Comments on: 4 books on my desk right now

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:32:19 +0000

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.

By: Justin Long

Justin Long — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:00:06 +0000

Predictably Irrational
Free
Pirate Latitudes
Purple Cow
we were discussing our Kindles here: http://www.strategicnetwork.org/2009/12/whats-in-your-kindle-4/

By: Idhrendur (Stephen May)

Idhrendur (Stephen May) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:27:55 +0000

General Relativity – Robert M Wald
God Invented the Numbers – Stephen Hawking
ESV Bible
Enchantment – Orson Scott Card

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:32:17 +0000

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

By: julie bailey

julie bailey — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:39:52 +0000

This is off topic I guess, but does anyone use the Kindle?

By: deb

deb — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:30:52 +0000

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.

By: Patrick Ballard

Patrick Ballard — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:08:17 +0000

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

By: Katie Roche

Katie Roche — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:58:21 +0000

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.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:48:23 +0000

Teaching to Change Lives – Hendricks
Four Portraits, One Jesus – Strauss
The Prodigal God – Keller
Rediscovering God in America – Gingrich

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:17:57 +0000

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/

By: karen

karen — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:11:48 +0000

Home Marilynne Robinson

Essays of E.B. White

Endpoint John Updike

The Sweetest & the Meanest Tom Kimmel

By: melissa wilson

melissa wilson — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:16:23 +0000

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

By: Dafydd

Dafydd — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:34:37 +0000

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

By: Ralph

Ralph — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:13:17 +0000

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

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:39:03 +0000

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.

By: Max

Max — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:13:55 +0000

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.

By: bean

bean — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:30:58 +0000

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

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:37:45 +0000

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

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:27:49 +0000

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

By: Melissa Smith

Melissa Smith — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:39:49 +0000

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

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:37:15 +0000

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

By: Forthepraiseofhisname

Forthepraiseofhisname — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:31:07 +0000

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.

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:13:21 +0000

*It’s Beginning to Hurt: Stories* by James Lasdun
*Lesslie Newbigin: A Theological Life* by Geoffrey Wainwright
*The Trinity* by St. Augustine

By: Talitha

Talitha — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:09:25 +0000

Leepike Ridge is an excellent read! Hope you are enjoying it! I certainly did!

By: Talitha

Talitha — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:08:10 +0000

I LOVED reading To Kill a Mockingbird!!!
It was sooo good!