Reading List
My current reading list is getting kind of overwhelming. The books I’m actually currently “reading” (although some I haven’t opened in weeks):
- The Reason for God - Timothy Keller
- Just started it. Looks like it will be interesting.
- Celebration of Discipline - Richard J. Foster
- This is a really ‘inspirational’ book. The guy has a passion for bringing the beautiful devotion back into common Christianity. The theology isn’t exactly strong enough in my personal opinion in some areas, but the sense of devotion is incredibly challenging and inspiring.
- Institutes of the Christian Religion – John Calvin
- Nothing like the classics to whet the appetite and thoroughly pain-induce the head. I actually am looking really forward for digging deeper into this theological masterpiece.
- Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview – J. P. Moreland & William Lane Craig
- This is actually a really cool discourse on philosophy with a Christian view. It is right up my alley. I’m already soaking it up.
- Your Jesus is Too Safe – Jared Wilson.
- Thoroughly challenging and thoroughly entertaining. In typical Wilson fashion, the book is lighthearted enoguh to make you chuckle at its cultural references at times, and in-your-face enough to make you choke on your own religious complacency at times.
- Religion Saves – Mark Driscoll
- The actual title for this one has like a “and nine other misconceptions” tagged on, but only on the front. So it looks kind of awkward sitting on my bedside table when I have people over. That legalist fodder I’ve gotten into!!
- C.S. Lewis Signature Classics – C.S. Lewis
- Man, I really need to finish these. Enough said there.
- Letters to Doubting Thomas: A Case for the Existence of God – Layman
- Only a couple of pages left on this one. A really great read that argues on pretty high philosophical levels for theism. Kudos to Andrew for recommending it to me.
- Jesus Among Other Gods – Ravi Zacharias
- This is a great book from a guy that I have mad respect for. Honestly though, I haven’t picked it up in a while.
- Desiring God – John Piper
- A more intense Don’t Waste Your Life. Hard to read though. Typical Piper fashion: great philosophical ideas, but greatly, greatly extended. Haha.
- Abstract of Systematic Theology – James P. Boyce
- One of the Baptist fathers. This is essentially ‘the book’ that the Baptist theology was built on. It’s old, very old. But great. Really great. Haha. I recommend it.
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years – Donald Miller
- Recommended to me by Zach and Molly. Haven’t read it yet, but looking forward to getting into it.
- Confessions – St. Augustine
- Just got this in the mail recently. Looking forward to it so much!
I would ask for recommendations but I’m a little afraid since I have so much to do! Although I will go ahead and ask for recommendations and comments. Bring em!
-Riley
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about 8 months ago
I think you mean Jesus among other gods.
Man, you’re reading list is even longer than mine.
about 8 months ago
I don’t think that I recommended that D-Miller book to you… not that I wouldn’t, I just haven’t read it.
Only other one that I would add to your list – “Confessions of a Reformissionary Rev” by Mark Driscoll. It’s a quick read – I read it in a day. My respect for him has skyrocketed after reading this book (it’s basically the story of how Mars Hill started/grew). It’s extremely inspiring, challenging, and overall encouraging to read that God really does move. It’s a little intense – laced with spiritual warfare, and, you know Driscoll – he doesn’t leave much detail out! But I strongly recommend it. It reads like a story, so it’s not very hard to get through. That’s my plug!
about 8 months ago
You should also add to your list this book. It might tell you how to successfully create a fake twitter account.
about 8 months ago
I can’t remember, but I think you told me you never finished Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra? If I’m remembering correctly, give yourself a break from all that non-fiction and go read those!
about 8 months ago
I’m with Zach. Theory and philosophy are fine, but it is fiction that breathes life into dead ideas.
about 8 months ago
(Even if that were not true, Perelandra is one of the best books ever written.)
about 8 months ago
Yeah I definitely need to get some fiction up in here.
about 7 months ago
Riley, thanks for reading, bro. I appreciate the kind words.
about 6 months ago
I just started reading The Reason for God cuz a group on campus is going through it/discussing it every week. I’m not too far into it, but what are your thoughts on it?