Recommended Book List

Bibles

King James Version of The Bible.

The Word of God in the English language.

The Interlinear Bible Hebrew-Greek-English. (Jay P. Green, Sr.)

I do not recommend the interlinear bible as a replacement for the King James Version. However, it has been a great help to me as it contains God’s preserved inspired word in the original languages. The four volumes display all of the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek words of the Bible in the Masoretic Hebrew Text and the Received Greek Text (Textus Receptus), with literal, accurate English meanings placed directly under each original word in interlinear form, with Strong’s Concordance numbers over each original word.

I highly recommend obtaining it in a Four Volume Edition in Hardback with Large print which also contains the King James Version of the New Testament in the Fourth Volume that you can compare with Jay P. Green Sr’s Literal Translation. A word of note. Mr Green translates the Greek word Ekklesia as “church” in this version of the Literal Translation and underneath the Greek, but “assembly” in his more updated Literal Translation.

Volume 1:

ISBN-10: 1589604768

ISBN-13: 978-1589604766

Hardcover – 728 Pages.

Volume 2:

ISBN-10: 1589604776

ISBN-13: 978-1589604773

Hardcover – 750 Pages.

Volume 3: Psalm 56 – Malachi 4:5

ISBN-10: 1589604784

ISBN-13: 978-1589604780

Hardcover – 756 Pages.

Volume 4: New Testament

ISBN-10: 1589604792

ISBN-13: 978-1589604797

Hardcover – 814 Pages.

Bible Study Tools

Strong’s Concordance of The Bible (James Strong)

By no means infallible, but a very helpful resource. I recommend the large print edition.

ISBN-10: 0785212183

ISBN-13: 978-0785212188

Encyclopedias

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Ecclesiastical and Theological Literature – 12 Volume Set (John McClintock & James Strong)

ISBN-10: 0801061237

ISBN-13: 9780801061233

The Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics – 13 Volume Set (James Hastings)

ISBN-10: 0567094898

ISBN-13: 9780567094896

Historical

The Two Babylons Or, The Papal Worship Proved To Be The Worship of Nimrod and His Wife (Alexander Hislop)

ISBN-10: 0342625012

ISBN-13: 978-0342625017

Hardcover – 354 Pages

With Mercy and Judgment: Strict Baptists and the First World War (Matthew J. Hyde)

In the thick of the dreadful sufferings of war, how do Christians respond? This book presents the diaries, letters and poetry written during the First World War by men and women in one small group of congregations – the Strict Baptists. We are given insight into their soul exercises, their daily lives and their Christian profession amid those trying circumstances.

ISBN: 978-1897837-56-6

Large, Quality Paperback – 554 Pages

John Gill and Justification from Eternity (George M. Ella)

ISBN: 0-9527-074-3-7

Hardcover – 332 Pages

Sketches of Jewish Social Life in the Days of Christ (Alfred Edersheim)

Alfred Edersheim’s well-researched account of everyday Jewish life at the time the New Testament Gospels took place remains one of the best texts on the subject ever authored. This edition includes the authors appendixes.

The reader is taken back to Israel and the surrounding areas more than 2,000 years ago. How the society would appear to the casual traveler, what customs the people practiced, how everyday life proceeded in the Jewish homestead and towns, and how women were treated are topics which Edersheim examines. The author goes into much detail, presenting an evocative picture of a sophisticated society.

We also hear of the political landscape of the era, particularly concerning the Pharisees – the leading social and political movement of the time – and its interactions with rival movements such as the Sadducees and Essenes. Religious rites, the layout and ceremonies of ancient Jewish synagogues and temples, and the creation of the ancient religious Talmudic literature, are related.

ISBN: 9780359013104

Hardcover – 156 Pages

The Temple – Its Ministry and Services as They Were at the Time of Jesus Christ (Alfred Edersheim)

This book takes the reader back to the times when the Lord Jesus passed through the streets of Jerusalem, and the Sanctuary, when He taught in its porches and courts; to portray, not only the appearance and structure of the Temple, but to describe its ordinances and worshippers, the ministry of its priesthood, and the ritual of its services. The author seeks not only to illustrate a subject, in itself most interesting to the Bible-believer, but also chiefly, to sketch, in one important aspect, the religious life of the period in which our blessed Lord Jesus lived upon earth, the circumstances under which He taught, and the religious rites by which He was surrounded; and whose meaning, in their truest sense, He came to fulfil.

Obtainable from Lulu Press

Hardcover – 416 Pages

Textual Criticism

Unholy Hands On The Bible: An Introduction To Textual Criticism (Dean W. Burgon & Jay P. Green, Sr.)

ISBN-10: 1878442635

ISBN-13: 978-1878442635

Hardcover – 672 Pages

Unholy Hands on the Bible: An Examination of Six Major New Versions (Jay P. Green, Sr.)

ISBN-10: 1878442651

ISBN-13: 978-1878442659

Hardcover – 692 Pages

Sound Doctrine

The Sovereignty of God (Arthur Pink)

An unabridged, unaltered edition that includes an introduction by the author, with the complete appendices (I through IV) at book’s end.

ISBN-10: 1603868372

ISBN-13: 978-1603868372

Hardcover – 236 Pages

CHRIST as Revealed in the Old Testament (S.F. Paul)

If the Scriptures are searched, Christ will be found set forth in them all from Genesis to Revelation. This book is in two parts, firstly it looks at the experiences of some of the Bible saints. Secondly, it leads the reader into the wondrous Person of Christ.

ISBN-10: 1897837739

ISBN-13: 978-1897837733

Paperback – 206 Pages

Sermons of a Seceder (William Tiptaft)

ISBN: 978-1897837-95-5

Hardcover – 222 Pages

Expositions of Holy Scripture (J.C. Philpot)

Studies in the Psalms, Ecclesiastes and Isaiah.

ISBN: 978-1897837450

Hardcover – 205 Pages

The Believer’s Rule of Life (William Huntington)

What is the believer’s rule of life? Is it the law that God gave through Moses or is it that perfect law of liberty in Christ? William Huntington so clearly sets forth from the scriptures the law of faith which works by love. Many have been delivered from the man-inflicted bondage of legalism through this book to serve Christ in newness of spirit.

ISBN: 9780557563753

Paperback – 69 Pages

Galatians: The Biblical Precept of Freedom (Tim James)

Nowhere is the claim to desire freedom so thoroughly denied by people’s actions than in the sphere of religion. All religions, while claiming to set people free, instead multiply rules and restrictions. For this reason, almost all sermons on the believer’s freedom spend more time hedging that freedom with warnings against sin than actually setting people free. But the Lord said, “If the Son shall make you free, you are free indeed.” In the book of Galatians, Paul made a clear and powerful argument for the freedom of the believer. In this commentary, the author breaks the chains of bondage that many have put on this book: he sets the Book of Freedom free! With unassailable argument, he sets forth the radical freedom that is the possession of every believer, shows why believers can be trusted with that freedom, and unfolds that it is only in the context of this freedom that they can truly express the fruit of the Spirit—showing Christ and His Cross is the reason. Read it, believe it, and be free.

ISBN: 978-0-359-39878-2

Obtainable from Lulu Press.

Hardcover – 284 Pages

Sermons by John Kershaw (Edited by B.A. Ramsbottom)

John Kershaw (1792-1870), a close friend of William Gadsby, was a preacher of the gospel for over fifty years in Rochdale, England.

His preaching was very simple; he spoke from the heart to the heart as he set forth the doctrines of free and sovereign grace, insisting on a gracious experience of truth.

The book also includes a biography.

ISBN: 9781897837061

Hardcover – 296 Pages

Ernest Roe Sermons – Volume 1 (Ernest Roe)

44 sermons by a faithful brother in Christ Jesus preached from 1917-1931. Ernest Roe (1883-1967) was a preacher of the gospel in the Strict Baptist assemblies for over 65 years. Highly recommended.

ISBN: 978-1-911466-16-1

Hardcover – 414 Pages

Ernest Roe Sermons – Volume 2 (Ernest Roe)

A further 42 sermons preached by our brother Ernest Roe from 1917-1931. Also includes 6 prayers and a short forward by the publisher. Highly recommended.

ISBN: 978-1-911466-17-8

Hardcover – 418 Pages

Sermons by William Gadsby (William Gadsby)

William Gadsby (1773-1844) was a preacher of the gospel for 38 years in Manchester, England. With his son John he launched in 1835 the Gospel Standard magazine and was its first editor. This book is a collection of his sermons and includes a biography written by brother B.A. Ramsbottom.

ISBN: 0-903556-91-X

Hardcover – 390 Pages

Life, Letters and Sermons of Caleb Sawyer (Caleb Sawyer)

This book contains 30 sermons and an autobiographical account of the life of brother Caleb Sawyer, including portions from his diary, letters, and his funeral service. Includes a forward by F.L. Gosden. Faithful gospel preaching. Highly recommended.

ISBN: 0-903556-59-6

Hardcover – 317 Pages

Life, Letters and Sermons of Frank L. Gosden (Frank L. Gosden)

22 sermons by brother Frank L. Gosden. Includes a biographical sketch of his life, as well as letters, illustrations, a few gathered fragments and his funeral address. There is a short forward at the beginning by brother B.A. Ramsbottom. Highly recommended.

ISBN: 0-903556-66-9

Hardcover – 249 Pages

The Works of Henry Mahan – Volume 1 (Henry Mahan)

The Works of Henry Mahan Volume One contains With New Testament Eyes (Pictures of Christ in the Old Testament) and The Gospel According to Isaiah.

ISBN-10: 1435706196

ISBN-13‎: 978-1435706194

Hardcover – 484 Pages

Editorials from “The Signs of The Times” – Volume 1 (Gilbert Beebe)

Available from Lulu Press

Hardcover – 390 Pages

Select Writings of Samuel Trott – Volume 1 (Samuel Trott)

Samuel Trott was a firm Predestinarian, an Exalter of Christ Alone, and one who contended in earnest for that “faith once delivered unto the saints.” Along with Gilbert Beebe, he was one the most influential teachers of that group of Particular Baptists which came to be known as “Old School.” With this volume of Trott’s Writings, as selected from the Signs of the Times, it is hoped, under the blessing of the LORD, to attempt to establish afresh, a renewed evaluation and appreciation, of the writings of one who faithfully served his generation, in setting forth the Glories of Christ’s Redemption-Grace; not only to those who were privileged to know him personally, but to many subsequent generations of Christ minded believers; even to this dark day, wherein the Essential Truths of the Gospel are, for the most part thrown aside, or trampled underfoot by men whose minds have been corrupted from the simplicity or singleness that is in Christ.

ISBN: 9781329630161

Hardcover – 458 Pages

Select Writings of Samuel Trott – Volume 2 (Samuel Trott)

ISBN: 9781329630208

Hardcover – 518 Pages

An Antidote Against Arminianism (Christopher Ness)

The real antidote Against Arminianism (Undiluted, Uncompromised, Unfiltered and Restored in to hardcover after 300 years) or A Succinct Discourse to Enervate and Confute all the Five Points thereof. From the scope of the entire book, it is apparent that Ness thoroughly understood and taught that the teachings known as Arminianism were not merely theological errors, not just a weaker gospel, nor just an interpretive viewpoint, but that these teachings distorted the Gospel of Christ to the point that it becomes a different gospel altogether. Those who believe the true Gospel know that these life and death issues lie at the very heart of the Gospel, for if one is an Arminian Conditionalist, he is dead in trespasses and sins; as those in Christ, believe in a salvation that is conditioned on His saving merits alone.

ISBN: 9780359453979

Hardcover – 180 Pages

Sparkles of Glory (John Saltmarsh)

Sparkles of Glory, or some beams of the Morning-Star; wherein are many discoveries as to truth, and peace, to the establishment, and pure enlargement of a Christian in Spirit & Truth. Printed in 1647. John Saltmarsh, 1612-1647, studied at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Around 1643 he began to voice his fundamental opposition to all empty forms of the Established Church, having given up his living at Heslerton because of his principles against tithe-taking. Early in 1645, he took appointment as Rector of Brasted, in Kent, but refused the income. In the last three years of his life Saltmarsh established himself in positions that made him a favorite target of the Presbyterian supporters who wanted nothing more but to see him imprisoned. He became known as a vigorous advocate of religious toleration and liberty of conscience, of Free and Sovereign Grace, and a loyal supporter of Cromwell’s New Model Army. About June 1646 Saltmarsh became an Army Chaplain to the forces of General Fairfax.

ISBN: 9781365790577

Hardcover – 138 Pages

A Spirit-Taught Shoemaker: Memoirs and Letters of James Abbot (Henry Sant)

Collected together for the first time in this volume are the writings of a London shoemaker, James Abbott. Though poor outwardly, James Abbott was rich in the things of grace and well taught by the Holy Spirit. This fact is evident in these experimental letters which are full of the best Christ-exalting divinity.

ISBN 13: 9781901716054

Hardcover – 391 Pages

Life and Sermons of John M’Kenzie (Edited by Matthew J. Hyde)

John M’Kenzie was principally a preacher of the gospel, serving as a shepherd of Christ’s flock in Preston, Lancashire from 1836, and just previous to his death he preached at Shaw Street, Liverpool.

This volume completes the publication of all M’Kenzie’s sermons. In them the spiritual reader will find a real feast of wholesome gospel fare in the rich variety of doctrine, experience and practice which constitutes the best preaching.

ISBN 13: 9781901716078

Hardcover – 540 Pages

The Life and Ministry of Clement Wood (Clement Wood)

Clement Wood was a faithful gospel preacher for over 50 years and a shepherd of Christ’s flock in Croydon, England for 45 years. This book includes a preface and funeral address by brother Gerald Buss, as well as a lengthy biography of his life, together with an account which Mr Wood himself wrote of his wife. 20 sermons, 5 addresses, 3 excellent articles written for young people, 9 letters, poetry, and 11 illustrations complete this treasure of a book. Highly recommended.

ISBN: 978-1-911466-12-3

Hardcover – 344 Pages

Behold The Lamb (James Popham)

ISBN: 978-1-911466-10-9

Hardcover – 391 Pages

According To Mine Heart – The Collected Correspondence of J.K. Popham (Edited by Matthew J. Hyde)

ISBN: 978-1-897837-98-6

Hardcover – 419 Pages

Glimpses of Grace (James Popham)

This volume of extracts from J.K. Popham’s sermons have been selected by the editor, brother James E. North for daily reading with this end in view – to provide a daily glimpse of the abundant grace of God in Jesus Christ for souls in need of daily provision of grace.

ISBN: 978-1-911466-20-8

Hardcover – 384 Pages

Divine Guidance: How May I Know God’s Will? (B.A. Ramsbottom)

How may a believer discern God’s will when a decision has to be taken or a choice made? This booklet seeks to set out Scriptural guidelines, especially for young people. Highly recommended.

ISBN: 978-0-903556-86-6

Booklet – 22 Pages

Meditations on the First Chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians (J.C. Philpot)

ISBN: 0-903556-61-8

Hardcover – 151 Pages

An Exposition of First Samuel (Tim James)

Faithful gospel teaching. I wish all of these expositions were available in hardcover, but these paperbacks are very well presented, and very good quality with a good size font for easy reading. Highly recommended.