HT: Phoenix Preacher
Babylons Dread gets all the credit for this thread…or the blame. 
In descending order, off the top of my addled brain , the five worst books I ever bought.
5. Chosen But Free : Norm Geisler
When Dave Hunt writes a book full of half truths and out of context quotes, many aren't surprised.
When a real theologian with the credentials of Norm Geisler does so, we are.
Geisler took it upon himself to redefine 500 year old theological terms in an effort to try to make his case against reformed theology.
The result was a book that caused confusion among many and much consternation among his peers.
Alan Kurschner commented; Geisler’s Chosen But Free is a thoroughly inept work with myriads of straw men, vacuous assumptions, superficial–if any–interaction with Reformed works, muddled terminology, and eisegesis—all of which are documented in The Potter’s Freedom.
The good news is that James White wrote a great response to this that is a very helpful book, the aforementioned Potters Freedom.
Next, another shot across my theological bow that missed badly …
4. The Five Points of Calvinism : George Bryson
If you want to know what kind of grasp Bryson has on the subject watch his debate with James White on YouTube.
I'd move to Russia too.
George won't debate now and it would be nice if he'd do some real research before his next epistle.
Sadly, this misrepresentation of Reformed theology is widely read and accepted by many of Bryson's CC peers.
Just when I thought there was bottom to bad theology came this classic…
Classically awful…
3. What Love Is This?
A little more than three months before writing this half witted assault on Calvinism, Hunt told James White that he had never read any of the Reformers.
Never one to let facts or research get in the way of a smear campaign, Hunt published anyway. complete with endorsements from Chuck Smith and Tim LaHaye.
Here's the fount from which much evangelical sewage flows…
2. "Systematic Theology: Charles Finney
The rape of evangelical doctrine and practice.
Despite this, he is a hero of the faith to many today.
Far from being a hero, he was a heretic.
and the worst book of all time…
Drum roll please…
1. New Age Bible Versions: Gail Riplinger
The grandmother of all the wacky, weird, smear jobs to follow from the "discernment ministries".
Honorable mention goes to Vance's "Dark Side of Calvinism", anything by Hal Lindsey and the "Left Behind" series.
Your turn…
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