In this issue of Theology for Life Magazine, we’ve been considering the subject of Sola Scriptura. We understand that we haven’t covered everything on this topic, but it is our prayer that, hopefully, readers of this issue will grow in their understanding of it so they can stand fast on the Word of God.

If you’ve found this issue helpful and would like to study this subject further, please check out the following reading list below. These books are at the top of their genre in both excellence and readability.

Doctrine of Scripture:

• The Word Matters by Dave Jenkins
• The Word Explored by Dave Jenkins
• Taking God at His Wordby Kevin DeYoung
• From the Mouth of God: Trusting, Reading, and Applying the Bible by Sinclair Ferguson
• Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible’s Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity by James White
• Scripture Alone by R.C. Sproul
• ‘Fundamentalism’ and the Word of Godby J.I. Packer
• God Has Spoken: Revelation and the Bibleby J.I. Packer
• Truth and Power: The Place of Scripture in the Christian Lifeby J.I. Packer
• Taking God at His Wordby Kevin DeYoung
• Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Booksby Michael Kruger
• The Erosion of Inerrancy in Evangelicalism: Responding to New Challenges to Biblical Authority by G.K. Beale
• The Doctrine of the Word of God by John Frame
• Inerrancy and Worldview: Answering Modern Challenges to the Bible by Vern Poythress
• Inerrancy and the Gospels: A God-Centered Approach to the Challenges of Harmonization by Vern Poythress
• The Inspiration and Authority of Scripture by B.B. Warfield
• Understanding Scripture: An Overview of the Bible’s Origin, Reliability, and Meaning by Drs. Wayne Grudem, C. John Collins, and Thomas Schreiner
• From the Mouth of God: Trusting, Reading, and Applying the Bible by Sinclair Ferguson
• The Divine Original: Authority, Self-Evidencing Light, and Power of the Scriptures (collected works) by John Owen
• Thy Word is Truth by E.J. Young
• Reformed Dogmatics: Prolegomena (Vol. 1) by Herman Bavinck
• Scripture Alone: Exploring the Bible’s Accuracy, Authority and Authenticity by James White
• Scripture Alone by R.C. Sproul
• God, Revelation, and Authority by Carl Henry

Discernment:

• The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment by Tim Challies
• Defining Deception by Costi Hinn and Anthony Wood

Guidance:

• Can I Know God’s Will? by R.C. Sproul
• God’s Will: Finding Guidance for Everyday Decisionsby J.I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom

Preaching:

• Preaching and Preachersby D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• Christ-Centered Preachingby Bryan Chapell
• How to Preach Biblicallyby John Macarthur and The Master’s Seminary Faculty

Good Study Bibles:

• English Standard Version (ESV) Study Bible
• Reformation Study Bible
• MacArthur Study Bible

I hope you’ll find these resources helpful as I have.

In Christ Alone,

Dave Jenkins

Executive Editor, Theology for Life Magazine