Summer Reading – 2009

It is not too late to do some summer reading!  AND, if you order books during the month of July, our friends at monergismbooks.com are offering FREE SHIPPING!  Woohoo!  Here’s how to get the free shipping:

1. Registered users place at least $25 worth of merchandise in your shopping cart.
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It’s that simple.  Now, on to the really important stuff… Some recommendations.  I’m not going to give very many.  If you’d like more info on any book in particular, just ask.

The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination by Loraine Boettner is one of the best bibilical defenses of the doctrines of grace I’ve read.  It is a classic work of theology already.  It is thorough, but not overly academic.  It may take some work to get through it all, but remember that those who persevere to the end will be saved!

Let the Nations Be Glad! by John Piper is a fabulous book about missions.  This book probably did more to form in me a heart for missionary efforts than any other I have read.  The line I will never forget from this book is something like this:  Missions exists because there are places where worship does not.  God deserves the worship, honor, and praise of all people, so we must take His good news to all so that they might repent, believe, and glorify Him.

Finally Alive by John Piper is a book I have written about before.  You can read what I wrote about it here.  I’ll just say this again…  I think this could prove to be one of Piper’s most important books of his writing career.  In this book, the Bible’s teaching on the new birth – the doctrine of regeneration – is expounded and made clear.  If you don’t want to buy this book, I’ll personally give you a copy.  It is that important.

Living the Cross-Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney is one of the best little books I’ve ever read.  It is 176 pages, but it is VERY small in size.  This is a practical and encouraging book about living a life in which the Gospel is front and center in all you do.

Death by Love by Mark Driscoll is a very unique book on the cross of Christ.  It is not primarily a theological work, though it is certainly theologically founded.  Driscoll seeks to apply the effects of the Christ’s atoning work to real-life situations.  I always enjoy Mark Driscoll.

The Prodigal God by Tim Keller is a book that I have not yet read.  But I hope to read it, perhaps in August.  I’ve heard many good things.  If you beat me to it, be sure and let me know what you think!

Read, read, read!!

~ by jakeporter on July 1, 2009.