Where do I start with Reformed Theology?

This past Sunday, I began preaching on the distinctions of Veritas - trying to answer the question "What is different (not better) about Veritas Church?"  The first distinction had to do with our theological convictions:

Veritas holds to reformed theology.  By this, we mean that we generally agree with the theology that was recovered in the 16^th and 17^th centuries during the Protestant Reformation – we believe the reformers had it right, and recovered the theology of men like Augustine, the Apostle Paul, and Jesus.

Some of you are new to reformed theology and so I promised to post some resources to get you started:

• You can read through the Veritas Church Elder Doctrinal Statement.  We don't require members to hold to everything in this document - but we do require this of our pastors.  

• The London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 is one of the best historical articulations of reformed theology.

• If you're struggling to understand the 1689 confession, but want to, buy Samuel Waldron's commentary.

• If you're looking for a good, historical, reformed catechism (summary of theological beliefs in question and answer format) check out the Heidelberg Catechism.

• If you're looking for a book that will be a great primer on reformed theology, purchase R.C. Sproul's "What is Reformed Theology."

• Desiring God has a great booklet available online for free.  It's called "What We Believe About the Five Points of Calvinism."

• And finally, the best website to find articles and books that will answer your questions biblically is, in my opinion, Monergism.