Best Books on Doctrine of God
The doctrine of God concerns who God is: His triune nature, His essential being, and His works toward creation. Reformed theology grounds all of Christian faith and practice in a right understanding of God as revealed in Scripture and confessed in creeds such as the Westminster Confession. It is the broader doctrinal category that includes the study of God's individual attributes.
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basic
Knowing God
Top pickJ.I. Packer · 1973
Modern classic on knowing God personally, not merely knowing facts about Him.
Delighting in the Trinity
Michael Reeves · 2012
Warm introduction showing how the Trinity shapes the whole Christian faith.
The Knowledge of the Holy
A.W. Tozer · 1961
Devotional classic on who God is, written for ordinary readers.
Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs
J.I. Packer · 2001
Short daily readings covering the whole doctrine of God in plain language.
None Like Him
Jen Wilkin · 2016
Ten-week study contrasting God's nature with our own, ideal for small groups.
Go Deeper
intermediate
A Body of Divinity
Top pickThomas Watson · 1692
Puritan catechetical exposition covering the doctrine of God in rich pastoral detail.
The Holy Trinity: In Scripture, History, Theology, and Worship
Robert Letham · 2004
Thorough study of Trinitarian doctrine through Scripture, church history, and worship.
Systematic Theology
Louis Berkhof · 1996
Standard Reformed seminary text with a full section on the doctrine of God.
The Attributes of God
Arthur W. Pink · 1975
Accessible bridge from popular reading into a fuller Reformed treatment of who God is.
For Study
advanced
The Doctrine of God
Top pickJohn M. Frame · 2002
Rigorous modern Reformed systematic treatment of God's attributes, acts, and names.
Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation
Herman Bavinck · 2004
Bavinck's magisterial treatment of the Trinity, God's being, and creation.
The Existence and Attributes of God
Stephen Charnock · 1682
The definitive historic Puritan discourse on the being and character of God.
No One Like Him
John Feinberg · 2001
Scholarly evangelical systematic treatment engaging contemporary views of God.
Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 Volume Set)
John Calvin · 1559
Calvin's foundational Reformed systematic work, still the reference point on this doctrine.
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