20. Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology
19. B. B. Warfield, The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible
18. J. I. Packer, Knowing God
17. John Stott, The Cross of Christ
16. Leon Morris, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross
15. Eifion Evans, Daniel Rowland and the Great Awakening in Wales
14. John Piper, Brothers, We are not Professionals
13. Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed
12. David Wells, God in the Wasteland
11. Arnold Dallimore, George Whitefield (2 vols)
10. N. T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God
9. Donald Macleod, The Person of Christ
8. Philip Eveson, The Great Exchange
7. Iain H. Murray, 2 vols of Lloyd-Jones Biography
6. Kevin Vanhoozer, The Drama of Doctrine
5. John Owen, On Communion with God
4. Jonathan Edwards, The Religious Affections
3. Don Carson, The Gagging of God
2. John Calvin, The Institues of the Christian Religion
1. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching & Preachers
6 comments:
Nice list -- it's interesting how often Calvin makes it into the top 5 (but for some reason he never gets the #1 spot!).
Yes, poor old Calvin. Someone should make him no. 1.
I've got to be honest, I consider The Gagging of God to be a truly awful book. I have read other books of his which I have thought were pretty good although it has now been a while. In any case I will post off this weekend.
I presume you have the Dallimore set? The reason I ask is I have volume one which I will never read so if you don't I am happy to pop it up next time I'm in Westbury (probably xmas time).
Hi Richard,
I don't know what's so appalling about The Gagging of God. I thought that DC got to grips with postmodern pluralism in a helpful way.
I have Dallimore on GW vol 1, but thanks for the offer & for posting the Noll book.
Afraid I agree with Richard - while many of Carson's other books are great (A Call to Spiritual Reformation probably should have made it into my top 20, maybe 21...), While it might have dealt with some popular manifestations called 'postmodern', I got the impression he seriously simplified many of the key thinkers and ended up caricaturing their thought.
Hi Byron,
Yes, Carson's A Call to Spiritual Reformation was certainly a contender. TGOG seems to have upset a number of people. I suppose that a certain ammount of oversimplification was inevitable in the early chapters where Carson summarises the views of the philiosophers. But he is not altogether dismissive of postmodernism and appreciates the way in which postmodern thinking has undermined the rationalism of the Enlightenment.
But I don't suppose that Carson was going to impress some people with his defence of inerrancy and eternal punishment.
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