Erik Thoennes, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Theology at Biola University, weighs in:
The Top 10 Books That Were Most Influential in Evangelicalism in the Past 50 Years
1) Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life
2) John Piper, Desiring God
3) Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor
4) Jerry Jenkins/Tim LaHaye, Left Behind
5) Hal Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth
6) Robert Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism
7) Carl F. H. Henry, The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism
8) C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
9) J. I. Packer, Knowing God
10) Bruce Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez
The Top 10 Books That Should Have Been Most Influential in Evangelicalism in the Past 50 Years
1) A. W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy
2) John Piper and Wayne Grudem, ed., Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
3) Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow of the Almighty
4) John Piper, Desiring God
5) Carl F. H. Henry, Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism
6) J. I. Packer, Knowing God
7) Robert Saucy, The Case for Progressive Dispensationalism
8) Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
9) Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place
10) Patrick Johnstone, Operation World
Some of the books on the CT list certainly qualify as most influential.
Hamilton on the Top Books
The Top 10 Books That Were Most Influential in Evangelicalism in the Past 50 Years
1) Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life
2) John Piper, Desiring God
3) Elisabeth Elliot, Through Gates of Splendor
4) Jerry Jenkins/Tim LaHaye, Left Behind
5) Hal Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth
6) Robert Coleman, The Master Plan of Evangelism
7) Carl F. H. Henry, The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism
8) C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
9) J. I. Packer, Knowing God
10) Bruce Wilkinson, The Prayer of Jabez
The Top 10 Books That Should Have Been Most Influential in Evangelicalism in the Past 50 Years
1) A. W. Tozer, Knowledge of the Holy
2) John Piper and Wayne Grudem, ed., Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
3) Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow of the Almighty
4) John Piper, Desiring God
5) Carl F. H. Henry, Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism
6) J. I. Packer, Knowing God
7) Robert Saucy, The Case for Progressive Dispensationalism
8) Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
9) Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place
10) Patrick Johnstone, Operation World
Ryken on the Top Books
Philp Ryken is the Senior Minister of the historic Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Here are his lists:Some of the books on the CT list certainly qualify as most influential.
- Patrick Johnstone, Operation World
- Rick Warren, The Purpose-Driven Life
- C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
- Hal Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth
- James Dobson, Dare to Discipline
- Henry Morris, The Genesis Flood
- John Stott, Basic Christianity
- Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline
- J. I. Packer, Knowing God
- Ken Taylor, The Living Bible
- Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness
- Francis Schaeffer, A Christian Manifesto
- John Stott, Basic Christianity
- Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness
- J. I. Packer, Knowing God
- Patrick Johnstone, Operation World
- John Piper, Desiring God
- Francis Schaeffer, The God Who Is There
- J. I. Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
- David Wells, No Place for Truth
- The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
- Will Metzger, Tell the Truth
- R. C. Sproul, Chosen by God
- Leon Morris, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross
Jim Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Houston Campus). He combined the list, and focused more on the influence within the seminary world:
- J. I. Packer, Knowing God
- George Eldon Ladd, A Theology of the New Testament
- Roland Bainton, Here I Stand
- Leon Morris, Apostolic Preaching of the Cross
- John Stott, The Cross of Christ
- John Piper and Wayne Grudem, ed., Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
- Geerhardus Vos, Biblical Theology: Old and New Testaments
- F. F. Bruce, Paul, Apostle of the Heart Set Free
- Carl F. H. Henry, Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism
- John Piper, Desiring Go
Mahaney on the Top Books
C. J. Mahaney leads Sovereign Grace Ministries. Here is his list of books that should have been most influential in evangelicalism in the last 50 years:- The Cross of Christ, by John Stott
- Knowing God, by J. I. Packer
- The Holiness of God, by R.C. Sproul
- Fundamentalism and the Word of God, by J.I. Packer
- Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem
- The Cross and Christian Ministry, by D.A. Carson
- The Trilogy (The God Who Is There; Escape From Reason; He is There and He is Not Silent), by Francis Schaeffer
- Competent to Counsel, by Jay Adams and Instruments in the Redeemers Hands, by Paul Tripp
- Systematic Theology, by Wayne Grudem
- Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12-14, by D. A. Carson, God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul, by Gordon Fee
Duncan on the Top Ten Books
Ligon Duncan writes in:
"The following list is from the Reformed side of evangelicalism, the books are from the last 50 years or so, there is a heavy emphasis on theology and devotional material. Naturally, it emphasizes what should be the top ten, as opposed to what has been the top ten!"
1. J. I. Packer, Knowing God (IVP). Introduced a new generation to the Reformed doctrine of God, without their knowing it.
2. J. I. Packer, Fundamentalism and the Word of God (Eerdmans). One of the most important popular presentations and defenses of the historic Christian (“evangelical” or “fundamentalist”) view of Scripture published throughout the long era of “The Battle for the Bible”
3. J. I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness (Crossway Books) Introduced a new generations to the Puritans, one of the hallmarks of Packer’s long ministry to evangelicalism.
4. John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied (Eerdmans). Put Reformed soteriology and the ordo salutis on the map for three generations (now) of evangelical Christians. Given originally as Sunday School class lectures, most students require dictionaries at hand in order to grasp the precision and variety of Murray’s vocabulary!
5. David F. Wells, No Place for Truth (Eerdmans). The most important assessment of the disappearance of theology in evangelicalism in print. Totally different conclusions than Noll’s Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.
6. John Piper, Desiring God (Multnomah). Piper’s message has profoundly affected the entire younger Reformed movement.
7. John Stott, Basic Christianity (IVP). A book that has been instrumental in the conversion of thousands, and used by thousands in bearing witness to Christ. Typical of Stott’s whole ministry.
8. Francis Schaeffer, The God Who Is There (Crossway). Schaeffer as a thinking popularizer and apologist (rather than as an intellectual or theologian) had a profound and positive impact on evangelicalism.
9. R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God (Tyndale House). The whole ministry of Ligonier is built around the message of this book (which shook everyone from Bill Hybels to Charles Colson to the core). Other than John Piper, no one has been a greater popular exponent for Reformed Christianity than R.C. Sproul.
10. O Palmer Robertson, Christ of the Covenants (P&R). Single-handedly revived covenant theology, which had been languishing for almost a hundred years.
"The following list is from the Reformed side of evangelicalism, the books are from the last 50 years or so, there is a heavy emphasis on theology and devotional material. Naturally, it emphasizes what should be the top ten, as opposed to what has been the top ten!"
1. J. I. Packer, Knowing God (IVP). Introduced a new generation to the Reformed doctrine of God, without their knowing it.
2. J. I. Packer, Fundamentalism and the Word of God (Eerdmans). One of the most important popular presentations and defenses of the historic Christian (“evangelical” or “fundamentalist”) view of Scripture published throughout the long era of “The Battle for the Bible”
3. J. I. Packer, A Quest for Godliness (Crossway Books) Introduced a new generations to the Puritans, one of the hallmarks of Packer’s long ministry to evangelicalism.
4. John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied (Eerdmans). Put Reformed soteriology and the ordo salutis on the map for three generations (now) of evangelical Christians. Given originally as Sunday School class lectures, most students require dictionaries at hand in order to grasp the precision and variety of Murray’s vocabulary!
5. David F. Wells, No Place for Truth (Eerdmans). The most important assessment of the disappearance of theology in evangelicalism in print. Totally different conclusions than Noll’s Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.
6. John Piper, Desiring God (Multnomah). Piper’s message has profoundly affected the entire younger Reformed movement.
7. John Stott, Basic Christianity (IVP). A book that has been instrumental in the conversion of thousands, and used by thousands in bearing witness to Christ. Typical of Stott’s whole ministry.
8. Francis Schaeffer, The God Who Is There (Crossway). Schaeffer as a thinking popularizer and apologist (rather than as an intellectual or theologian) had a profound and positive impact on evangelicalism.
9. R.C. Sproul, The Holiness of God (Tyndale House). The whole ministry of Ligonier is built around the message of this book (which shook everyone from Bill Hybels to Charles Colson to the core). Other than John Piper, no one has been a greater popular exponent for Reformed Christianity than R.C. Sproul.
10. O Palmer Robertson, Christ of the Covenants (P&R). Single-handedly revived covenant theology, which had been languishing for almost a hundred years.
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