Resources for Busy People

Sometimes it can be incredibly difficult to find time to sit down and crack a book open. With all of the responsibilities in our lives, we need a strategy to be able to learn efficiently.

This list below includes some of the books that I've found helpful when I'm going through a busy season. Many of these books have only a page or two to read each day.

Topic:

1) Theology

• Gregg Allison, 50 Core Truths of the Christian Faith: A Guide to Understanding and Teaching Theology (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2018).

• J. I. Packer, Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 2001).

• Kevin DeYoung, Daily Doctrine: A One-Year Guide to Systematic Theology (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2024).

• R. C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale, 1992).

• Wayne Grudem, Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know, edited by Elliot Grudem, revised edition (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2022). (This book is a 200 page condensed version of his larger 1,000 page book Systematic Theology. Grudem also has a medium, 500 page version called Bible Doctrine.)

2) Christian Biography

• Colin Blakely, Great Christian Thinkers: A Beginner's Guide to Over 70 Leading Theologians Through the Ages (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2000).

• John Woodbridge, ed., Great Leaders of the Christian Church (Chicago, IL: Moody, 1989).

3) Biblical Languages

• GREEK

  • Jonathan Kline, ed., Keep Up Your Biblical Greek in Two Minutes a Day, Vol. 1 (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2017).

  • Jonathan Kline, ed., Keep Up Your Biblical Greek in Two Minutes a Day, Vol. 2 (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2017).

• HEBREW

  • Jonathan Kline, ed., Keep Up Your Biblical Hebrew in Two Minutes a Day, Vol. 1 (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2017).

  • Jonathan Kline, ed., Keep Up Your Biblical Hebrew in Two Minutes a Day, Vol. 2 (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2017).

• ARAMAIC

  • Jonathan Kline, ed., Keep Up Your Biblical Aramaic in Two Minutes a Day (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2017).

• LATIN

  • Jonathan Kline and Karen DeCrescenzo Lavery, eds., Keep Up Your Biblical Latin in Two Minutes a Day (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2023).