We asked you to tell us what you think are the most essential books from and about church history. Here are the best of the best from your answers. Next week, we'll post our own list.

Essential reading from church history:

• Foxe’s Book of Martyrs / John Foxe
• The Reformed Pastor / Richard Baxter
• Why the God-Man / Anselm
• Holiness / J.C. Ryle
• Religious Affections / Jonathan Edwards
• Table Talk / Martin Luther

Essential reading about church history:

• Church History in Plain Language / Bruce Shelley
• The Spreading Flame / F.F. Bruce
• The Story of Christianity (2 volumes) & A History of Christian Thought (3 volumes) / Justo Gonzalez
• Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther / Roland Bainton
• The Reformation: Roots & Ramifications / Heiko Oberman
• A History of Christianity (2 volumes) / Kenneth Scott Latourette
• The Creeds of Christendom (3 volumes) / Phillip Schaff
• The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine (5 volumes) / Jaroslav Pelikan
• Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of the Church / Mark Noll

To learn more about where we come from and where we’re going, come to the next Resurgence conference: Our Fathers & Our Future, Orlando, February 2011.