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100 Books That Have Most Influenced The Thought Of Dr. John Frame

Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers compiled the top 100 books that have influenced the thought of Frame. This list is published in John Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings, Volume 1, by P&R Publishing.

Anselm. Works of St. Anselm: Proslogium, Monologium, An Appendix in Behalf of the Fool, and Cur Deus Homo. Forgotten Books, 2007. 

Aquinas, Thomas. The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas. Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Provinc. Christian Classics, 1981. 

Athanasius. On the Incarnation. Empire Books, 2012. 

Augustine. The City of God. Translated by Marcus Dods. Hendrickson Publishers, 2009.________. Confessions. Simon & Brown, 2012.________. On the Trinity. Edited by Paul A. Boer Sr. and William G. T. Shedd D.D. Translated by Rev. Arthur West Haddan B.D. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012. 

Bavinck, Herman. Our Reasonable Faith. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1956.________. Reformed Dogmatics. Baker Academic, 2008.________. Selected Shorter Works. Monergism Books, 2011. 

Berkouwer, G. C. Studies in Dogmatics: The Providence of God. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1952. 

Calvin, John. Calvin’s Commentaries, 23 Vol. 500th ed. Baker Books, 2009.________. The Institutes of Christian Religion. Edited by Tony Lane and Hilary Osborne. Reprint. Baker Academic, 1987. 

Clark, Gordon H. Christian View of Men and Things. 3rd ed. Trinity Foundation, 1998. 

Clowney, Edmund P. Called to the Ministry. P & R Publishing, 1976.________. Christian Meditation. Regent College Publishing, 1979.________. The Church. IVP Academic, 1995.________. How Jesus Transforms The Ten Commandments. Edited by Rebecca Clowney Jones. annotated ed. P & R Publishing, 2007.________. Preaching and Biblical Theology. P & R Publishing, 2002.________. Preaching Christ in All of Scripture. Crossway, 2003.________. The Unfolding Mystery: Discovering Christ in the Old Testament. Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co, 1991. 

Edwards, Jonathan. Freedom of the Will. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.________. The Life and Diary of David Brainerd. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012.________. Religious Affections. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009.________. Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012.________. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Empire Books, 2012. 

Gerstner, John H. Jonathan Edwards: A Mini-Theology. Soli Deo Gloria Ministries, 2003.________. The Problem of Pleasure: Why Good Things Happen to Bad People. Soli Deo Gloria Ministries, 2003.________. Reasons For Faith. Nabu Press, 2011.________. Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth: A Critique of Dispensationalism. 3rd ed. Nicene Council, 2009.Gerstner, John H., Arthur W. Lindsley, and R. C. Sproul. Classical Apologetics. 1st ed. Zondervan, 1984. 

Hodge, Charles. Systematic Theology. Reprinted 1981. Hendrickson Publishers, 1999. 

Kant, Immanuel. Critique of Pure Reason. Edited by Marcus Weigelt. Translated by Marcus Weigelt and Max Muller. Revised. Penguin Classics, 2008. 

Kline, Meredith G. Images of the Spirit. 0 ed. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1999.­­________. The Structure of Biblical Authority. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1997. 

Kuyper, Abraham. Lectures on Calvinism. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1943.________. Particular Grace: A Defense of God’s Sovereignty in Salvation. First ed. Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2001.________. Rooted & Grounded: The Church as Organism and Institution. Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty, 2013.________. Sacred Theology. Sovereign Grace Publishers Inc., 2001.________. To Be Near Unto God. Forgotten Books, 2012. 

Lewis, C. S. Mere Christianity [Deckle Edge] Publisher: Harper San Francisco; 3th (third) Edition Text Only, 2001.________. Miracles. HarperOne, 2001. 

Luther, Martin. The Bondage of the Will. Empire Books, 2012.________. Commentary on Galatians. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012.________. Commentary on Romans. Translated by J. Theodore Mueller. Kregel Classics, 2003.________. The Freedom of a Christian. Edited by Mark D. Tranvik. Fortress Press, 2008.________. Luther’s Large Catechism: A Contemporary Translation With Study Questions. Concordia Publishing House, 1988.________. Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses. Translated by C. M. Jacobs. Fortress Press, 1957.________. Treatise on Good Works: Luther Study Edition. Luther study ed. Fortress Press, 2012. 

Machen, John Gresham. Christianity and Liberalism. BiblioBazaar, 2009. 

Miller, C. John. A Faith Worth Sharing: A Lifetime of Conversations About Christ. P & R Publishing, 1999.________. Outgrowing the Ingrown Church. Zondervan, 1986.________. Repentance. Christian Literature Crusade, 2009.Miller, C. John, and Barbara Miller Juliani. Come Back, Barbara. 2nd ed. P & R Publishing, 1997. 

Murray, John. Christian Baptism. Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co, 1980.________. Collected Writings of John Murray: Lectures in Systematic Theology. Banner of Truth, 1991.________. The Covenant of Grace: A Biblico-Theological Study. P & R Publishing, 1987.________. The Epistle to the Romans: The English Text with Introduction, Exposition and Notes. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1997.________. The Imputation of Adam’s Sin. P & R Publishing, 1992.________. Principles of Conduct: Aspects of Biblical Ethics. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1957.________. Redemption Accomplished and Applied. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1955. 

Packer, James I. Fundamentalism and the Word of God: Some Evangelical Principles. Inter-Varsity Fellowship, 1965.________. Knowing God. 20th Anniversary ed. IVP Books, 1993. 

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées and Other Writings. Edited by Anthony Levi. Translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, USA, 2008. 

Piper, John. Desiring God, Revised Edition: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. Rev Exp. Multnomah Books, 2011. 

Plato. Meno. Empire Books, 2012.________. Phaedo. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012. 

Poythress, Vern S. In the Beginning Was the Word: Language--A God-Centered Approach. 1st ed. Crossway, 2009.________. Inerrancy and the Gospels: A God-Centered Approach to the Challenges of Harmonization. 1st ed. Crossway, 2012.________. Logic: A God-Centered Approach to the Foundation of Western Thought. 1st ed. Crossway, 2013.________. Philosophy, Science, And The Sovereignty Of God. Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co, 2004.________. Redeeming Science: A God-Centered Approach. Crossway, 2006.________. Redeeming Sociology: A God-Centered Approach. Crossway, 2011.________. The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses. Reprint. Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co, 1995.________. Symphonic Theology: The Validity of Multiple Perspectives in Theology. P & R Publishing, 2001.________. What Are Spiritual Gifts? P & R Publishing, 2010. 

Rushdoony, Rousas John. The Institutes of Biblical Law. P & R Publishing, 1980.

Schaeffer, Francis A. Art and the Bible. 2nd ed. IVP Books, 2006.________. A Christian Manifesto. Crossway, 2005.________. Escape from Reason. IVP Books, 2006.________. The God Who Is There. 30th Anniversary ed. IVP Books, 1998.________. The Great Evangelical Disaster. 1St ed. Crossway, 1984.________. He Is There and He Is Not Silent. 30th ed. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1994.________. How Should We Then Live? (L’Abri 50th Anniversary Edition): The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture. L'Abri 50th Anniversary ed. Crossway, 2005.________. True Spirituality. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1989.

Shepherd, Norman. The Call of Grace: How the Covenant Illuminates Salvation and Evangelism. P & R Publishing, 2000.________. The Way of Righteousness. Kerygma Press, 2009.

Van Til, Cornelius. Christian Apologetics. Edited by William Edgar. 2nd ed. P & R Publishing, 2003.________. A Christian Theory of Knowledge. First ed. Presbyterian and Reformed Pub. Co, 1969.________. The Defense of the Faith. Edited by K. Scott Oliphint. 4th ed. P & R Publishing, 2008.________. Introduction to Systematic Theology: Prolegomena and the Doctrines of Revelation, Scripture, and God. Edited by William Edgar. 2nd ed. P & R Publishing, 2007.________. Why I Believe in God. Westminster Theological Seminary, 1976. 

Warfield, B. B. Counterfeit Miracles. Banner of Truth, 1972.________. Faith and Life. Banner of Truth Trust, 1974.________. Inspiration and Authority of the Bible. 2nd ed. P & R Publishing, 1980.________. The Person and Work of Christ. The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1989.________. The Plan of Salvation. 1st ed. Fig, 2013.________. Saviour of the World. Banner of Truth, 1991.________. Selected Shorter Writings. Edited by John Meeter. P & R Publishing, 2001. 

Westminster Assembly of Divines. The Westminster Standards. Great Commission Publications, 2003. 

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophical Investigations. Edited by P. M. S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte. 4th ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.


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