The Pastor’s Library

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Eddie G. Grigg

“Any reader who desires a modern reliable guide for building a good library needs this new book. It is a treasure, especially for serious pastors and teachers.”

John H. Armstrong

“Robert Yost has done biblical and theological students and pastors everywhere a great service in producing The Pastor’s Library. His book is insightful, current, substantive, and readable. It is an excellent tool and will help equip both the present and emerging generation of church leaders.”

Dave Epstein

“Carrying on the tradition of Cyril Barber’s Minister’s Library, Yost’s much-needed bibliographic resource provides the type of recommendations evangelical pastors, college, and seminary students will want to use to build their own personal library. Readers will find commendations of contemporary scholarship [and] timeless classics—some still out-of-print—an important resource list in its own right.”

Klaus Issler

“In an age when paper and electronic Old Testament resources abound, it is good to have a veteran scholar’s guidance to navigate them. Robert Yost offers practical, accurate, and specific opinions on each volume’s theological viewpoint and usefulness, and his assessments are clear and generous. This work will aid beginning and seasoned students alike.”

Paul House

“The Pastor’s Library is an important work and merits purchase and perusal by all ministers, scholars, and thoughtful persons who care about biblical and theological depth as integral to discipleship and mission. I recommend this work highly and as one serving pastors, this will be immensely helpful in directing leaders to the best resources.”

Charlie Self

“Dr. Yost has revitalized and renewed the scholarship of theological research without sacrificing the practical application for students and pastors. Of extraordinary value! Every scholar should add it to his or her library as a valuable resource.”

Harvey Solganick

“Students benefit from expert evaluation in finding the best reference books. Diligent pastors want to keep up with new research done since college/seminary days. Professors and librarians need to evaluate textbooks. All should consult Dr. Yost’s annotated bibliography for guidance as to how to best use limited study time.”

Steven Waterhouse

“As a pastor far removed from my seminary days, I am in need of a carefully selected list of books that will help me make informed choices when it comes to sermon preparation, Old and New Testament studies, Apologetics, Practical Theology and much more. Robert Yost has written an exceptionally well-compiled bibliography that has become a great addition to my library. He does an excellent job informing the reader of the relevance and quality of the sources he cites by offering succinct annotations about the book’s usefulness.”

Jeffrey Winter

“Every pastor who is serious about teaching the Scriptures must access the best tools for the trade, and the same is true for theological students. Dr. Yost has done pastors and students a service by providing a resource of resources. This annotated bibliography will quickly direct the pastor or student to the classics in the field as well as the most helpful resources for theological study.”

Wesley C. McCarter

“Robert Yost has the spent the hours you can’t in surveying a virtual library of biblical and theological texts. Pastors, students, and teachers looking to build a strong personal library along conservative and evangelical lines will find this work particularly helpful.”

Trevor Smith

“Dr. Yost has done an admirable service in writing this much-needed resource. It provides a very good, broad basis for building one’s own theological and practical library. It also serves as a ready tool for quickly finding books suggested on any given category included therein, either for one’s own use or for answering others who ask for help on a given subject.”

David K. Johnson

“Pastors can now leave Cyril Barber’s recommendations for the minister’s library on the shelf. It served its generation. Robert Yost and his team have identified the tools for effective ministry that pastors will need in 2017 and beyond. Buy extra copies to share with seminary students building their libraries.”

Frank Scurry

“With the rising cost of books, it is important for pastors/students to identify the best books as additions to a personal theological library. Theological research, as well as weekly preaching, must access the necessary resources, and often it is a challenge to sort through the multitude of books on a topic. Students and pastors will both benefit from this well-organized annotated bibliography to help guide them in sorting through the best books as well as the newer ones for use in ministry and research. An impressive text in its breadth, highly recommended as a reference tool to have on the shelf.”

S. Donald Fortson III

“A well-written, well-organized, and eminently practical tool for all serious students of the Word of God. It provides a much-needed guide to all of the essential works that should be present in the library of a minister of the gospel. As a former cross-cultural worker living for more than twenty years outside of his country of origin, I believe this work will prove to be an especially useful resource for anyone serving in a similar capacity today.”

Steven A. Bailey