Recommended Reading

As you might know reading is an important part of developing the Christian intellect. This is an ever-growing list of books that I have found useful in my journey, though I do not necessarily agree with everything in them. As the saying goes,"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

This list is in no particular order.

1. The Bible (it may seem obvious, but there are far too many Christians getting their knowledge from second hand sources)
2. Systematic Theology (3 Volumes: The Living God, The Word of Life, Life In the Spirit)--Thomas Oden
3. Across the Spectrum--Gregory A. Boyd & Paul R. Eddy
4. Mere Christianity--C.S. Lewis
5. The Great Divorce--ibid
6. The Problem of Pain--ibid
7. The Abolition of Man--ibid
8. The Chronicles of Narnia--ibid
9. Orthodoxy--G.K. Chesterton
10. Life Together--Dietrich Bonhoeffer
11. The Cost of Discipleship--ibid
12. The Pursuit of God--A.W. Tozer
13. The Knowledge of the Holy--ibid
14. The Saint Andrews Seven--Stuart Piggin and John Roxborough
15. The Climax of the Covenant--N.T. Wright
16. The New Testament and the People of God--ibid
17. The Challenge of Jesus--ibid
18. Simply Christian--ibid
19. Surprised by Hope--ibid
20. Cold-Case Christianity--J. Warner Wallace
21. An Open Letter On Translating--Martin Luther
22. How To Read A Book--Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren
23. The Art of Thinking--Ernest Dimnet
24. Echoes of Scripture In the Letters of Paul--Richard B. Hays
25. Biblical Exegesis In the Apostolic Period--Richard Longenecker
26. On the Incarnation--Athanasius of Alexandria
27. Crime and Punishment--Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Notes From the Tilt-a-whirl--N.D. Wilson
29. Invitation To World Missions--Timothy C. Tennent
30. Theology In the Context of World Missions--ibid
31. 1984--George Orwell
32. Teaching To Change Lives--Howard G. Hendricks
33. Living By the Book--Howard G. Hendricks and William D. Hendricks
34. Inductive Bible Study: A Comprehensive Guide to the Practice of Hermeneutics--David R. Bauer & Robert A. Traina
35. Interpreting the Psalms: An Exegetical Handbook--Mark D. Futato
36. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament--Craig Keener
37. Spiritual Disciplines For the Christian Life--Donald S. Whitney
38. The Story of Christianity vols. 1 & 2--Justo L. Gonzalez
39. The King Jesus Gospel--Scot McKnight
40. What Have They Done With Jesus?--Ben Witherington III
41. Honor, Patronage, Kinship, and Purity--David A. DeSilva
42. Habits of the Mind--James W. Sire
43. Ancient-Future Faith--Robert Webber
44. The Picture of Dorian Gray--Oscar Wilde
45. The Devil's Delusion--David Berlinski
46. Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why It Matters--Thomas H. McCall
47. Worship, Community, and the Triune God of Grace--James B. Torrence
48. Commentary On the New Testament Us of the Old Testament--G.K. Beale & D.A. Carson
49. The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate--John H. Walton
50. The Epic of Eden--Sandra Richter
51. Yawing at Tigers: You Can't Tame God, So Stop Trying--Drew Dyck
52. The Unbelievable Gospel: Say Something Worth Believing--Jonathan K. Dodson