As RC Sproul has said, “The issue for Christians is not whether we are going to be theologians, but whether we are going to be good theologians or bad ones.”
These books are trustworthy resources to help you become a better theologian.
1) Systematic Theology
- Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth, MacArthur
- Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Christian Belief, John Frame
- Systematic Theology, Louis Berkhof
- Systematic Theology, Second Edition: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine – Wayne Grudem
2) Creeds, Confessions, and Catechisms – Edited by Chad Van Dixhoorn
3) Theological Dictionary – Greg R Allison
4) Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin
5) What Is Reformed Theology? Understanding the Basics – RC Sproul
6) Knowledge of the Holy – A.W. Tozer
7) Holiness of God – RC Sproul
8) Redemption Accomplished and Applied – John Murray
9) A New Exposition of the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689
10) Baptist Catechism – Benjamin Keach
11) A Body of Divinity – Thomas Watson
12) Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms
See more book recommendations at ReasonableTheology.org/Bookshelf
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