Let’s say you’re starting from the very beginning. No training AT ALL! You are a blank theological slate with callouses on your fingers from the TV remote. Here are a few good books that will begin the process of reforming your heart and mind for God.
A Call to Spiritual Reformation by D. A. Carson
This book will teach you how to pray.
The Gospel for Real Life by Jerry Bridges
This book will bring the theory of the atonement into, well, real life.
Jonathan Edwards: On Revival
A compilation of two important (and short) works by Edwards, reporting and reflecting on the revival in his church in 1733.
The Cross and Christian Ministry by D. A. Carson
Learning how to serve the church.
Tell the Truth: The Whole Gospel to the Whole Person by Whole Peopleby Will Metzger
Basic principles for sharing our faith.
Pierced for Our Transgressionsby Jeffery & Ovey
Learning the basics of the doctrines related to salvation.
Desiring God by John Piper
Allowing theology to sink from the mind to the heart.
Spiritual Depression by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Finding real, lasting joy in a world that would have us looking in all the wrong places.
Knowing God by J.I. Packer
If we do not know what the Bible says about God, then we will assume all the wrong things and worship an imaginary god who cannot save us. Packer introduces us to the real thing.
The Courage to be Protestant by David Wells
Helping us rediscover what the church is supposed to be.
