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If you are interested in Reformed theology, you MUST read Berkhof! This is the standard textbook for the seven loci of theology: prolegomena (Scripture), theology proper (God), anthropology (man), Christology (Christ), soteriology (salvation), ecclesiology (church), and eschatology (last things). If you are series about learning theology, you should start with Berkhof.

This is the scaled-down, skeleton model of Berkhof's Systematic Theology. At Christ URC, our 9th and 10th graders go through this book in their catechism class.

A collection of essays from some excellent scholars, such as DG Hart, Edmund Clowney, Richard Gaffin, W. Robert Godfrey, RS Clark, Derke Bergsma, and the editor, David VanDrunen (or "DVD" as we like to call him!). Particularly helpful is Horton's piece, "What God Hath Joined Together: Westminster and the Uneasy Union of Biblical and Systematic Theology."

Herman Bavinck was a first-rate theologian of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His writings are presently being translated from his native Dutch to English. The first four volumes are available with more on the way (volume 1 is pictured here). Consider Bavinck sort of an extended version of Berkhof. Great stuff that should not be missed by any serious student of theology.

A massive three-volume gold mine from the seventeenth century Genevan scholar and Reformed Scholastic Francis Turretini. Once the standard Reformed systematic for seminary students (before the days of Hodge and Berkhof), Turretin's Institutes have recently been translated from Latin into English, making this treasure accessible to every English-reading pastor and student of systematic and historic theology.