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Books I am reading

Joy At the End of the Tether ; Douglas Wilson (This is a commentary on Ecclesiastes that is changing my life)

The Total Church:  A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community;   Tim Chester and Steve Timmis

God’s Passion for His Glory;  John Piper and Jonathan Edwards

Mere Christianity;  C S Lewis (again and again!)

Various sermons by Jonathon Edwards  (again and again.  I love his sermon on the Excellency of Christ)

Overcoming Sin and Temptation; John Owen   (slowly!)

Heaven: The heart’s Deepest Longing;  Peter Kreeft (An Evangelical Catholic Theologian, but a CS Lewis lover This is deep swimming)

Jesus in the Margins, Finding God in the Places We Ignore;  Rick Mckinley (This book I read in one Day!  It is a great meditation on God’s love)

The George MacDonald Treasury;  (a collection of GM’s fantasies.  Reading christian fantasy is great for discussion and sharpening childrens’ skill of finding metaphors and analogies.)

My favorite commentaries: (I think some of my favorite times are sitting and reading good commentaries on the books of the Bible)

I Corinthians;  Gordon Fee

Romans;  Douglas Moo

Isaiah;  John Oswalt

Gospel of Matthew;  Craig S. Keener

Gospel of John;   D. A. Carson

Epistle of James;  Douglas Moo

Philipians;  Gordon Fee

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