“I believe [The Pursuit of Holiness] is a modern classic. Few books have had the influence on me that this one has.”
— Charles Colson, Founder, Prison Fellowship Ministries

“For the believer seriously considering the lordship of Christ in his life, Respectable Sins is must reading!”
— Joni Eareckson Tada, Founder and CEO, Joni and Friends International Disability Center

“The price Jerry Bridges has had to pay in the pursuit of holiness has not been small. His pain has been our gain.”
— John Piper, Pastor for Preaching, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota

“[The Pursuit of Holiness] is surely one of the most important books produced in the past fifty years.”
— John MacArthur, Pastor-Teacher, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California

“[Growing Your Faith is] solid. Practical. Needed. Shows readers why and how to come under the influence of God’s Word. I’m so thankful we have another book by this man of God.”
— Kay Arthur, Cofounder, Precept Ministries International

“Biblical, informed, accessible, and rooted in Jerry’s own deep experience as a disciple of Jesus and as a teacher. If you are seeking the way forward in Christlikeness, or wish to show that way to others, Growing Your Faith is a book you can count on for substantial help.”
— Dallas Willard, Professor, School of Philosophy, University of Southern California

“Jerry Bridges continues to be a leading communicator of the truths of God’s Word to believers — young and mature. In his clear, concise writing style, he makes spiritual truth easily accessible to everyone.”
— Steve Douglass, President, Campus Crusade for Christ

“Jerry Bridges charts the path for the development of a dynamic faith that produces rock-solid, dynamic lives.”
— Joseph Stowell, President, Cornerstone University

“[Transforming Grace is] practical, biblical, and powerful — a refreshing release from guilt and legalism.”
— Jerry White, Former President, The Navigators

“Sanity, realism, authenticity, and personal integrity are the hallmarks of Jerry Bridges’s writing.”
— Sinclair Ferguson, Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina

“Few modern writers are able to make biblical truth more understandable than Jerry Bridges.”
— C. J. Mahaney, President, Sovereign Grace Ministries

1) Gorgias, by Plato

2) Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle

3) Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius

4) The Confessions, by Augustine

5) Reflections on the Revolution in France, by Edmund Burke

6) The Republic, by Plato

7) The City of God, by Augustine

The Summa Theologiae, by Thomas Aquinas

What classic texts would you add to his list?

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1) The Apology, Crito, and Phaedo, by Plato

2) The account of the death of Christ in the Gospel of John (chapters 13-21)

3) On Duties, by Cicero (especially Part III which was written just before he was executed)

4) The Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius

5) Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt

What texts would you add to his list?

1) St. Thomas Aquinas, by Ralph McInerny

2) Guide to St. Thomas Aquinas, by Josef Pieper

3) Friar Thomas D’Aquino, by James Weisheipl

4) St. Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox, by G.K. Chesterton

5) The Thought of Thomas Aquinas, by Brian Davies

What do you think of his recommendations?

1) The Wodehouse Clergy (P.G. Wodehouse)

2) My Life and Hard Times (James Thurber)

3) The Pocket Book of Ogden Nash (Ogden Nash)

• Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God by Bob Kauflin
• Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship by David Peterson
• Recalling the Hope of Glory: Biblical Worship from the Garden to the New Creation by Allen Ross
• Give Praise to God: A Vision for Reforming Worship by Phil Ryken, Derek Thomas, and Ligon Duncan (eds.)
• Worship: The Regulative Principle and the Biblical Practice of Accommodation by Ernest Reisinger and Matt Allen
• The Art of Worship: A Musician’s Guide to Leading Modern Worship by Greg Scheer
• Unceasing Worship: Biblical Perspectives on Worship and the Arts by Harold Best
• Gospel Worship by Jeremiah Burroughs
• We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry by G.K. Beal
• Worship by the Book by D.A. Carson
• Exploring the Worship Spectrum by Paul Engle and Paul Basden (eds.)

• Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 vol.) by John Calvin
• Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem
• Abstract of Systematic Theology by James P. Boyce
• Manual of Theology by John L. Dagg
• Christian Theology by Millard Erickson
• Integrative Theology: Three Volumes in One by Bruce Demarest
• Systematic Theology (3 vol.) by Charles Hodge
• Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof
• A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith by Robert Reymond
• The Marrow of Theology by William Ames11.  
• A Body of Divinity by Thomas Watson
• Systematic Theology by Robert Duncan Culver

• The Holy War by John Bunyan
• The Christian Warfare by Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Vol. 7 in Ephesians set)
• The Christian Soldier by Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Vol. 8 in Ephesians set)
• Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices, by Thomas Brooks
• The Christian in Complete Armour (3 vol.) by William Gurnall
• The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
• A Treatise on Satan’s Temptations by Richard Gilpin 
• Power Encounters: Reclaiming Spiritual Warfare by David Powlison
• How to Meet the Enemy: Arming Yourself for Spiritual Warfare by John MacArthur
• Satan Cast Out: A Study in Biblical Demonology by Frederick Leahy

• Preaching & Preachers by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon
• Between Two Worlds: The Challenge of Preaching Today by John Stott
• On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons by John Broadus
• Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon by Bryan Chapell
• Rediscovering Expository Preaching: Balancing the Science and Art of Biblical Exposition by John MacArthur, Jr.
• The Art of Prophesying by Wiliam Perkins
• The Supremacy of God in Preaching by John Piper
• Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture by Graeme Goldsworthy
• Doctrine That Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life by Robert Smith Jr.
• Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for Preaching by Don Kistler (ed.)
• Preach the Word: Essays on Expository Preaching in Honor of R. Kent Hughes by Leland Ryken and Todd Wilson (eds.)

• Let the Nations Be Glad! The Supremacy of God in Missions by John Piper
• The Mission of God by Christopher J.H. Wright
• Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader by Ralph Winter and Steven Hawthorne (eds.)
• Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Theology of Mission by Andreas Kostenberger and Peter O’Brien
• A Vision for Missions by Tom Wells
• Paradigms in Conflict: 10 Key Questions in Christian Missions Today by David Hesselgrave
• The Church Is Bigger Than You Think: The Unfinished Work of World Evangelisation by Patrick Johnstone
• Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible by Arthur Glasser
• Mission on the Way: Issues in Mission Theology by Charles Van Engem
• The Open Secret: An Introdution to the Theology of Mission by Lesslie Newbigin