Thursday, November 4, 2010

Bookshelf

Here are some of my top picks for books in various categories. 
This list is by no means exhaustive and I will ad to it when I can.

Young Adults:
  • Do Hard Things. by Harris Brothers
  • Be Intolerant: because some things are just stupid. By Ryan Dobson
  • Jesus Among Other Gods (Youth Edition). by Ravi Zacharias
  • Lose Your Cool- Zach Hunter
  • Stick and Stones-Ace Collins
  • The Road to Whatever - Currie
  • Simple Little Words- Cox/Perrodin
Marriage help:
  • Saving your marriage before it starts- Les and Leslie Parrot (guys read the "feeling conversation vs problem solving conversation" part!
  • A Severe Mercy - Sheldon Vanauken
  • As for me and my house - Walter Wangerin Jr
  • Two Part Invention - Madelin L'engle
Authentic following of Jesus:
  • The Outward Bound - Vernard Eller
  • The Authentic Witness- Kraus
  • Living in Christian Commnity- Art Gish
  • The Cost of Discipleship- Bonhoeffer
Apologetics:
  • Mere Christianity -CS Lewis
  • The Everlasting Man - Chesterton
  • Pensees- Pascal
  • There is a God - Flew
  • The Wonder of the World - Varghese
Ethics/Philosophy
  • Ethics - Bonhoeffer
  • Pensees- Pascal
  • Meaning - Pelanye
  • Crime or Disease - Flew
  • What does it all mean - Nagel
    • a great short easy intro to philosophy!
Athiesm:
  • A Shattered Visage - Ravi Zacharias
  • The End of Reason- Zacharias
  • The Rage Against God- Peter Hitchins
Evolution/Intelligent Design debate:
  • DVD: Expelled- Intelligent Design vs Evolution
  • Darwins God -Hunter
  • Darwins Black Box-Behe
  • Darwins Proof-Hunter
  • Fingerprints of God - Ross
  • Creator and the Cosmos- Ross
  • Signature in the Cell- Stephen C Meyer
Prayer:
  • Letters to Malcom - Lewis
  • Prayers- Quoist
  • God Talk - Tucker
The Holy Spirit-
  • The Go-Between God- John Taylor
  • Heaven Help us - Ketcherside
Great Books period:
  • The God Who Smokes -Tim Stoner
    • phenomenal story a must read!
  • The Ball and the Cross - Chesterton
    • An absolutely brilliant roller coaster
  • The Gospel According to Starbucks - Len Sweet
    • especially if you like coffee
  • The Call - Os Guiness
    • A Profoundly personal plea to answer the call of God on your life 
  • Intellectuals - Paul Johnson
    • a must read for anyone reading or listening to modern gurus like: Marx, Sartre, Rousseau etc!
  • The Death of the Custodian - Ketcherside 
    • Dont miss the forest for the trees on this one!
  • The Screwtape Letters -C.S.Lewis
    • Anything by Lewis is worth reading several times
  • Ordinary Men - Browning
    • story of the final solution in Poland
Theology/other:
  • Orthodoxy by Chesterton
  • Priests to Each other - Marney
  • The Christian System- Campbell
  • Creed or Chaos- Dorothy Sayer
History:
  • Any of the Books in the series by Will and Ariel Durant
  • modern Times - Paul Johnson
Stories:
  • Watership Down - Richard Adams
  • The Lord of the Rings - Tolkien
  • The Chronicles of Narnia- Lewis
Biblical Commentaries:
  • William Barclays entire commentary on the NT
I am going to do a movie list soon as well! Thanks

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