Καὶ ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ηὔξανεν

“And the word of God increased…”  (Acts 6:7)

10 Books Every Christian Should Have

1. Wilmington’s Guide to The Bible –    Harold Wilmington
2. Talk Thru The Bible – Bruce Wilkerson and Kenneth Boa
3. Church History in Plain English – Bruce Shelly
4. Dictionary of New Testament Backgrounds – Craig Evans & Stanley E. Porter
5. Moody Bible Atlas – Barry Beitzel
6. Davis Bible Dictionary – John D. Davis
7. Practical Christian Theology – Floyd Barackman
8. A Concordance* 

   1. The Strongest NIV Exhaustive Concordance (Strongest Strong’s)

   2. The Strongest NASB Exhaustive Concordance (Strongest Strong’s)

   3. The Strongest Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible

   4. Cruden’s Complete Concordance to the Old and New Testaments

   5. Young’s Analytical Concordance to the Bible

9. Vines’ Expository Dictionary – William Vines
10. Unger’s Bible Handbook – Merrill Unger 

*(If you are strong, use Strong’s.  If you are young, use Young’s. If you  are crude, use Cruden’s)  

10 Books/Aids for The Greek Student

1.  A Greek-English Lexicon of The New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature – Frederick Danker
2. The Theological Dictionary of The New Testament (10 Vols.) – Gerhard Kittle and Gerhard Friedrich
3. BibleWorks (Software)
4. Greek Grammar Beyond The Basics – Daniel Wallace
5. Greek-English Lexicon of The New Testament: Based On Semantic Domains – Johannes Louw and Eugene Nida
6. KoineWorks Diagramming Tutor  (Software)
7. The Analytical  Greek Lexicon – Harold K. Moulton
8. The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key To The Greek New Testament – Cleon Rogers Jr
9. The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology – Colin Brown
10. The Greek New Testament  4th edition – United Bible Societies

Don’t be afraid! Much learning will not make thee mad!

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