I didn't get as much reading done in 2010 as I did in 2009, but that reflects the stage of life I'm in. Here are the books I finished this year: The Lost World of Genesis One by John Walton -- Walton makes the case for a "cosmic temple inauguration" view of Genesis one. A …
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Top apologetics books
Throughout the centuries, there have been a number of very able defenders of the truthfulness of the Bible and Christianity. C. Michael Patton at Parchment and Pen lists Top Fifteen Must Have Books on Apologetics. His top five are: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Habermas and Licona …
Reading — August 2009
My friend Glenn has advice on Disciplined Reading. Check out his 75 books that have powerfully influenced him. Here are the books I've been working on in August: Beyond Creation Science -- by Timothy Martin and Jeffery Vaughn. A good Biblical analysis of young-Earth creationism mixed with a "Jesus has already returned" eschatology (full preterism). …
Reading — July 2009
I didn't get as much reading done in July as I would have liked, but here's the one book I did finish: The Reason for God, by Timothy Keller. The chapters address: The idea that there cannot be only one true religion The problem of evil -- how can a good God allow suffering? The …
Reading — June 2009
"When my sons complain that a good book is hard to read, I say, 'Raking is easy, but all you get is leaves; digging is hard, but you might find diamonds.'" -- John Piper, Future Grace, p. 16. Books I finished in June: Thousands... Not Billions, by Donald DeYoung. This is the latest on radiometric …
Reading — May 2009
"When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." -- Erasmus (Roman Catholic theologian of the Reformation era). Books I finished in May: A Biblical Case for an Old Earth, by David Snoke. The best chapter in the book was the one on animal death …
Reading — April 2009
I only finished one book in April: Three Views on Creation and Evolution, edited by philosophers J.P. Moreland and John Mark Reynolds, with contributions by eight other authors. The three Christian viewpoints presented are young-Earth creationism, old-Earth creationism (or progressive creationism), and theistic evolution (or the fully-gifted creation). The contributors are mostly philosophers and theologians, …
Reading suggestions
Last month I wrote about my friend Glenn, who reads over 100 books a year. I don't think I'll ever hit that level, but I have been encouraged to be more disciplined and intentional in my reading habits. This week Glenn pointed to a challenging reading list from Monergism books. I have about 20% of …
Reading — March 2009
Here are the books I finished in March: The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, by Mark Noll. Noll examines Evangelical thinking (or the lack thereof), and comes down really hard on two specific realms of Evangelical intellectual activity: politics and science. The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman. Would the world really be better off …
A man who reads
My friend Glenn is one of the smartest people I know. With ACT, SAT, GRE percentiles in the upper 90s (some portions in the 99th percentile), I am an intelligent person. When I am with Glenn, I am reminded that I am only down at the bottom of the 99th percentile, because he outsmarts me …
Required reading for science majors
The geoblogosphere (as well as the broader world of science blogs) has a meme going around: Imagine: YOU are asked to assign a half-dozen-or-so books as required reading for ALL science majors at a college as part of their 4-year degree; NOT technical or text books, but other works, old or new, touching upon the …
Reading — February 2009
Here are a couple books I finished in February: The Bible, Rocks, and Time, by Young and Stearley. This is the best book I've read on the relationship between geology and Christian faith. It is much more than a Biblical and scientific polemic against young-Earth creationism, though that is certainly a big part of the …
Reading – January 2009
Here are the books I've been working on in January: The Bible, Rocks, and Time, by Young and Stearley The Oceans, by Prager The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, by Noll Living the Cross Centered Life, by Mahaney I didn't finish any books.
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