Best Books on Attributes of God
The attributes of God are the perfections of His character revealed in Scripture, such as holiness, sovereignty, love, and immutability. Reformed theology holds that these are not separate parts of God but distinct ways His one simple, unchanging nature is displayed. Rightly knowing God's attributes shapes worship, humility, and confidence in His character.
Start Here
basic
The Knowledge of the Holy
Top pickA.W. Tozer · 1961
Devotional classic that introduces God's attributes to the everyday reader.
None Like Him
Jen Wilkin · 2016
Accessible ten-week study on God's incommunicable attributes, great for small groups.
Gentle and Lowly
Dane Ortlund · 2020
Warm look at the heart of Christ toward sinners, drawing out God's compassion and patience.
The Holiness of God
R.C. Sproul · 1985
Bestselling introduction to God's holiness as the ground of all His other attributes.
Go Deeper
intermediate
The Attributes of God
Top pickArthur W. Pink · 1975
A deeper devotional treatment that bridges popular reading and systematic study.
A Body of Divinity
Thomas Watson · 1692
Puritan exposition of the Shorter Catechism covering God's attributes in pastoral depth.
Concise Theology: A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs
J.I. Packer · 2001
Short, punchy studies placing each attribute within the whole of Reformed doctrine.
Delighting in the Trinity
Michael Reeves · 2012
Shows how God's triune nature colors and shapes every attribute He possesses.
Knowing God
J.I. Packer · 1973
Modern classic weaving God's attributes together with the call to know Him personally.
For Study
advanced
The Existence and Attributes of God
Top pickStephen Charnock · 1682
Monumental Puritan two-volume exposition, the definitive historic work on this doctrine.
The Doctrine of God
John M. Frame · 2002
Rigorous modern systematic treatment integrating the attributes with Christian ethics.
No One Like Him
John Feinberg · 2001
Scholarly evangelical treatment engaging modern philosophical challenges to God's nature.
Reformed Dogmatics, Vol. 2: God and Creation
Herman Bavinck · 2004
Bavinck's magisterial dogmatic treatment of God's being and attributes.
Systematic Theology
Louis Berkhof · 1996
Standard Reformed seminary text with a thorough section on the doctrine of God.
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