What Books Are You Reading?

[Pathwalker]

I am reading " Silenced" by Jerry Jenkins and I am reading " The American Prophecies", by Michael D Evans.

 

[Joseph_Botwinick]

Just finished "Unfit for Command" about a week ago. Excellent book. The next book I am wanting to read when the library gives me a call is "American Soldier" by General Tommy Franks (I am on the waiting list).

Joseph Botwinick

 

[Rosebud]

"The Purpose Driven Life" and "Starting Your Day Right".

 

[Gershom]

C.H. Spurgeon ~ Beside Still Waters - Words of Comfort for the Soul Edited by Roy H. Clarke

From the editor:

Charles Haddon Spurgeon is my avocation. I have read over two thousand of his sermons, outlining and analyzing more than a thousand. In them I found a field of precious gems: more than three hundred vignettes promising hope, comfort, and encouragement.

 

[Deacon]

"The Pentateuch as Narrative"
by John H. Sailhamer

Rob

 

[Sir Joyful]

I'm nearly done "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and have just started "White" by Ted Dekker

 

[Trotter]

Just finished "Sense and Nonsense about Prayer" by Lehman Strauss, and "Reason to Believe" by R.C. Sproul.

Just started "Is This All There Is To Life?" by Ray Stedman. It is a walk through the book of Ecclesiastes. Thus far, it is wonderful.

In Christ,
Trotter

 

[BruceB]

I was reading this thread last month and it was so interesting that it prodded me to register for this forum so I could post about the books I am reading. I have been lurking and reading the posts here for several months, but just put off registering. I am nearly done reading two good books; "Waking the Dead" by John Eldredge and "The Contemporaries meet The Classics on Prayer", compiled by Leonard Allen. I recently purchased the "Life Application Bible Commentary" on the Gospel of John, and was given a copy of "The Desire of the Ages" by Ellen White by a friend at work - I plan to read them when I am done with the other two. I look forward to being able to post here. BruceB

 

[Deacon]

Welcome Bruce,

Mosey up to the welcome section and get a real greeting.

I've never read a book by John Eldredge yet but a friend gave me the book The Journey of Desire yesterday, I guess I'll get to read one too.

Rob

 

[Gershom]

Just picked up The Case for a Creator by Strobel at the prompting of another thread.

 

[Bugman]

Vos, Biblical Theology.
Good, but it deserves it's reputation for being wordy.

Bryan
SDG

 

[JGrubbs]

I am on chapter three of The Bush Betrayal by James Bovard. So far this is a very well researched and well written book

 

[Sakrysta]

Wow, what a list of conviction.

I need to get rid of some of the "fluff" in my pile and start making more of an effort to read things with a little more substance.

And speaking of a lack of substance...

I'm currently reading A Kiss of Adventure by Catherine Palmer. The book was a gift, and I'm reading it out of a sense of guilt that I never read ANYTHING this person gives to me. But the thing makes me alternately mad, frustrated, and depressed. I'm growing weary of reading about the hero's rippling muscles and dark curly hair, and the heroine's sweet smile and long, flowing blonde hair. Someone please just shoot me. And then there's the premise of the book - I'm yelling at the author in my head for making the Christian girl fall for an unbelieving guy just because they're thrown into danger (because we all know that is just SO realistic), and of course the guy is going to be won over by her sweet spirit and unfailing trust in God, and her love will draw him to the Savior and heal his broken past and BLAH BL-BLAH BLAH BLAH!!! *loud, obnoxious groan* It's stories like this that make Christian girls believe they can "win" that unbelieving boyfriend they love so much. While it may happen once in a VERY long while, most often those relationships just lead to heartache, and God's Word is abundantly clear about what our relationships should be with unbelievers.

Maybe she'll break things off with him before the book ends - she's been "struggling" with her feelings for him and their relationship for most of the book. But so far, the entire thing has been chase scene, lovey-relationship with inner turmoil scene, repeat ad nauseum. I am unimpressed thus far. And I don't have much hope for the ending.

I'm so ashamed of myself for plodding through this thing, that I'm going home and putting Darwin's Black Box back at the top of my read pile.

 

[following-Him]

Bruce, welcome and thank you for your kind comments.

I am about to start:

The Baptist Union: A Short History by Ernest A. Payne

A History of the English Baptists by A.C. Underwood

Blessings

Sheila

 

[Deacon]

Getting Through the Tough Stuff by Charles R. Swindoll

Hopefully this book will aid my family as we travel through some difficult situations together.

A Matter of Days: Resolving a Creation Controversy by Hugh Ross

His newest book promoting Progressive Creationism.


Rob

 

[Squire Robertsson]

Ernest Pickering's follow on to Biblical Separation; The Tragedy of Compromise.

 

[aefting]

George Whitefield, two volume biography by Arnold Dallimore

America's God by Mark Noll


Recently finished:

Rise of Evangelicalism by Mark Noll

Pilgrims on the Sawdust Trail, edited by Timothy George

Wonderful Words of Life, edited by Richard Mouw and Mark Noll


Andy

 

[Deacon]

Originally posted by aefting:
Pilgrims on the Sawdust Trail, edited by Timothy George

Wonderful Words of Life, edited by Richard Mouw and Mark Noll


Andy

They sounded so familiar, I quickly had to check the title of a book I have:
The Smell of Sawdust by Richard Mouw. (What Evangelicals can Learn from Their Fundamentalist Heritage)

Rob

 

[aefting]

Mouw has a contribution in Pilgrims on the Sawdust Trail with the same subtitle that you mentioned. There is also an interesting response/contribution by Kevin Bauder, What's that you smell? A Fundamentalist Response to THE SMELL of SAWDUST.

Andy

 

[Rachel]

I love to read and I usually have a few books open at a time, I can't seem to stop doing that.

I just got "The Last Disciple" by Hank Hanegraaff and Brouwer which is pretty good so far. I am reading an older book by Charles Stanley called "The Wonderful Spirit Filled Life" because a friend just read that and said it changed his life. I have just got "Life is Tough But God is Faithful" by Sheila Walsh from a Women of Faith conference I just went to.

Anyone here ever read these?

I have to say historical fiction is my favorite though.

Rachel