books you have read in 08 /09

[inthesilence27]

okay the reason why i made this thread is bc i fianlly after a yeaR finished reading Crazy love by francis chen, and wow!, its awesome. i uess i liked it so well bc i saw him speak at passion a few years back. and hes a awesome speaker. and his book is no diffrent. he can just relate to people so well.. some poart had me laughing and some part had me ponder Gos love so deep. so check out read it. its a must for people who want to be challanged in their faith!

[Psalms23]

The only book that I read this past year from front to back was "When God Writes Your Love Story - Eric and Leslie Ludy"

[Toddrick33]

On the fiction side, you should read Ted Dekker's Circle Trilogy: Black, White, & Red. I'm not a big fan of fantasy... but GREAT books. The analogies to the salvation story will make you cry!

[newsboysfan]

since I read a lot...what I can remember....

White, Skin, Chosen, Infidel, Renegade, Chaos, Showdown, Saint, Adam, and currently Sinner-all by Ted Dekker

Lord of the Rings:Fellowship of the Ring

[Labby]

Read?

Kidding. I haven't read a whole lot lately, but some stuff I have read/currently am reading (authors missing on several):

La Reine Margot by Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Wild At Heart
Do Hard Things
Sleep No More by Greg Iles
Blood Memory by Iles

And I don't even know all the books I'll be reading in 2009...

[asaintthatsins]

Let's see, last year I read,

Mere Chirstianity - C.S. Lewis (2nd time for this one...)
Encountering the Old Testament
Encountering the New Testament
The Seven Laws of the the Learner - Bruce Wilkinson
Windows on the World of Jesus - Bruce Malina
Chronology of the Life of Christ - mark e. moore
Our Father Abraham - Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith - Marvin R. Wilson
unChristian - Dave Kinneman

Romans
Matthew
Mark
John
2nd Corinthians
Amos
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Daniel
Ezekial
Phillipians
1 &2 Peter
1, 2, & 3 John
Jude
Titus
Jonah and a few of the ohter minors...

I am currently reading...

New Testament History - F.F. Bruce
Romans 1-8: John MacArthur
Romans - F.F. Bruce
The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross - Leon Morris
Nurturing the Soul of the Youth Worker - Tim Smith

[cori]

amanda, i just borrowed Crazy Love from my pastor (who, interestingly enough, told me to "be careful" when i read it, because it apparently has a "burning on fire love for God or you're not a Christian" message :o ).

maybe between that being HIS review & your review not holding it as memorable, i'll return it to him & skip it.

as far as my reading last year...mostly the Bible...i read Fireproof Your Faith...started Recreate (Ron Luce), started Look Me In The Eye (John Elder Robison - he has asperger's syndrome, which is like the highest, most functional form of autism & this is the story of what it was like to grow up in the isolation of the autism spectrum - AMAZINGLY similar to noah!)...and i believe i started one other one (that clearly has either become a very low point of interest, or never was interesting to me, period! lol).

the key word being "started" in each of those statements! i love to read, i just have to be in the MOOD to read. and....those of you with kids know that, usually when that mood strikes, so do kids! hahaha then when the kids are playing on their own again & i CAN read, i don't want to anymore. i really want to finish Recreate & Look Me In The Eye, though....i'll post my personal review when i finish Recreate, because that book's focus is drawing your children back to yourself in the culture war & reclaiming family values. Look Me In The Eye - i'm not sure if any of you would be interested in a review on that one, but...obviously, it's of great interest to ME. :)

[CamperGirl]

I didn't read as much as I would have liked to in 08 (hopeing to change that this year)

But I did read the 'Jesus Freak' series by dc Talk and VOM (Voice of the Martyers). Wow...talk about a cold dose of reality. Those books really did shake me to the core and I really do feel like God did a work in me through them. I reccomend them to anyone. :)

[DreamofSunsets]

I love to read.. but I didnt do as much this year as I normally do...

I read
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers (Girls, this is an amazing book...read it! if you haven't already)
The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W Tozer
The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer

[Kelly]

Thanks to Mark Lee of Third Day, I read a LOT! :p

God's Power to Change Your Life by Rick Warren
Lessons from the Road by Nigel James (Third Day's road pastor)
The God of the Second Chance by Greg Laurie
The Holy Spirit by Billy Graham
The Shack by William P Young
...I know there were more...those are the only ones that come to mind right now

Currently reading:
Cure for the Common Life by Max Lucado
Lies Women Believe (ladies, we kinda dropped the ball on that book study didn't we? :p)

Next on my list:
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
unChristian by David Kinnaman
Grace by Bob Lenz

[drake71449]

books i've read this year ...two...bible and my sunday school literature...hehehe

:p

[inthesilence27]

yes mere christianity is a hard one. i put it down haf way though, but i might pick it back up sinc im donew with crazy love!- but barna revaltionatry is awesome as well!

[DreamofSunsets]

Amanda, the book is great.. it can get a little deep at times.. its def. not a book you can just read and be like ok cool I totally know what he is saying.. its like you read it and then go back and process what he said. I read it with a group of ladies from my church and we did it as a study. But it is def. a recommended book.

[jayhawk4]

I just read Three Cups of Tea -- great book. It's about an American guy who's building schools in remote areas of Pakistan & Afghanistan.

And now I'm almost finished with Too Small to Ignore by Wess Stafford, the president of Compassion International. It's interwoven with stories from his childhood in Africa -- his parents were missionaries. Another great book -- really moving.

[themadclipper]

Almost done with "The Man In The Mirror." A good read for men and women.

[cloudburst]

Lately, I've been reading Biblical counseling books. Right now, I'm finishing up How To Counsel God's Way by Bob Hoekstra. Before that, I read Create in Me A Pure Heart: Answers for Struggling Women by Kathy and Steve Gallagher, the founders of Pure Life Ministries.

I also read these books last year:

The Holy Spirit In You by Derek Prince
Spiritual Warfare by Derek Prince
The Mormon Scrapbook - a book about how to witness to Mormons
The True Vine by Andrew Murray
The Deeper Christian Life by Andrew Murray
Let Us Reason by Dr A.E. Wilder Smith

.....and parts of Praying God's Word by Beth Moore.

[Convicted]

^ Derek Prince has lots of good and helpful books.

Paradoxes -- Max Nordan. (no, it's not a "Christian" book either, but I do love reading things that I can extract metaphors from! :))
God Chasers - Tommey Tenny.
The Amazing Story of Creation from Science and the Bible -- Duane T. Gish. (I love books about science).

Lately I haven't read many actual "books" (except the most important one! [or shall I say 66?!?] La Biblia!) ... but I do read a GIGANTIC amount of stuff on the internet, and every place else I can find something interesting. I should read more actual books... but I don't own many books and buying them costs money (it's not worth it to buy a mutitude of books I'll usually finish reading in several hours), and I don't have a library card >/ ... But I do have the internet!

[CamperGirl]

My leader in a writing class I assist in teaching said that our class of Jr High-High Schoolers would be reading 'The Door Within' By Wayne Thomas Batson, so she asked that I read it too.

I must say, it's VERY well writen. Much like a moderen day Narnia...although it's catagorized as a youth novel though, I would sugest that older youth read it. It's more violent than I expected, but still, VERY good. I look forward to finishing it :)

[Labby]

No More Christian Nice Guy - pretty good book for guys

The Worship Leader's Handbook -- a good reference guide for worship leaders. It talks about everything from "my worship team consists of one guitar and one piano" to copywrite info/requirements.

[Labby]

Someone handed me the Jumbo Duct Tape Book.

Yeah, it's a guy thing.