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Have you read any of Bavinck yet? If not, you could start with the abridged version of Reformed Dogmatics

Have you read any of Barth? A good place to start would be Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics: An Introduction and Reader by Allen. Allen teaches theology at RTS-Orlando, FYI.

Every "new Calvinist" needs to read Letters to a Young Calvinist: An Invitation to the Reformed Tradition by Jamie Smith.

Rejoicing in Lament: Wrestling with Incurable Cancer and Life in Christ by J. Todd Billings is an amazing treatment of suffering. Billings is a Reformed theologian teaching at Western Seminary who has terminal cancer.

Christ, Baptism and the Lord's Supper: Recovering the Sacraments for Evangelical Worship by Leonard J. Vander Zee is a readable overview of Reformed sacramentology. Vander Zee is a paedobaptist, but that's only touched on in a small portion of the book. There's plenty a credobaptist could benefit from.

One of the best book's I've read this year is: Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretation by R. Michael Allen and Scott Swain.

The best book I know of on the human condition is Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin by Cornelius Plantinga.

For a very pastoral look at the struggles facing homosexual Christians, read Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality by Wesley Hill. Hill is a reformed theologian teaching at an anglican seminary who happens to be gay and has a traditional understanding of sexuality.

I recommend Zondervan's Counterpoints series for an overview of almost any theological issue. In each book, between 3-5 authors write an essay on their position. The other authors then write a response. It's an excellent format for an introduction, and I've generally found that they choose authors who represent their position well. My current favorite in the series is Five Views On Biblical Inerrancy by Al Mohler, Kevin Vanhoozer, Michael Bird, Peter Enns, and John Franke (all of whom could be considered reformed).

Want to know how best to help the poor in a modern world? Read: When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert.

My two favorite books about Creation and Evolution are The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate by John Walton and The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis Collins.