This book list comes from the back of Death by Love.

Bridges, Jerry, and Bob Bevington. The Great Exchange: My Sin for His Righteousness.

Charnock, Stephen. Christ Crucified: A Puritan’s View of the Atonement.

Dabney, Robert L. Christ Our Penal Substitute.

Jeffery, Steve, Michael Ovey, and Andrew Sach. Pierced for Our Transgressions: Rediscovering the Glory of Penal Substitution.

Packer, J. I., and Mark Dever. In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement.

Peterson, David, ed. Where Wrath and Mercy Meet: Proclaiming the Atonement Today.

This book list comes from the back of Death by Love.

Beilby, James, and Paul R. Eddy, eds. The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views.

Boice, James Montgomery, and Philip G. Ryken. The Heart of the Cross.

Demarest, Bruce. The Cross and Salvation: The Doctrine of Salvation.

Denney, James. The Death of Christ: Its Place and Interpretation in the New Testament.

Hengel, Martin. Crucifixion in the Ancient World and the Folly of the Message of the Cross.

Hill, Charles E., and Frank A. James, eds. The Glory of the Atonement: Biblical, Theological, and Practical Perspectives.

McDonald, H. D. The New Testament Concept of Atonement: The Gospel of the Calvary Event.

McGrath, Alister E. The Enigma of the Cross.

Morris, Leon. The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross.

——. The Atonement: Its Meaning and Significance.

——. The Cross in the New Testament.

Nicole, Roger. Standing Forth: Collected Writings of Roger Nicole.

Piper, John. Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die.

Smail, Tom. Windows on the Cross.

Smeaton, George. The Apostles’ Doctrine of the Atonement.

——. Christ’s Doctrine of the Atonement.

Sproul, R. C. The Truth of the Cross.

Stott, John R. W. The Cross of Christ.

Tidball, Derek. The Message of the Cross: Wisdom Unsearchable, Love Indestructible.

Wallace, Ronald. The Atoning Death of Christ.

Wells, Paul. Cross Words: The Biblical Doctrine of Atonement.

1. Have a good Bible.

Every Christian needs a good Bible that they can easily read and enjoy. A translation such as the English Standard Version (ESV), the ESV Study Bible is very well done, or the New International Version (NIV) is preferable as your primary reading Bible, although there are many other translations that are also quite good (e.g., New King James Version, New American Standard Version).

2. Have some good Christian books.

If you want to build a reference library, the first book you should buy is A Commentary and Reference Survey by John Glynn by John Glynn. That book will tell you which other books are the best resources available for in-depth Christian study and anyone who is serious about studying should have a copy of this book.

3. Have some good (free) online study resources.

There are many great websites that can help you do Bible word studies and such for free. Good examples include the following, with the first one built and run by Mars Hill elder, Zack Hubert:

ReGreek specializes in word studies from the Bible 's original languages.
Crosswalk has many translations and Bible study tools.
Bible Gateway has many translations and Bible study tools.
CCEL has most of the major works from Christian history for free and a “Study Bible” feature that pulls up historical church commentary on specified verses.
E Sword has numerous Bible study tools.

4. Have some good Bible software.

If you can afford it, Bible study software provides some amazing resources and companies like Logos Bible Software are worth considering.

5. Have some good websites.

There are many great resources available for free on the web with articles, books, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, and MP3s. The following are some recommendations:

Desiring God is the website featuring a large repository of sermons and articles from my friend, Dr. John Piper.
Covenant Seminary has a “Free Downloads” link on their front page that will enable you to listen to hundreds of hours of their class lectures on many areas of Christian study. I am grateful to my friends at Covenant who have given the church such a gracious gift.
Mars Hill Church is where hundreds of hours of my teaching is available for free and has been the number one podcast on iTunes for religion and spirituality.
carm has good articles on cults, world religions, and apologetical issues.
equip.org has good articles, book reviews, and more, on cults, world religions, and apologetical issues.
www.christianitytoday.com/historyhas some great articles on Christian history and biography.
www.monergism.com has an almost overwhelming number of free articles on nearly every theological issue from a Reformed perspective.

6. Have some good community.

Most of the Bible was written to communities of people and is therefore best studied in community with other Christians. For this reason, getting plugged into a Community Group and/or taking midweek classes in addition to regularly attending a Sunday church service is essential.
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Below are links to PDF sample chapters of Mark Driscoll's latest books. You can look through the books or go to the relit site to get all of the special features.

Death by Love
Vintage Jesus
On Church Leadership
On Who is God
On the Old Testament
On the New Testament

On January 8, 2008 Dr. Peter Jones of Westminster Seminary and Christian Witness to a Pagan Planet came to Seattle to give a lecture at one of our local Pastors' workshops (Pastoring in Today's Zeitgeist) and to participate in a Resurgence Event (Walking in the Land of Blur). In between the sessions, Mark Driscoll had the opportunity to interview Dr. Jones about his life, his work, his books, the Gospel and our pagan culture.

You can see all of the interviews here as they become available.

On January 8, 2008 Dr. Peter Jones of Westminster Seminary and Christian Witness to a Pagan Planet came to Seattle to give a lecture at one of our local Pastors' workshops (Pastoring in Today's Zeitgeist) and to participate in a Resurgence Event (Walking in the Land of Blur). In between the sessions, Mark Driscoll had the opportunity to interview Dr. Jones about his life, his work, his books, the Gospel and our pagan culture.

You can see all of the interviews here as they become available.