Books I've been
READING
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It has been said that "Leaders are Readers", and I'll be honest, that is not something that causes a slow reading, terrible spelling, dyslexic, Christian leader jump for joy when it's brought to his attention. However, regardless of the many objections and justifications to why this shouldn't apply to me, I saw truth and wisdom in the phrase.
So at the beginning of 2013, I decided to put aside my excuses and give myself the challenge of reading (and completing) a different book each month. That may sound simple to you, but this was big for me, seeing as since high school (at that point 12 years ago) I had started and finished 4 books! But to my surprise, the outcome was easier than expected, even enjoyable. In fact, I have ended up reading more than one a month! So I decided to repeat the challenge the next year... and the next. It has been such a blessing not to be held back by excuses. There are so many good books out there. SEVEN YEARS INTO IT and I just completed 37 book in one year. Don't let anything hold you back from the wisdom God richly offers through his body and those who unknowing are being his mouth pieces. |
Books from 2013
1) When Pages are Blank - Frank Viola 2) Porn Again Christian - Mark Driscoll 3) World Religions - Gerald McDermott 4) One to One Bible Reading - David Helm 5) Black (book one: The Circle) - Ted Dekker 6) God and Stephen Hawking: whose design is it anyway? - John Lennox 7) Red (book two: The Circle) - Ted Dekker 8) White (book three: The Circle) - Ted Dekker 9) Green (book zero: The Circle) - Ted Dekker 10) The Prodigal God - Timothy Keller 11) The Tortoise Usually Wins - Brian Harris 12) OMG: a youth ministry handbook - Kenda Creasy Dean 13) 10 People Every Christian Should Know - Warren W. Wiersbe 14) Gods favourite place on earth - Frank Viola 15) Tell Me a Story - Scott McClellan Books FROM 2014
1) Be The Church - Caesar Kalinowski & Seth McBee 2) Forbidden (book 1 of The Book of Mortals) - Ted Dekker & Tosca Lee 3) Little Church - RJ Grunewald 4) Water Walker EPISODE 1 - Ted Dekker 5) Water Walker EPISODE 2 - Ted Dekker 6) Everyday Church - Tim Chester & Steve Timmis 7) Water Walker EPISODE 3 - Ted Dekker 8) Mortal (book 2 of The Book of Mortals) - Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee 9) Water Walker EPISODE 4 - Ted Dekker 10) Gareb: Lion of war series - Cliff Graham 11) The Art of StoryTelling - John Walsh 12) Sovereign (book 3 of The Book of Mortals) - Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee BOOKS FROM 2015
1. Outlaw - Ted Dekker 2. Erasing Hell - Francis Chan & Preston Sprinkle 3. The Lotus and the Cross - Ravi Zacharias 4. The Dude's Guide to Manhood - Darrin Patrick 5. Discipleship in Crisis - Frank Viola 6. Start Life Over - Donald Miller 7. The live like Jesus Manifesto [Book One] - Neal Samudre 8. Seven Days that Divided the World - John Lennox 9. Scary Close - Donald Miller 10. Everyday Church - Tim Chester & Steve Timmis (had to read it a second time after last year!) 11. You and Me Forever - Lisa and Francis Chan 12. Fruitful Church - Andrew Turner 13. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness - Tim Keller 14. The Gospel Primer - Caesar Kalinowski 15. Out of the Silent Planet - CS Lewis BOOKS FROM 2016
1. The Side Hustle Path - Nick Loper 2. From Tablet to Table - Leonard Sweet 3. New Birth or Rebirth? - Ravi Zacharias 4. Perelandra - C.S. Lewis 5. Filtered Grace - Robin Ham 6. The Crowd, The Critic, And The Muse - Michael Gungor 7. The Art of Law & Gospel - RJ Grunewald 8. The Third Heaven: the rise of fallen stars (book one) - Donovan M. Neal 9. Everyday Gospel: the theology of dishwashing - Tim Chester 10. Risk is Right - John Piper 11. You are a Writer (So start Acting like one) - Jeff Goins 12. Desiring God - John Piper 13. More than A Carpenter- Joshua McDowell 14. Fearless - Max Lucado Books From 2017
1. TOM and the Goldfish Bowl: A Kingdom Allegory - Ben Pasley 2. The Third Heaven: the birth of God (book Two) - Donovan M. Neal 3. As You Go... Make Disciples - Colin Noyes 4. Noah Primeval: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book one) - Brian Godawa 5. Enoch Primordial: [the prequel] chronicles of the Nephilim (book two) - Brian Godawa 6. Gilgamesh Immortal: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book three) - Brian Godawa 7. Abraham Allegiant: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book four) - Brian Godawa 8. Joshua Valiant: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book five) - Brian Godawa 9. Case for Faith - Lee Strobel 10. David Ascendant: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book seven) - Brian Godawa 11. Jesus Triumphant: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book eight) - Brian Godawa 12. Orphan Slave Son - Ben Pasley 13. Mere Christianity - CS Lewis 14. Blessed Child - Ted Dekker 15. A Meal With Jesus - Tim Chester 16. The Great Divorce - CS Lewis 17. The Abolition of Man - CS Lewis 18. The Shack - WP Young 19. Eve - WP Young 20. Has Christianity Failed You? - Ravi Zacharias 21. A Man Named Blessed - Ted Dekker 22. Garden City - John Mark Comer 23. The Sacred Enneagram - Christopher L. Heuertz Books FROM 2018
1. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis 2. How God Became King - N. T. Wright 3. Road Back to You - Ian Cron 4. Church History in Plain Language - Bruce L Shelley 5. The Emotionally Healthy Church - Peter Scazzero 6. The Untold Story of the New Testament Church - Frank Viola 7. Magician: Appreciate - Raymond Feist 8. Magician: Master - Raymond Feist 9. Silverthorn - Raymond Feist 10. Tyrant: Rise of The Beast - Brian Godawa 11. Twelve Ordinary Men - John MacArthur 12. Chapter One - Daniel Flynn 13. Remnant: Rescue of the elect - Brian Godawa 14. The Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom - Frank Viola 15. Lies We Believe About God - WP Young 16. The 49th Mystic - Ted Dekker 17. Hours - Jessy Ribordy 18. Reimagining Church - Frank Viola 19. Against the Tide: The Story of Watchman Nee - Angus Kinnear 20. Rise of the Mystics - Ted Dekker 21. Finding Organic Church - Frank Viola 22. The Unseen Realm - Michael Heiser 23. From Eternity to Here - Frank Viola 24. The Forgotten God - Francis Chan BOOKS FROM 2019
1. Living in Christ's Presence - Dallas Willard 2. The Last Arrow - Erwin McManus 3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S Lewis 4. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho 5. So You Don't Want To Go To Church Anymore - Jake Colson 6. Finding Church - Wayne Jacobson 7. Eve - Wm Paul Young 8. ReGrace - Frank Viola 9. The Magician's Nephew - CS Lewis 10. God Has a Name - John Mark Comer 11. The Relational Soul - Richard... James... 12. Inspired - Rachel Held Evans 13. Misreading Scriptures With Western Eyes - E Randolph Richards & Brandon J O'Brien 14. 24/6 - Matthew Sleeth 15. The Artisan Soul - Erwin McManus 16. The horse and his boy - CS Lewis 17. The Screwtape letters - CS Lewis 18. The Sword Bearer - John White 19. Gospel Fluency - Jeff Vanderstelt 20. The Blue Parakeet - Scott McKnight 21. Purple Cow - Seth Godin 22. The Martyrs Song - Ted Dekker 23. Building a Story Brand - Donald Miller 24. Stories I Love to Tell - Gene Edwards 25. Love Wins - Rob Bell 26. God Wins - Mark Galli 27. A tale of Three Kings - Gene Edwards 28. Letters to the Church - Francis Chan 29. The lost World of the Flood - Tremper Longman III and John H Walton 30. The Silver Chair - CS Lewis 31. Simply Good News - NT Wright 32. Decisions Made Simple - Tim Chester 33. Mirror to the Soul - Alice Frying 34. The Lord and his prayer - NT Wright 35. The Last Battle - CS Lewis 36. Joshua Valiant - Brian Godawa 37. What does the Bible really teach about Homosexuality - Keven DeYoung |
My top picks
TO READ (In no particular order)
