. Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996.
- Silva, Moises. Biblical Greek and Reformed Textual Criticism?
Hebrew
- Weingreen, Jacob. A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1959.
- Arnold, Bill T. and John Choi. Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Waltke, Bruce. An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1990.
Apologetics
- Oliphint, K. Scott. The Battle Belongs to the Lord. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 2003.
- Edgar, William. Reasons of the Heart. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1996.
- Keller, Timothy. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism. New York: Dutton, 2008.
- Bahnsen, Greg L. Van Til’s Apologetic. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1998.
- Machen, J. Gresham. Christianity and Liberalism. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009.
- Poythress, Vern S. Redeeming Science. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2006.
- Edgar, William and K. Scott Oliphint. Christian Apologetics: Past and Present. Vol. 1. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2009.
- Edgar, William and K. Scott Oliphint. Christian Apologetics: Past and Present. Vol. 2. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011.
- Bradley, Anthony. Liberating Black Theology. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010.
- Van Til, Cornelius. The Defense of the Faith. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 2008.
- Oliphint, K. Scott, and Lane G. Tipton, (eds.) Revelation and Reason. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 2007.
- Oliphint, K. Scott. Reasons for Faith: Philosophy in the Service of Theology. Phillipsburg, N. J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 2006.
Old Testament
- Dillard, Raymond B. and Tremper Longman, III. An Introduction to the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006.
- Waltke, Bruce K., and Charles Yu. An Old Testament Theology: A Canonical and Thematic Approach. Zondervan, 2006.
- Longman, Tremper III. How to Read the Psalms. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1988.
- Silva, Moises and Karen Jobes. Invitation to the Septuagint. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2005
- Armerding, Carl E. The Old Testament and Criticism. Spring Arbor Distributors.
- Young, E.J. “The Authority of the Old Testament.” In The Infallible Word, Edited by Stonehouse, N.B., and Paul Wooley, 55-91. Phillipsburg, N. J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co, 2002.
- Kline, Meredith G. Kingdom Prologue. Overland Park, KS: Two Age Press, 2000.
- Kline, Meredith G. Images of the Spirit. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1980.
- Vos, Geerhardus. The Eschatology of the Old Testament. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2001.
New Testament
- Guthrie, Donald. New Testament Introduction. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1990.
- Barrett, C.K. The New Testament Background. New York: HarperOne, 1995.
- Metzger, Bruce M. The Text of the New Testament. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Stonehouse, N.B. “The Authority of the New Testament” In The Infallible Word, Edited by Stonehouse, N.B., and Paul Wooley, 92-140. Phillipsburg, N. J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co, 2002.
- Gaffin, Richard B. Perspectives on Pentecost. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1979.
- Strimple, Robert B. The Modern Search for the Real Jesus. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1995.
- Ridderbos, Herman. Redemptive History and the New Testament Scriptures. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1988.
- Ridderbos, Herman. The Coming of the Kingdom. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1962.
- Vos, Geerhardus. The Self-Disclosure of Jesus: The Modern Debate About the Messianic Consciousness. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2002.
- Ridderbos, Herman. Paul: An Outline of His Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997.
- Vos, Geerhardus. Pauline Eschatology. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1994.
Biblical Theology and Hermeneutics
- Poythress, Vern. God-Centered Biblical Interpretation. Phillipsburg, N. J.: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1999.
- Silva, Moises, ”The Case for Calvinistic Hermeneutics.” In Revelation and Reason, edited by K. Scott Oliphint and Lane G. Tipton, 74-94. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 2007.
- Vos, Geerhardus. Biblical Theology. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 2000.
Silva, Moises, Ed. Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996. - McCartney, Dan and Charles Clayton. Let the Reader Understand. Phillipsburg, N. J.: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2002.
- Conn, Harvie. Inerrancy and Hermeneutic. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1988.
- Beale, G.K. The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008.
- Silva, Moises. Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semantics. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1983.
- Beale, G.K. The Temple and the Church’s Mission. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004.
- Poythress, Vern. The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1995.
- Vos, Geerhardus. The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church. New York: American Tract Society, 1903.
- Nichols, Stephen J. and Eric T. Brandt. Ancient Word, Changing Worlds. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2009.
- Beale, G.K. A New Testament Biblical Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2011.
Church History
- Hastings, Adrian. A World History of Christianity. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000.
- Chadwick, Henry. The Early Church. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1993.
- Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1975.
- Lindberg, Carter. The Reformation Theologians. Wiley-Blackwell, 2002.
- Plancher, William C. Readings in the History of Christian Theology. Richmond: Westminster John Knox Press, 1988.
- Muller, Richard A. Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics : The Rise and Development of Reformed Orthodoxy. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 2003.
- Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.
- Nichols, Stephen. J. J. Gresham Machen: A Guided Tour of His Life and Thought. Philipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 2004.
- Trueman, Carl. John Owen. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2007.
Systematic Theology
- Ferguson, Sinclair. The Christian Life. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1981.
- Van Til, Cornelius. An Introduction to Systematic Theology. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2007.
- Oliphint, K. Scott, ed. Justified in Christ: God’s Plan for Us in Justification. UK: Christian Focus Publications, 2007.
- Calvin, John. Institutes of the Christian Religion. Translated by Ford Lewis Battles. Edited by John T. McNeill. The Library of Christian Classics. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1960.
Turretin, - Francis. Institutes of Elenctic Theology. Translated by George Musgrave Giger. Edited by Jr James T. Dennison. 3 vols. Phillipsburg, New Jersey: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1994.
- Bavinck, Herman. Reformed Dogmatics. Translated by John Vriend. Edited by John Bolt. Vols. 1-4, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2003.
- Warfield, B.B. The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible. Philadelphia, Pa.: Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co, 1948.
- Murray, John. Collected Writings of John Murray, Vols. 1-4. The Banner of Truth Trust, 1977.
- Oliphint, Scott. God With Us. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011.
- Hall, David and Peter Lillback, eds. A Theological Guide to Calvin’s Institutes: Essays and Analysis. Philipsburg, N.J.: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 2008.
- Tipton, Lane and Jeff Waddington, eds. Resurrection and Eschatology: Theology In Service of the Church, Essays in Honor of Richard B. Gaffin. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2008.
- Hagopian, David, Ed. The Genesis Debate. Mission Viejo, CA: Crux Press, 2000.
- Gaffin, Richard B. Resurrection and Redemption. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1987.
- Ferguson, Sinclair. The Holy Spirit. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1997.
- Darrel L. Bock, ed. Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1999.
- Young, E.J. Thy Word is Truth. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1963.
- Gaffin, Richard B. God’s Word in Servant Form: Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck and the Doctrine of Scripture. Jackson, MS: Reformed Academic Press, 2008.
Practical Theology
- Clowney, Edmund P. Called to the Ministry. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1976.
- Warfield, B.B. The Religious Life of Theological Students. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing.
- Powlison, David. The Biblical Counseling Movement. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2010.
- Tripp, Paul. Age of Opportunity. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2001.
- Powlison, David. Seeing With New Eyes. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2003.
- Welch, Ed. Addictions – A Banquet in the Grave. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 2001.
- Tripp, Paul. Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2002.
- Miller, John. A Faith Worth Sharing. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1999.
- Logan, Samuel T., ed. The Preacher and Preaching. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1996.
- Welch, Ed. When People Are Big and God is Small. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1997.
- Conn, Harvie and Manuel Ortiz. Urban Ministry. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2001.
- Lane, Tim and Paul Tripp. How People Change. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2008.
- Conn, Harvie. Eternal Word and Changing Worlds. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1992.
- Welch, Ed. Blame It On the Brain. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, 1998.
Research and Writing
- Adler, Mortimer J., and Charles Van Doran. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading. Revised edition. New York: Touchstone, 1972.
- Badke, William B. Research Strategies: Finding Your Way through the Information Fog. 2nd ed. iUniverse, Inc, 2004.
- Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 7th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. (Note the excellent discussion of research writing, new to this edition)
- Strunk, William, Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.
- Kane, Thomas S. The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing. New York: Berkley Books, 1988.
- Zinsser, William. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. 30th anniversary ed. New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
- Williams, Joseph M. Style: Toward Clarity and Grace. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
- Orwell, George. “Politics and the English Language.” Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays. London: Secker and Warburg, 1950.
