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Comment by joshuakoehler

3 days ago

As a reader of a lot of 17th, 18th, and 19th century Christian books, this was my thought exactly.

What kind of Christian books do you read?Jonathan Edwards, John Bunyan, J.C. Ryle, C.H. Spurgeon?

  • Yes, I've read the History of Redemption by Edwards, The Pilgrim's Progress and Holy War by Bunyan, quite a few Spurgeon sermons, and Holiness by Ryle in addition to (parts of) his commentaries on the gospels. I also read the puritans - I read Thomas Brook's Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices and the Body of Divinity (Thomas Watson) last year.

    Lately I've read a few older biographies/autobiographies - Thomas Scott's autobiography (The Force of Truth), Halyburton's autobiography, and James Henley Thornwell and Benjamin Morgan Palmer biographies.

    Right now I'm reading the Life and Times of Jesus Messiah by Alfred Edersheim (19th century).

    How about you?