by Laurence A. Justice, Pastor
Since the close of the twentieth century many have taken in hand to set in order their lists of the top ten or the top twenty or the top one hundred of all kinds of things from books to songs to men to women to athletes. It seems good to me having been blessed of God to have lived well over half of the twentieth century and having been privileged to read a good number of the important Christian books written during this period to list the twenty five books that I perceive to have been the most influential ones written during this time. It is my strong desire that this listing will encourage those who see it to read these and other good Christian books for themselves and to receive spiritual profit from them.
I would appreciate your comments, suggestions, additions, agreements or disagreements concerning this list. Please email me at justicela@juno.com.
| Title | Author | Year |
| The Sovereignty Of God | Arthur W. Pink | 1930 |
| The Fundamentals | Edited by R.A. Torey & A.C. Dixon | 1915 |
| A History Of The Baptists | John T. Christian | 1922 |
| Christianity And Liberalism | J. Gresham Machen | 1931 |
| The Trail Of Blood | J.M. Carroll | 1931 |
| The Reformed Doctrine Of Predestination | Loraine Boettner | 1932 |
| Systematic Theology | Louis Berkhof | 1941 |
| Redemption Accomplished And Applied | John Murray | 1955 |
| The Defense Of The Faith | Cornelius Van Til | 1955 |
| The Anabaptist Story | William R. Estep | 1963 |
| The Grace Of Law | Ernest F. Kevan | 1963 |
| None Dare Call It Treason | John A. Stormer | 1964 |
| The Genesis Flood | John C. Whitcomb Jr. & Henry Morris | 1964 |
| The Forgotten Spurgeon | Ian Murray | 1966 |
| A Theological Interpretation Of American History | C. Gregg Singer | 1969 |
| Why I Preach That The Bible Is Literally True | W.A. Criswell | 1969 |
| Today’s Gospel Authentic Or Synthetic | Walter J Chantry | 1970 |
| Signs Of The Apostles | Walter J. Chantry | 1973 |
| How Should We Then Live? | Francis Schaeffer | 1976 |
| Are Baptists Calvinists? | Kenneth H. Good | 1975 |
| By His Grace And For His Glory | Thomas J. Nettles | 1986 |
| Are Baptists Reformed? | Kenneth H. Good | 1986 |
| Wrongly Dividing The Word Of Truth | John H. Gerstner | 1991 |
| Power Religion | Michael Scott Horton | 1992 |
| Ashamed Of The Gospel | John F. MacArthur Jr. | 1993 |
