Best Books on Sermons & Tracts
Sermons and tracts were the primary means by which Puritan and Reformed preachers proclaimed doctrine and pressed sinners toward repentance and faith, from Jonathan Edwards's pulpit oratory to Spurgeon's gospel booklets. This category gathers classic evangelistic sermons, short tracts, and fuller sermon collections from the Reformed and Puritan tradition.
Start Here
basic
All of Grace
Top pickCharles H. Spurgeon · 2010
Spurgeon's short, warm evangelistic tract explaining the gospel of grace to the anxious reader.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God and Other Sermons
Jonathan Edwards · 2016
Edwards's most famous sermon paired with companion sermons on God's mercy, an easy first taste of Puritan preaching.
Old Paths
J.C. Ryle · 1999
Plainspoken Victorian tracts covering the gospel's essentials, written for ordinary lay readers.
A Call to the Unconverted
Richard Baxter · 1657
The Puritan era's most widely circulated evangelistic tract, pleading with sinners to turn to Christ.
The Soul Winner
Charles H. Spurgeon · 1895
Practical, encouraging addresses on personal evangelism from the Metropolitan Tabernacle pulpit.
Go Deeper
intermediate
The Sermons of George Whitefield (Two-Volume Set)
Top pickGeorge Whitefield · 2012
Fifty-seven annotated sermons from the Great Awakening's most electrifying preacher, with historical notes.
Only a Prayer Meeting
Charles H. Spurgeon · 2019
Forty informal midweek addresses that show Spurgeon's pastoral voice outside the Sunday pulpit.
Practical Religion
J.C. Ryle · 2013
Collected papers on the daily duties and dangers of the Christian life, in Ryle's forceful plain style.
The Bruised Reed
Richard Sibbes · 1630
Sibbes's tender sermon-treatise on Christ's gentleness toward struggling and doubting believers.
For Study
advanced
The Works of Jonathan Edwards (2 Volume Set)
Top pickJonathan Edwards · 1981
The classic Banner of Truth reprint containing hundreds of Edwards's sermons and treatises in full.
The Sermons of Jonathan Edwards: A Reader
Jonathan Edwards · 1999
A scholarly critical edition selecting fifteen sermons that represent the full range of Edwards's preaching.
The Art of Prophesying
William Perkins · 2021
The foundational Puritan manual on how Scripture should be preached, still studied by homiletics scholars.
Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ
John Bunyan · 2024
A dense, full-length Puritan exposition of John 6:37 on Christ's welcome to the coming sinner.
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