What Other Books?
What other books besides the bible has made a difference in your life, faith, marriage?
What do you think?
Share your thoughts.
posted by preacherman @ 12:15:00 AM
preacherman
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
What do you think?
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I was born and raised in Abilene, Tx. Graduated from Abilene High. Woodlawn Church of Christ is my home congregation, where my dad serves as an elder. I am a graduate of Lubbock Christian University. I have a wonderful loving wife and boys who are the greatest blessing and joy in my life. My favorite scripture is: 1 Timothy 4:12 "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young but set an example to the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity." GBS
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12 Comments:
Dont' Waste Your Life by John Piper and Crazy Love by Francis Chan are great books to motivate me to follow Christ with passion.
Wisdom Hunter by Randall Arthur is a novel about a self-righteous preacher who loses his family and eventually his faith. Gradually, he is brought into a genuine faith in Jesus Christ, but it cost him a great deal. It was an excellent book.
Life: "The Life You've Always Wanted" by John Ortberg
Faith: "Prepare to Answer: A Defense of the Christian Faith" by Rubel Shelly
Marriage: "Sacred Marriage" by Gary Thomas (best book on marriage)
"Dream Giver" by David Wilkerson
"Just like Jesus" Max Lucado
Ragamuffin Gospel, CS Lewis, Someday i'll finish reading Divine Conspiracy,Volf's exclusion and embrace, Just Generosity and anything by Miriam Adeney. That's just the tip of the iceberg. :)
1.Everything ever written by Henri Nouwen
2.Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson
3.Searching for God Knows What by Donald Miller
4.Sacred Rythyms by Ruth Haley Barton
I'm really enjoying "Forgotten God" by Francis Chan. "Crazy Love" is good, too.
Probably the books that have helped me the most, though, are by Phillip Yancey.
"Prayer" is powerful, and really helped me when my prayer life was at its lowest (still recovering even now.)
"Where Is God When It Hurts" was EXCELLENT in helping me (and my youth group) deal with the death of one of our own...a 14 year old boy scout who died in a tornado two years ago.
"The Greatest Salesman in the World" by Og Mandino. By all means, a must read.
The Shack -William Young
The Great Divorce-C.S. Lewis
A Church That Flies by Tim Woodroof, Wild at Heart and The Way of the Wild Heart by John Eldredge
You simply have to read Reaching Out by Henri Nouwen. stop what you're doing now and order it!
"Prayer, Asking and Receiving" by Dr John R Rice.
"The Heart of the Problem" Henry Brandt
"The man God Uses" Dr Henry Blackaby.
The Autobiography of George Muller by George Muller.
Anything by Andrew Murray, especially on prayer and the ministry of the Holy Spirit.
Great question & great answers...
Here are some of mine:
1) Nouwen (no book specifically)
2) Francis Chan, Crazy Love
(need to dive in here more)
3) Orthberg, The Life You've Always Wanted (I actually need to finish this one--This one seems to have multiple applications)
4) 1000 Years/ Searching for God Knows What/Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller (in that order)
5) "Fearless" by Max Lucado
6) Velvet Elvis, Rob Bell (less guilt...I only like about 80 to 90 of Bells' stuff....although I think Everything is Spiritual & the videos in the Nooma series are interesting and edifying modern day parables/metaphors.
7) In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day, Mark Batterson (pastor at NCC in DC). Mostly about fear & risk.
8) I'm about to read Richard Foster's book on simplicity.
I'll have to check out that Rubel Shelly book along with "Wild at Heart"...which apparently I'm a little "behind the curve" on. I hope its ok to be a late adopter...
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