CHALLENGE: deserted island top 10 Christian books

[Brother-Mike]

Your mission, should you be predestined to accept it:

1. The night before flying out to the Galapagos Islands for some much needed R&R studying and banding the local iguana population, you have a prophetic dream revealing that through a series of aviation mishaps and poor decisions you are soon to be stranded on a deserted island, alone, for a lengthy period of time. The wispy apparition also instructs you to bring along a box of no more than 10 Christian (or at least spiritual/faith relevant) books. You ask how long you will be stranded, and the apparition grimly smiles and says "Don't hold your breath - maybe forever" and then vanishes.
2. No other people will be encountered, so there will be no missionary opportunities.
3. You will have plenty of available tropical fruit and gullible iguanas, so no need for survival manuals, iguana recipes, etc. Books should not be chosen for their pulp-nutritional value or fire-starting properties.
4. Commentaries and multi-volume titles do not count as a single book. Want Moo's NICNT commentary on Romans? It'll cost you one book slot.
5. Bibles in this case count as one book. Want ESV + NLT? Two slots.

So, ranked in order of importance, what do you bring?

My choices:

1. NET Bible, Full-notes 2nd edition.
2. Calvin's Institutes, Vol. 1, McNeill.
3. Calvin's Institutes, Vol. 2, McNeill.
4. The Christian Faith, Michael Horton (systematic theology).
5. ESV Study Bible.
6. IVP Bible Background Commentary - OT.
7. IVP Bible Background Commentary - NT.
8. Augustine, Confessions.
9. A Theology of Paul and his Letters, Moo.
10. CS Lewis, Mere Christianity.

 

[BobRyan]

1. NKJV
2. NASB
3. Desire of Ages
4. Great Controversy
5. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
6. Story of Redemption
7. SDA Hymnal
8. Early Writings
9 Baptist Confession of Faith (as edited by C.H., Spurgeon)
10 Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

 

[PloverWing]

I'm gonna assume that I live next door to a religious university or seminary with an amazingly well-stocked bookstore, because some of these are going to be books I have to purchase quickly, before I fly into the unknown. If I'm really going to be stuck on a desert island with nothing to do except eat mango-iguana stew, then it's time I learned Greek for real. That'll require some quick shopping.

I'll start by packing some books I own:

1. The Oxford Study Bible, REB
2. The 1979 Book of Common Prayer
3. The New Oxford Annotated Bible, NRSV
4. A hymnal -- not sure which one. The 1982 Episcopal hymnal will do.
5. The Oxford Book of Carols
6. Greek New Testament (American Bible Society - includes a small dictionary in the back)
7. Greek To Me
8. Early Christian Doctrines, by J.N.D. Kelly

And then I'll make a quick dash to the excellent bookstore next door to get a couple of good Greek textbooks, possibly after calling a Greek professor at the hypothetical university to get their recommendation.

 

[Jonaitis]

I prefer Beveridge's translation - It greatly improves my literacy and vocabulary

1. Legacy Standard Bible (I'm beginning to enjoy this translation).
2. The Treasury of David Vol I (Psalm 1-87) by Charles Spurgeon
3. The Valley of Vision
4. Trinity Psalter Hymnal
5. An Exposition of the Book of Hebrews Vol 6 by John Owen
6. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
7. On Christian Doctrine by Augustine
8. The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart
9. The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson
10. Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards

 

[Brother-Mike]

I prefer Beveridge's translation - It greatly improves my literacy and vocabulary

1. Legacy Standard Bible (I'm beginning to enjoy this translation).
2. The Treasury of David Vol I (Psalm 1-87) by Charles Spurgeon
3. The Valley of Vision
4. Trinity Psalter Hymnal
5. An Exposition of the Book of Hebrews Vol 6 by John Owen
6. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
7. On Christian Doctrine by Augustine
8. The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart
9. The Godly Man's Picture by Thomas Watson
10. Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards

Hmm… Spurgeon‘s ToD has me intrigued. Only first volume because you were limited?

 

[Jonaitis]

Hmm… Spurgeon‘s ToD has me intrigued. Only first volume because you were limited?

That, and it is the only copy I personally own and have read (partially) lol.