Reading


2024

  • Veeneman, Mary. Introducing Theological Method: A Survey of Contemporary Theologians and Approaches. 
  • Wilson, Andrew. Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West. ◊
  • Boyd, Gregory and Paul R. Eddy. Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology (2nd ed.).
  • Thiselton, Anthony. Approaching Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction to Key Thinkers, Concepts, Methods & Debates
  • Reeves, Roger. Smuggler.
  • Truman, Carl. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self
  • Williams, Peter J. The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal About the Greatest Teacher. ◊
  • Gately, Iain. Tobacco: A Cultural History of How and Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization. ◊
  • Thomas, Gordan & Max Morgan Witts. The Day the World Ended. ◊◊
  • Kelly, Lynne. Memory Craft. ◊◊
  • Greenberg, Andy. Tracers in the Dark.

2023

  • Milosz, Czeslaw. The Captive Mind.
  • Eliot, T.S. Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
  • Solis, Octavio. Retablos: Stories From a Life Lived Along the Border.
  • Hanff, Helen. 84, Charing Cross Road.
  • Davis, Wade. The Serpent and the Rainbow. ◊◊
  • Levy, Buddy. Conquistador. ◊◊
  • Guite, Malcolm. Lifting the Veil: Imagination and the Kingdom of God
  • Levy, Buddy. River of Darkness.
  • O’Neil, Tom. Chaos
  • Guin, Jeff. War on the Border
  • Eusebius. Ecclesiastical History, Vol 1, Books 1-5 (Loeb). ◊◊◊
  • Gibson, William. Neuromancer.
  • Greene, Graham. The Power and the Glory
  • Moore, Alan. Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book Two.
  • Moore, Alan. Saga of the Swamp Thing: Book One.
  • McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian.
  • C. R. Wiley. In the House of Tom Bombadil. ◊
  • Cabeza de Vaca. The Account of Cabeza de Vaca: A Literal Translation with Analysis and Commentary (trans. David Carson). ◊◊◊

2022

  • Schulz, Charles. The Complete Peanuts: 1967-1968.
  • Stark, Rodney. God’s Battalions
  • Miller, Frank. Daredevil: Born Again
  • Edgar, William. Created & Creating: A Biblical Theology of Culture.
  • Smith, James K.A. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation.
  • Wright. N. T. Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters.
  • Hays, Richard B. Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness.
  • Barclay, John M. G. Paul & the Power of Grace
  • Kidner, Derek. The Wisdom of Proverbs, Job and Ecclesiastes.
  • Williams, Ronald J.  Williams’ Hebrew Syntax (3rd edition).
  • Ward, Michael. Planet Narnia.
  • Lewis, C. S. The Last Battle. ◊◊
  • Lewis, C. S. A Grief Observed.
  • Lewis, C. S. The Problem of Pain.
  • Lewis, C. S. Till We Have Faces.
  • Lewis, C. S. The Four Loves.
  • Lewis, C. S. The Magician’s Nephew.
  • Lewis, C. S. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.
  • Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. ◊◊

2021

  • Portis, Charles. True Grit.
  • Dreher, Rod. Live Not By Lies.
  • Apostolic Fathers, Volume I (Loeb). ◊◊◊
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. ◊◊◊
  • Cameron, Nigel. Evolution and the Authority of the Bible.
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
  • Schulz, Charles. The Complete Peanuts: 1965-1966.

2020

  • McKnight, Scot. The Blue Parakeet.
  • Schulz, Charles. The Complete Peanuts: 1963-1964.
  • Hayes, John H. & Carl Holladay. Biblical Exegesis: A Beginner’s Handbook.
  • Lewis, C.S. The Last Battle. ◊◊
  • Lewis, C.S. The Silver Chair.
  • Lewis, C.S. Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
  • Murray, Andrew. Absolute Surrender.
  • Lewis, C.S. Prince Caspian.
  • Larson, Erik. In the Garden of the Beasts.
  • Lewis, C.S. The Magician’s Nephew.
  • Lewis, C.S. The Horse and His Boy. ◊◊◊
  • Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
  • Francis Schaeffer. The God Who is There.
  • Michael Pollan. Caffeine.
  • Pyle, Howard. Robin Hood.
  • Dickens, Charles. Night Walks. ◊

2019

  • Senior, John. The Death of Christian Culture
  • McPhee, John. Draft No. 4. ◊
  • Jaczko, Gregory. Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator.
  • Kelly, Douglas. Creation and a Change.
  • Schreiner, Thomas R. Spiritual Gifts: What They Are and Why They Matter
  • Schulz, Charles. The Complete Peanuts: 1961-1962.
  • Williams, Peter. Can We Trust the Gospels? ◊◊◊
  • Hamilton, Patrick. Patrick’s Places
  • Moore, Russel. The Storm-Tossed Family.
  • McMillon, Lynn. Restoration Roots: The Scottish Origins of the American Restoration Movement
  • Schulz, Charles. The Complete Peanuts: 1959-1960.
  • Spurgeon, C.H. All of Grace
  • O’Siadhail, Micheal. Five Quintets

2018

  • Piper, John. Don’t Waste Your Life
  • Manning, Brennan. The Furious Longing of God.
  • Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. Love in the Time of Cholera
  • Craig, William Lane. On Guard: Defending Your Faith with Reason and Precision.
  • Dixon, Franklin. Hardy Boys #20: The Disappearing Floor.
  • McGarvey, J.W. A Treatise on the Eldership.
  • McMillan, E.W. The Minister’s Spiritual Life. ◊◊◊
  • Harper, Kyle. The Fate of Rome.
  • Kierkegaard, Søren. Fear and Trembling.
  • South, James. Church Discipline: God’s Gift for a Healthier, Holier Church. ◊◊
  • Augustine. Confessions
  • Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. ◊◊

2017

  • Ohler, Norman. Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich. ◊
  • Stilgoe, John R. Outside Lies Magic
  • Luther, Martin. The Babylonian Captivity of the Church. ◊
  • Goggin, Jamin & Kyle Strobel. The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb
  • Ferguson, Everett. Women in the Church
  • Haberman, Bill. Women’s Role and I Corinthians 14:33b-37.
  • Waterman, Richard, Carol Silva, & Hank Jenkins-Smith. The Presidential Expectations Gap: Public Attitudes Concerning the Presidency
  • Marquez, Gabriel García. The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor
  • The Invisible Committee. The Coming Insurrection.
  • Assange, Julian, et al. Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet.
  • Hurtado, Larry. Destroyer of the gods. ◊
  • Schulz, Charles. The Complete Peanuts: 1957-1958.

2016

  • Hailey, Homer. Attitudes and Consequences in the Restoration Movement
  • Van Horne, Patrick & Jason Riley. Left of Bang. ◊
  • Defoe, Daniel. Journal of the Plague Year. ◊◊
  • Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. ◊
  • Stephenson, Neal. Snow Crash
  • Longman, Tremper. New International Commentary on the Old Testament: Song of Songs
  • Lewis, C.S. The Great Divorce. ◊◊◊
  • Ferguson, Everett. The Rule of Faith. ◊
  • Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed
  • Pearcey, Nancy. Saving Leonardo.
  • Macfarlane, Robert. Landmarks.  
  • Dickens, Charles. Hard Times
  • Schulz, Charles. The Complete Peanuts: 1955-1956.

2015

  • O’Connor, Flannery. Wise Blood.
  • Ferguson, Everett. Thinking-Living-Dying: Early Apologists Speak to the 21st Century
  • Lewis, C. S. The Problem of Pain
  • Lightfoot, Neil. How We Got the Bible
  • Carter, Joe and John Coleman. How to Argue like Jesus.
  • Berlinski, David. The Devil’s Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions
  • Froese, Paul. Plot to Kill God. ◊◊
  • Shakespeare. Twelfth Night
  • Kavanaugh, Patrick. Collected Poems.
  • Olson, Roger. Against Calvinism.
  • Eliot, T. S. Murder in the Cathedral.
  • Lewis, C. S. The World’s Last Night
  • Heaney, Seamus. Sweeney Astray.
  • Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves  to Death. ◊◊
  • Stevens, Ben. Why God Created the World: a Jonathan Edwards adaption.
  • Green, Roger Lancelyn. The Adventures of Robin Hood.
  • Dixon. Hardy Boys: The Mark on the Door.
  • Raymond, Bradford. Christianity and the Christ: A Study of Christian Evidences.
  • Shakespeare. Hamlet.
  • Voltaire. L’Ingénu. ◊

2014

  • Travers, P. L. Mary Poppins.
  • Cross, Anthony. Recovering the Evangelical Sacrament: Baptisma Semper Reformandum. ◊◊◊
  • Gwynne, Sam. Empire of the Summer Moon. ◊◊◊
  • Heaney, Seamus. Field Work. ◊
  • Lewis, C. S. The Abolition of Man
  • Hengel, Martin. Crucifixion.
  • Baum, Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
  • Ellison, H.L. Ezekiel: The Man and His Message.
  • Heaney, Seamus. Poems 1965-1975
  • Dickens. Great Expectations.
  • Schulz, Charles. The Complete Peanuts: 1953-1954.
  • Cummings, E.E. 100 Selected Poems.
  • Snicket, Lemony. Series of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room.
  • Snicket, Lemony. Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning.
  • Dahl, Roald. The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

2013

  • Lewis, C.S. Miracles.
  • Ferguson, Everett. Demonology of the Early Christian World.
  • Burns, Robert (ed. Ian Rankin). The Poems of Robert Burns.
  • Chesterton, GK. Biography of Robert Browning.
  • Shakespeare. The Taming of the Shrew.
  • Ehrman, Bart. Misquoting Jesus.
  • Baudelaire. Paris Spleen.

2012

  • Hurtado, Larry. The Earliest Christian Artifacts. ◊◊◊
  • McGrath, Alister. Christian Spirituality.
  • Dante. Inferno. ◊
  • Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together.
  • Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five.
  • Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
  • Goethe. Faust. ◊
  • Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion.
  • Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. ◊

2011

  • Obmascik, Mark. The Big Year.
  • Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
  • Blecker, Robert. Let the Great Axe Fall.
  • Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit.
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel. House of the Seven Gables.
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
  • Schulz, Charles. The Complete Peanuts: 1950-1952.
  • Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. ◊
  • Steinbeck, John. Travels with Charley. ◊

2010

  • Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
  • Hammer, Earl, Jr. The Homecoming.
  • Smith, Dodie. 101 Dalmatians.