I most enjoy reading authors who died a long time ago. Perhaps this is because their works are in the public domain (read: FREE), but mainly it is because the writers of the past (particularly those of the 18th and 19th century) were spiritual giants. I am truly indebted to those selfless individuals who have scanned and put these works online for the edification of Christians throughout the world.

In the spirit of "passing it on", I have made available some of the books and articles I have read which have contributed to my spiritual growth, and which I highly recommend. They are all in the public domain as far as I know, and have been made available for download as zipped files in order to preserve bandwidth. You will have to unzip them before importing the text into your favourite word processor and formatting the book to your liking.

The library is divided into 2 sections:

Classic Christian books for download
Short articles and sermon you can read online 

My favourite sources of online reading material are:

Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Grace Gems
The Spurgeon Archive
Fire & Ice (Puritan Sermons)
The Pink Archive (Writings of A W Pink)

There are some living authors whom I enjoy as well. One of these would be John Piper, who has made his books available online for free. I highly recommend his best-selling book "Desiring God."

BIBLE SOFTWARE 

Lest I forget, nothing beats reading the Bible itself! Bible reading software makes this tremendously more rewarding, and I can highly recommend these two, which come absolutely free:

e-Sword is a fantastic resource, allowing you to study the Bible alongside many powerful commentaries and dictionaries. The user interface is very friendly and intuitive, and there is a pop-up box when you hover over a word or verse reference, so you can read the verse without even clicking the mouse. They also have a version available for Pocket PC.

The Online Bible is an older resource. I've been using it since the days of MS-DOS but they have now come up with a Windows version, of course. The interface is definitely showing its age, being based on old DOS way of doing things. It also does not have Mathew Henry's exhaustive commentary (only the concise version). Its strength, however, is that it has a Bible Theme Index, which is based on the Thompson Chain Reference Bible. It also has a built-in cross-referencing function, based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, which is very easy to use, as all the verses appear on a separate plane, so you can easily browse through those verses.

I use both programmes, depending on what I want to do, as each has its strong points. Do download them and try them out! The price is definitely right.