2010 ClearNote Pastors College Reading List

Heart Religion

The Doctrine of JustificationJames Buchanan
Vital Godliness: A Treatise On Experimental and Practical PietyWilliam S. Plumer
The Gospel Mystery of SanctificationWalter Marshall (the original, not the updated version by Bruce McRae)
Words to Winners of SoulsHoratius Bonar
Jonathan Edwards: A New BiographyIain Murray
The Religious AffectionsJonathan Edwards
Overcoming Sin and TemptationJohn Owen (Crossway Books—edited by Kelly Kapic and Justin Taylor; PDF download here)

Systematic Theology

Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Volumes, John Calvin (translated by Ford Lewis Battles, edited by John T. McNeill)
A Summary of Christian Doctrine, Louis Berkhof
The Church of Christ, James Bannerman

Hermeneutics and Exegesis

Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics, Graeme Goldsworthy
Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian ScriptureGraeme Goldsworthy
Protestant Biblical Interpretation, Bernard Ramm
Preaching Christ from the Old Testament, Sidney Greidanus
Basic Greek and Exegesis, Richard Ramsay
Interpreting the Pauline Epistles, Thomas Schreiner

Biblical Shepherding Curriculum

The Reformed Pastor, Richard Baxter
Visit the Sick, Brian Croft
Comfort Those Who Grieve, Paul Tautges
Lectures to My Students, C.H. Spurgeon
The Supremacy of God in Preaching, John Piper
The Old Evangelicalism, Iain Murray
Father Hunger Among a Lost Generation: The Pastor’s Opportunity”, Tim Bayly (PDF download)
Preaching As Though We Had Enemies”, Stanley Hauerwas
Preaching and Preachers, Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Handbook of Church Discipline, Jay Adams
Undefiled: Redemption from Sexual Sin, Restoration for Broken Relationships, Harry Schaumburg
Robert’s Rules of Order
The Marriage Ceremony: A Cornerstone in Building Godly Families”, Tim Bayly (PDF download)
Westminster Book of Order, Funerals (handout)
Westminster Book of Order, The Lord’s Supper (handout)
Tell the Truth, Will Metzger
Total Church, Tim Chester & Steve Timmis
Seeing with New Eyes, David Powlison

Church History

2000 Years of Christ’s Power, Volumes 1-3, Nicholas Needham (volume 1, volume 2, volume 3)
Persecution in the Early Church, Herbert B. Workman
The English Puritans, John Brown
Revival and Revivalism, Iain Murray
Evangelicalism Divided, Iain Murray