Here’s what I’ve been reading. For most of the books I read, I keep my computer open to take notes while I’m reading. The notes follow the layout of the book, but aren’t an outline. I usually try to capture main ideas or memorable ideas. I have included links below to the reading notes I think might be worth sharing (some of my notes are too scattered or selective to be useful to anyone other than me).
March 2022
- The Federalist, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay
- Kingdom Through Covenant, Peter Gentry and Stephen Wellum
- Reformation of the Church (rereading), Iain Murray
December 2021
- On the Incarnation, Athanasius
- Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle (Hillsdale College has a great course on this)
November 2021
- Providence, John Piper
September 2021
- The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise), Dante Alighieri (Hillsdale College online course)
August 2021
- Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen
- The Confessions, Augustine (I’ve read several translations, but have enjoyed Sheed’s the most)
November 2020
- By His Grace and For His Glory: A Historical, Theological and Practical Study of the Doctrines of Grace in Baptist Life, Tom Nettles
- Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference, eds. Tim Keller and John Inazu
August 2020
- Mending the Soul: Understanding and Healing Abuse, Steven Tracy
- The Gospel-Driven Church: Uniting Church Growth Dreams with the Metrics of Grace, Jared Wilson
- Introducing New Testament Interpretation, Scot McKnight
July 2020
- Finishing Our Course With Joy: Guidance from God for Engaging with our Aging, J. I. Packer
- Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers, Dane Ortlund
- The Christian in Complete Armour, William Gurnall (an abridged version is also available)
June 2020
- The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, Isabel Wilkerson
- Darwin on Trial, Phillip E. Johnson (see Al Mohler’s recommendation)
- The Wonder-Working God: Seeing the Glory of Jesus in his Miracles, Jared Wilson
- How Can I love Church Members with Different Politics?, Jonathan Leeman and Andy Naselli
May 2020
- Reading for Preaching: The Preacher in Conversation with Storytellers, Biographers, Poets and Journalists, Cornelius Platinga, Jr.
- What Is a Girl Worth? My Story of Breaking the Silence and Exposing the Truth About Larry Nassar and USA Gymnastics, Rachael Denhollander
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Bryan Stevenson
April 2020
- Coronavirus and Christ, John Piper
- Revitalize: Biblical Keys to Helping Your Church Come Alive Again, Andy Davis (READING NOTES)
- The Wonderful Works of God, Herman Bavinck
- The Art of Aging: A Christian Handbook, Howard Eyrich
March 2020
- A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story, Michael Goheen
- Anatomy of a Revived Church, Thom Rainer (READING NOTES)
- America’s First Daughter, Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
February 2020
- Mission in the Old Testament, Walt Kaiser (READING NOTES)
- Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Gospel Centered Preaching, Tim Chester and Marcus Honeysett
- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
January 2020
- Talking to Strangers, Malcom Gladwell
- Budgeting for a Healthy Church, Jamie Dunlop (READING NOTES)
- The Wonderful Works of God, Herman Bavinck
- The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom
December 2019
- Preaching and Preachers, D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (READING NOTES)
- The Supremacy of God in Preaching, John Piper (READING NOTES)
- Hints for Parents, Gardiner Spring
- Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport
November 2019
- The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History, Robert Tracy McKenzie
- Strong Fathers, Strong Daughter: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know, Meg Meeker
October 2019
- Enjoy Your Prayer Life, Michael Reeves (READING NOTES)
- Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation, D. A. Carson (READING NOTES)
- Slave Religion: The “Invisible Institution” in the Antebellum South, Albert Raboteau
September 2019
- Becoming Mrs. Lewis, Patti Callahan
- Known by God: A Biblical Theology of Personal Identity, Brian Rosner (READING NOTES)
- Knowing God (again, third time), J. I. Packer
- Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli
August 2019
- Becoming a Church That Cares Well for the Abused, Brad Hambrick (ed.)
- Elders in the Life of the Church, Phil Newton and Matt Schmucker
July 2019
- The Bible and the Future, Anthony Hoekema
- Christianity and Liberalism, J. Gresham Machen (READING NOTES)
- The Interpretation of the New Testament, 1861-1986, Stephen Neill and Tom Wright (READING NOTES)
June 2019
- Leadership: In Turbulent Times, Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Francis Schaeffer: An Authentic Life, Colin Duriez
- Walking Still: A Memoir (forthcoming), Vaneetha Risner
May 2019
- The Death of Death in the Death of Christ, John Owen
- Who Are the Puritans? Erroll Hulse
- A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life, J. I. Packer
- The Irish Puritans: James Ussher and the Reformation of the Church, Crawford Gribben
April 2019
- The Intuitionist: A Novel, Colson Whitehead
- The Coddling of the American Mind, Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
- Hillbilly Elegy, J. D. Vance
- Mere Christianity (again), C. S. Lewis (READING NOTES)
March 2019
- A Book of Comfort in Sickness, P. B. Power
- Planting Missional Churches, Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im
- Teaching to Change Lives, Howard Hendricks
- Intellectuals, Paul Johnson
February 2019
- The Autobiography of Malcom X, as told to Alex Haley
- The Religious Affections, Jonathan Edwards (READING NOTES)
- Global Church Planting, Craig Ott and Gene Wilson
- Symphonic Theology, Vern Poythress
- You and Me Forever, Francis Chan (READING NOTES)
January 2019
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas
- Among Wolves: Disciple-Making in the City, Dhati Lewis
- Church Planting is for Wimps, Mike McKinley
- Developing the Leader Within You, John C. Maxwell
February 2018
Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Dumb Ox, G. K. Chesterton
January 2018
God Dwells Among Us: Expanding Eden to the Ends of the Earth, G. K. Beale and Mitchell Kim
The Teaching of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Geerhardus Vos
How Does Sanctification Work?, David Powlison
Communal Reading in the Time of Jesus: A Window Into Early Christian Reading Practices, Brian J. Wright
The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Church, vol. 1: The Biblical Period, Hughes Oliphant Old
Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church, Michael J. Kruger
December 2017
Biblical Words and Their Meaning, Moisés Silva
Transgender, Vaughan Roberts
Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices, Frank Viola and George Barna
Samuel Morris: Missionary to America, W. Terry Whalin
A Happy Old Age, Ashton Oxenden
November 2017
Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity, Eugene Peterson
Spiritual Leadership, J. Oswald Sanders
October 2017
Missions: How the Local Church Goes Global, Andy Johnson
Divided By Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America, Michael Emerson and Christian Smith
The Devil’s Mousetrap: Redemption and Colonial American Literature, Linda Munk
September 2017
Gospel Worship: Worship Worthy of God, Jeremiah Burroughs
Old Testament Theology in a Canonical Context, Brevard Childs
How Jesus Transforms the Ten Commandments, Edmund P. Clowney
August 2017
Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference, John Inazu
July 2017
Memoir and Remains of Robert Murray M’Cheyne, Andrew Bonar
Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion, Os Guinness
June 2017
All Things Made New: The Reformation and Its Legacy, Diarmaid MacCulloch
The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, George Smeaton
The Works of John Owen, vol. 3: The Holy Spirit, John Owen
May 2017
Introducing Christian Mission Today, Michael Goheen
Baptism and Fullness: The Work of the Holy Spirit Today, John Stott
April 2017
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Lesslie Newbigin
March 2017
How We Got the Bible, Neil R. Lightfoot
Fundamentalism and the Word of God, J. I. Packer
Understanding the Times: New Testament Studies in the 21st Century, eds. Andreas Kostenberger and Robert W. Yarbrough
God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul, Gordon D. Fee
February 2017
Center Church: Doing Balanced Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City, Tim Keller
January 2017
The Pentateuch as Narrative: A Biblical-Theological Commentary, John Sailhamer (died Jan 9, 2017)
The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Jeremiah Burroughs
November 2016
Orthodoxy, G. K. Chesterton
The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible, B. B. Warfield
The Scars That Have Shaped Me, Vaneetha Rendall Risner
October 2016
The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance, Sinclair Ferguson
Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices, Thomas Brooks
Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical, Timothy Keller
September 2016
The Temple and the Tabernacle, J. Daniel Hays
Gilead: A Novel, Marilynne Robinson
Married for God, Christopher Ash
August 2016
Had a baby, not much reading happening 🙂
July 2016
Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction, Richard J. Mouw
Lectures on Calvinism, Abraham Kuyper
Rooted and Grounded: The Church as Organism and Institution, Abraham Kuyper
June 2016
The Lord’s Anointed: Interpretation of Old Testament Messianic Texts, eds. P. E. Satterthwaite, R.S. Hess, and G. J. Wenham
The Messianic Hope: Is the Hebrew Bible Really Messianic?, Michael Rydelnik
Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin, Cornelius Platinga, Jr.
Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life, Robert N. Bellah et al.
May 2016
Addiction and Virtue: Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice, Kent Cunnington
Brave Companions: Portraits in History, David McCullough
The Compelling Community: Where God’s Power Makes a Church Attractive, Mark Dever and Jamie Dunlop
April 2016
The Mortification of Sin, John Owen
Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus, Mark Dever
The Resurrection of the Son of God, N. T. Wright
March 2016
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Animal Farm, George Orwell
The Messiah in the Old Testament, Walter C. Kaiser
Judges for You, Timothy Keller
February 2016
How (Not) to Be Secular, James K. A. Smith
Jesus and the Victory of God, N. T. Wright
January 2016
A Secular Age, Charles Taylor
The Christian Mind: How Should A Christian Think?, Harry Blamires
The Hermeneutical Spiral, Grant Osborne
Judges and Ruth, The New American Commentary, Daniel I. Block
December 2015
Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, Richard H. Thaler
The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God, Dallas Willard
The Pastor as Public Theologian, Kevin Vanhoozer and Owen Strachan
November 2015
The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics, Robert A. J. Gagnon
What Does the Bible Really Teach About Homosexuality?, Kevin DeYoung
On the Incarnation, St. Athanasius
October 2015
Onward: Engaging the Culture Without Losing the Gospel, Russell Moore
We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking truth to a culture redefining sex, marriage, and the very meaning of right and wrong, R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
September 2015
What is Marriage?: Man and Woman: A Defense, Sherif Girgis, Ryan Anderson, and Robert George
The Future of Marriage, David Blankenhorn
Central Themes in Biblical Theology: Mapping Unity in Diversity, eds. Scott J. Hafemann and Paul R. House
August 2015
The Lost Letters of Pergamum, Bruce Longenecker
Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark, Ernest Best
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War Torn Skies of World War II, Adam Makos
Lincoln’s Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness, Joshua Wolf Shenk
June 2015
Knowing God, J. I. Packer
May 2015
The Mystery of Providence, John Flavel
On Writing Well, William Zinsser
Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
April 2015
True Spirituality: How to Life for Jesus Moment by Moment, Francis Schaeffer
Pia Disideria, Philip Jacob Spener
The Soul of Prayer, P. T. Forsyth
The Life of God in the Soul of Man, Henry Scougal
March 2015
“Preaching As Though We Had Enemies,” Stanley Hauerwas
The Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Iain H. Murray
February 2015
Heresy: A History of Defending the Truth, Alister McGrath
History of Christianity: Volume 1, Kenneth Scott Latourette
The Holy Spirit: Ancient Christ Traditions, Stanley Burgess
“The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Theology of Athanasius,” Theodore Campbell
“The Holy Spirit in Greek Patristic Thought,” John McIntyre
Letters to Serapion, Athanasius
“The Fifth Oration: On the Holy Spirit,” Gregory of Nazianzus
On the Holy Spirit, Basil the Great
January 2015
Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight, J.I. Packer
Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God, Tim Keller
Renewal as a Way of Life, Richard Lovelace
Jonathan Edwards on Revival, Jonathan Edwards
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I noticed that none of the ‘Left Behind’ series has been read. Peculiar.