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Alan Asquith

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If you were marooned on a desert island for a long time and could choose to have any 5 Christian books with you (apart from the Bible), which would you choose? I'm looking for a recommendation since I was recently given some money with which to buy a new book but I've no idea what to go for. I can't afford to buy a book often so I don't want to foozle the opportunity.

My top 5 would include:
  1. The Letters of John Newton
  2. 'The Preciousness of God' by Octavius Winslow
  3. 'A Practical View of Christianity' by William Wilberforce
  4. 'The Goodness of God' by John Wenham
  5. 'The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul' by by Philip Doddridge
 
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus
 
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Our Thoughts Determine Our Lives by Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

Wounded by Love by St. Porphyrios


By the way - I never seem to find the books I really want (often out of print but either way even used paperback copies often go for $20 and up)

but depending on what you're looking for, bargains can be found. Sometimes books on eBay go for less than $3 including shipping, and https://www.bookfinder.com/?ref=bf_s3_hd_1 is a great source to compare prices from all over.
 
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"MATTHEW HENRY's BIBLE COMMENTARY" for obvious reasons.

"WALKING WITH GOD" - JC Ryle Possibly my favourite Christian book, it is an abridged version of his book "Practical Religion" very easy to read and understand, yet so soul searching.He wrote in the 1800s but it could be today.

"FOXES BOOK OF MARTYRS" to remember what it cost for us to have our Bibles and to inspire.
ONE BOOK, ONE AUTHORITY by Douglas Stauffer. 2000 years of Bible and Church history .A big book but used over and over, a mine of information.

I think that would do me on a desert island!
 
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Holiness by J. C. Ryle

From Heaven He Came and Sought Her by Various

Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges

The Holiness if God by R. C. Sproul

Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks

Bonus: Treasury of David by C. H. Spurgeon.
 
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The Christian in Complete Armour by Gurnall

The Saints Everlasting Rest by Baxter (complete and unabridged)

Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky

Book of Common Prayer, 1662

https://www.bibledesignblog.com/blog/2008/02/cambridge-1662.html

The Complete Works of Augustus Toplady (I'm still reading it and want to finish it)

Bonus: The Existence and Attributes of God by Charnock
 
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