Book List

The Evangelical Below is a list of the some of the books that I am reading or have recently read.  Next to each book is the author and a brief review.  Credit for this idea goes to Nick Roark over at Tolle Lege.

1. The Evangelical Heritage / Bernard Ramm / unfinished
2. Life Together / Dietrich Bonhoeffer / unfinished
3. Evangellyfish / Doug Wilson / scorching
4. Dogmatics in Outline / Karl Barth / good
5. A Serrated Edge: A Brief Defense of Biblical Satire and Trinitarian Skylarking / Doug Wilson / excellent
6. Creation and Fall: A Theological Exposition of Genesis 1-3 / Dietrich Bonhoeffer / fascinating
7. The Mantra of Jabez / Douglas M. Jones / scathing (in a good way)
8. Theology of the New Testament: A Canonical and Synthetic Approach / Frank Thielman / good
9. A Reformation Reader / Edited by Denis Janz / great introduction to important primary documents
10. Crisis and Renewal: The Era of the Reformations / R. Ward Holder / helpful overview
11. Things Fall Apart / Chinua Achebe / slightly disappointing
12. Notes from the Tilt-A-Whirl / N. D. Wilson / creative and stimulating reflections on life
13. The Message of Sonship / Trevor Burke / excellent
14. Old Testament Theology / Robin Routledge / great thematic introduction to the OT
15. Christology and Scripture / Edited by Andrew T. Lincoln & Angus Paddison / interesting
16. Christology: Key Readings in Christian Thought / Astley, Brown, and Loades / good resource
17. Jesus (Oxford Readers) / Edited by David F. Ford & Mike Higton / good resource
18. A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah / Daniel C. Timmer / excellent
19. Christology: A Guide for the Perplexed / Alan Spence / helpful overview
20. Ancient Word, Changing Worlds / Stephen J. Nichols & Eric T. Brandt / helpful introduction to the doctrine of Scripture
21. Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament / Christopher J. H. Wright / excellent
22. The Faith of Israel / William J. Dumbrell / helpful resource
23. Words of Life: Scripture as the Living and Active Word of God / Timothy Ward / fascinating perspective on Scripture  as God’s “communicative action”
24. Welcome to the Story / Stephen J. Nichols / reading the Bible as the history of redemption (review)
25. A Meal with Jesus / Tim Chester / thought-provoking
26. Am I Really a Christian? / Mike McKinley / helpful guide to self-reflection (review)
27. Primal / Mark Batterson / interesting but lacking nuance (review)
28. King’s Cross / Tim Keller / powerful reflections on the life of Jesus (review)
29. 40 Questions About Christians and Biblical Law / Thomas R. Schreiner / extremely helpful
30. A Living Hope: A Commentary on 1 and 2 Peter / Robert H. Mounce / academic yet pastoral
31. Ghost Wars / Steve Cole / like reading a spy novel (review)
32. Christian Beliefs / Wayne Grudem / an excellent primer
33. Did Adam and Eve Really Exist? / C. John Collins / excellent (review)
34. The Next Christians / Gabe Lyons / just ok (review)
35. 1 Peter (TNTC) / Wayne Grudem / extremely helpful
36. Under the Overpass / Mike Yankoski / captivating and eye-opening (review)
37. The Gift / Bryan Litfin / exciting medieval future-world
38. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (NICNT) / Gordon D. Fee / extremely good
39. The Gospel for Muslims / Thabiti Anyabwile / informative and helpful
40. The Master Plan of Evangelism / Robert E. Coleman / compellingly biblical
41. The Fellowship of the Ring / J. R. R. Tolkein / a feast for the imagination
42. What Is the Gospel? / Greg Gilbert / helpful
43. Total Church / Tim Chester and Steve Timmis / absolutely brilliant (review)
44. Worldliness / C. J. Mahaney / thought-provoking
45. Holiness / J.C. Ryle / extremely convicting but motivating
46. Organic Leadership / Neil Cole / sometimes challenging but often frustrating
47. Think / John Piper / excellent and convicting
48. The Genesis Debate / David G. Hagopian / helpful but at times disappointing
49. Into the Wild / Jon Krakauer / fascinating yet saddening
50. The Trellis and the Vine / Colin Marshall and Tony Payne / excellent and challenging in all the right ways