In light of a recent conference (I share here and here), I’ve been blogging a bit more about various issues on continuationist/charismatic theology – the belief that all gifts of God are still available today, just as they were for the early church we read about in the New Testament.

So I thought I would list 20 books that might be worth reading. They are not in any particular order of what I consider best. Rather, they are in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.

Some of them are commentary-like. Some of them are theologically driven. Some of them are more devotional. Some of them provide testimonies. And some of them are a conglomeration of these categories.

I hope they provide some good food for thought.

1. Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians 12-14 by D.A. Carson

2. Surprised by the Power of the Spirit by Jack Deere

3. Surprised by the Voice of God by Jack Deere

4. Fathering Leaders, Motivating Mission: Restoring the Role of Apostle in Today’s Church by David Devenish

5. God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul by Gordon Fee

6. Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God by Gordon Fee

7. The First Epistle to the Corinthians by Gordon Fee

8. Miracles by Craig Keener

9. Charismatic Gifts in the Early Church by Ronald Kydd

10. The Case For Charismatics by Michael Peters

11. The Beginner’s Guide to Spiritual Gifts by Sam Storms

12. The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke by Roger Stronstad

13. The Prophethood of All Believers by Roger Stronstad

14. The Century of the Holy Spirit: 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal by Vinson Synan

15. The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts: In the New Testament Church and Today by Max Turner

16. The Heavenly Man by Brother Yun (a biography about a Chinese leader in the underground church of China)