Here is a list of the books I am reading this year. Eventually, I will add comments, and maybe reviews of some of these books. I have been meaning to do this for the last couple of years, but have never gotten around to it. I may add partial lists from 2005 & 2006 later.
January 2007:
- The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
, by Rick Warren.
- The Beginner’s Guide to Fasting
, by Elmer Towns.
- Principles of Managerial Finance (11th Edition)
, by Lawrence J. Gitman.
- The Will of God
, by Leslie D. Weatherhead.
- Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church
, by Philip Yancey.
- Midst Many Snares
, by Laura A. Barter Snow.
- The Life God Blesses: Weathering The Storms Of Life That Threaten The Soul
, by Gordon MacDonald.
- The Life God Blesses: The Secret of Enjoying God’s Favor
, by Jim Cymbala.
- Discovering God’s Will for Your Life
, by Ray Pritchard.
- Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
, by C. S. Lewis.
- Reflections on the Psalms
, by C. S. Lewis.
February 2007:
March 2007:
April 2007:
- Jim & Casper Go to Church: Frank Conversation About Faith, Churches, and Well-meaning Christians
, by Jim Henderson & Matt Casper.
- Preaching that Connects
, by Mark Galli.
- My Heart–Christ’s Home, 50th Anniversary Edition
, by Robert Boyd Munger.
- Don’t Waste Your Life
, by John Piper.
- The Power of Crying Out: When Prayer Becomes Mighty
, by Bill Gothard.
- Diversity Consciousness: Opening Our Minds to People, Cultures, and Opportunities, Second Edition
, by Richard D. Bucher.
May 2007:
- Psychology and Work Today (9th Edition)
, by Duane Schultz and Sydney Ellen Schultz.
- The Four Loves
, by C. S. Lewis.
- The Tongue: A Creative Force
, by Charles Capps.
- The Message of Leadership: 31 Essential Insights from Proverbs
, by Eugene H. Peterson and Daniel Southern.
- Making Life Work: Putting God’s Wisdom into Action
, by Bill Hybels and Lynne Hybels.
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
, by C. S. Lewis: Book 3 of The Chronicles of Narnia
.
- Rejection Is Hell: Freedom from the Pain
, by Jonas Clark.
- The Silver Chair
, by C. S. Lewis: Book 4 of The Chronicles of Narnia
.
- How to Think Theologically
, by Howard W. Stone & James O. Duke.
- The Horse and His Boy
, by C. S. Lewis: Book 5 of The Chronicles of Narnia
.
- I Am with You Always: Experiencing God in Times of Need
, by Chip Ingram.
- Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel
, by Brian D. McLaren and Tony Campolo.
- The Last Battle
, by C. S. Lewis: Book 6 of The Chronicles of Narnia.
- A Study in Scarlet
, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
June 2007:
- The Everything Blogging Book: Publish Your Ideas, Get Feedback, And Create Your Own Worldwide Network
, by Aliza Sherman Risdahl.
- Moby-Dick, or The Whale
, by Herman Melville.
- The Sign of Four
, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
- The Blatchford Controversies, from The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 1
, by G. K. Chesterton.
- Effective Training: Systems, Strategies and Practices (3rd Edition)
, by P. Nick Blanchard and James W. Thacker.
- Heretics, from The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 1
, by G. K. Chesterton.
- Zen in the Art of Writing
, by Ray Bradbury.
- The Name of the Rose: including Postscript to the Name of the Rose
, by Umberto Eco.
- MySpace For Dummies
, by Ryan Hupfer, Mitch Maxson, & Ryan Williams.
July 2007:
- Invisible Cities
, by Italo Calvino.
- The Rise of Christianity: How the Obscure, Marginal, Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries
, by Rodney Stark.
- Pavane
, by Keith Roberts.
- Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution
, by Kenneth R. Miller.
- Paradise Lost
, by John Milton.
- How to Read the Bible
, by Frederick C. Grant.
- Spiritual Authority
, by Watchman Nee.
- How to Know: that if You Died You Would Go to Heaven, by Richard Vaughn.
- Topical Memory System: Hide God’s Word in Your Heart
, by The Navigators.
- The Bacchae
, by Euripides, translated by Gilbert Murray.
August 2007:
- Bible In The Light Of Our Redemption
, by E. W. Kenyon.
- Orthodoxy, from The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Volume 1
, by G. K. Chesterton.
- My Utmost for His Highest
, by Oswald Chambers.
- The King of Elfland’s Daughter
, by Lord Dunsany.
- How People Change
, by Timothy S. Lane and Paul D. Tripp.
- Imaginations: Don’t Live There
, by Jonas Clark.
- Strategic Management and Business Policy (10th Edition)
, by Tom Wheelen & David Hunger.
- A Canticle for Leibowitz
, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
, by Jan Potocki, translated by: Ian MacLean.
September 2007:
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November 2007:
December 2007: