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Authors Whom I Trust

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  1. Dr. Bob

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    Always glad when anybody agrees with my picks! Been married for 33 years and the bride says the only thing she's ever agreed with me on was in my choice of the finest woman in the world to marry me! :rolleyes:

    And thanks for reviving this thread. Sometimes they lay dormant until a new reader has something to add . . and we appreciate that!
     
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  2. td

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    I think one of great Authors Whom I Trust is Dr. Bob. I have read almost all of his posts and enjoyed every one.

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  3. Tony Solomon

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    Old Timers

    John Calvin
    martin Luther (in moderation)
    JOhn Gill
    John owen
    John Brine
    William Huntington
    William Gadsby
    J C Philpot

    MOre recent
    H Ridderbos
    G Vos

    There are a host of modern authors of whom I have one book, but I don't know if I would read everything by them, such as:
    Graeme Goldsworthy
    Tom Schreiner
    Mark Seifrid
    Don Carson
    Doug Moo
    and others of that ilk.
    Better to say that my favourite modern authors usually come from IVP/Apollos, Westminster JohnKnox, and Baker Academic.

    Can't forget Tolkien!!
    Used to read C S Lewis, but he leads down too many dangerous paths, so I stopped.
     
    #43 Tony Solomon, Feb 21, 2003
  4. baptistteacher

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    OOPS! I just noticed that I didn't include the title of the book from Leadership Ministries on practical pastoral ministries. It is:

    "What the Bible Says to the Minister"

    It comes in paperback and in a bonded leather cover.
     
    #44 baptistteacher, Feb 21, 2003
  5. following-Him

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    i am relatively new to this but i do enjoy:

    N.T.Wright

    Rick Renner

    Alister E. McGrath

    Colin Gunton

    only a short list i know, but other authors are : the Brontes,
    Austen
    Shakespeare
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    #45 following-Him, Feb 21, 2003
  6. rufus

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    I love apologetics so I read those kinds of books.

    Norman Geisler
    Ronald Nash
    Josh McDowell
    David Noebel
    R.C. Sproul
    Ravi Zecharias
    Francis Shaeffer

    I also love philosophy and theology and read the following authors.

    Gordon Lewis
    Mortimer Adler
    Bruce Demarest
    John MacArthur
    Henry Thiessen
    David Smith

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    #46 rufus, Feb 21, 2003
  7. Christian41974

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    My favorites are A. W. Tozer, C. H. Spurgeon, Finney, Moody, James A. Stewart, Harry Ironsides, and William Grady.
     
    #47 Christian41974, Feb 26, 2003
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    Jimmy Stewart? ;) Anyway, my list would include...

    Brennan Manning
    CS Lewis
    Cardinal Newman
    Ravi Zacharias
    Chuck Colson
    Richard Foster
    John Stott (though not always in agreement with his Calvinism, he's still a great Bible scholar)
    John Wesley
    Jack Hayford (would be great if he'd leave TBN)
    Francis Mcnutt
    Henri Nouwen
    Thomas Merton
    William Barclay
    and for fun....Agatha Christie
     
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  9. Clay Knick

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    To Jude's list I would add:

    Don Bloesch
    Millard Erickson
    John Ortberg
    Fleming Rutledge
    Phil Yancey
    Eugene Peterson

    And many others!!

    Clay
     
    #49 Clay Knick, Apr 4, 2003
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    How about 20th-21st Century Christian Authors ?

    I would nominate John MacArthur , R.C. Sproul , Walter Chantry , James Packer ( with some reservations ) , B.B. Warfield , Alexander Whyte , Dr. L-J , A.W. Pink and J.C.Ryle ( he just barely made it into the 20th century ) . Jerry Bridges , Elizabeth Elliott , James White , James Boice , Donald G. Barnhouse , D.A. Carson , Doug Moo , S. Lewis Johnson , Gordon Clark , F.F. Bruce , A.W. Tozer , Leon Morris , Ralp Martin , Don Kettie , Mark Strouse , Andreas Kostenberger , Henrietta Mears , Harold hoehner , Moises Silva , Gordon Fee , Phillip Johnson and so on ...

    I'll add more authors later . This was a rush job .
     
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    Quote: Can't forget Tolkien!!
    Used to read C S Lewis, but he leads down too many dangerous paths, so I stopped.
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    This one threw me for a loop! Tokien with his decidedly Romanistic ideology versus Lewis, who was High Church, and for the most part one of the best defence of the gospel.

    I don't like to quote as my favourite authors, cos surely in short order they will come up with some quirk. I absolutely abhor dispensationalism, and yet had a disproportionate number of books by dispensationalists which I found good reading.

    Generally enjoy reading the older theologues.

    Cheers,

    Jim
     
    #51 Jim1999, Jun 19, 2007
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    I like Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, RC Sproul, John MacArthur, John Piper, David Jeremiah, Chuck Swindoll, Woodrow Kroll.
     
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    I enjoy reading Erwin Lutzer. I have many books that he has written. He does a great job of writing theology with a practical application and doing so concisely.

    Recently I have purchased three books by Simon J. Kistemaker. The title of the books are The Miracles, The Conversations of Jesus, and The Parables. These have been great reading. I read the book about parables rather quickly and will probably go back and read it again. The other two I am using for devotions each morning.

    Many other authors that have been mentioned here are favorites of mine as well.
     
    #53 swaimj, Jun 23, 2007
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    Henry Morris
    C. K. Barrett
    F. F. Bruce
    Robert Guelich
    David Aune
    Richard Longenecker
    Ralph Martin
    Ben Witherington III
    Hans Walter Wolff
    Claus Westermann
    Trent Butler
    Gordon Fee
    C.E.B. Cranfield
    William Holladay
    Craig Blomberg
    Leon Morris
    Joel Green
    Duane Garrett
    Douglas Moo
    I. Howard Marshall
    F. B. Huey
    Tremper Longman III
    Edward J. Young
    James Brooks
    James Luther Mays
    David Garland
    John Stott
     
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    John Owen
    Thomas Watson
    CH Spurgeon
    CS Lewis
    John Piper
    John Macarthur
    Philip Yancey
    Chuck Swindoll
    David Jeremiah
    JI Packer
    RC Sproul
    FF Bruce
    Douglas Moo
    DA Carson
    Leon Morris
     
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    TCG : Do you really trust C.S. Lewis ? He was not nearly as theologically sound as your other choices .
     
    #57 Rippon, Nov 11, 2007
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    Bump it up ! TCG , I really want to know . BTW , I'll soon be quoting CSL in a positive way on a new thread .
     
    #58 Rippon, Jan 1, 2008
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    Wow, I have to be honest, I haven't heard of one author on the list! :)
     
    #59 christianyouth, Jan 1, 2008
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    I don't know 11 of those authors . But to whittle things down for you a bit -- start out with Leon Morris , Douglas Moo and I. Howard Marshall .
     
    #60 Rippon, Jan 1, 2008
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