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  • The Marathon Continues

    April 28, 2008 @ 12:13 pm by JD

    At the beginning of this year, I set a goal for myself to read 3 books per month.  Really, it was a New Years resolution, but I hate New Years resolutions, so I’ve just repackaged it as a goal for myself.  4 months in and I’ve been able to keep up (even though a recent flurry of activity has challenged it).  Here’s what I’ve knocked out so far:

    January

    Desiring God by John Piper

    When I Don’t Desire God by John Piper

    Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missonal Church by Mark Driscoll

    February

    I Am Not But I Know I AM by Louie Giglio

    Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die: Or the Eschatology of Bluegrass by David Crowder and Mike Hogan

    Why Men Hate Going to Church by David Murrow

    March:

    Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna

    The Radical Reformission by Mark Driscoll

    The Cross-Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney

    April:

    Vintage Jesus by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears

    Jim and Casper Go to Church: Frank Conversation About Faith, Churches, and Well-Meaning Christians by Jim Henderson and Matt Casper

    The Legacy of Sovereign Joy: God’s Triumphant Grace in the Lives of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin by John Piper

    Although a few have hit me in the wrong way or didn’t captivate me to the utmost, I’ve enjoyed reading all of them.  My favorites so far would have to be the books written by Driscoll.  There’s something about his approach to Christianity and life in general that just resonates with me.  The biggest disappointment was Jim and Casper Go to Church, which is a book about and Penacostal preacher and an atheist who go around the U.S. visiting a variety of the country’s most well-known churches.  While I like the concept and the insights that these two had, the writing style killed me.  It had too much of a Leave it Beaver tone to it.  Read the book and you’ll see what I mean.  The other one that was so-so to me was Pagan Christianity.  When Viola goes into some of the histories of different church practices, I loved it.  When he started giving his opinions……not so much.

    May is coming up and I’m open to suggestions on what to read next.  A few books on my Amazon cue include They Like Jesus but Not the Church by Dan Kimball, Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalists Journey with New Calvinists by Collin Hansen, and Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul.  Drop me some suggestions on what I need to read next.

     
     

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    4 Responses to “The Marathon Continues”

    1. Anna S Says:

      Here is a few I would recommend (and we have them if you’d like to borrow them):

      Starving Jesus by Gross and Mahon
      Under the Overpass by Mike Yankoski
      Lord Save Us From Your Followers by Dan Merchant
      The Marketing of Evil by David Kupelian
      An Inconvenient Book by Glenn Beck

      The last is not spiritually related, it’s more political yet still interesting.
      The Marketing of Evil is excellent and REALLY eye opening in my opinion. The others I suspect similar to Vintage Jesus.

      Let me know if you would like to read them.

      Thanks!

      Anna

    2. Michael Morgan Says:

      I have been wanting to read An Inconvenient Book. I enjoy Gleen Beck very much. Too bad he’s Mormen.

    3. Anna S Says:

      Yeah, I know. But the book is still very worth the read. :o)

    4. JD Says:

      Lord Save Us From Your Followers is now officially on my amazon cue.

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