Pastor Peyton’s Recommended Resources

Please note – many of the resources in this list (as well as various written works from the authors listed below) are freely available to be checked out from Corner Stone’s growing church library in addition to being available online!

“The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”  -Proverbs 18:15

“When wisdom enters your heart, And knowledge is pleasant to your soul, Discretion will preserve you; Understanding will keep you,”  -Proverbs 2:10-11

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Study Bibles

   MacArthur Study Bible – John MacArthur

   Ryrie Study Bible – Charles Ryrie

   King James Study Bible

   Thompson Chain Reference Bible

   Henry Morris Study Bible – Henry Morris

   Defenders Study Bible – Henry Morris

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Concordances

   Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance

   Young’s Analytical Concordance

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Bible Dictionaries

   An Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words – W.E. Vines

   Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary

   The New Bible Dictionary – Edited by J.D. Douglas

   Unger’s Bible Dictionary

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Commentaries

   The MacArthur New Testament Commentaries

   The MacArthur Bible Commentary (Single Volume)

   Swindoll’s New Testament Insights

   The Bible Knowledge Commentaries

   Liberty Commentaries Old and New Testament

   Barnes Notes

   Matthew Henry Commentaries

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Theology Books

   Basic Theology – Charles Ryrie

   Lectures in Systematic Theology – Henry Thiesson

   Understanding Christian Theology – Charles Swindoll, Roy Zuck

   Theology for Today – Elmer Towns

   Major Bible Themes – Lewis Sperry Chafer, Revised by John Walvoord

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Bible Handbooks

   The MacArthur Bible Handbook – John MacArthur

   Halley’s Bible Handbook – Henry H. Halley

   Willmington’s Bible Handbook – Harold Willmington

   The Baker Illustrated Bible Handbook

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Atlases

   Baker’s Bible Atlas

   Zondervan Atlas of the Bible

   Holman Bible Atlas

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Apologetics

   The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics – Ed Hindson and Ergun Caner

   Christian Apologetics – Norman Geisler

   When Skeptics Ask – Norman Geisler and Ron Brooks

   The Battle for the Beginning – John MacArthur

   Skeptics Answered – D. James Kennedy

   The New Evidence that Demands a Verdict – Josh McDowell

   The Case for Christ – Lee Strobel

   The Historical Jesus – Gary Habermas

   Various Works by Ken Ham, Henry Morris

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Recommended Authors

Jay Adams
Henry Blackaby
E.M. Bounds
Jerry Bridges
Lewis Sperry Chafer
Oswald Chambers
W.A. Criswell
Gary Ezzo
Jerry Falwell
Norman Geisler
Oliver B. Greene
Gary Habermas
Ken Ham
Josh Harris
Kyle Idleman
H.A. Ironside
David Jeremiah
D. James Kennedy
Homer Kent
Tim LaHaye
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Herbert Lockyer
Erwin Lutzer
John MacArthur
John Maxwell
Josh McDowell
J. Vernon McGee
D.L. Moody
Andrew Murray
Dwight Pentecost
John Piper
David Platt
John R. Rice
Adrian Rogers
Charles Ryrie
J. Oswald Sanders
Charles Spurgeon
Charles Stanley
Joseph Stowell
Lehman Strauss
Charles Swindall
Elmer Towns
A.W. Tozer
Jerry Vines
John Walvoord
John Whitcomb Jr.
Donald Whitney
Warren Wiersbe
Harold Willmington
H. Norman Wright