Recommended Reading

This page is a compilation of helpful commentary and criticism by various authors on theology and the New Testament. The books and articles in this list are used by Dr. Karleen for his Bible studies and have helped him to gain new insights into correct and logically sound ways of thinking about biblical topics. This list is by no means comprehensive and is ever-expanding with new resources. Click on the image of an article or book to access or purchase it for your own use. Recommended readings are organized by the author’s last name alphabetically.

Louis Berkhof: Systematic Theology | Section on God’s election and reprobation. Berkhof is not clear regarding equal ultimacy.
Loraine Boettner: The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination | Sections on Unconditional Election and Reprobation. Dr. Karleen agrees with Arthur Pink vs. Boettner on crucial points, but has also found much of Bottner’s material to be helpful (although he errs on equal ultimacy and the passivity question regarding reprobation)
Marc D. Carpenter: A History of Hypo-Calvinism
Dr. Gordon H. Clark: Determinism and Responsibility | This article by Gordon Clark provides almost the same important content as his “God and Evil: The Problem Solved”. Clark is also Supralapsarian.
Dr. Gordon H. Clark: God and Evil: The Problem Solved
Dr. Gordon H. Clark: What is Saving Faith?
Dr. Gordon H. Clark: Predestination
Ray Comfort: God Has a Wonderful Plan For Your Life
Stephen M. Cunha: The Emperor Has No Clothes: Dr. Richard B. Gaffin Jr.’s Doctrine of Justification
David J. Engelsma: Common Grace Revisited: A Response to Richard J. Mouw’s ‘He Shines in All That’s Fair’
David J. Engelsma: Hyper-Calvinism and the Call of the Gospel
Barry Gritters: Grace Uncommon
Stanley N. Gundry (editor): Five Views on Sanctification
Stanley N. Gundry (editor): Four Views on Eternal Security
Bob Higby: The Destructive Teaching of Hypothetical Universalism
Herman Hoeksema: The Clark-Van Til Controversy
Garrett P. Johnson: The Myth of Common Grace
Gary D. Long: Definite Atonement | Along with John Owen, Long’s book is perhaps one of the only lengthy treatments of Definite Atonement.
Dr. C. Matthew McMahon: Amyraut and Hypothetical Universalism
Leon Morris: The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross | See especially the chapters on redemption, reconciliation, and propitiation.
John Owen: The Death of Death in the Death of Christ | J. I. Packer’s introduction to this book is very valuable.
J. I. Packer: Introductory Essay to John Owen’s ‘The Death of Death in the Death of Christ’ | Dr. Karleen views this as an essential text for systematic theology studies.
J. I. Packer: What Did the Cross Achieve? The Logic of Penal Substitution
J. I. Packer: Penal Substitution Revisited
Arthur W. Pink: Objections to God’s Sovereignty Answered
Arthur W. Pink: The Sovereignty of God | Arthur Pink is one of the few modern supralapsarians who has a significant body of writing.
Arthur W. Pink: The Sovereignty of God in Election
Arthur W. Pink: The Sovereignty of God in Reprobation
Dr. Robert L. Reymond: A New Systematic Theology of the Christian Faith
Dr. Robert L. Reymond: Essay in ‘Perspectives on Election: Five Views (Edited by Chad Brand) | This book contains the writings of Dr. Robert L. Reymond on a logically sound supralapsarian view of unconditional election. Dr. Karleen has found Reymond’s contribution to “Perspectives on Election: 5 Views” to be the most biblical exposition of supralapsarianism.
John W. Robbins: A Companion to ‘The Current Justification Controversy’
O. Palmer Robertson: The Current Justification Controversy
Thomas R. Schreiner: Penal Substitution View in ‘The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views’ (edited by James Beilby and Paul Eddy)
R. C. Sproul: Willing to Believe: The Controversy over Free Will | See especially the chapters on Arminianism and Chafer.
David N. Steele (with Curtis Thomas and S. Lance Quinn): The Five Points of Calvinism Defined, Defended and Documented
Mike Sullivan: Five Views on Sanctification: An In-depth Analysis
Bruce Ware: Divine Election to Salvation: Unconditional, Individual and Infralapsarian (in Perspectives on Election: Five Views)