Read the series.
There are a number of good books dealing with doubt that I would recommend. More modern authors like Os Guinness, Gary Habermas and J. P. Moreland have made solid contributions to this subject. Of the Puritan authors, we find quite a few addressing assurance, but not so many dealing with doubt.
“Chase traces the theme of wisdom across the whole canon and demonstrates how the myriad paths we can tread really boil down to two options: the way of folly that leads to death and the way of wisdom that leads to life. Those who are wise understand two key truths that make all the difference.” - TGC
“As did Richard Land a generation ago, Baker argues for the accommodationist view, one that eschews both the establishment of an official state church and a secularism that drives Christianity from public life.” - Dan Darling
“Protestant Christians have consistently affirmed the goodness of ordinary work. However, as new technologies have developed, the way we work has changed. Christians have to continually ask, ‘Why does my work matter?’” - TGC
I’m going to begin a series on Puritan books and writers that I hope will be edifying for my readers. I believe the Puritans to be the single greatest group of writers on the Christian Life and the Life of Faith. This is not to say I believe they were always right, or that they should be followed religiously on every sentence they wrote. I differ from them in their adherence to Reformed Covenant Theology, be it paedobaptist or credobaptist. I think they sometimes overplayed what it takes to get saved and have assurance of salvation (e.g., Bunyan’s Grace Abounding).
Review: ‘Reformed Social Ethics’ by Herman Bavinck… “Though technology and circumstances have changed since Bavinck wrote, he was wrestling with many of the same basic questions that drive today’s political discourse.” - TGC
“something has happened in the last several years. The joy quotient for most people, even followers of Jesus, has taken a dive.” - Challies
“These classic North-South divisions don’t explain, however, why Christians in the North were bitterly divided among themselves too. …. [the book] shows how these ‘warring religious nationalists’ shaped the North during the Civil War.” - TGC
“Tanenhaus’s massive, authorized biography, which has sharply divided readers. Buckley was a complicated man, and this is a complicated book. Senior Writer Richard Reinsch and Contributing Editor John O. McGinnis offer their takes on this major new publication.” - L&L
