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Reader Recommendations
Some of the books and music that you, the readers, have recommended here over time:
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Theme based on Derek Punsalan's Grid Focus.
how is that last book?
Nothing to Be Frightened Of (which i started reading LAST Christmas)
‘r-atics: Sociolinguistic, phonetic and phonological characteristics of /r/ (. . . typical.)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Great Expectations
Julie & Julia
Sounds like my wife’s desk – minus the zombies. We watched Julie and Julia a few weeks ago, and subsequently cooked some awesome food.
Forgotten God
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Citizen Soliders
Words from the Fire
Dug Down Deep by Joshua Harris
The Gospel Driven Life by Michael Horton
Unfashionable by Tullian Tchividjain
Finally Alive by John Piper
Ballistics: Poems
No Country for Old Men
Rome Sweet Home
Hannah Coulter
Crazy Love (I know, everyone else already read it, but I just got it for Christmas finally)
Smith Wigglesworth The Complete Collection of his Life Teachings (I am almost through his book on the Holy Spirit and like it alot)
Same Kind of Different as Me (and I am going to hear these guys speak in January– can’t wait!)
Chosen by God by R C Sproul I am rereading this one.
My ESV Classic Reference Bible, TruTone, Charcoal, Celtic Cross Design; John Stott’s The Message of the Sermon on the Mount; Lloyd-Jones, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount; Robert Guelich Sermon on the Mount: Foundation for Understanding; (can you tell what I’m preaching through on Sunday nights?) John Murray, Divorce; and John Frame, The Doctrine of the Christian Life (A Theology of Lordship).
It’s not on my desk right now but I’ll throw this in since I just put it back on the shelf: Sinclair Ferguson, Sermon on the Mount.
Had you asked yesterday I would have also had a whole pile of Matthew commentaries to list.
1. Deep Church by Jim Belcher
2. Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright
3. Longing for God by Richard Foster and Gayle Beebe
4. Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Hannah Coulter is marvellous, as is the Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. Two of my favorites from the past year.
1) Kwame Nkrumah – The Political Kingdom in the Third World by David Rooney
2) Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
3) Sex, Economy, Community and Freedom by Wendell Berry
4) All Art is Propaganda by George Orwell
Ovid’s Metamorphosis, Dickens’s Tale of Two Cities, Same Kind of Different as Me, and my Bible. There are, of course, about 7 more books in progress in the pile with these, but I didn’t want the list to be too long :-)
I’m at the office, so here goes:
Beginning Linux Programming (Stones)
The C Programming Language (Kernighan/Ritchie)
Big Java (Horstmann)
Sun Certified Programmer for Java 6 Study Guide(Sierra/Bates)
“The Complete Sherlock Holmes – Volume II” by A. Conan Doyle
“God, Marriage, and Family” by A. Kostenberger
“Reagan: A Life in Letters”
The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross by Morris
Leading on Empty by Cordeiro
George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth Century – Volume II by Dallimore
TR: The Last Romantic by Brands
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands -Tripp
Pillar NT Commentary Ephesians -O’Brien
According to Plan -Goldsworthy
the multi-site church revolution
A Sweet & Bitter Providence – Piper
Raised with Christ – Warnock
Forces for Good – Crutchfield/Grant
Creators – Johnson
Not at my desk at the moment… this is what’s in my bag.
Autobiography of George Mueller
Adopted For Life – Russell Moore
The Valley of Vision (A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions)
Dave Barry’s Greatest Hits – Dave Barry
(Honorable mentions:”Biblical Eldership” by Alexander Strauch; “FIght Clubs” by Jonathan Dodson; and my handy dandy ESV.)
Bible (ESV)
Parallel Text Short Stories in German (edited by Ernst Zillekens)
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Linear Algebra and its Applications by David C. Lay
‘Desiring God’ by John Piper
‘Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony’ by Stanley Hauerwas, William H. Willimon
‘Renovation of the heart’ by Dallas Willard
Crime and Punishment – Dostoevsky
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – Tripp
The Reason For God – Keller
Complete Collection of Jane Austen Books (christmas gift)
The Knack
The Business Side of Creativity
The Power of Less
The Greatest Show On Earth
Ain’t Nobody’s Business If You Do
The Story of Israel: A Biblical Theology
Prince Caspian
The Crucified God
Culture Making
Future Grace, John Piper
The Ultimate Priority, John MacArthur
The Autobiography of Hudson Taylor
The Religious Affections, Jonathan Edwards
Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for Preaching
Don’t Waste Your Life
Future Grace
Counterfeit Gods
Currently wading through the top one, and there’s a lot more than four. My stack of “need to read” books grew by double at Christmas.
Should also mention I just finished (for about the third time) Patrick by Stephen R Lawhead. If anyone hasn’t discovered Lawhead’s work yet, do check him out. My two favorites are Byzantium and Patrick.
Bible – Ephesians currently
How to Get Control of Your Time and Your Life – Lakein
Pleasures of God – Piper
Strength Finder 2.0 – Rath
Gilead – Robinson
Complete Husband – Priolo
Just Do Something – DeYoung
The One Thing You Need To Know… – Buckingham
A New Inner Relish – Ortlund
I just finished Gilead and loved it!
For some reason, I think you’ll find “the one thing you need to know” there rather than in Buckingham’s book.
Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
War of Words by Paul David Tripp
Morning & Evening by Charles Spurgeon
The Great Divorce & The Four Loves by CS Lewis
- Safe in the Arms of God: Truth from Heaven About the Death of a Child by John MacArthur
- Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated World by Joshua Harris
- A Tale of Two Sons: The Inside Story of a Father, His Sons, and a Shocking Murder by John MacArthur
“Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest” Huh?
Could you please provide a 22 word book report?!
On my messy desk:
1. Can you Count? by Gyo Fujikawa
2. The New Wood Architecture by Naomi Stungo
3. Lies Women Believe by DeMoss
The Barbarian Way – McManus
You Don’t Need a Title to Be a Leader – Sanborn
Less Clutter, Less Noise – Meyer
ESV Journaling Bible
-How It Feels to Be Attacked by a Shark
-From Herschel to a Hobnail Boot
-The Hobbit
Too many for me to list. Sorry! Number of John Piper’s book, Jerry Bridge’s book, Number of John MacArthur’s books, ESV The One Year Bible, other ESV and ESV Study Bible, Number of different translation Bibles, Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, Knowning God by JI Packer, Ravi Zacharias books too and many more books. Including Dictionary too.
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion
God Hides in Plain Sight by Dean Nelson
Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
The Root of the Righteous by AW Tozer
… not sure what else is on my nightstand!
The Sisters of Sinai
The Graveyard Book
Peace Like a River
Coffeehouse Theology
These are in my bag, which is on my desk.
Andrew Peterson – North! Or Be Eaten
A.S. Peterson (AP’s brother) – The Fiddler’s Gun
N.D. Wilson – Leepike Ridge
That’s only 3, but I have 2 issues of PC Gamer in there too. :-)
Leepike Ridge is an excellent read! Hope you are enjoying it! I certainly did!
Hand of Providence by Mary Beth Brown
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
The Joy of a Word Filled Family by John MacArthur
Flowing Streams by Stuart Briscoe
oops..
The Joy of a Word Filled Family is by Dr. John S. Barnett.
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey (daughter’s suggestion)
The Christ Commission by Og Mandino (Son’s suggestion)
The Middle Ages by Morris Bishop
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
Jesus and the Disinherited
When Helping Hurts
Black Bourgeoisie
Saviors and Survivors
1. Get out of That Pit-Beth Moore
2. More then a Good Bible Study Girl- Lysa Terkeurst
3. The Pioneer Woman Cooks-Ree Drummond
4. Jamie at Home-Jamie Oliver
Adopted for Life
Parenting the Hurt Child
Parenting with Love & Logic
Same Kind of Different as Me
Miss Manners Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior
And I’m about to finish To Kill a Mockingbird
I LOVED reading To Kill a Mockingbird!!!
It was sooo good!
So Big
Rest, Living in Sabbath Simplicity
Change of Heart
How To Raise A Gentleman: A Civilized Guide To Helping Your Son Through His Uncivilized Childhood
I wish I had A Sweet and Bitter Providence on mine! I have a biography of Katherine Parr.
your #1 looks interesting.
At work, so some boring stuff:
SharePoint 2007 Development (Hoffman Foster)
Visual C# .NET Programming (Doyle)
5 children’s books by Max Lucado.
You are Special
You are Mine
If I Only Had a Green Nose
Just in Case You Ever Wonder
and
Alabaster’s Song
I’m searching on Amazon for Best of All
Fool Moon Rising: Fluharty
The Reason for God: Keller
Gospel Powered Parenting: Farley
Les Miserables (unabridged)
Six Pixels of Separation
HTML, XHTML, and CSS Desk Reference
The World is Flat
ESV
1. Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul – Jack Canfield,Mark Victor Hansen, and Kimberly Kirberger
2. A Second helping of Chicken Soup for the soul -Jack Canfield, and Mark Victor Hansen
3. A Third Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul – Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
4. The Quilter’s Daughter (Daughters of Lancaster County book 2)- Wanda E. Brunstetter
*It’s Beginning to Hurt: Stories* by James Lasdun
*Lesslie Newbigin: A Theological Life* by Geoffrey Wainwright
*The Trinity* by St. Augustine
Well, what is literally on my desk is:
Go, Dog, Go! Dr. Seuss
Galloping the Globe, Loree Pettit & Dari Mullins
ESV Bible
(Can you tell I’m a homeschooler?)
But the ones that I’ve recently been reading are:
Feminine Appeal, Carolyn Mahaney
When I Don’t Desire God, Piper
Great list of books in these comments.
Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings (guitar transcriptions)
John MacArthur – Daily Readings in The Life of Christ
Mark Levin – Liberty and Tyranny
Dave Ramsey – The Total Money Makeover
God’s Missionary- Amy Carmichael
Spiritual Leadership- J. Oswald Sanders
Out of the Silent Planet- C.S. Lewis
Marriage to a Difficult Man: The Uncommon Union of Jonathan and Sarah Edwards -Elsabeth Dodds
Eliot’s The Cultivation of Christmas Trees
Lunsford’s The St. Martin’s Handbook (not usually on my desk, but I was working on spring syllabi today)
Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
and these Christmas gifts:
Gross’ Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God
Heaney’s Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996
Good Poems for Hard Times, edited by Garrison Keillor
Books I took to the east coast for the holidays and/or got for Christmas (close enough?)
-The Hit Charade: Lou Pearlman, Boy Bands, and the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in US History by Tyler Gray
-The Curse of the Mogul: What’s Wrong with the World’s Leading Media Companies? by Knee, Greanwald and Seave
-Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin
-Living to Tell the Tale by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
-Teenagers from the Future: Essays on the Legion of Super-Heroes by various
1. Against Christianity – Peter Leithart
2. City of God – St. Augustine
3. Culture Shift – Al Mohler
4. Collected Works – Flannery O’Connor
5. Orthodoxy – G.K. Chesterton
Only two books actually sitting on my desk right now (the rest are on the shelf!).
1. “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” (ed. Guthrie).
2. “The Boyhood of Great Inventors” (A. Fraser Robertson) published around the turn of the 20th century.
On my desk right now you will find the New Bible Commentary (no longer new, judging by it’s cover… which I am told you shouldn’t do), an Oxford English-Russian Dictionary – no comment on the cover, as it’s missing…, a pile of exercise books and my Bible.
1. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
2. Captain Alatriste by Arturo Perez-Reverte
3. Soledad’s Sister by Jose Dalisay
4. Alexander Solzhenetsyn: A Century in His Life by D.M. Thomas
Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome – Kent & Barbara Hughes
Broken Down House – Paul David Tripp
A Taste of Heaven – Sproul
For What it’s Worth – Guillebaud
The paradox of choice, why more is less. How the culture of abundance robs us of satisfaction – Barry schwartz
soul cravings – Erwin McManus
the ultimate wedding planner and organizer – Elizabeth Lluch (I’m getting married in sept :-)
saving your marriage before it starts
Solo the message remix an uncommon devotional
Home Marilynne Robinson
Essays of E.B. White
Endpoint John Updike
The Sweetest & the Meanest Tom Kimmel
I Stand at the Door and Knock by Corrie ten Boom
http://www.amazon.com/Stand-Door-Knock-Meditations-Author/dp/0310271541
Seeing With New Eyes by David Powlison
http://www.amazon.com/Seeing-New-Eyes-Counseling-Condition/dp/087552608X
Ephesians
Every Child Needs a Praying Mom by Fern Nichols
http://miti.christianbook.com/
Teaching to Change Lives – Hendricks
Four Portraits, One Jesus – Strauss
The Prodigal God – Keller
Rediscovering God in America – Gingrich
Oh my…
- Do Hard Things; Harris
- Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye; McCulley
- Church History in Plain Language; Shelley
- Lord, Fill My Cup; Barnes
- Keep A Quiet Heart; Elliot
- The Way to Pentecost; Chadwick
- Jane Eyre; Bronte
- The Silver Chair; Lewis
- Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians; Lawson
- Eragon; Paolini
Yes, I am reading every single one of them. Except “The Way to Pentecost” – it’s been sitting there a while. As a former cessationist, a book with pictures of a blazing fire on the cover with “pentecost” in the title is downright scary.
Thy Kingdom Connected: What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks
Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle: Living Fully, Loving Dangerously
The Justice Project
Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking Ministry to the Poor
I’m so impressed by how many people are reading Christian books. My list is almost always compiled of nothing but fiction. (I should probably change that…)
Oliver Twist
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (not my fault – a Christmas gift)
Collection of four Poirot mystery stories
I’d like to try some of the books others have listed. What a great, informational post.
This is off topic I guess, but does anyone use the Kindle?
I can only handle one book at a time, so for now I thought I’d try some Christian fiction:
The Betrayal: A Novel on John Calvin by Douglas Bond
General Relativity – Robert M Wald
God Invented the Numbers – Stephen Hawking
ESV Bible
Enchantment – Orson Scott Card
Predictably Irrational
Free
Pirate Latitudes
Purple Cow
we were discussing our Kindles here: http://www.strategicnetwork.org/2009/12/whats-in-your-kindle-4/
Only 4? Alright:
Angels by David Jeremiah (I was really nervous when I got this one in the mail)
Made to Stick by the Heaths
The Gospel-Driven Life by Michael Horton
God the Holy Trinity by Timothy George and co.