What are You Currently Reading?

The Grand Weaver by Christian apologist, Ravi Zacharias. It's his latest.

 

"Through The Year With William Still" . He was a faithful expository preacher from Scotland . He served Gilcomston South Church from 1945-1997 . Still wrote the following when he began his pastorate : "There is no part of me , or of my life , that I will withhold from the work that God has called me to ."

 

At present I am reading "The Seven Wonders of the World" by Iain D. Campbell, published by Day One, ISBN 978-1-84625-082-8. I have been asked to review the book for Grace Magazine, a monthly periodical serving baptist churches holding to the 1689 London Confession of Faith or similar. The book is subtitled "The Gospel in the storyline of the Bible," so it is not about the Pyramids, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and so on. The seven wonders of the title are: Creation, Redemption, Inheritance, Incarnation, Resurrection, Pentecost, and Glorious Appearing. I have not finished it yet, but from what I have read so far, it looks like an ideal book to give to a new convert, or to someone who is not yet a Christian but is interested in what the gospel is all about.

 

How are you finding that book, I have heard it is good.

 

Holiness the False and the True ,H. A. Ironside. In Ironside's commentary on the gospel of John he has a footnote referencing this book when he says that "sanctification before justificaiton". this statement got me curious, so, i looked it up and found the full text online.

 

I'm currently reading:

A Man in Full, a novel by Tom Wolfe

Prayer: Does it Make Any Difference? by Philip Yancey

The Failed State by Noam Chomsky (Don't agree with much of it though)

I plan on next reading:

We the Living a novel by Ayn Rand

The Gambler a novel by Dostoyevsky

I'll probably also read The Deity Formerly Known as God as my pastor highly recommends it.

 

I'm finishing up Discipled Warriors by Chuck Lawless (dean of Billy Graham School at SBTS), and i recommend this to any one and every one who is in a church leadership position.

 

You're reading great books! :thumbs:

Tell me what you think of Tom Wolfe. I havn't read any of his writings, but William Zinserr thinks he is one of the greatest writers.

Reading :

Evangelism and the Sovreignty of God by J.I. Packer

Locked Rooms by Marie Russel

 

The Papa Prayer by Dr. Larry Crabb.

 

Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire by Jim Cymbala.

 

Beyond the Bounds by John Piper, et al.

 

Finished up Life Quest by Cary Schmidt a few weeks ago, the Jerusalem Factor by David Wood a few days ago, and am currently reading Helping your Child Succeed in Public School by Cheri Fuller. I'm also going to start reading The Golden Path to Successful Personal Soul Winning by John Rice, and when I finish that and the Fuller book, I have One Blood, the Biblical Answer to Racism by Ham, Wieland and Batten on deck.

I read a lot... a whole lot.

 

I know, I read alot.

Pastors,

I'm reading Confessions of a Pastor by Craig Groeschel. It's a really good read. Check it out!

 

I'm reading the two books that shaped modern missiology more than any other: Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours? by Roland Allen, and The Bridges of God, by Donald McGavran.

 

Recently finished a biography of Nichola Tesla, an electronics super-genius from the days of Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, etc.

Am now reading something much lighter, Growing Your Own Turtleneck (and Other Benefits of Aging) by Martha Bolton.

 

"Doctrines Of The Bible" by Daniel Kauffman, from Mennonite Publishing House. This is the 1929 edition.

 

Essentials of Evangelical Theology by Donald Bloesch.

 

Philippians chapter 3.

 

The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor by John Stott. I find this book to be a well-written book--great arguments, supported by Scripture.

 

I am spending my Christmas break reading two books. The first is a Christian book by John Piper called "Legacy of Sovereign Joy". The book is only around a hundred or so pages and, thus far, I have been reading it for over a month. The problem is that I read a little from the book, then I start thinking about the ideas/truths presented in the section I am reading, and then I am in the Bible, and other books. So it is not moving real fast and, for once, that is ok with me. I am learning many spiritual/Biblical lessons from the lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin. Well, allow me to be honest, I have learned many lessons from the life and teaching of Augustine. I am about to start Luther today. Hopefully I can get through Luther a bit faster since I have done plenty of study on him and read several of his works.

The other book I am reading is not a Christian book, per say, but I am very excited about it. I actually started reading it over a month ago but I put it down and started over on it the other day. I have been so busy lately that reading a 700pg book just was not practical. I have time now, so hopefully I can read the whole thing before Christmas (yea, right! :laugh: ). Anyway the book is "The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789" by Robert Middlekauff. So far it has been very, very good.

While I am on that topic, anyone interested in reading a great religious biography of George Washington should consider: "Washington's God" by Michael Novak. It is a very good book. I read it about a year ago and it really help re-shape my view of Washington's Christian faith. Another good Christian book, on the American Revolution itself, is Mark Noll's "Christians In The American Revolution". Noll discusses the different positions Christians took during the war. For me, that book was a real eyeopener.