Note: Page in progress!
Here is a list of noteworthy Christian resources I would recommend and which greatly helped me on my journey back to sound doctrine. I'm also including some I haven't read yet, but are on my reading list - marked with *
This list is not exhaustive, as I haven't read everything under the sun! I'll be updating this page as I keep studying and reading. As time goes on, I also hope to write reviews on some of those resources. Please come back or subscribe to my mailing list if you'd to be in the loop!
For easy reads or topical reads
For testimonies
For New Age, Pentecostalism and the NAR
For more in-depth theological books
For classics
For Online Ministires / YouTube Channels
For classic reformed preachers and Puritans
The Holy Bible
Of course! It would take a whole life (or blog) to explain the different bibles versions and translations — from word-for-word (literal) to thought-for-thought (dynamic) translations.
Therefore, I would recommend, if you are new in the faith or struggling with English (or your own language) to use a thought-for-thought translation. As you grow and desire to study deeper, and look at the meaning of words, I would recommend a more literal (thought-for-thought) bible.
Also, it helps if you have a concordance or digital tool to help you look at the Hebrew and the Greek and the original meaning.
Personally, I read and study the Bible in French and English and I do use several versions and translations. I cannot be fully satisfied with one, not because they aren't good, but because this makes it all the richer!
Easy read of topical reads
Unlocking the Bible, David Pawson
This book takes you book by book throughout the Bible, and I’d recommend reading it alongside your Bible as a study tool, but not really on its own. It gives an overview and breakdown of each book of the Bible, helping you to understand context, background, culture etc for each book and passages of the Bible. This is really helpful if you are new (or returning to) the Bible. It includes charts and simple illustrations, is easy to read and doesn’t have heavy or complicated theological jargon.
The only downside, I would say, in some passages might be more of the author's personal suggestions or point of views. Also, David Pawson was Methodist, which is reflected in his view on salvation — the belief a Christian can lose his salvation, contrary to the Reformed belief which I hold that a Christian cannot lose his salvation. That's something to take into account. Personally, I read it before I came to the Reformed doctrine.
But nonetheless a good book to go by when you need to discover your Bible.
The Envy of Eve, Melissa Kruger
About covetousness, envy, and frustration and sin
Testimonies
The Heavenly Man, Brother Yun
A book that shook me!
The Hiding Place, Corrie TenBoom
New Age, Pentecostalism and the NAR
God, Greed, and the Prosperity Gospel, Costin Hinn
The Second Coming of the New Age, Bancarz and Peck
Strange Fire, John MacArthur
Truth or Territory, Jim Osman
Online Ministries / YouTube Channels
Gotquestions.org
Mike Winger
Justin Peters
Paul Washer
Grace to You (John MacArthur)
Wretched
Strange Fire
Spencer Smith
Long for Truth
Fight for Truth
Fighting for the Faith
The Messed up Church
AGTV - the American Gospel
Steven Lawson
Voddie Baucham
Ligonier
Didachè - Ludovic Rougé
Revealing Truth
Alisa Childers
Doreen Virtue
Digging Deeper
Desiring God
For the Gospel (Costi Hinn)
G3 ministries
Grace Bible Truth
Classic reformed preachers and Puritans
Calvin
Arthur Pink
Jonathan Edwards
Charles Spurgon
John Owen
John Bunyan