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Books I'm Reading

Currently Reading:

Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church

by Reggie McNeal

The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief And Behavior

by Steven Garber

Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation

by James K. A. Smith

Galatians, Word Biblical Commentary Vol. 41  

by Richard N. Longenecker

Reflecting the Glory

by N. T. Wright

 

 


Already Read:

 

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church by N. T. Wright

 

I Once Was Lost: What Postmodern Skeptics Taught Us About Their Path to Jesus by Don Everts and Doug Schaupp

 

 

Deep Justice in a Broken World: Helping Your Kids Serve Others and Right the Wrongs around Them

by Chap Clark and Kara Powell

 

 

 

 

 

Evil And the Justice of God

by N. T. Wright

 

 

Thy Kingdom Come: An Evangelical's Lament,

How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America

by Randall Balmer

 

Evangelicals in the Public Square: Four Formative Voices on Political Thought and Action

by J. Budziszewski,

with contributions by David L. Weeks on Carl Henry, John Bolt on Abraham Kuyper, William Edgar on Francis Schaeffer, and Ashley Woodiwiss on John Howard Yoder. Introduction by Michael Cromartie; afterword by Jean Bethke Elshtain

 

 

 

The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church

by Gregory A. Boyd

SEE BOB's REVIEW of this Book HERE.

 

Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context

by Stanley J. Grenz and John R. Franke

 

Inside the Organic Church: Learning from 12 Emerging Congregations

by Bob Whitesel

 

Christians and Politics Beyond the Culture Wars: An Agenda for Engagement

edited by David P. Gushee

 

 

 

 

 

 

Toward An Evangelical Public Policy: Political Strategies For The Health Of The Nations

by Ronald J. Sider and Diane Knippers

 

The Politics of Jesus

by John Howard Yoder

 

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

 

 

The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others

by Scot McKnight

 

The Measure of a Man
by Martin Luther King J
r.

 

Evangelism Outside the Box: New Ways to Help People Experience the Good News
by Rick Richardson

 

Red, Black, and White
by

Ted Dekker

 

Shaping the Spiritual Life of Students: A Guide for Youth Workers, Pastors, Teachers & Campus Ministers
by Richard R. Dunn

 

The Drama Of Scripture: Finding Our Place In The Biblical Story
by Craig G. Bartholomew and Michael W. Goheen

 

The Church of Irresistible Influence, by Robert Lewis

 

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis:

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, Voyage of the Dawntreader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy

by C.S. Lewis

       

 

Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living
by Cornelius Jr. Plantinga

 

Truth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age
by J. Richard Middleton and Brian J. Walsh

 

Embracing Grace: A Gospel for All of Us

by Scot McKnight

 

Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America
by Michael O. Emerson and Christian Smith

 

God's Politics : Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It by Jim Wallis

 

Renovation of the Heart:  Putting on the Character of Christ

by Dallas Willard

 

Heaven Is Not My Home: Learning to Live in God's Creation -- by Paul A. Marshall with Lela Hamner Gilbert

 

Christianity And The Postmodern Turn: Six Views

Edited by Myron B. Penner

 

Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire

by Brian J. Walsh and Sylvia C. Keesmaat

 

Out of the Question...Into the Mystery:   Getting Lost in the GodLife Relationship

by Leonard Sweet

 

The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups  by Joseph R. Myers

 

 Read Bob's blog review here.

 

 

Mustard Seed Vs. McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future by Tom Sine

 

 Read Bob's blog review here.

 

 

 

Finding Faith by Brian D. McLaren

 

 Read Bob's blog review here.

 

 

Reimagining Spiritual Formation: A Week in the Life of an Experimental Church by Doug Pagitt

 

 Read Bob's blog review here.

 

 

Heaven Is a Place on Earth: Why Everything You Do Matters to God by Michael E. Wittmer

 

 Read Bob's blog review here.

 

 

 

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The Emerging Church, by Dan Kimball

 

 

 

 

 

Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist by John Piper

 

 

The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God by Brent Curtis, John Eldredge

 

 

A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey, by Brian D. McLaren

 

 

 

 

Created for Community: Connecting Christian Belief With Christian Living, by Stanley J. Grenz

 

 

The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind  by Mark A. Noll

 

 

The Younger Evangelicals: Facing the Challenges of the New World  by Robert E. Webber

 

 

The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God by Dallas Willard

 

 

 

 

The Church on the Other Side, by Brian D. McLaren

 

 

 

 

 

Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home  by Richard J. Foster

 

 

The Supremacy of God in Preaching  by John Piper

 

 

 

 

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Byron Borger will help you find the title that exactly fits your needs and interests.

 

               

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