C.J.'s 10 Most Influential Books

C.J. Mahaney's ten most influential books:

1. Knowing God by J.I. Packer

2. The Holiness of God by R.C. Sproul

3. The Cross of Christ by John Stott

4. The Cross and Christian Ministry by D. A. Carson (must reading for every pastor)

5. John Owen on the Christian Life by Sinclair B. Ferguson and Temptation and Sin (Volume 6) by John Owen

6. The Forgotten Spurgeon by Iain Murray (must reading for every pastor)

7. The Journal of Biblical Counseling edited by David Powlison (must reading for every pastor)

8. Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands by Paul Tripp (must reading for every pastor)

9. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem (must reading for every pastor)

10. The Days Are Just Packed: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection by Bill Watterson (must reading for every pastor)

And the list could just go on and on although I would agree with the wise counsel of Richard Baxter:

“It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make one wise, but the well-reading of a few, could they be sure to be the best.”

(Source: Reformation 21 Blog)