Every minister should be a reader -- in his armchair as well as in his study. But what should he read? The giants, writes Warren Wiersbe. And not just Charles Haddon Spurgeon and G. Campbell Morgan, although the author includes insightful chapters on both. Other pulpit giants may receive somewhat less attention today but stand just as tall: Samuel Rutherford, F. W. Robertson, Alexander Maclaren, R. W. Dale, Joseph Parker, J. Hudson Taylor, Alexander Whyte, W. R. Nicoll, Charles E. Jefferson, A. C. Gaebelein, B. H. Carroll, J. D. Jones, George H. Morrison, Frank W. Boreham, A. W. Tozer, and W. E. Sangster. One should read not only what the giants have written, but what has been written about them, and the author points the reader to the best books in both categories, spicing the bibliographical with the biographical. Additional chapters guide the minister to the outstanding works on the ministry in general and on preaching in particular. This is the kind of book the reader will not be able to put down, and after he finishes it, he will have a hard time putting down the books to which the author has lured him. Supplementing the author's descriptions of the "giants" are original pen-and-ink sketches by Grand Rapids artist Amy Van Martin. - Jacket flap.