Biblical teaching book series in reading order

by John F. MacArthur Jr.

by Warren W. Wiersbe

by Warren W. Wiersbe

John F. MacArthur Jr. is catalogued with 362 books published from 1972 to 2024, the first being Found: God's Will (1972). Subjects include the Bible, biblical interpretation, commentaries on the New Testament gospels and epistles, Bible study, prayer, Christian life and marriage. Series include MacArthur Bible Studies, MacArthur New Testament Commentary, MacArthur Old Testament Study Guide, Great Hymns of Our Faith and John MacArthur Pastor's Library. Early titles include Liberated for Life: Galatians (1976) and The Charismatics: A Doctrinal Perspective (1978), and the newest is The War On Children (2024).

Warren W. Wiersbe (1929-2019) was an American clergyman and Bible teacher whose writing covers commentary, sermons and Christian living. The Be Commentary titles, including Be Real, Be Joyful, Be Free and Be Rich, form the core of a catalogue of 282 books. Publication spans Thoughts for Men on the Move (1970) to Becoming New: 100 Days of Transformation through God's Word (2024). Wiersbe pastored Moody Church in Chicago from 1971 to 1978 and later directed the Back to the Bible radio ministry.

Eugene H. Peterson

105 books• 14 series

Eugene H. Peterson (November 6, 1932 to October 22, 2018) was an American Mainline Protestant minister, Presbyterian theologian, scholar, poet and author. The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (NavPress, 2002), a paraphrase and translation of the Bible into modern American English, won a Gold Medallion Book Award. The catalogue holds 105 books from Foundations for Faith (1973) to Lights a Lovely Mile: Collected Sermons of the Church Year (2023), including A Long Obedience in the Same Direction (1980) and Run with the Horses (1983). Subjects include the Bible, prayer, meditations, devotional calendars, spiritual life and pastoral theology.

Max Lucado

278 books• 6 series

Max Lucado has 278 books in the catalogue, published between 1985 and 2026, and subject headings centre on Christian life, the Bible, Jesus Christ, meditations and biblical teaching. Lucado, born January 11, 1955, is an American author and minister at Oak Hills Church, formerly Oak Hills Church of Christ, in San Antonio, Texas. The earliest titles are No Wonder They Call Him the Savior and On the Anvil (both 1985), then God Came Near (1986), The Applause of Heaven (1990) and He Still Moves Stones (1992). Series include Life Lessons, Hermie & Friends, Max Lucado's Wemmicks and Just in Case, and children's fiction is also among the subjects. The newest listed title is Unbreakable Courage Bible Study Guide (2026).

Randy Alcorn

59 books• 2 series

Randy Alcorn is an American Christian author of more than sixty fiction and non-fiction books, which have sold over 12 million copies in 70 languages. C.S. Lewis, A.W. Tozer and Francis Schaeffer are named as influences. Alcorn founded and directs Eternal Perspective Ministries, a nonprofit Bible teaching organization. The catalogue lists 59 Alcorn books, from Money, Possessions and Eternity (1989) to All God's Creatures (2026), including Deadline (1994), Dominion (1996), Safely Home (2001) and The Treasure Principle (2001). Ollie Chandler is the series on record, and subjects include heaven and wealth.

Tim LaHaye (April 27, 1926 to July 25, 2016) was an American Baptist evangelical minister and political activist. LaHaye wrote more than 85 books of fiction and nonfiction, among them the Left Behind novels, co-written with Jerry B. Jenkins, which depict apocalyptic events after a pre-tribulation rapture. LaHaye also helped found the Council for National Policy, a conservative Christian advocacy group. The catalogue lists 70 books from How to Be Happy Though Married (1968) to Target Israel (2015), with Babylon Rising and Soul Survivor among the series and Bible prophecy, marriage and the end of the world among the subjects.

Scott Hahn

86 books• 8 series

Scott Walker Hahn, born October 28, 1957, is an American Roman Catholic author, theologian and apologist who was a Presbyterian minister before converting. Hahn has written over 50 books on Catholic theology, Church history and Bible study, and teaches at the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Rome Sweet Home and The Lamb's Supper are among Hahn's works. The catalogue lists 86 books from The Acts of the Apostles (1991) to Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Old and New Testaments (2024). Series include Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, Catholic for a Reason and Didache.

Sandra Byrd wrote for girls and for adults across a catalogue of 45 books. The Hidden Diary, Girls Like You!, London Confidential and French Twist series carry the younger work, with Christian life and friendship as their subjects, while Ladies in Waiting, Daughters of Hampshire and Victorian Ladies turn to historical fiction. Heart to Heart (1998) opens the run and Heirlooms (2022) closes it. The books are short, at a median of 108 pages.

Anne Graham Lotz is an American evangelist and the second daughter of Billy Graham and his wife Ruth. Lotz founded AnGeL Ministries and writes devotional and Bible-study books; Just Give Me Jesus (2000) is the best known of them. Thirty-eight titles are catalogued, from Daily Light Devotional (1985) to God Won't Leave You There (2026), including The Vision of His Glory (1996), God's Story (1997) and several daily-reading journals. Scripture, Christian life and meditation are the standing subjects.

Jimmy Carter

51 books• 1 series

Jimmy Carter (1924-2024) served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, and wrote 51 books. Carter's subjects cover his own childhood and career, American politics and government, peace negotiation, the Arab-Israeli conflict and Christian faith. The catalogue opens with Why Not the Best?: The First Fifty Years (1975), two years before he took office, and takes in Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President (1982) and The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East (1986). Later titles turn to the Bible and devotional writing, the most recent dated 2020. Books median 224 pages, and the 2000s were Carter's most productive decade.

John R. Miles, born July 30, 1942, publishes as Jack Miles and has taken the Pulitzer Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship. Miles reads biblical subjects as literary protagonists rather than as transcendent deities or historical figures. God: A Biography (1995), the first book, won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and has been translated into sixteen languages. Writing on religion, politics and culture has run in The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and Commonweal. The catalogue lists 11 titles to 2022, editorial work on the Norton Anthology of World Religions included.

Angie Smith writes on Christian faith and the Christian life. Recorded subjects across the 9 catalogued books include grief, bereavement, consolation, biblical teaching and Christian women. I Will Carry You (2010) opens the listing and Woven (2021) is the most recent entry, with What Women Fear, Mended, Seamless and Matchless: The Life and Love of Jesus in between. The eight books with a recorded length run to a median of 207 pages.