Books I have read or used
Christian Life
Rob Bell, Jesus Wants to Save Christians
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Walter Brueggemann, The Prophetic Imagination
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
Brian McLaren, A New Kind of Christian
Erwin McManus, The Barbarian Way
Erwin McManus, Chasing Daylight
Henri Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
Norman Wirzba, Living the Sabbath
N. T. Wright, Challenge of Jesus
N. T. Wright, Evil and the Justice of God
N. T. Wright, Simply Christian
N. T. Wright, Surprised By Hope
Philip Yancey, What’s So Amazing About Grace
Biblical Studies
Bill Arnold & John Choi, A Guide to Biblical Hebrew Syntax
David R. Bauer, An Annotated Guide to Biblical Resources for Ministry
David Alan Black, Learn to Read New Testament Greek
John Bright, A History of Israel 4th edition
Walter Brueggemann, David’s Truth
Shaye J. D. Cohen, From the Maccabees to the Mishnah
Frederick William Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and other Early Christian Literature. 3rd edition
Rolan De Vaux, Ancient Israel: Its Life and Institutions
Craig Evans & Stanley Porter, Dictionary of New Testament Background
Everett Ferguson, Backgrounds of Early Christianity. 3rd edition
Joel Green, Scot McKnight, and I. Howard Marshall, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels The HarperCollins Concis Atlas of the Bible
Abraham J. Heschel, The Prophets
William Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament
Philip J. King & Lawrence Stager, Life in Biblical Israel
John Kohlenberger III, Edward Goodrick, & James Swanson, The Greek-English Concordance to the New Testament
I. Howard Marshall, Stephen Travis, & Ian Paul, Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Letters & Revelation. Vol. 2
Amihai Mazar, Archaeology of the Land of the Bible: 10,000 – 586 B.C.E.
Wesley Perschbacher, The New Analytical Greek Lexicon
C. L. Seow, A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew
Danial B. Wallace, Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics
David Wenham & Steve Walton, Exploring the New Testament: A Guide to the Gospels & Acts. Vol. 1
N. T. Wright, Paul
N. T. Wright, The New Testament and The People of God
N. T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God
N. T. Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God
Commentaries
Anchor Bible Commentary Series
Apollos Old Testament Commentary on Deuteronomy
The JPS Torah Commentary Series
The New International Commentary on the New Testament: Mark
Word Biblical Commentary Series
General Library
Umberto Eco, The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
John Knowles, A Separate Peace
C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
Jack London, Call of the Wild
Brad Meltzer, Identity Crisis
George Orwell, Animal Farm
Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
William Shakespeare, Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare, Othello
Shel Silverstein, Falling Up
Shel Silverstein, The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
John Steinbeck, The Pearl
Theological Studies
Stanley J. Grenz, Theology for the Community of God
Matt Leroy & Jeremy Summers, The Way Forward
Church
Henry Bettenson & Chris Maunder, Documents of the Christian Church
Justo Gonzalez, The Story of Christianity: vol. 1
Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy
Erwin McManus, An Unstoppable Force
Politics and World Events
Giles Bolton, Africa Doesn’t Matter: How the West Has Failed the Poorest Continent and What We Can Do About It
Ellis Jones, The Better World Shopping Guide
Brenda Salter McNeil & Rick Richardson, The Heart of Racial Justice
Dr. Matthew Sleeth, Serve God, Save the Planet
