It is well to remember that reading books about the Bible is a very different thing to searching the Word for oneself.
–Harry Ironside
Meet some of my DEAD OLD MEN friends
The following list includes a few favorite reads from some of my fully alive dead old men friends. The first list includes those born before 1900. A second list includes others born in the twentieth century, the younger dead old men as it were.
A Larger Christian Life A. B. Simpson
All Loves Excelling John Bunyan
Abide in Christ Andrew Murray
Absolute Surrender Andrew Murray
Dark Night of the Soul Saint John of the Cross
Except Ye Repent H.A. Ironside
Experiencing Union with God Through Inner Prayer Madam Jeanne Guyon
Humility & Absolute Surrender Andrew Murray
Let Go Fenelon
Prayer E.M. Bounds
The Acceptable Sacrifice John Bunyan
The Attributes of God A.W. Pink
The Blessed and Boundless God George Swinnock
The Christian in Complete Armour William Gurnall
The Complete Works of Oswald Chambers Oswald Chambers
The Doctrine of Repentance Thomas Watson
The Fading of the Flesh and the Flourishing of Faith George Swinnock
The Four-Fold Gospel A.B. Simpson
The Great Gain of Godliness Thomas Watson
The Imitation of Christ Thomas a’ Kempis
The Knowledge of the Holy A.W. Tozer
The Mortification of Sin John Owen
The Practice of the Presence of God Brother Lawrence
The Prayer Life Andrew Murray
The Pursuit of God A.W. Tozer
The Pursuit of Man A.W. Tozer
The Religious Affections Jonathan Edwards
The Royal Way of the Cross Fenelon
The Valley of Vision Arthur Bennett
True Vine Andrew Murray
With Christ in the School of Prayer Andrew Murray
Younger DEAD OLD MEN Born after 1900
Knowing God J.I. Packer
Meat for Men Leonard Ravenhill
Screwtape Letters C.S. Lewis
The Cost of Discipleship Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Great Divorce C.S. Lewis
The Indwelling Life of Christ Major W. Ian Thomas
The Mystery of Godliness Major W. Ian Thomas
The Secret of Christian Joy Vance Havner
If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better but because they contain precisely those truths of which our own age is neglectful.
– C.S. Lewis
But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness. Romans 6:17-18
