Oct 05, 2022 by Rodger W. Minatra, in What are you reading?

MY BOOK LIST

One of the first things I do when visiting other people in their home, in their office, or even on their social media site is to look for their bookshelf, virtual or real. I want to find out what they are reading or what books they think are important enough to display, even if they are not reading them. I have occasionally had people show the same interest in my reading selection, which is the reason for this post. I thought it might answer some questions and generate some interest. This list includes some purchase dates, the title, and the author. 

 

The People's Justice: Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him

Thapar

 

The Kingdom of The Cults

 by Walter Martin

 

Hijacking Jesus: How Progressive Christians Are Remaking Him and Taking Over His Church

 

The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle over the End Times Shaped a Nation

Hummel, Daniel G.

 

A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

Rinder, Mike

 

Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume I: Microeconomics

Bauman

 

Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs

Hawley, Josh

 

The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes

Pearcey, Nancy R.

 

The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

Cobble, Tara-Leigh

 

Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

Vuolo, Jinger

 

Body of Proof: The 7 Best Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus--and Why It Matters Today

Johnston, Jeremiah J.

 

How You Can Profit From The Coming Devaluation

Browne, Harry

 

A Billion Years

Mike Rinder

 

The Promises of God

R. C. Sproul

 

The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies are Harming Our Young Men

Sommers, Christina Hoff, Simon & Schuster

 

Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible

Meade, John D., Gurry, Peter J., Crossway Books

 

Live Your Truth and Other Lies: Exposing Popular Deceptions That Make Us Anxious, Exhausted, and Self-Obsessed

Childers, Alisa, Tyndale House Publishers

 

Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell A Biography of Thomas Sowell

Riley, Jason L, Basic Books

 

Coolidge

Shlaes, Amity, Harper Perennial

July 11, 2022

 

Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution

Trueman, Carl R., Anderson, Ryan T., Crossway Books

 

Unimaginable: What Our World Would Be Like Without Christianity

Jeremiah J. Johnston, Steve Green, Bethany House Publishers

 

The African American Guide to the Bible

Felder, Dr H C, Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

 

Roughing It: Original Illustrations 100th Anniversary Collection

Twain, Mark, MiraVista Interactive

 

When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself

Corbett, Steve, Fikkert, Brian, Perkins, John, Platt, David, Moody Publishers

 

Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life Sacred Practices in Everyday Life (Books)

Warren, Tish Harrison, Crouch, Andy, IVP Books

May 3, 2022

 

The Great Quest: Invitation to an Examined Life and a Sure Path to Meaning

Guinness, Os, InterVarsity Press

 

Talking with Your Kids about Jesus: 30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have

Natasha Crain, Lee Strobel, Baker Books

 

Bitskrieg: The New Challenge of Cyberwarfare

Arquilla, John

 

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple

Guinn, Jeff, Simon & Schuster

February 28, 2022

 

Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture

Crain, Natasha, Harvest House Publishers

 

Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America

McWhorter, John

 

Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe

Meyer, Stephen C., HarperOne

 

Logic for Christians: Critical Thinking for the People of

Lee, Zach

 

Brave by Faith: God-Sized Confidence in a Post-Christian World

Alistair Begg, Good Book Co

 

Stronger than steel: The Wayne Alderson story

R. C. Sproul

 

The hunger for significance

Sproul, R. C

 

Before You Lose Your Mind: Deconstructing Bad Theology in the Church

Giles, Keith

 

Modern Fascism: Liquidating the Judeo-Christian Worldview (Concordia Scholarship Today)

Gene Edward Veith, Jr., Concordia Publishing House

 

Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World that Rejects the Bible

Wallace, J. Warner, HarperCollins Christian Pub.

 

Sermons of George Whitefield

Whitefield, George, Hendrickson Publishers

 

Mama Bear Apologetics® Guide to Sexuality: Empowering Your Kids to Understand and Live Out God's Design

Ferrer, Hillary Morgan, Davison, Amy, Harvest House Publishers

 

The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai's Revolutionary Faith and the Future of Freedom

September 18, 2021

 

Smoky the Cowhorse

James, Will, Aladdin

 

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: The Complete Text - Inclusive of Notes

Weber, Max, Parsons, Talcott, Pantianos Classics

 

Getting Over Yourself: Trading Believe-in-Yourself Religion for Christ-Centered Christianity

Inserra, Dean, Moody Publishers

 

Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter

Adams, Scott, Portfolio

 

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros, Vintage

 

Black Rednecks and White Liberals

Sowell, Thomas, Encounter Books

 

Surviving Religion 101 Letters to a Christian Student on Keeping the Faith in College

Kruger, Michael, Crossway

 

One Faith No Longer: The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America

Yancey, George, Quosigk, Ashlee, NYU Press

 

Discrimination and Disparities

Sowell, Thomas, Basic Books

 

Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity_and Why This Harms Everybody

Pluckrose, Helen, Lindsay, James, Pitchstone Publishing

 

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

DiAngelo, Robin, Dyson, Michael Eric, Beacon Press

 

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Kobes Du Mez, Kristin, Liveright Publishing Corporation

 

An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments

Almossawi, Ali, Giraldo, Alejandro, The Experiment

 

We Will Not Be Silenced: Responding Courageously to Our Culture's Assault on Christianity

Lutzer, Erwin W., Jeremiah, Dr. David, Harvest House Publishers

 

Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism's Looming Catastrophe

Baucham Jr., Voddie T., Salem Books

 

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Lukianoff, Greg, Haidt, Jonathan, Penguin Books

Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth: 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice

Williams, Thaddeus J., John M. Perkins, Zondervan Academic

 

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?

Warren, Rick, Zondervan

 

So the Next Generation Will Know: Preparing Young Christians for a Challenging

McDowell, Sean, Wallace, J. Warner, Nick, Foles, David C Cook

 

The Angel of the LORD: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Study

Van Dorn, Douglas, Foreman, Matt, Waters of Creation Publishing

 

Religion and the Rise of Capitalism

Friedman, Benjamin M., Knopf

 

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (Economy Editions)

Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, R.H. Tawney, Dover Publications

 

A Grand Illusion: How Progressive Christianity Undermines Biblical Faith

Young, David, Renew

 

The Future of Christian Marriage

Regnerus, Mark, Oxford University Press

 

Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep

Warren, Tish Harrison, IVP

 

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

Sowell, Thomas, Basic Books

 

The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

Carl R. Trueman and Rod Dreher

 

The Socialist Temptation

Murray, Iain, Gateway Editions

 

Living in God's Two Kingdoms: A Biblical Vision for Christianity and Culture

VanDrunen, David, Crossway

 

1984 (Signet Classics) Signet Classic

George Orwell, Erich Fromm, Signet

 

White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era

Steele, Shelby, Harper Perennial

 

The Captive Mind

Czeslaw Milosz, Vintage

 

Love Came Down at Christmas: Daily Readings for Advent

Sinclair B Ferguson, Good Book Co

 

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (The Revolution Trilogy, 1)

Atkinson, Rick, Holt Paperbacks

 

Rejoice and Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord (Union)

Reeves, Michael, Crossway

 

You're Not Enough (And That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love

Stuckey, Allie Beth, Sentinel

 

Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents

Dreher, Rod, Sentinel

 

DoubtLess - Because Faith is Hard

Shelby Abbott

 

Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job: How The Oldest Book In The Bible Answers Today'S Scientific Questions (Reasons to Believe)

Ross, Hugh, Baker Books

 

The Dust of Death: The Sixties Counterculture and How It Changed America Forever (IVP Signature Collection)

Guinness, Os, IVP

 

The Gathering Storm: Secularism, Culture, and the Church

Mohler Jr., R. Albert, Thomas Nelson

 

Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret

Veinot, Don, Veinot, Joy, Montenegro, Marcia, House, H. Wayne, MCOI Publishing LLC

 

He Is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World

R. Albert Mohler Jr., John MacArthur, Moody Publishing

 

Between Two Worlds

Stott, John, Eerdmans

 

Preaching and Preachers

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Bryan Chapell, Mark Dever, Kevin DeYoung, Ligon Duncan, et al

 

Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity

Childers, Alisa, Strobel, Lee, Tyndale Momentum

 

Generals in the Making: How Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Their Peers Became the Commanders Who Won World War II

Runkle, Benjamin, Stackpole Books

 

Why Does God Allow Evil?: Compelling Answers for Life's Toughest Questions

Jones, Clay, Jones Clay

 

Too Good to Be False: How Jesus' Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality

Gilson, Tom, Miller, Corey, DeWard Publishing

 

The Most Beautiful Thing I've Seen: Opening Your Eyes to Wonder (Books)

Gungor, Lisa, HarperCollins Christian Pub.

 

The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective A Christian Perspective

Rohr, Richard, Ebert, Andreas, Crossroad

 

Working for Our Neighbor: A Lutheran Primer on Vocation, Economics, and Ordinary Life

Veith, Gene Edward, McCain, Paul T

 

Enjoy Your Prayer Life

Michael Reeves

 

Learning to Love the Psalms

Godfrey, W. Robert, Reformation Trust Publishing

 

Open and Unafraid: The Psalms as a Guide to Life

Taylor, W. David O., Eugene Peterson, HarperCollins Christian Pub.

 

Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews

Abdu H. Murray, Josh McDowell, InterVarsity Press

 

Salt: A World History

Kurlansky, Mark, Penguin Books

 

Open Mind, Open Heart 20th Anniversary Edition

Keating, Thomas, Bloomsbury Continuum

 

Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God

Boyd, Greg

 

The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross

Morris, Leon, Eerdmans

 

The Finest Hours (True Rescue Series)

Tougias, Michael J, Sherman, Casey, Tougias Michael J

 

Christianity and Liberalism, new ed.

Machen, J. Gresham, Trueman, Carl, Eerdmans

 

Where is God in a Coronavirus World?

John C. Lennox

 

The Ten Commandments of Progressive Christianity (Cruciform Quick)

Kruger, Michael J.

 

The End of Religion: Encountering the Subversive Spirituality of Jesus

Cavey, Bruxy, NavPress

 

The Rise of Moralism: The Proclamation of the Gospel from Hooker to Baxter

Allison, C. FitzSimons

 

Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition) (True Rescue Series)

TOUGIAS, MICHAEL J., Square Fish

 

Living the Resurrection: The Risen Christ in Everyday Life

Peterson, Eugene H., Peterson, Eric E., NavPress

 

The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading

Jessie Wise, Sara Buffington, Wise, Jessie/ Buffington, Sara

 

What's Your Worldview?: An Interactive Approach to Life's Big Questions

Anderson, James N., Crossway

 

The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume 2)

Hayek, F. A., Caldwell, Bruce, University of Chicago Press

 

Stand Firm: Living in a Post-Christian Culture

MacArthur, John, Reformation Trust Publishing

 

The Elements of Moral Philosophy

Rachels, James, Mcgraw-Hill College

 

Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less

Hyatt, Michael, Baker Pub Group/Baker Books

 

More Than a Carpenter

McDowell, Josh D., McDowell, Sean, McDowell Josh

 

Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon

Chapell, Bryan, Baker Pub Group/Baker Books

 

Ashamed of the Gospel: When the Church Becomes Like the World (3rd Edition)

MacArthur, John, Crossway

 

A Rulebook for Arguments

Weston, Anthony, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

 

The Founders' Key: The Divine and Natural Connection Between the Declaration and the Constitution and What We Risk by Losing It

Larry P. Arnn, HarperCollins Christian Pub.

 

Valley of Vision (Leather): A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

Arthur Bennett, Banner Of Truth

 

Every Thought Captive: A Study Manual for the Defense of Christian Truth

Richard L. Pratt, Jr., P&R Publishing Company

 

The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction

Gurdon, Meghan Cox

 

Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way

Gary Parrett, J.I. Packer, Baker Pub Group/Baker Books

 

My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir

Thomas, Clarence, Thomas, Clarence

 

Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution

Magnet, Myron

 

Social Justice and The Christian Church

Nash, Ronald

 

Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Goleman, Daniel, Bantam

 

Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the U.S.

Story, Joseph, Brand: Regnery Publishing, Inc.

 

The Ten Commandments & their Influence on American Law - a study in history

Federer, William J.

 

The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture's Fascination With Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity

Andreas J. Köstenberger, Michael J. Kruger, Ian Howard Marshall, Crossway Books

 

Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith

Reeves, Michael, InterVarsity Press

 

Abraham Kuyper: Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures from the Stone Foundation Lectures Delivered at Princeton University

Kuyper, Abraham

 

What Is Reformed Theology?

Ligonier Ministries, Ligonier Ministries

 

Final Word: Why We Need the Bible

MacArthur, John, Ligonier Ministries

 

What's In the Bible: A Tour of Scripture from the Dust of Creation to the Glory of Revelation

R.C. Sproul, Robert Wolgemuth

 

Reforming Apologetics

Fesko, Baker Pub Group/Baker Books

 

Tokens of Trust: An Introduction to Christian Belief

Williams, Rowan, Westminster/John Knox

 

Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers

Smith, Christian, Lundquist Denton, Melina

 

How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church

Smith, C. Christopher, Baker Pub Group/Baker Books

 

Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students

Bloom, Allan, Ferguson, Andrew, Bellow, Saul, Simon & Schuster

 

Principles of Biblical Interpretation

Berkhof, Louis, Brand: Baker Academic

 

Letter and Spirit of Biblical Interpretation

Stanglin, Keith D., Baker Pub Group/Baker Books

 

Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Premodern Exegesis

Carter, Craig A., Baker Pub Group/Baker Books

 

40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible (40 Questions & Answers Series) 40 Questions & Answers Series

Plummer, Robert, Merkle, Benjamin, Plummer, Robert L./ Merkle, Benjamin L. (EDT)

 

The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe

Rohr, Richard, WaterBrook Press

 

Walking with Jesus Through His Word: Discovering Christ in All the Scriptures

Dennis E. Johnson, P&R Publishing

 

All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes (With a New Introduction / Redesign): Christians and Popular Culture

Myers, Ken, Olasky, Dr Marvin, Crossway Books

 

Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor

Scott, James M., W W Norton Co Inc

 

The Apostles' Creed: Discovering Authentic Christianity in an Age of Counterfeits

Mohler Jr., R. Albert, HarperCollins Christian Pub.

 

Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal

T. David Gordon, P&R Publishing Company

 

The Rule of Love: How the Local Church Should Reflect God's Love and Authority (9marks) 9marks

Leeman, Jonathan, Crossway Books

 

The Temple and the Tabernacle: A Study of God's Dwelling Places from Genesis to Revelation

Hays, J. Daniel, Baker Pub Group/Baker Books

 

The Inspiration and Authority of Bible

Warfield, Benjamin Breckinridge

 

Choosing Civility: The Twent

 

Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

DeYoung, Kevin, Crossway Books

 

Know the Heretics (KNOW Series) KNOW Series

Justin S. Holcomb, HarperCollins Christian Pub.

 

The Ten Commandments: What They Mean, Why They Matter, and Why We Should Obey Them (Foundational Tools for Our Faith)

DeYoung, Kevin, Crossway Books

 

Smart Policies for Workplace Technologies: Email, Social Media, Cell Phones & More (Smart Policies for Workplace Technology)

Guerin J.D., Lisa

 

The Complete Works of Josephus

Flavius Josephus, William Whiston, William Sanford LaSor

 

The Gospel of Thomas: A New Translation for Spiritual Seekers

Mattison, Mark M.

 

Them: Why We Hate Each Other--and How to Heal

Sasse, Ben

 

Irresistible: Reclaiming the New that Jesus Unleashed for the World

Stanley, Andy, HarperCollins

 

The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist

Feynman, Richard P., Feynman, Richard Phillips

 

Scientism and Secularism: Learning to Respond to a Dangerous Ideology

Moreland, J. P.

 

Jesus and His World: The Archaeological Evidence

Evans, Craig A., Westminster John Knox Press

 

The End Times Made Simple How Could Everybody Be So Wrong About Biblical Prophecy

Waldron, Samuel E.

 

Biblical Theology: How the Church Faithfully Teaches the Gospel (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches)

Roark, Nick, Cline, Robert

 

Sexy: The Quest For Erotic Virtue in Perplexing Times

Mallinson, Jeff

 

Saving Truth: Finding Meaning and Clarity in a Post-Truth World

Murray, Abdu

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