Ryken on the Top Books

Philp Ryken is the Senior Minister of the historic Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Here are his lists:

Some of the books on the CT list certainly qualify as most influential.

• Patrick Johnstone, Operation World
• Rick Warren, The Purpose-Driven Life
• C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
• Hal Lindsey, The Late Great Planet Earth
• James Dobson, Dare to Discipline
• Henry Morris, The Genesis Flood
• John Stott, Basic Christianity
• Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline
• J. I. Packer, Knowing God
• Ken Taylor, The Living Bible

The following could be added as well:

• Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness
• Francis Schaeffer, A Christian Manifesto

Those that should have been most influential include:

• John Stott, Basic Christianity
• Jerry Bridges, The Pursuit of Holiness
• J. I. Packer, Knowing God
• Patrick Johnstone, Operation World
• John Piper, Desiring God
• Francis Schaeffer, The God Who Is There
• J. I. Packer, Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God
• David Wells, No Place for Truth
• The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
• Will Metzger, Tell the Truth
• R. C. Sproul, Chosen by God
• Leon Morris, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross