Books I've been
READING


​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.
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

My top picks
TO READ (In no particular order)