The books are listed on the day they are discussed. Twenty hours of preparation are required for each week. The goals in this selection have been one author per week, the value of the second read, and historical importance.
Fall
September 6 – Labor Day Picnic – Charles E. Hummel, Tyranny of the Urgent (booklet) and Psalm 119
September 13 – Michael Reeves, Delighting in the Trinity
September 20 – Gregory of Nazianzus, On God and Christ [trans. Frederick Williams and Lionel Wickham]
September 27 – Augustine, Confessions [trans. Henry Chadwick]
October 4 – Steven Baldner, Thomas Aquinas
October 11 – Martin Luther, The 95 Theses and The Freedom of a Christian [trans. Mark D. Tranvik]
Fall Break
October 25 – Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will [trans. J. I. Packer and O. R. Johnston]
November 1 – Francis Schaeffer, Escape from Reason and C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man
November 8 – John Piper, God’s Passion for His Glory [Edwards, The End for Which God Created the World]
November 15 – John Owen, The Holy Spirit as a Comforter (pdf) [or in vol. 4 of The Works of John Owen] Abridged version (ed. George Burder): Appendix in The Holy Spirit.
Thanksgiving Break
Winter
November 29 – G. Campbell Morgan, The Crises of the Christ
December 6 – Athanasius, On the Incarnation [trans. John Behr] [or Greek/English edition] and J. I. Packer, “What Did the Cross Achieve?” (pdf)
December 13 – Anselm, Why God Became Man [in The Major Works, eds. Brian Davies and G. R. Evans] Online: Cur Deus Homo, Book I and Cur Deus Homo, Book II
Christmas Break
January 3 – A. B. Bruce, The Training of the Twelve
January 10 – T. H. L. Parker, Portrait of Calvin (pdf) and Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured for Christ
January 17 – John Calvin & Jacopo Sadoleto, A Reformation Debate [ed. John C. Olin]
January 24 – J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism
January 31 – Flexible Week – Snow Week
February 7 – Henry Scougal, The Life of God in the Soul of Man and The Pilgrim’s Progress (Part I)
February 14 – Jonathan Edwards, A Faithful Narrative (TBD) with Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and George Whitefield, “The Method of Grace” (pdf)
February 21 – John Wesley, A Plain Account of Christian Perfection with “Free Grace” (pdf) and George Whitefield, “A Letter to the Rev Mr John Wesley” (pdf)
Spring
February 28 – Sinclair Ferguson, The Whole Christ (foreword by Tim Keller)
March 7 – C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
Spring Break
March 21 – Richard Lovelace, Dynamics of Spiritual Life
March 28 – A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God and David McIntyre, The Hidden Life of Prayer
April 4 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together [or a better version in vol. 5 of Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works]
April 11 – Francis Schaeffer, True Spirituality
Easter Break
April 25 – Alexander Strauch, Leading with Love
May 2 – William Still, The Work of the Pastor and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Evangelistic Sermons
May 9 – J. C. Ryle, Holiness (first edition) and Andrew David Naselli & J. D. Crowley, Conscience
May 16 – Jay E. Adams, A Theology of Christian Counseling
May 23 – Don Richardson, Peace Child
Award: C. H. Spurgeon, The Greatest Fight in the World
Summer Preaching
Gary Millar & Phil Campbell, Saving Eutychus
Timothy Keller, Center Church – recommended for discussion with your pastor