Core Theology Foundations

Michael Reeves. Authentic Ministry: Serving from the Heart. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2022. (~160 pp.)

Paul David Tripp. Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012. (~240 pp.)

John MacArthur and Richard Mayhue. Biblical Doctrine: A Systematic Summary of Bible Truth. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017. (~1,100 pp.)

Wayne Grudem. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2020. (~1,290 pp.)

Charles R. Swindoll and Roy B. Zuck, eds. Understanding Christian Theology. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2003. (~960 pp.)

J. Gresham Machen. Christianity and Liberalism. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1923. (~190 pp.)

Arthur F. Baylis. From Creation to the Cross: Understanding the First Half of the Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996. (~600 pp.)

Andreas J. Köstenberger, L. Scott Kellum, and Charles L. Quarles. The Cradle, the Cross, and the Crown: An Introduction to the New Testament. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2009. (~900 pp.)

John F. Walvoord and Roy B. Zuck, eds. The Bible Knowledge Commentary. 2 vols. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1983–1985. (~1,600 pp.)

Bibliology (Doctrine of Scripture)

Norman L. Geisler and William E. Nix. From God to Us: How We Got Our Bible. Rev. ed. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2012. (~400 pp.)

R. Laird Harris. Inspiration and Canonicity of the Bible: An Historical and Exegetical Study. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1969. (~300 pp.)

Cyril J. Barber. Jesus Christ: The Alpha and Omega of Bible Study. Neptune, NJ: Loizeaux Brothers, 1978. (~150 pp.)

Howard G. Hendricks and William D. Hendricks. Living by the Book. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2007. (~300 pp.)

Roy B. Zuck. Basic Bible Interpretation. Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 1991. (~300 pp.)

Theology Proper (Doctrine of God)

A. W. Tozer. The Knowledge of the Holy. New York: HarperCollins, 1961. (~120 pp.)

John C. Peckham. Divine Attributes: Knowing the Covenantal God of Scripture. Ada, MI: Baker Academic, 2021. (336 pp.)

Christology (Doctrine of Christ)

Mark Jones. A Christian's Pocket Guide to Jesus Christ: An Introduction to Christology. Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2013. (~120 pp.)

Bruce A. Ware. The Man Christ Jesus: Theological Reflections on the Humanity of Christ. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012. (~160 pp.)

Dane C. Ortlund. Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2020. (~220 pp.)

Pneumatology (Holy Spirit)

Jim Pettegrew. The New Covenant Ministry of the Holy Spirit. Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2001. (~200 pp.)

Anthropology & Hamartiology

Anthony A. Hoekema. Created in God's Image. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986. (~275 pp.)

Soteriology (Salvation)

Bruce Demarest. The Cross and Salvation: The Doctrine of Salvation. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 1997. (~550 pp.)

David Powlison. How Does Sanctification Work?. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017. (~200 pp.)

Dane C. Ortlund. Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2021. (~170 pp.)

Angelology (Angels & Demons)

Merrill F. Unger. Biblical Demonology: A Study of Spiritual Forces at Work Today. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1994. (~300 pp.)

(Note: Unger wrote several works in this area; Angels and Demons appears to be a shortened reference title.)

Ecclesiology (Church)

Gregg R. Allison. Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012. (~500 pp.)

Eschatology (Last Things)

Michael J. Vlach. Dispensationalism: Essential Beliefs and Common Myths. Los Angeles: Theological Studies Press, 2016. (~300 pp.)

Paul J. Tanner. Daniel. Evangelical Exegetical Commentary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020. (~500 pp.)

Robert L. Thomas. Revelation: An Exegetical Commentary. 2 vols. Chicago: Moody Press, 1992–1995. (~1,100 pp.)

Craig A. Blaising, Alan Hultberg, and Douglas J. Moo, eds. Three Views on the Rapture: Pre-, Mid-, or Post-Tribulational? Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2010. (~250 pp.)

Pastoral Theology

R. Kent Hughes. Disciplines of a Godly Man. Rev. ed. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2001. (~270 pp.) OR Donald S. Whitney. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Rev. ed. Colorado Springs: NavPress, 2014. (~350 pp.)

Wayne Grudem. Christian Ethics: An Introduction to Biblical Moral Reasoning. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018. (~1,200 pp.)

Brad Bigney. Gospel Treason: Betraying the Gospel with Hidden Idols. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2012. (~250 pp.)

R. Albert Mohler Jr. The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2020. (~150 pp.)

Robert W. Kellemen. Counseling Under the Cross: How Martin Luther Applied the Gospel to Daily Life. Greensboro, NC: New Growth Press, 2017. (~400 pp.)

Church History

Bruce L. Shelley. Church History in Plain Language. 5th ed. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2020. (~550 pp.)

Roger E. Olson. The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 1999. (~650 pp.)

Francis A. Schaeffer. How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2005. (~300 pp.)

Total approximate library size: ~17,900 pages.