With 2019 coming to a close, and since I have benefited from seeing what others read, I’m posting the books I read completely in 2019. While a book’s inclusion is not indicative of agreement, I do give most of these books at least 3/5 stars. You can see individual ratings on my Good Reads page.
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion | McLaughlin, Rebecca |
| Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family | Tripp, Paul David |
| On the Incarnation | Athanasius of Alexandria |
| The Knowledge of the Holy | Tozer, A.W. |
| The Doctrine of God | Frame, John M |
| Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science | Dyck, Drew |
| Practicing Affirmation: God-Centered Praise of Those Who Are Not God | Crabtree, Sam |
| Handbook on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament: Exegesis and Interpretation | Beale, G.K. |
| From Chaos to Cosmos: Creation to New Creation | Greidanus, Sidney |
| Can We Trust the Gospels? | Williams, Peter J. |
| We Are All Philosophers: A Christian Introduction to Seven Fundamental Questions | Frame, John M |
| The Porn Problem | Roberts, Vaughan |
| Every Square Inch: An Introduction to Cultural Engagement for Christians | Ashford, Bruce |
| Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe | Epstein, Greg M. |
| Aspects Of Christian Social Ethics | Henry, Carl F.H. |
| Christian Worldview | Bavinck, Herman |
| The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail | Christensen, Clayton M. |
| Godly Conversation: Rediscovering the Puritan Practice of Conference | Jung, Joanne J. |
| Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview | Wolters, Albert M. |
| What Is Humanism and Why Does It Matter? | Pinn, Anthony B. |
| Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future | Thiel, Peter |
| Excusing Sinners and Blaming God: A Calvinist Assessment of Determinism, Moral Responsibility, and Divine Involvement in Evil (Princeton Theological Monograph Series Book 0) | Bignon, Guillaume |
| Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World | Newport, Cal |
| By This Standard: The Authority of God’s Law Today | Bahnsen, Greg L. |
| Letters to an American Christian | Ashford, Bruce Riley |
| Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology | Postman, Neil |
| The Apostles’ Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits | Mohler Jr., R. Albert |
| White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism | DiAngelo, Robin |
| Our Triune God: Living in the Love of the Three-in-One | Ryken, Philip Graham |
| The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation | Dreher, Rod |
| A Justice Primer | Wilson, Douglas |
| Letters to a Mormon Elder | White, James R. |
| The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion | Haidt, Jonathan |
| The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups | Coyle, Daniel |
| New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ | Schreiner, Thomas R. |
| How the Nations Rage: Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age | Leeman, Jonathan |
| Critical Race Theory:: An Introduction | Delgado, Jean Stefancic Richard |
| Work: Its Purpose, Dignity, and Transformation | Doriani, Daniel M. |
| Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design | Meyer, Stephen C. |
| Mark (Commentary) | Strauss, Mark L. |
| 1 Peter (Commentary) | Grudem, Wayne A. |
| Work and Our Labor in the Lord | Hamilton Jr., James M. |
| Understanding Biblical Theology: A Comparison of Theory and Practice | Klink III, Edward W. |
| Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice | Mason, Eric |
| The Gospel-Driven Church: Uniting Church Growth Dreams with the Metrics of Grace | Wilson, Jared C. |
| He Is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World | Mohler Jr., R. Albert |
| The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel | Inserra, Dean |
| Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America | Rothman, Noah |
| 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus (Commentary) | Thomas, Robert L. |
| Preaching in the New Testament | Griffiths, Jonathan |
| 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You | Reinke, Tony |
| The Very Best of Spurgeon’s Sermons from the Book of Romans | Spurgeon, Charles Haddon |
| The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism | Tisby, Jemar |
| A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness | Piper, John |
| Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling | Crouch, Andy |
| Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon | Chapell, Bryan |
| Spurgeon: A New Biography | Dallimore, Arnold A. |
| Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science | Dyck, Drew |
| The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed (Davenant Guides #2) | Littlejohn, W. Bradford |
| Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends | Vanhoozer, Kevin J. |
I wasn’t expecting such an expansive list. Pretty impressive, sir. Do you take notes or highlight? How do you retain from so many books in a short amount of time?
Hey Jordan!
I’d highly recommend the book, "How to Read a book". Here’s a summary of part of the method, at least for how she recommends marking up a book. I use an adapted method that’s similar http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/adler.html
Summary of book here: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-read-a-book/
I do take some notes, though not as many as I’d like to.
I also read different books differently. Some are fast, "big idea" books. Some get a much slower, detailed reading.
I read books in larger chunks, if I can; not 5 minutes here, 10 minutes there. This is leads to better understanding and comprehension, though one can take this too far.
I don’t watch TV, so this allows time to read. And I listen to books sometimes in the car or on walks.
I’m sure we can continue this convo next time we see each other too!
B