Your automatic result
Your Recommended Book Path
Your questions are reasonable. This result gives you the first skill to build and the book path that fits your answers.

Why this path fits
Start with the method.
The Seven Gate book comes first because it gives you the verification system before you enter the prooftext battlefield.
Your next step
Continue to your recommended book path.
Use the first book to learn the method. Then use the second book for applied casework.
Recommended path
Follow this order.
The goal is not to consume random content. The goal is to build a repeatable skill and then apply it to the claims that matter most to you.
Reminder
You are not wrong for needing a structure.
The normal online debate environment rewards speed, confidence, and emotional pressure. This funnel is designed to move you out of that chaos and into a method: claim, jurisdiction, text, covenant, fulfillment, verdict.