What book has influenced you the most?

Sovereignty of God by A.W. Pink

 

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You've known te Christmas story for years right? You're familiar with the narrative surroounding a pregnant virgin, the stable in bethlehem, and angels meeting shepherds in a field.
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John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress.

 

Having been a skeptic and agnostic untill I came to know Christ, I'd have to say one of the greatest books I've ever read is Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis, although I do not agree with him on everything. But I have read the book numerous times to keep sharp in dealing with atheists and agnostics.

 

Hassells Church History is only second to the King James Bible in Primitive Baptist circles... Brother Glen

 

*Friends for Three Hundred Years*, by Howard Brinton, a Quaker history.

*Outline of Christian Theology*, by William Newton Clarke.

*The Christian Religion in Its Doctrinal Expression*, by E.Y. Mullins.

*The Kingdom of Christ*, by F.D. Maurice (Anglican profesor and priest).

 

Off the top of my head, these are some taht have influenced me. Im sure there are others and I'll add them as I think of them.

In no particular order, they are:

Spiritually:

1)"The Kingdom of God is a Party" - Tony Campolo

2) "Who Switched the Price Tags" - Tony Campolo

3) "Too Christian/Too Pagan" - Dick Staub

4) "The Prodigal Hugging Church" - Tim Wright

5) "Nearer My God to Thee" - William F. Buckley

and many books by Schaeffer, Merton, Steve Brown and others.

Politically:

1) "Bobby Sands' Diary" - Bobby Sands

2) "Prison Writings of Bobby Sands, M.P." - Bobby Sands

3) several books by P.J. O'Rourke including, "All the Trouble in the World", "Eat the Rich", "Parliment of Whores", and "Republican Party Animal"

5) various books by Adam Smith, John Locke and others

 

Our Sufficiency In Christ - John MacArthur
Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Disciplines of a Godly Man - R. Kent Hughes
True Spirituality - Francis A. Schaeffer

Oops, that's more than one!

 

I guess I'd have to say (in no particular order)

1. I kissed Dating Goodbye-Joshua Harris

2. Passion and Purity-Elisabeth Elliot

3. On the Anvil-Max Lucado

4. Balcony People-Joyce Landorf Heathersly (I think that's her name, I forgot. I've lost my only copy It was a really great little book that reminded me of the kind of person I wanted to be.)

 

Can't believe I actually forgot (temporary insanity . . . no make that permanent } the very best other than the Holy Bible:

"The Knowledge Of The Holy" - A.W. Tozer

 

When I was a brand new Christian I read Dr Martin Lloyd Jones, Expostion of The Sermon on the Mount, which was great.

I read Pilgrim's Progress every year.

Institutes of The Christian Religion by Calvin changed my life.

 

A friend gave me Keller's "A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23" many years ago. That had an incredible effect on me regarding my relationship to the Lord. Another book by Keller also affected me in the necessity for disciplined obedience to Him: "Lessons from a Sheepdog." I highly recommend both.

Walter Martin's "Kingdom of the Cults" was an enormous help when I found myself living in a Mormon neighborhood.

Dave Hunt's "The Occult Invasion" and "An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith" both impacted me quite a bit.

A deaf friend and I completely translated into simple and sign-compatible (ASL) English the John MacArthur book, "The Gospel According to Jesus" which was MORE than worth the year we spent on it. Fantastic book!

Years ago I started on Hislop's "Two Babylons" and was amazed -- I have read it several times since then as well.

In science, which is my field, books of high impact were Morris' "The Biblical Basis for Modern Science," ReMine's "The Biotic Message," Bowden's "True Science Agrees with the Bible," and the recent one by Jonathan Wells, "Icons of Evolution."

And last, but most certainly not least, is a book I am contributing to the re-write of right now and which harmonizes science and the Bible as completely as I have ever seen done: Barry Setterfield's "Creation and Catastrophe".

After growing up in a non-Christian home and learning (and then teaching for awhile) evolution, I cannot tell you how grateful I am to the authors above for the work they have done in those books.

 

KeeperOfMyHome,

Firm Foundations, Creation to Christ is also the Book God used to influence me the most.

For those wondering, it is actually "Studying the Bible for Dummies." I say that as the chief of Dummies Instead of grab bagging pieces and portions of the Bible, as my Bible college days, this book helped me study the Bible as it was written, chronologically. It was a humbling experience to realize my past way of studying and preaching had unknowingly thrown a sovereign, holy, merciful, and gracious God out of His own Book, and replaced Him with stories and illustrations of heroes, that are just as big of a losers as myself. Great resource for anyone ready for a humility lesson.

 

The Left Behind series influenced my life the most. My mother sent me the first book knowing that I liked to read. I started reading these books because they had a good story. Suddenly, I felt myself asking questions about God and do I want to be left behind. Then I learned my Mom and her church (no my church) were praying for me. God opened and softened my heart through these books. Another book which did alot to answering my questions about God was "Reasons to Believe" by Frank Harbor. A former atheist who tried to disprove the bible and ending up coming to the Lord instead. For those that try to understand God before accepting his grace, this book shows you how God is proven in every day things from the universe itself to DNA.

Steven

 

The Pursuit of God, by A.W. Tozer
The Pleasures of God, by John Piper
The Gospel According to the Apostles, by John MacArthur
The Potter's Freedom, by James R. White
Reclaiming Authentic Fundamentalism, by Doug McGlachlan
The Grace Awakening, by Chuck Swindoll (While I would endorse it only with some reservations, it was quite thought-provoking.)

 

Hi. Just came to think of two books which were a great blessing to me as I read them.

Justification by Christ Alone, by Samuel Richardson.
Life Brought to light, by W E Best.

Harald

 

I would have to say "World Aflame" by Billy Graham.

 

The complete green letters - stanford &
The calvary road - Hession
Attributes of God - Tozer

Searcher.

 

Why the KJV, of course. Not the only book I have read, but definately the most influential.