They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness. –2 Peter 2:15

Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion. –Jude 1:11

There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality. –Revelation 2:14

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Hank Hanegraaff, Christianity In Crisis: 21st Century (Thomas Nelson, 2012).

Dave Hunt and T. A. McMahon, The Seduction of Christianity: Spiritual Discernment in the Last Days (Harvest House, 1990).

Andrew Strom, Why I Left the Prophetic Movement (The Revolution, 2012). This stands out to me as the best pro-charismatic critique of prophetic ministry; that and Art Katz’s The Prophetic Call: True and False Prophets (2009).

Archibald Alexander, Thoughts on Religious Experience (Banner of Truth, 1967).

Jack Deere, Why I Am Still Surprised by the Voice of God (Zondervan, 2022).

Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Bethany House Publishers, 2003).

Harald Lindstrom, Wesley and Sanctification (Zondervan, 1984).

Robert Peterson, Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment (P&R Publishing, 1995).

P. C. Nelson, Bible Doctrines (Gospel Publishing House, 2009).

E. S. Williams, Systematic Theology, 3 vols. (Gospel Publishing House, 1953).

R. A. Torrey, ed. The Fundamentals, 4 vols. (Baker Books, 1994).

Charles Carter, ed. A Contemporary Wesleyan Theology: Biblical, Systematic, Practical. 2 vols. (Zondervan, 1984).

—. The Wesleyan Bible Commentary. 6 vols. (Hendrickson Publishers, 1986).

Vic Reasoner, Fundamental Wesleyan Systematic Theology. 3 vols. (Fundamental Wesleyan Publishers, 2021).

Dr. John R. Rice, Adultery and Sex Perversion (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1978).

Dr. Hugh Pyle, The Truth About the Homosexuals (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 1978).

Dr. Jeff Amsbaugh, Pay-Per-View: The Double Cost of Pornography (Sword of the Lord Publishers, 2008).

Banner of Truth. The “Puritan Paperbacks” Series.

The Works of John Wesley, 3rd ed. (Baker Books, 1996).

Thomas C. Oden, Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry (HarperOne, 1983). This used to be a standard textbook on pastoral ministry in the conservative Wesleyan churches. Throw out those goofy John Bevere books and read this instead.

—. John Wesley’s Teachings. 4 vols. (Zondervan, 2014).