A Reading Plan for Aspiring Apologists

Jared Oliphint and Jonathan Brack dropped by the studio to discuss books on apologetics.  We came up with a rudimentary list of books along with a reading order for those who may be interested in Van Tilian apologetics but don’t know where to start.  The full discussion will air on a future episode of the Reformed Media Review, but for now, here is our list.

1. Every Thought Captive by Richard Pratt, Jr.
2. The Battle Belongs to the Lord by K. Scott Oliphint
3. Always Ready by Greg Bahnsen
4. Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (especially Book I – you’ll have to listen to the discussion to hear why this is on the list)
5. Presuppositional Apologetics: Stated and Defended by Greg Bahnsen
6. Van Til’s Apologetic by Greg Bahnsen (contains large portions of Van Til’s writings)
7. Christian Apologetics by Cornelius Van Til annotated by William Edgar
8. The Defense of the Faith, 3rd edition by Cornelius Van Til annotated by K. Scott Oliphint
9. A Christian Theory of Knowledge by Cornelius Van Til
10. Survey of Christian Epistemology by Cornelius Van Til
11. Common Grace and the Gospel by Cornelius Van Til
12. Introduction to Systematic Theology by Cornelius Van Til annotated by William Edgar

Camden Bucey is the president of Reformed Forum. He graduated with an MDiv in 2011 and is currently a PhD student at Westminster Theological Seminary. Camden is a member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a licentiate of the presbytery of Philadelphia. You can follow Camden on Twitter at @camdenbucey. This entry was posted on Saturday, December 19th, 2009 at 4:00 am and is filed under Apologetics, Headline, Philosophy, Resources. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.