tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28988815.post116019530950796042..comments2023-08-15T06:44:05.705-05:00Comments on Pure Church: Maybe I'm Not An EvangelicalFellowElderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590139703839397873noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28988815.post-1160243924514674722006-10-07T12:58:00.000-05:002006-10-07T12:58:00.000-05:00I too looked at the CT list and asked the same que...I too looked at the CT list and asked the same question. Two books on the list were formative in opening my eyes to the glorious majesty of God about 15-years ago -- Tozer's Knowledge of the Holy and Packer's Knowing God. I read Tozer first -- it was provided a "books-share" from a friend (and I had to buy my own copy) and piqued my desire to know more which lead me to Packer's work on the same topic.<BR/><BR/>These were followed in short order by the John Piper trilogy of The Pleasures of God, Desiring God and Future Grace. <BR/><BR/>Looking at the rest of my shelves I have works (not on the CT list) by John Calvin, Martin Luther, John Bunyan, Richard Baxter, Horatio Bonar, Johnathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, James Boice, R. C. Sproul, John MacArthur, Michael Horton, Donald Carson, among others -- along with some other works by Tozer, Piper and Packer -- none of which made the CT list.<BR/><BR/>There are some "live guys" on the shelf; but my one encouragement to young pastors and lay leaders would be to read some of the "old dead guys" that have written works that have trancended the period of time in which they were written and are now a gift to the church of what was their future...and of the "live guys" try to pick ones that will be likewise beneficial to the church long after they join the "old dead guys" club.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com