Bible Reading Plan
​2023

To know God, we must know His word!  Let's read the entire bible together this year again!

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Further Study

What a joy it is to participate in the personal study of the Word throughout the Christian life! We have compiled a list of suggested resources to assist you in your study. This is not a complete list, but a launching pad of useful resources in exploring various areas and topics applicable to understand God more fully.

​General Bible Study & Theology

The God Who is There—D. A. Carson

Scripture and the Authority of God—N. T. Wright​

A Little Exercise for Young Theologians—Helmut Thielicke

To Know and Love God: Method for Theology—David K. Clark​

Exegetical Fallacies—D. A. Carson

Old Testament

From Whom No Secrets are Hid: Introduction to the Psalms—Walter Bruggeman

The Golden Alphabet—C. H. Spurgeon

Introduction to Old Testament Theology: A Canonical Approach—John Sailhamer ​

The Faith of Israel: A Theological Survey of the Old Testament—William Dumbrell ​

The Bible and the Future—Anthony A. Hoekema ​

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New Testament

Reading the Gospels Wisely—Jonathan Pennington

Paul the Ancient Letter Writer—Jeffery Weima

Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was—Gerhard Lohfink

Justification—N. T. Wright

New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ—Thomas R. Schreiner

Theology

The Institutes of the Christian Religion—John Calvin ​

The Mortification of Sin—John Owen​

He Who Gives Life: A Theology of the Holy Spirit—Graham A. Cole

No One Like Him: The Doctrine of God—John S. Feinberg

Reformed Dogmatics--Herman Bavinck​

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Church History

The Story of Christianity—Justo Gonzales

Ancient Christian Worship—Andrew McGowen

Christian History in Plain Language—Bruce Shelly

On the Incarnation—Athanasius ​

​Early Christian Writings—Andrew Louth

Christian Life

The Cost of Discipleship—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

You are What you Love—James K. A. Smith

Confessions—St. Augustine of Hippo

Religious Affections—Jonathan Edwards

​The Meaning of Marriage--Tim Keller

Marriage Made in Eden--Alice P. Matthews

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Ethics and Morality

Ethics—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Moral Vision of the New Testament—Richard Hays

Resurrection and Moral Order: An Outline for Evangelical Ethics—Oliver O’Donovan

Mere Christianity—C. S. Lewis

Basic Christian Ethics—Paul Ramsey