JeffR
Puritan Board Freshman
There will be for me 2 kinds of reading, 1st - the kind that i read everyday, and 2nd that which will be read regularly, not necessarily everyday, but not forgetting them and putting them on the back burner, unless they prove to be not the right time to read them.
Here then as it stands, are the 1st kinds of reading material, which i will share on Puritan Board, as a gesture of personal ratification of what specifically these materials are for me, so that others here who share a deep love of this kind of material may know and hold me to it. This list may be added to after i share it, but i must abide by this rule:
The daily readings, the readings i must read from each and every single wake period must not be too much, it must be manageable, reasonable, and allowing a measure of depth for each of them.
Foundational for all Christians is God’s Word, by using helps, of needing helps shows not something to boast of, but of a personal weakness, needing as much help as i can get, through this it is a joy to use as many helps as i can, but i would often overdo it, and i had a flippant, or superficial use of the material at my disposal. There must be a strong, habitual, consistent, and faithful use of the material i am blessed with. From these resources below, and whichever is deemed necessary to cautiously add, are a preliminary stage i must go through before proceeding to succeeding stages. In each and every stage God’s Word will always be foundational and of prime importance.
Top 3 Study Bibles
The Reformed tradition is the more narrow branch of Christianity that i fully subscribe to, hence as those who know these editions know, are listed here in ranked manner from “most” Reformed to “broadly” Reformed. This is according to my understanding, and the first 2 are sort of equal, and will be as said by another member here are best used together.
1 - The Reformation Study Bible ESV
2 - The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible
3 - The ESV Study Bible
Puritans
With the Puritans i also mean the Dutch Further Reformation divines, of all uninspired sources, these men reached the highest in Christian Literature.
1 - John Owen - 55 in 1 – to read this, over 600 hours of reading before i dive into Crossway’s volumes, which i hope to read in a particular order that would be impossible as of how they are currently released.
– Christologia
2 - Wilhelmus a Brakel - The Christian’s Reasonable Service – i choose this as the preliminary Dutch resource to go through.
John Calvin – not much i can say about him that hasn’t been said, suffice it to say, he’s pretty important to go through, some might say master, but to master something, even if personally possible, i’d rather not think it possible until i’m more mature in the faith and am less privy to pride.
1 - Institutes of the Christian Religion – 9%
Confessional Standards – in these volumes there are the whole works pertaining to them, the Three Forms volume includes the ecumenical creeds, and the WS has all the parts besides the Confession and Catechisms.
1 - Westminster Standards
2 - The Three Forms of Unity
It wasn't necessary here to say what exactly i want to be reading, but for me personally it is, and my method, which is still i guess evolving should be a personal matter, as it wouldn't be beneficial to others normally, but let me just tack on here why it must be so for me:
1. Through years of binge purchases, each purpose was meant to be fully used at a later period, it is now the time for all the Reformed literature, i have no idea how the rest of what i got will fit in, maybe the classics will come in handy, as a form of light/entertainment reading, the focus however is Reformed and Patristic, and to a lesser extent everything pertaining to Christianity. When certain topics and issues press their way into my awareness as important, perhaps secular books on those issues already gotten will be used.
2. There has to be an expansive selection that is daily focused on, many would say just read one at a time, or 2, but no more than that, and i would at times be tempted for the 2 no more approach, we'll see. Or I'll see, you all will see the fruits.
Here then as it stands, are the 1st kinds of reading material, which i will share on Puritan Board, as a gesture of personal ratification of what specifically these materials are for me, so that others here who share a deep love of this kind of material may know and hold me to it. This list may be added to after i share it, but i must abide by this rule:
The daily readings, the readings i must read from each and every single wake period must not be too much, it must be manageable, reasonable, and allowing a measure of depth for each of them.
Foundational for all Christians is God’s Word, by using helps, of needing helps shows not something to boast of, but of a personal weakness, needing as much help as i can get, through this it is a joy to use as many helps as i can, but i would often overdo it, and i had a flippant, or superficial use of the material at my disposal. There must be a strong, habitual, consistent, and faithful use of the material i am blessed with. From these resources below, and whichever is deemed necessary to cautiously add, are a preliminary stage i must go through before proceeding to succeeding stages. In each and every stage God’s Word will always be foundational and of prime importance.
Top 3 Study Bibles
The Reformed tradition is the more narrow branch of Christianity that i fully subscribe to, hence as those who know these editions know, are listed here in ranked manner from “most” Reformed to “broadly” Reformed. This is according to my understanding, and the first 2 are sort of equal, and will be as said by another member here are best used together.
1 - The Reformation Study Bible ESV
2 - The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible
3 - The ESV Study Bible
Puritans
With the Puritans i also mean the Dutch Further Reformation divines, of all uninspired sources, these men reached the highest in Christian Literature.
1 - John Owen - 55 in 1 – to read this, over 600 hours of reading before i dive into Crossway’s volumes, which i hope to read in a particular order that would be impossible as of how they are currently released.
– Christologia
2 - Wilhelmus a Brakel - The Christian’s Reasonable Service – i choose this as the preliminary Dutch resource to go through.
John Calvin – not much i can say about him that hasn’t been said, suffice it to say, he’s pretty important to go through, some might say master, but to master something, even if personally possible, i’d rather not think it possible until i’m more mature in the faith and am less privy to pride.
1 - Institutes of the Christian Religion – 9%
Confessional Standards – in these volumes there are the whole works pertaining to them, the Three Forms volume includes the ecumenical creeds, and the WS has all the parts besides the Confession and Catechisms.
1 - Westminster Standards
2 - The Three Forms of Unity
It wasn't necessary here to say what exactly i want to be reading, but for me personally it is, and my method, which is still i guess evolving should be a personal matter, as it wouldn't be beneficial to others normally, but let me just tack on here why it must be so for me:
1. Through years of binge purchases, each purpose was meant to be fully used at a later period, it is now the time for all the Reformed literature, i have no idea how the rest of what i got will fit in, maybe the classics will come in handy, as a form of light/entertainment reading, the focus however is Reformed and Patristic, and to a lesser extent everything pertaining to Christianity. When certain topics and issues press their way into my awareness as important, perhaps secular books on those issues already gotten will be used.
2. There has to be an expansive selection that is daily focused on, many would say just read one at a time, or 2, but no more than that, and i would at times be tempted for the 2 no more approach, we'll see. Or I'll see, you all will see the fruits.
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