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==== Christian Hedonism  ====
==== Christian Hedonism  ====
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*Desiring God (Piper)  
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*''Desiring God (''Piper'')''
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*When I Don’t Desire God (Piper)  
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*''When I Don’t Desire God (''Piper'')''
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*Pleasures Evermore (Storms)
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*''Pleasures Evermore ''(Storms)
==== The Life of the Mind  ====
==== The Life of the Mind  ====
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*Love Your God with All Your Mind (Moreland)  
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*''Love Your God with All Your Mind (''Moreland'')''
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*No Place for Truth (Wells)  
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*''No Place for Truth (''Wells'')''
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*Habits of the Mind (Sire)  
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*''Habits of the Mind (''Sire'')''
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*Fit Bodies, Fat Minds (Guiness)
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*''Fit Bodies, Fat Minds ''(Guiness)
==== Christian Worldview  ====
==== Christian Worldview  ====
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*Lectures on Calvinism (Kuyper)  
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*''Lectures on Calvinism (''Kuyper'')''
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*God's Renaisance Man: Abraham Kuyper (McGoldrick)  
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*''God's Renaisance Man: Abraham Kuyper (''McGoldrick'')''
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*The Universe Next Door (Sire)  
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*''The Universe Next Door (''Sire'')''
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*Turning Point Christian Worldview Series (Crossway Books; Olasky, gen. ed.)
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*''Turning Point Christian Worldview Series ''(Crossway Books; Olasky, gen. ed.)
==== General Theology  ====
==== General Theology  ====
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*Now That's a Good Question (Sproul)  
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*''Now That's a Good Question (''Sproul'')''
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*God's Passion for His Glory (Piper; includes the complete text of Edwards' The End for Which God Created the World)  
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*''God's Passion for His Glory (''Piper; includes the complete text of Edwards' The End for Which God Created the World'')''
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*The Instructed Christian (Lyford)  
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*''The Instructed Christian (''Lyford'')''
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*The Arraignment of Error (Bolton)  
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*''The Arraignment of Error (''Bolton'')''
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*Body of Divinity (Watson)
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*''Body of Divinity ''(Watson)
==== Historical Theology  ====
==== Historical Theology  ====
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*Historical Theology (Cunningham)  
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*''Historical Theology (''Cunningham'')''
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*The Reformers and the Theology of the Reformation (Cunningham)  
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*''The Reformers and the Theology of the Reformation (''Cunningham'')''
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*The Theology of the Reformers (George)
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*''The Theology of the Reformers ''(George)
==== Systematic Theology  ====
==== Systematic Theology  ====
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*Systematic Theology (Grudem)  
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*''Systematic Theology (''Grudem'')''
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*A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith (Reymond)  
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*''A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith (''Reymond'')''
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*Systematic Theology (Berkhof)
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*''Systematic Theology ''(Berkhof)
==== The Attributes of God  ====
==== The Attributes of God  ====
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*The Doctrine of God (Bavinck)  
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*''The Doctrine of God (''Bavinck'')''
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*Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (Carson)  
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*''Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God (''Carson'')''
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*The Existence and Attributes of God (Charnock)  
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*''The Existence and Attributes of God (''Charnock'')''
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*God the Father Almighty (Erickson)  
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*''God the Father Almighty (''Erickson'')''
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*Knowing God (Packer)  
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*''Knowing God (''Packer'')''
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*The Holiness of God (Sproul)  
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*''The Holiness of God (''Sproul'')''
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*The Pleasures of God (Piper)  
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*''The Pleasures of God (''Piper'')''
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*The Doctrine of God (Frame)  
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*''The Doctrine of God (''Frame'')''
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*The Attributes of God (Pink)
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*''The Attributes of God ''(''Pink'')
==== The Trinity  ====
==== The Trinity  ====
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*On the Trinity (Augustine)  
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*''On the Trinity (''Augustine'')''
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*The Forgotten Trinity (White)  
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*''The Forgotten Trinity (''White'')''
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*The Trinity (Bickerseth)
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*''The Trinity ''(Bickerseth)
==== The Person of Christ  ====
==== The Person of Christ  ====
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*The Person of Christ (MacLeod)  
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*''The Person of Christ (''MacLeod'')''
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*The Glory of Christ (Owen)  
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*''The Glory of Christ (''Owen'')''
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*Through the Looking Glass (Lundgaard)
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*''Through the Looking Glass ''(Lundgaard)
==== Providence and Predestination  ====
==== Providence and Predestination  ====
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*The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination (Boettner)  
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*''The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination (''Boettner'')''
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*The Five Points of Calvinism (Dabney)  
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*''The Five Points of Calvinism (''Dabney'')''
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*The Sovereignty of God (Pink)  
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*''The Sovereignty of God (''Pink'')''
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*Still Sovereign (Schreiner)  
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*''Still Sovereign (''Schreiner'')''
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*Potter's Freedom (White)  
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*''Potter's Freedom (''White'')''
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*Chosen by God (Sproul)
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*''Chosen by God ''(Sproul)
==== Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility  ====
==== Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility  ====
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*Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God (Packer)  
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*''Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God ''(Packer)  
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*The Freedom of the Will (Edwards)
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*''The Freedom of the Will ''(Edwards)
==== Open Theism  ====
==== Open Theism  ====
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*God's Lesser Glory (Ware)  
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*''God's Lesser Glory'' (Ware)  
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*Bound Only Once (Wilson)  
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*''Bound Only Once'' (Wilson)  
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*No Other God (Frame)  
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*''No Other God'' (Frame)  
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*Beyond the Bounds (Piper, Helseth, Taylor)
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*''Beyond the Bounds'' (Piper, Helseth, Taylor)
==== Doctrine of Scripture  ====
==== Doctrine of Scripture  ====
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*Inerrancy (Geisler)  
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*I''nerrancy ''(Geisler)  
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*Disputations on Holy Scripture (Whitaker)  
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*''Disputations on Holy Scripture ''(Whitaker)  
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*Thy Word is Truth (Young)  
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*''Thy Word is Truth'' (Young)  
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*The Sufficiency of Scripture (Weeks)
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*''The Sufficiency of Scripture'' (Weeks)
==== Doctrine of Humanity & Sin  ====
==== Doctrine of Humanity & Sin  ====
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*Human Nature in its Fourfold State (Boston)  
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*''Human Nature in its Fourfold State'' (Boston)  
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*Body and Soul (Moreland)  
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*''Body and Soul ''(Moreland)  
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*The Bondage of the Will (Luther)
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*''The Bondage of the Will ''(Luther)
==== Law & Gospel  ====
==== Law & Gospel  ====
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*Treatise on Law and Gospel (Colquhoun)  
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*''Treatise on Law and Gospel (''Colquhoun'')''
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*The Law & Its Fulfillment (Schreiner)  
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*''The Law & Its Fulfillment (''Schreiner'')''
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*Paul & the Law (Thielman)  
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*''Paul & the Law (''Thielman'')''
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*Understanding Dispensationalists (Poythress)  
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*''Understanding Dispensationalists (''Poythress'')''
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*Economy of the Divine Covenants (Witsius)  
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*''Economy of the Divine Covenants (''Witsius'')''
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*New Covenant Theology (Wells & Zaspel)
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*''New Covenant Theology ''(Wells & Zaspel)
==== Doctrine of Salvation  ====
==== Doctrine of Salvation  ====
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*The Doctrine of Justification (Buchanan)  
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*''The Doctrine of Justification (''Buchanan'')''
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*Justification by Faith Alone (Edwards)  
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*''Justification by Faith Alone (''Edwards'')''
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*Putting Amazing Back into Grace (Horton)  
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*''Putting Amazing Back into Grace (''Horton'')''
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*Redemption: Accomplished and Applied (Murray)  
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*''Redemption: Accomplished and Applied (''Murray'')''
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*The Death of Death in the Death of Christ (Owen)  
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*''The Death of Death in the Death of Christ (''Owen'')''
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*Saved by Grace (Hoekema)
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*''Saved by Grace'' (Hoekema)
==== Doctrine of Sanctification  ====
==== Doctrine of Sanctification  ====
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*Keep in Step with the Spirit (Packer)  
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*''Keep in Step with the Spirit (''Packer'')''
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*Future Grace (Piper)  
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*''Future Grace (''Piper'')''
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*Five Views on Sanctification (Dieter)
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*''Five Views on Sanctification (''Dieter'')''
==== Spiritual Warfare  ====
==== Spiritual Warfare  ====
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*Power Encounters: Reclaiming Spiritual Warfare (Powlison)  
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*''Power Encounters: Reclaiming Spiritual Warfare (''Powlison'')''
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*Winning the War Within (Adams)
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*''Winning the War Within (''Adams'')''
==== Miraculous Gifts  ====
==== Miraculous Gifts  ====
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*Showing the Spirit (Carson)  
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*''Showing the Spirit (''Carson'')''
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*Satisfied by the Promise of the Spirit (Edgar)  
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*''Satisfied by the Promise of the Spirit (''Edgar'')''
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*Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? (Grudem)  
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*''Are Miraculous Gifts for Today? (''Grudem'')''
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*Pentecost Today? (Murray)
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*''Pentecost Today? (''Murray'')''
==== Doctrine of the Church  ====
==== Doctrine of the Church  ====
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*Worship in Spirit and Truth (Frame)  
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*''Worship in Spirit and Truth (''Frame'')''
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*Glorious Body of Christ (Kuiper)  
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*''Glorious Body of Christ (''Kuiper'')''
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*Biblical Eldership (Strauch)  
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*''Biblical Eldership (''Strauch'')''
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*The Reformed Pastor (Baxter)  
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*''The Reformed Pastor (''Baxter'')''
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*Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (Dever)
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*''Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (''Dever'')''
==== Preaching  ====
==== Preaching  ====
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*The Supremacy of God in Preaching (Piper)  
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*''The Supremacy of God in Preaching (''Piper'')''
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*Preaching & Preachers (Lloyd-Jones)  
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*''Preaching & Preachers (''Lloyd''-''Jones'')''
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*Lectures to My Students (Spurgeon)  
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*''Lectures to My Students (''Spurgeon'')''
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*Christ-Centered Preaching (Chapel)
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*''Christ-Centered Preaching (''Chapel'')''
==== Preaching and Hermeneutics  ====
==== Preaching and Hermeneutics  ====
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*Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text (Greidanus)  
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*''Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text (''Greidanus'')''
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*Preaching Christ from the Old Testament (Greidanus)  
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*''Preaching Christ from the Old Testament (''Greidanus'')''
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*Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture (Goldsworthy)
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*''Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture (''Goldsworthy'')''
==== Doctrine of Last Things  ====
==== Doctrine of Last Things  ====
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*Basic Guide to Eschatology (Erickson)  
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*''Basic Guide to Eschatology (''Erickson'')''
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*Crucial Questions about Hell (Fernando)  
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*''Crucial Questions about Hell (''Fernando'')''
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*The Bible and the Future (Hoekema)  
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*''The Bible and the Future (''Hoekema'')''
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*The Blessed Hope (Ladd)
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*''The Blessed Hope (''Ladd'')''
==== Apologetics  ====
==== Apologetics  ====
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*New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (Bruce)  
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*''New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? (''Bruce'')''
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*Apologetics to the Glory of God (Frame)  
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*''Apologetics to the Glory of God (''Frame'')''
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*Mere Christianity (Lewis)  
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*''Mere Christianity (''Lewis'')''
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*Christianity and Liberalism (Machen)  
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*''Christianity and Liberalism (''Machen'')''
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*Beyond Death: Exploring the Evidence for Immortality (Moreland)  
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*''Beyond Death: Exploring the Evidence for Immortality (''Moreland'')''
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*Reasonable Faith (Craig)  
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*''Reasonable Faith (''Craig'')''
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*Faith & Reason (Nash)  
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*''Faith & Reason (''Nash'')''
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*Francis Schaeffer Trilogy (Schaeffer)  
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*''Francis Schaeffer Trilogy (''Schaeffer'')''
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*Every Thought Captive (Pratt)  
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*''Every Thought Captive (''Pratt'')''
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*Persuasions (Wilson)  
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*''Persuasions (''Wilson'')''
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*Can Man Live Without God? (Zacharias)
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*''Can Man Live Without God? (''Zacharias'')''
==== World Religions  ====
==== World Religions  ====
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*Answering Islam (Geisler)  
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*''Answering Islam (''Geisler'')''
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*Roman Catholics & Evangelicals (Geisler)  
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*''Roman Catholics & Evangelicals (''Geisler'')''
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*Compact Guide to World Religions (Halverson)  
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*''Compact Guide to World Religions (''Halverson'')''
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*Pocket Dictionary of New Religious Movements (Hexham)  
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*''Pocket Dictionary of New Religious Movements (''Hexham'')''
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*Neighboring Faiths (Corduan)  
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*''Neighboring Faiths (''Corduan'')''
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*Reasoning from the Scriptures with Jehovah's Witnesses (Rhodes)
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*''Reasoning from the Scriptures with Jehovah's Witnesses (''Rhodes'')''
==== Postmodernism  ====
==== Postmodernism  ====
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*Gagging of God (Carson)  
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*''Gagging of God (''Carson'')''
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*Postmodern Times (Veith)  
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*''Postmodern Times (''Veith'')''
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*Truth Decay (Groothuis)  
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*''Truth Decay (''Groothuis'')''
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*The Vanishing Word (Hunt)  
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*''The Vanishing Word (''Hunt'')''
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*Reclaiming The Center (Erickson, Helseth, and Taylor)
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*''Reclaiming The Center (''Erickson, Helseth, and Taylor)
==== Science  ====
==== Science  ====
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*Darwin's Black Box (Behe)  
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*''Darwin's Black Box (''Behe'')''
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*Intelligent Design (Dembski)  
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*''Intelligent Design (''Dembski'')''
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*The Soul of Science (Percy)  
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*''The Soul of Science (''Percy'')''
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*Darwin on Trial (Johnson)  
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*''Darwin on Trial (''Johnson'')''
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*Life is a Miracle (Berry)  
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*''Life is a Miracle (''Berry'')''
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*A History of Nearly Everything (Bryson)  
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*''A History of Nearly Everything (''Bryson'')''
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*Redeeming Science (Poythress)
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*''Redeeming Science (''Poythress'')''
==== Philosophy  ====
==== Philosophy  ====
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*Introduction to Philosophy (Geisler)  
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*''Introduction to Philosophy (''Geisler'')''
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*Life's Ultimate Questions (Nash)  
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*''Life's Ultimate Questions (''Nash'')''
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*The Consequences of Ideas (Sproul)  
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*''The Consequences of Ideas (''Sproul'')''
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*Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People (Meek)  
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*''Longing to Know: The Philosophy of Knowledge for Ordinary People (''Meek'')''
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*Socratic Logic: A Logic Text Using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions, and Aristotelian Principles (Kreeft)  
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*''Socratic Logic: A Logic Text Using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions, and Aristotelian Principles (''Kreeft'')''
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*The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God (Frame)
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*''The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God (''Frame'')''
==== Politics  ====
==== Politics  ====
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*The Federalist Papers (Hamilton)  
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*''The Federalist Papers (''Hamilton'')''
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*Democracy in America (Tocqueville)  
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*''Democracy in America (''Tocqueville'')''
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*God's Name in Vain (Carter)  
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*''God's Name in Vain (''Carter'')''
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*Beyond Good Intentions (Bandow)  
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*''Beyond Good Intentions (''Bandow'')''
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*Practical Christianity (Wilberforce)
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*''Practical Christianity (''Wilberforce'')''
==== Economics  ====
==== Economics  ====
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*Capitalism and Freedom (Friedman)  
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*''Capitalism and Freedom (''Friedman'')''
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*Wealth and Poverty: Why Socialism Doesn't Work (Nash)  
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*''Wealth and Poverty: Why Socialism Doesn't Work (''Nash'')''
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*Wealth of Nations (Smith)  
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*''Wealth of Nations (''Smith'')''
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*Applied Economics (Sowell)  
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*''Applied Economics (''Sowell'')''
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*Basic Economics (Sowell)  
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*''Basic Economics (''Sowell'')''
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*The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (Novak)  
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*''The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (''Novak'')''
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*Economics in One Lesson (Hazlitt)
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*''Economics in One Lesson (''Hazlitt'')''
==== Business Ethics  ====
==== Business Ethics  ====
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*Beyond Integrity (Rae)  
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*''Beyond Integrity (''Rae'')''
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*Business for the Glory of God (Grudem)
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*''Business for the Glory of God (''Grudem'')''
==== Ethics  ====
==== Ethics  ====
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*Ethics for a Brave New World (Feinberg)  
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*''Ethics for a Brave New World (''Feinberg'')''
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*Christian Ethics (Geisler)  
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*''Christian Ethics (''Geisler'')''
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*Principles of Conduct (Murray)  
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*''Principles of Conduct (''Murray'')''
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*When is it Right to Fight? (Morey)
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*''When is it Right to Fight? (''Morey'')''
==== Abortion  ====
==== Abortion  ====
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*Polictically Correct Death (Beckwith)  
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*''Polictically Correct Death (''Beckwith'')''
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*Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments (Alcorn)
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*''Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments (''Alcorn'')''
==== Homosexuality  ====
==== Homosexuality  ====
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*Homsexuality (DeYoung)  
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*''Homsexuality (''DeYoung'')''
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*Straight and Narrow (Schmidt)
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*''Straight and Narrow (''Schmidt'')''
==== Feminism  ====
==== Feminism  ====
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*Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Piper)  
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*''Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (''Piper'')''
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*Equality in Christ (Hove)  
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*''Equality in Christ (''Hove'')''
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*Men and Women: Equal Yet Different (Strauch)  
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*''Men and Women: Equal Yet Different (''Strauch'')''
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*Feminism and Evangelical Truth (Grudem)
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*''Feminism and Evangelical Truth (Grudem)''
==== Racial Harmony  ====
==== Racial Harmony  ====
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*Divided by Faith (Emerson)  
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*''Divided by Faith (''Emerson'')''
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*Mighty Long Journey (George)  
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*''Mighty Long Journey (''George'')''
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*Winning the Race to Unity (Shuler)
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*''Winning the Race to Unity (''Shuler'')''
==== Technology  ====
==== Technology  ====
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*Technopoly (Postman)  
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*''Technopoly (''Postman'')''
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*Technics and Civilization (Mumford)
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*''Technics and Civilization (''Mumford'')''
==== Work & Leisure  ====
==== Work & Leisure  ====
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*Redeeming the Time (Ryken)  
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*''Redeeming the Time (''Ryken'')''
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*God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life (Veith)  
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*''God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life (''Veith'')''
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*The Call (Guiness)  
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*''The Call (''Guiness'')''
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*Getting Things Done (Allen)  
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*''Getting Things Done (''Allen'')''
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*Business to the Glory of God (Grudem)
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*''Business to the Glory of God (''Grudem'')''
==== Arts  ====
==== Arts  ====
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*State of the Arts (Veith)  
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*''State of the Arts (''Veith'')''
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*Reviewing the Movies (Fraser)  
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*''Reviewing the Movies (''Fraser'')''
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*Art and the Bible (Schaeffer)  
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*''Art and the Bible (''Schaeffer'')''
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*The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly About the Arts (Ryken)  
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*''The Liberated Imagination: Thinking Christianly About the Arts (''Ryken'')''
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*The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (Ryken)
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*''The Christian Imagination: The Practice of Faith in Literature and Writing (''Ryken'')''
==== Literature  ====
==== Literature  ====
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*Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Dillard)  
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*''Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (''Dillard'')''
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*The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky)  
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*''The Brothers Karamazov (''Dostoyevsky'')''
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*Crime and Punishment (Dostoyevsky)  
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*''Crime and Punishment (''Dostoyevsky'')''
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*Robinson Crusoe (Defoe)  
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*''Robinson Crusoe (''Defoe'')''
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*Till We Have Faces (Lewis)  
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*''Till We Have Faces (''Lewis'')''
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*The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)  
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*''The Lord of the Rings (''Tolkien'')''
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*Book of the Dun Cow (Wangerin)  
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*''Book of the Dun Cow (''Wangerin'')''
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*Jane Eyre (Bronte)  
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*''Jane Eyre (''Bronte'')''
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*East of Eden (Steinbeck)
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*''East of Eden (''Steinbeck'')''
==== On Literature  ====
==== On Literature  ====
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*Great Books of the Christian Tradition (Glaspey)  
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*''Great Books of the Christian Tradition (''Glaspey'')''
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*Invitation to the Classics (Cowan)  
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*''Invitation to the Classics (''Cowan'')''
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*Reading Between the Lines (Veith)
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*''Reading Between the Lines (''Veith'')''
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*Realms of Gold: The Classics in Christian Perspective (Ryken)
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*''Realms of Gold: The Classics in Christian Perspective (''Ryken'')''
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==== Christian Classics ====
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==== Christian Classics ====
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*Confessions (Augustine)
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*''Confessions (''Augustine'')''
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*City of God (Augustine)
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*''City of God (''Augustine'')''
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*Pilgrim's Progress (Bunyan)
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*''Pilgrim's Progress (''Bunyan'')''
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*Institutes of the Christian Religion (Calvin)
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*''Institutes of the Christian Religion (''Calvin'')''
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*The Weight of Glory (Lewis)
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*''The Weight of Glory (''Lewis'')''
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==== Reading ====
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==== Reading ====
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*How to Read a Book (Adler)
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*''How to Read a Book (''Adler'')''
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*How to Read Slowly (Sire)
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*''How to Read Slowly (''Sire'')''
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*Validity in Interpretation (Hirsch)
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*''Validity in Interpretation (''Hirsch'')''
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==== Education ====
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==== Education ====
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*Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning (Wilson)
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*''Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning (''Wilson'')''
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*Repairing the Ruins (Wilson)
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*''Repairing the Ruins (''Wilson'')''
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*Paideia of God (Wilson)
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*''Paideia of God (''Wilson'')''
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*The Well-Trained Mind (Bauer)
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*''The Well-Trained Mind (''Bauer'')''
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*The Well-Educated Mind (Bauer)
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*''The Well-Educated Mind (''Bauer'')''
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*The Schools We Need and Why We Don't Have Them (Hirsch)
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*''The Schools We Need and Why We Don't Have Them (''Hirsch'')''
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*The New Lifetime Reading Plan (Fadiman)
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*''The New Lifetime Reading Plan (''Fadiman'')''
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*Teaching the Trivium (Bluedorn)
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*''Teaching the Trivium (''Bluedorn'')''
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==== Culture ====
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==== Culture ====
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*Roaring Lambs (Briner)
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*''Roaring Lambs (''Briner'')''
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*All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes (Myers)
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*''All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes (''Myers'')''
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*Where in the World is the Church (Horton)
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*''Where in the World is the Church (''Horton'')''
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*How Should We Then Live (Schaeffer)
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*''How Should We Then Live (''Schaeffer'')''
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*Cultural Literacy (Hirsch)
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*''Cultural Literacy (''Hirsch'')''
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*Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Hirsch)
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*''Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (''Hirsch'')''
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*Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Postman)
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*''Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (''Postman'')''
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*The Art of the Commonplace (Berry)
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*''The Art of the Commonplace (''Berry'')''
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*The Image (Boorstin)
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*''The Image (''Boorstin'')''
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==== Spiritual Growth ====
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==== Spiritual Growth ====
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*Righteous Sinners (Julian)
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*''Righteous Sinners (''Julian'')''
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*The Enemy Within: Straight Talk About the Power and Defeat of Sin (Lundgaard)
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*''The Enemy Within: Straight Talk About the Power and Defeat of Sin (''Lundgaard'')''
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*Sin and Temptation (Owen; volume 6 of his Works)
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*''Sin and Temptation (''Owen; volume 6 of his Works'')''
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*Holiness (Ryle)
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*''Holiness (''Ryle'')''
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*The Spiritual Quest (Whitlock)
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*''The Spiritual Quest (''Whitlock'')''
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*Way of Life (Hodge)
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*''Way of Life (''Hodge'')''
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*The Christian in Complete Armor (Gurnall)
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*''The Christian in Complete Armor (''Gurnall'')''
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*The Sermon on the Mount (Lloyd-Jones)
+
*''The Sermon on the Mount (''Lloyd''-''Jones'')''
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*War Psalms of the Prince of Peace (Adams)
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*''War Psalms of the Prince of Peace (''Adams'')''
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==== Communion with God ====
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==== Communion with God ====
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*Communion with God (Owen; volume 2 of his Works)
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*''Communion with God (''Owen; volume 2 of his Works)  
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*The Life of God in the Soul of Man (Scougal)
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*''The Life of God in the Soul of Man (''Scougal'')''
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*Joy of Fearing God (Bridges)
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*''Joy of Fearing God (''Bridges'')''
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*Experiencing God's Forgiveness (Ensor; forward by John Piper)
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*''Experiencing God's Forgiveness (''Ensor; forward by John Piper)  
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*Fear of God (Bunyan)
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*''Fear of God (''Bunyan'')''
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==== God's Guidance ====
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==== God's Guidance ====
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*Step by Step (Petty)
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*''Step by Step (''Petty'')''
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*Decision Making and the Will of God (Friesen)
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*''Decision Making and the Will of God (''Friesen'')''
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==== Devotionals ====
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==== Devotionals ====
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*Godward Life [Books I and II] (Piper)
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*''Godward Life [Books I and II] (''Piper'')''
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*For The Love of God [Volumes I and II] (Carson)
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*''For The Love of God [Volumes I and II] (''Carson'')''
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*Morning & Evening (Spurgeon)
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*''Morning & Evening (''Spurgeon'')''
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*Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions (Bennet)
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*''Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions (''Bennet'')''
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==== Prayer & Fasting ====
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==== Prayer & Fasting ====
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*Pray With Your Eyes Open (Pratt)
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*''Pray With Your Eyes Open (''Pratt'')''
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*Hunger for God (Piper)
+
*''Hunger for God (''Piper'')''
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*Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers (Carson)
+
*''Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers (''Carson'')''
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*Theology of Prayer (Palmer)
+
*''Theology of Prayer (''Palmer'')''
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*A Method for Prayer (Henry)
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*''A Method for Prayer (''Henry'')''
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==== Women's Spirituality ====
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==== Women's Spirituality ====
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*Personal Touch (Crabb)
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*''Personal Touch (''Crabb'')''
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*Women Helping Women (Fitzpatrick)
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*''Women Helping Women (''Fitzpatrick'')''
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*By Design (Hunt)
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*''By Design (''Hunt'')''
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*True Woman (Hunt)
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*''True Woman (''Hunt'')''
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*Female Piety (James)
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*''Female Piety (''James'')''
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*Fearlessly Feminine (Ortlund)
+
*''Fearlessly Feminine (''Ortlund'')''
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*Becoming A Titus 2 Woman (Peace)
+
*''Becoming A Titus 2 Woman (''Peace'')''
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*Praise Her in the Gates (Wilson)
+
*''Praise Her in the Gates (''Wilson'')''
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==== Men's Spirituality ====
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==== Men's Spirituality ====
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*A Godly Man's Picture (Watson)
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*''A Godly Man's Picture (''Watson'')''
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*Disciplines of a Godly Man (Hughes)
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*''Disciplines of a Godly Man (''Hughes'')''
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*Fidelity (Wilson)
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*''Fidelity (''Wilson'')''
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==== Marriage ====
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==== Marriage ====
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*Mystery of Marriage (Mason)
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*''Mystery of Marriage (''Mason'')''
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*Each for the Other (Chapel)
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*''Each for the Other (''Chapel'')''
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*The Excellent Wife (Peace)
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*''The Excellent Wife (''Peace'')''
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*The Complete Husband (Priolo)
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*''The Complete Husband (''Priolo'')''
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*Love Life for Every Married Couple (Wheat)
+
*''Love Life for Every Married Couple (''Wheat'')''
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*Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God (Mahaney)
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*''Sex, Romance, and the Glory of God (''Mahaney'')''
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*Reforming Marriage (Wilson)
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*''Reforming Marriage (''Wilson'')''
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==== Parenting & Family ====
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==== Parenting & Family ====
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*The Family: God's Weapon for Victory (Andrews)
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*''The Family: God's Weapon for Victory (''Andrews'')''
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*Your Home: A Place of Grace (Hunt)
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*''Your Home: A Place of Grace (''Hunt'')''
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*Training Hearts, Teaching Minds (Meade)
+
*''Training Hearts, Teaching Minds (''Meade'')''
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*For the Family's Sake (MacAulay)
+
*''For the Family's Sake (''MacAulay'')''
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*Age of Opportunity (Tripp)
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*''Age of Opportunity (''Tripp'')''
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*Shepherding a Child's Heart (Tripp)
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*''Shepherding a Child's Heart (''Tripp'')''
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*The Fruit of Her Hands (Wilson)
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*''The Fruit of Her Hands (''Wilson'')''
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==== Young People ====
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==== Young People ====
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*Passion and Purity (Eliott)
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*''Passion and Purity (''Eliott'')''
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*Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery)
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*''Anne of Green Gables (''Montgomery'')''
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*Anne Henry and the Birth of Liberty (Olasky)
+
*''Anne Henry and the Birth of Liberty (''Olasky'')''
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*Thoughts for Young Men (Ryle)
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*''Thoughts for Young Men (''Ryle'')''
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*Choosing My Religion (Sproul)
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*''Choosing My Religion (''Sproul'')''
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==== Children ====
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==== Children ====
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*Big Book of Questions and Answers (Ferguson)
+
*''Big Book of Questions and Answers (''Ferguson'')''
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*Big Truths for Little Kids (Hunt)
+
*''Big Truths for Little Kids (''Hunt'')''
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*My ABC Bible Verses (Hunt)
+
*''My ABC Bible Verses (''Hunt'')''
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*International Children's Bible Dictionary (Waller)
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*''International Children's Bible Dictionary (''Waller'')''
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*Someone Awesome (Libby)
+
*''Someone Awesome (''Libby'')''
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*Hero Tales, Volumes 1-4 (Jackson)
+
*''Hero Tales, Volumes 1-4 (''Jackson'')''
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*God Made Them All (Carlson)
+
*''God Made Them All (''Carlson'')''
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*Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children (Russell)
+
*''Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children (''Russell'')''
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*Three Beloved Classics (White)
+
*''Three Beloved Classics (''White'')''
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*Chronicles of Narnia (Lewis)
+
*''Chronicles of Narnia (''Lewis'')''
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*Leading Little Ones to God (Schooland)
+
*''Leading Little Ones to God (''Schooland'')''
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==== Counseling ====
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==== Counseling ====
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*Competent to Counsel (Adams)
+
*''Competent to Counsel (''Adams'')''
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*Ready to Restore (Adams)
+
*''Ready to Restore (''Adams'')''
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*Christian Counselor's Manual (Adams)
+
*''Christian Counselor's Manual (''Adams'')''
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*A Theology of Christian Counseling (Adams)
+
*''A Theology of Christian Counseling (''Adams'')''
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*Love to Eat, Hate to Eat (Fitzpatrick)
+
*''Love to Eat, Hate to Eat (''Fitzpatrick'')''
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*Genius of Puritanism (Lewis)
+
*''Genius of Puritanism (''Lewis'')''
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*Spiritual Depression (Lloyd-Jones)
+
*''Spiritual Depression (''Lloyd-Jones'')''
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*Biblical Counseling (MacArthur)
+
*''Biblical Counseling (''MacArthur'')''
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*Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul (Symonds)
+
*''Case and Cure of a Deserted Soul (''Symonds'')''
-
*A Christian Directory (Baxter)
+
*''A Christian Directory (''Baxter'')''
-
==== Suffering ====
+
==== Suffering ====
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*When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty (Tada)
+
*''When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty (''Tada'')''
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*Why Does it Have to Hurt? The Meaning of Christian Suffering (McCartney)
+
*''Why Does it Have to Hurt? The Meaning of Christian Suffering (''McCartney'')''
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*How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil (Carson)
+
*''How Long, O Lord? Reflections on Suffering and Evil (''Carson'')''
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==== Missions & Evangelism ====
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==== Missions & Evangelism ====
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*Let the Nations Be Glad! (Piper)
+
*''Let the Nations Be Glad! (''Piper'')''
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*The Church is Bigger Than You Think (Johnstone)
+
*''The Church is Bigger Than You Think (''Johnstone'')''
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*From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya : A Biographical History of Christian Missions (Tucker)
+
*''From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya : A Biographical History of Christian Missions (''Tucker'')''
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*Autobiography of John Paton (Paton)
+
*''Autobiography of John Paton (''Paton'')''
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*A Vision for Missions (Wells)
+
*''A Vision for Missions (''Wells'')''
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*Through Gates of Splendor (Eliot)
+
*''Through Gates of Splendor (''Eliot'')''
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*Tell the Truth (Metzger)
+
*''Tell the Truth (''Metzger'')''
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*Bruchko (Olson)
+
*''Bruchko (''Olson'')''
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*A History of Christian Missions (Neil)
+
*''A History of Christian Missions (''Neil'')''
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==== History ====
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==== History ====
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*The 100 Most Important Events in Christian History (Curtis, et al)
+
*''The 100 Most Important Events in Christian History (''Curtis, et al'')''
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*Turning Points : Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity (Noll)
+
*''Turning Points : Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity (''Noll'')''
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*A History of Christianity (Latourette)
+
*''A History of Christianity (''Latourette'')''
-
*Sketches from Church History (Houghton)
+
*''Sketches from Church History (''Houghton'')''
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*Hitler's Cross (Lutzer)
+
*''Hitler's Cross (''Lutzer'')''
-
*Evangelicalism Divided (Murray)
+
*''Evangelicalism Divided (''Murray'')''
-
*Timetables of History (Grun)
+
*''Timetables of History (''Grun'')''
-
*Annals of the World (Ussher)
+
*''Annals of the World (''Ussher'')''
-
*The Reformers and Their Stepchildren (Verduin)
+
*''The Reformers and Their Stepchildren (''Verduin'')''
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==== Biography ====
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==== Biography ====
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*Legacy of Sovereign Joy:…Augustine, Luther, and Calvin (Piper)
+
*''Legacy of Sovereign Joy:…Augustine, Luther, and Calvin (''Piper'')''
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*Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography (Murray)
+
*''Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography (''Murray'')''
-
*Jonathan Edwards (Marsden)
+
*''Jonathan Edwards (''Marsden'')''
-
*Wesley and Men Who Followed (Murray)
+
*''Wesley and Men Who Followed (''Murray'')''
-
*Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Bainton)
+
*''Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (''Bainton'')''
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*The Forgotten Spurgeon (Murray)
+
*''The Forgotten Spurgeon (''Murray'')''
-
*George Whitefield (Dallimore)
+
*''George Whitefield (''Dallimore'')''
-
*Foxe's Book of Martyrs (Foxe)
+
*''Foxe's Book of Martyrs (''Foxe'')''
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==== The Puritans ====
+
==== The Puritans ====
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*Worldly Saints: The Puritans as They Reallly Were (Ryken)
+
*''Worldly Saints: The Puritans as They Reallly Were (''Ryken'')''
-
*A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life (Packer)
+
*''A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life (Packer)''
-
*The Puritans (Lloyd-Jones)
+
*''The Puritans (''Lloyd-Jones'')''
-
==== Theological Dictionaries ====
+
==== Theological Dictionaries ====
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*New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (Carson)
+
*''New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (''Carson'')''
-
*Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (Elwell)
+
*''Evangelical Dictionary of Theology (''Elwell'')''
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==== Biblical Reference ====
+
==== Biblical Reference ====
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*The Essential IVP Reference Collection (CD Rom)
+
*''The Essential IVP Reference Collection (''CD Rom'')''
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*Bible Works (Windows)
+
*''<u>Bible Works </u>(''Windows'')''
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*Accordance (Mac)
+
*''<u>Accordance</u> (''Mac'')''
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*Holman Bible Atlas (Brisco)
+
*''Holman Bible Atlas (''Brisco'')''
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*New Bible Dictionary (Packer, ed.)
+
*''New Bible Dictionary (''Packer, ed''.)''
-
*Introduction to the New Testament (Carson)
+
*''Introduction to the New Testament (''Carson'')''
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*Introduction to the Old Testament (Longman)
+
*''Introduction to the Old Testament (''Longman'')''
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==== Biblical Background ====
+
==== Biblical Background ====
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*Backgrounds of Early Christianity (Ferguson)
+
*''Backgrounds of Early Christianity (''Ferguson'')''
-
*IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (Keener)
+
*''IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (''Keener'')''
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*IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament (Walton)
+
*''IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament (''Walton'')''
-
*Dictionary of NT Background (Evans)
+
*''Dictionary of NT Background (''Evans'')''
-
*Understanding the Land of the Bible (Robertson)
+
*''Understanding the Land of the Bible (''Robertson'')''
-
==== Biblical Interpretation ====
+
==== Biblical Interpretation ====
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*Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Blomberg)
+
*''Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (''Blomberg'')''
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*Exegetical Fallacies (Carson)
+
*''Exegetical Fallacies (''Carson'')''
-
*Basic Guide to Interpreting the Bible (Stein)
+
*''Basic Guide to Interpreting the Bible (''Stein'')''
-
*How to Read the Psalms (Longman)
+
*''How to Read the Psalms (''Longman'')''
-
*Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind (Longman)
+
*''Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind (''Longman'')''
-
*He Gave us Stories (Pratt)
+
*''He Gave us Stories (''Pratt'')''
-
*Interpreting the Pauline Epistles (Schreiner)
+
*''Interpreting the Pauline Epistles ''(Schreiner)  
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*The Hermeneutical Spiral (Osborn)
+
*''The Hermeneutical Spiral (''Osborn'')''
-
*Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation (Silva)
+
*''Foundations of Contemporary Interpretation (''Silva'')''
-
*Interpreting the Prophetic Word (VanGemeren)
+
*''Interpreting the Prophetic Word (''VanGemeren'')''
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*Is There a Meaning in This Text? (Vanhoozer)
+
*''Is There a Meaning in This Text? (''Vanhoozer'')''
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==== Biblical Studies ====
+
==== Biblical Studies ====
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*Historical Reliability of the Gospels (Blomberg)
+
*''Historical Reliability of the Gospels (''Blomberg'')''
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*Toward an Old Testament Theology (Kaiser)
+
*''Toward an Old Testament Theology (''Kaiser'')''
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*Paul &amp; His Letters (Polhil)
+
*''Paul &amp; His Letters (''Polhil'')''
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*The Progress of Redemption (VanGemeren)
+
*''The Progress of Redemption'' (VanGemeren)
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==== Sets ====
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==== Sets ====
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*Practical Works of Richard Baxter (4 volumes)
+
*''Practical Works of Richard Baxter (''4 volumes)  
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*Works of Benjamin B. Warfield (10 volumes)
+
*''Works of Benjamin B. Warfield (''10 volumes)  
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*Works of John Newton (6 volumes)
+
*''Works of John Newton ''(6 volumes'')''
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*The Works of Jonathan Edwards (2 volumes)
+
*''The Works of Jonathan Edwards ''(2 volumes)  
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*The Collected Writings of John Murray (4 volumes)
+
*''The Collected Writings of John Murray ''(4 volumes'')''
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*The Works of John Owen (16 volumes)
+
*''The Works of John Owen ''(16 volumes'')''
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*Sermons of Charles Spurgeon (5 volumes)
+
*''Sermons of Charles Spurgeon (''5 volumes'')''
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*The Collected Shorter Writings of J.I. Packer (4 volumes)
+
*''The Collected Shorter Writings of J.I. Packer ''(4 volumes)  
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*God, Revelation, and Authority (6 volumes) (Carl F.H. Henry) <br><br>
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*''God, Revelation, and Authority'' (6 volumes) (Carl F.H. Henry) <br><br>

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