One luxury I’ve had in my life is some truly remarkable teachers and some of those teachers have been in books. While many of the books I’ve read are probably not the kinds most people want to read I’m going to fill out this page with some of my favorites. (And since we don’t always have time to read there are also some great podcasts at the end.)
Christian living/ Devotion
- Anonymous The Way of a Pilgrim SkyLight Paths, 2012
- Athanasius of Alexandria On the Incarnation
- Augustine of Hippo The Confessions
- Wendell Berry This Day Counterpoint, 2013
- Corrie Ten Boom The Hiding Place Chosen Books, 2006
- Paul Brand and Philip Yancey Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God’s Image IVP, 2019
- G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
- Annie Dillard Holy the Firm Harper Perennial 1998
- Leighton Ford The Attentive Life: Discerning God’s Presence in All Things IVP 2014
- Christopher Hall Living Wisely with the Church Fathers IVP, 2017
- Richard Foster A Celebration of Discipline Harper One 2018
- ———- Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home Harper One, 2002
- Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love (Showings)
- Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
- Jeffery Krames Lead with Humility: 12 Leadership Lessons from Pope Francis 2014
- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity Harper One, 2009
- ———– The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses Harper One 2009
- George Müller The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord’s Dealings with George Müller
- Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Return of the Prodigal Son Convergent Books, 2016
- Blaise Pascal Pensées
- Jon Tyson & Heather Grizzle A Creative Minority: Influencing Culture Through Redemptive Participation 2016
- Benedicta Ward The Sayings of the Desert Fathers Liturgical Press, 1984
- Chris Webb God-Soaked Life: Discovering a Kingdom Spirituality IVP, 2017
- George Yancey Beyond Racial Gridlock: Embracing Mutual Responsibility IVP, 2019
- Philip Yancey Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church Image, 2002
Fiction
- Shusaku Endo Silence Taplinger, 1980
- David Gregory The Last Christian Water Brook, 2010
- C.S. Lewis The Space Trilogy Harper One, 2014
- ——— The Chronicles of Narnia Harper Collins, 2013
- ——— The Great Divorce Harper One, 2009
- Bruce Longenecker The Lost Letters of Pergamum Baker, 2016
- J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings Del Rey, 2012
- ———– The Silmarillion Manner books, 2012
How to Read the Bible
- Peter Ens Genesis for Normal People Patheos 2012
- David deSilva Seeing Things John’s Way Westminster, 2009
- L. Daniel Hawk The Violence of the Biblical God Eerdman’s, 2019
- Carmen Joy Imes Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters IVP 2019
- John Levenson Sinai and Zion Harper One, 2013
- Esau McCaulley Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope IVP, 2020
- Scot McKnight, The Blue Parakeet, 2nd Edition: Rethinking How You Read the Bible Zondervan 2018
- Eugene Peterson, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading, Eerdman’s 2009
- John Walton, The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate IVP 2010
- N.T. Wright, Simply Good News: Why the Gospel Is News and What Makes It Good, HarperOne 2015;
- —— Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters, HarperOne 2011
- —— Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, Harper Collins 2009
Science & Religion
- Denis Alexander, Creation or Evolution: Do We Have to Choose? Monarch Books, 2014
- Ron Cole-Turner The End of Adam and Eve: Theology and the Science of Human Origins 2016
- Francis Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief Free Press, 2006.
- Katherine Hayhoe, Saving Us Atria/One Signal Publishers 2021
- John Polkinghorne & Nicholas Beale, Questions of Truth Westminster John Knox 2010
- Andy Walsh, Faith Across the Multiverse Hendrickson, 2018.
Theology
- Richard Beck Reviving Old Scratch: Demons and the Devil for Doubters and the Disenchanted Fortress, 2016
- Walter Brueggemann Sabbath as Resistance Westminster, 2014
- Michael J. Goreman Abortion and the Early Church Wipf & Stock, 1998
- Os Guinness Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion IVP, 2015
- Martin Luther King Jr. Strength to Love Fortress, 1981
- William Spohn Go and Do Likewise: Jesus and Ethics Continuum 2000
- Helmut Thielicke A Little Exercise for Young Theologians Eerdman’s 1962
- Gregory Alan Thornbury Bigger on the Inside: Christianity and Doctor Who Square Halo, 2015
- Rowan Williams The Sign and the Sacrifice: The Meaning of the Cross and Resurrection Westminster, 2016
History
- Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Liveright, 2020
- John Fea, Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? Westminster John Knox Press 2016
- Nathaniel Hatch The Democratization of American Christianity Yale, 1991
- Philip Jenkins The Lost History of Christianity Harper One, 2008
- Thomas Oden How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind: Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity IVP, 2009
- Burnam Reynolds Columbanus: Light on the Early Middle Ages Pearson 2011
- Ruth Tucker From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya: A Biographical History of Christian Missions Zondervan, 2004
- John Wilsey American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea Harper One, 2015
- Timothy Yates The Expansion of Christianity IVP, 2004
Podcasts
- Language of God by Biologos
- Bible Project Podcast by Bible Project
- Exploring My Strange Bible by Bible Project
- Ask N.T. Wright Anything by Premier Christian Radio
- Unbelievable? by Premier Christian Radio
- The C.S. Lewis Podcast by Premier Christian Radio
- Quick to Listen by Christianity Today
- The Disrupters by InterVarsity Press
- The Holy Post by Phil Vischer
- Trinity Forum Conversations by The Trinity Forum
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