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2017 Books

Heaven Misplaced- Christ's Kingdom on Earth- Douglas Wilson****
Matthew Commentary-Charles Spurgeon****
Shaped by the Gospel- Tim Keller****
This Was John Calvin- Halsema****
Of Flight and Life- Charles Lindbergh**
Hillbilly Elegy- J.D. Vance****
A World Lost- Wendell Berry****
Outliers- Malcom Gladwell****
Peak, Secrets from the new science of expertise-Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool***
Titus For You, a Commentary- Tim Chester***
Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck**
Rules for Walking in Fellowship- John Owen****

2016 Books

The Power of Habit- Why We Do What We Do- Charles Duhigg****
Christianity and Liberalism, J. Gresham Machen****
The Puritan Dilemma- The Story of John Winthrop- Edmund S. Morgan****
The Doctrine of Repentance- Thomas Watson****
The Lord's Supper- Thomas Watson****
That Hideous Strength- C.S. Lewis****
Christian Behavior- C.S. Lewis****
Out of the Silent Planet- C.S. Lewis****
The Message of 2 Tmothy- John R.W. Stott****
You Are What You Love- James K.A. Smith****
Thoughts for Young Men- J.C. Ryle****
Knowing Christ- Mark Jones****
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership- John Maxwell****
Life is Not an Accident- Jay Williams*
How to Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie****
Dreams are Cheap- Paying the Price and Leading with Passion-Carlos Vargas*
Do More Better- A Practical Guide to Productivity- Tim Challies***
Buried in the Sky- K2's Deadliest Day- Peter Zuckerman and Amanda Padoan****
Calendar-Christ's Time for the Church-Laurence Stookey****
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien****
The Rest of God-Restoring Your Soul by Restoring SABBATH-Mark Buchanan****
What He Must Be...if he wants to marry my daughter-Voddie Braucham, Jr.****
The Supper of the Lamb-A Culinary Reflection- Robert Capon****
Blessed are the Hungry- Peter Leithart****
New Testament
The Case for Covenant Communion- Gregg Strawbridge-Editor****
The Prince- Niccolo Machiavelli***
Wise Blood- Flannery O'Connor***
The Shack- Wm. Paul Young*
New Testament
What Saint Paul Really Said- N.T. Wright****

2015 Books Read- Up to Four Stars

The Amazing Dr. Ransom's Bestiary of Adorable Fallacies- Douglas Wilson, N.D. Wilson, Forrest Dickison****
Blood Bought World- Toby J. Sumpter****
The Twelve Minor Prophets- George L. Robinson***
Spurgeon's Practical Wisdom- or Plain Advice for Plain People- C.H. Spurgeon****
Crime and Punishment- Fyodor Dostoevsky****
Meaning at the Movies- Grant Honer****
the taste of Sabbath-How to Delight in God's Rest- Stuart Bryan****
All The Light We Cannot See- Anthony Doerr**
The Lord's Supper- Thomas Watson****
I Am The Clay- Chaim Potok**
The Napoleon of Notting Hill- G.K. Chesterton****
The Boys of Blur- N.D. Wilson****
On Being A Pastor- Derek Prime, Alistair Begg***
Brothers, We Are Not Professionals- John Piper***
Everlasting Man- G.K. Chesterton**
The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates- Matthew J. Treshella***
Visible Saints- The HIstory of a Puritan Idea-Edmund Morgan****
Team Dog- How to Train Your Dog the Navy Seal Way- Mike Ritland/Gary Brozek**
The Trident- The Forging of a Navy Seal Leader- Jason Redman/John Bruning***
The Two Towers- J.R.R. Tolkien****
Let's Study Ephesians- Sinclair Ferguson****
Bread and Wine- A love letter to life around the table with recipes- Shauna Niequist***
One Nation- What We Can All do to Save America's Future- Ben Carson, MD**
Gun Dog- Richard Wolters**
Family Dog- Richard Wolters**
How To Help Gundogs Train Themselves- Joan Bailey****
The Best Trained Dog- Joan Bailey****

2014 Books Read- Up to 4 Stars

All The King's Men- Robert Penn Warren**
The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Disciple- Rosaria Butterfield**
The Final Word- A biblical response to the case for tongues & prophecy today- O.Palmer Robertson****
Fidelity-What It Means To Be a One Woman Man- Douglas Wilson****
Wired for Intimacy, How pornography hijacks the male brain- William M. Struthers****
Lone Survivor- Marcus Luttrell**
American Sniper- Chris Kyle*
Till We Have Faces- C.S. Lewis****
A Son To Me, An Exposition of 1&2 Samuel-Peter J. Leithart****
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning- Rene Girard****

2012 Books Read- Up to 4 Stars

The Teeth of the Tiger- Tom Clancy**
Blame It on the Brain-Edward Welch**
The Art of War-Sun Tzu-editor Dallas Galvin***
Into the Fire-A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War-Dakota Meyer**
Joy Unspeakable-Power & Renewal in the Holy Spirit-Martin Llloyd-Jones**
The Emperor's New Drugs-Exploding the Antidepressant Myth-Irving Kirsch,Ph.D.***
Twelve Unlikely Heroes-John Macarthur****
The Drowned Vault- N.D. Wilson****
Why We Get Fat-And What to Do About It- Gary Taubes-**
The Meaning of Marriage- Tim Keller****
Super Immunity- The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosing Your Body's Defenses-Joel Fuhrman, M.D.**
A Long Dark Knight-A Caregivers Journey with Dementia- Philip Edward Phlegar Weeks*
John Adams-David McCullough****
Her Hand in Marriage- Biblical Courtship in the Modern World- Douglas Wilson****
Wall of Misconception- Does the Separation of Church and State Mean the Separation of God and Governmnet? Peter A. Lillback***
Twenty Years with Alzheimer's Disease- Lowell Beach Sykes***

2011 Books Read- Up to 4 Stars

The Sacred Anointing- The Preaching of Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones****
The Tragedy of American Compassion- Marvin Olasky****
Boundaries- When to say Yes and How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life- Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend****
The Christ of the Covenants- O.Palmer Robertson****
The Drama of Ephesians-Participating in the Triumph of God- Timothy G. Gombis**
The Fine Art of Preaching- Blackwood**
The Black Swan- Nassim Nichols Taleb**
Generous Justice- How God's Grace Makes us Just- Timothy Keller****
Biblical Eldership- An Urgent Call to Restor Biblical Church Leadership- Alexander Strauch****
I See Satan Fall Like Lightning- Rene Girard****

2010 Books Read- Up to 4 Stars

A World Lost- Wendell Barry****
The Linguist and the Emperor- Napoleon and Champollion's Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone- Daniel Meyerson ***
Original Intent- The Courts, the Constitution and Religion- David Barton ****
Dismissed with Prejudice- Christopher Meyerhoeffer **
Slave-The hidden truth about your identity in Christ, John MacArthur****
How to Be a Gentlemen- A timely guide to timeless manners, John Bridges***
The Victory According to Mark, Mark Horne****
Mark for Everyone, N.T. Wright***
Mark, Tyndale Commentary, R. Alan Cole***
The Hidden Price of Greatness-Encouragement from the lives of well-known Christians whose suffering produced spiritual growth, Ray Beeson and Ranelda Mack Hunsicker ****
Of Jigs and Juleps- Virginia Cary Hudson***
The Seven Deadly Sins and Spiritual Transformation- John T. Mabray****
New Testament- ESV
Feed My Sheep- A Passionate Plea for Preaching- Various Reformed Preachers****
The Day God Made- Glen Knecht****
The Prodigal God- Recovering the Heart of the Christian Fatih- Timothy Keller****
Sackett's Land- Louis L'Amour***
The Mystery of the Lord's Supper- Robert Bruce****
The Work of the Pastor- William Still****
The Expository Genius of John Calvin- Steven J. Lawson***
Freakonomics-A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything- Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner***
Down the Road a Piece- A Storyteller's Guide to Maine- John Mcdonald*
Deep Exegesis- The Mystery of Reading Scripture- Peter J. Leithart ***1/2
New Testament
The Unwavering Resolve of Jonathan Edwards (Long Line of Godly Men Profile)- Steven Lawson**
How To Help Gundogs Train Themselves- Joan Bailey****
The Best Trained Dog- Joan Bailey****

2009 Books Read-Up to 4 Stars

Night Riders- Robert Penn Warren**
Surprised by Hope- N.T. Wright****
The Scapegoat- Rene Girard**
The Road- Cormac McCarthy*
Meetings That Work- Alexander Strauch***
Founding Brothers, The Revolutionary Generation- Joseph J. Ellis***
Evil and the Justice of God- N.T. Wright****
All Quiet on the Western Front-Erich Maria Remarque****
My Family and Other Animals-Gerrald Durrell****
Jewish Wars, A Summarized Version- Flavius Josephus****
Bed and Board-Plain Talk About Marriage- Robert Farrar Capon**** must read
Rediscovering God in America- Newt Gingrich****
The Unlikely Disciple, A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University- Kevin Roose**but worth the read
Solomon Among the Post Moderns-Peter Leithart****
Peace Like a River- Leif Enger****
Notes From the Tilt-A-Whirl-N.D. Wilson****Wow
Paradox and Truth-Ralph Smith**but well worth the read
How to Read A Church-Richard Taylor***
Calendar-Christ's Time for the Church-Laurence Stookey****
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien****
The Rest of God-Restoring Your Soul by Restoring SABBATH-Mark Buchanan****
What He Must Be...if he wants to marry my daughter-Voddie Braucham, Jr.****
The Supper of the Lamb-A Culinary Reflection- Robert Capon****
Blessed are the Hungry- Peter Leithart****
New Testament
The Case for Covenant Communion- Gregg Strawbridge-Editor****
The Prince- Niccolo Machiavelli***
Wise Blood- Flannery O'Connor***
The Shack- Wm. Paul Young*
New Testament
What Saint Paul Really Said- N.T. Wright****

2008 Books Read-Up to 4 Stars

Deuteronomy Commentary-Peter Craigie***
Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing- Shakespeare****
Genesis Commentary-John Calvin****
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 5- Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novation****
Always Ready-Directions for Defending the Faith- Dr. Greg Bahnsen****
The Hobbit- J.R.R. Tolkein****
Ecclesiastes-A Table in the Mist- Jeffrey Meyers****
Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, Volume 13, St. John Chrysostom's Homilies on Galatians, Ephesians, Phillipians, Colossians, Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus and Philemon****
Romans-Robert Haldane****
Is Christianity Good for the World?- Wilson/Hitchens Debate****
Blame It On the Brain- Ed Welch****
Ben Hogan's Five Lessons- B.Hogan***
Darkness Visible-William Styron****
The Baptized Body- Peter Leithart****
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, St. Augustine, Prolegomena, Letters****
Call of Duty-The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee- J. Steven Wilkins ***
Getting Serious About Getting Married-Deborah Maken ****

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