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Book List

Personal Book List

- there are several categories as you scroll through this list

Current Reading List:

Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus – Ann Spangler / Lois Tverberg

Surprised By Hope – N.T. Wright

A Reason for God – Tim Keller

How Not To Speak of God – Peter Rollins

 

Study List

//Study books on the historical, contextual and cultural background to the text.
1. Our Father Abraham (Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith) – Marvin Wilson
2. The Parables (Jewish Tradition & Christian Interpretation) – Brad Young
3. Meet the Rabbis (Rabbinic Thought on the Teachings of Jesus) – Brad Young
4. New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus (Insights from His Jewish Context) – David Bivin
5. Understanding the Difficult Words of Jesus (New insights from a Hebraic Perspective) – David Bivin
6. The Sabbath - Abraham Joshua Heschel
7. Jewish Holidays - Michael Stassfeld
8. Walking the Bible (A Journey by land through the first 5 books of Moses) – Bruce Feiler
9. In the Dust of the Rabbi - Ray Vanderlaan
10. God was in this place, and No, I did not know it (Finding self and spirituality)- Lawrence Kushner
11. The Last Week (A day by day account of Jesus’ Final Week) -Marcus Borg
12Reinventing Jesus (How contemporary skeptics miss the real Jesus) – Ed Komoszewski
//Books to read on the church and new ways of living out our faith.
1. Following Jesus (Biblical Reflections on Discipleship) – N.T. Wright
2. Simply Christian (Why Christianity Makes Sense) – N.T. Wright
3. Velvet Elvis (Repainting Christianity) – Rob Bell
4. Sex God (Exploring the endless connections between sexuality and spirituality) – Rob Bell
5. The Divine Conspiracy (Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God) – Dallas Willard
6. Everything Belongs (the gift of contemplative prayer) – Richard Rhor
7. The Secret Message of Jesus (uncovering the truth) – Brian McClaren
8. Metamorpha (Jesus as a way of Life) – Kyle Strobel
9. Following Jesus (A guide for the non-religious) – Dave Roberts
//Books to read and rethink living in and helping those in the world around us
1. Simplicity (The Freedom of Letting Go) – Richard Rhor
2. Making Room For Life (Trading Chaotic Lifestyles for Connected Relationships) – Randy Frazee
3. The Myth of a Christian Nation - Gregory Boyd
4. Irresistible Revolution (Living as an Ordinary Radical) – Shane Claiborne
5. Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger - Ronald Sider
6. Affluenza (The All-Consuming epidemic) – John Graaf
7. Be the Change (Your Guide to feeing slave and Changing your World)- Zack Hunter
8. God is Here (Connecting with Him in Everyday Life) – Steve Case
9. The Way to Love - Anthony De Mello
10. Awareness - Anthony De Mello
//Books to read on teaching strategy, the function of the church and leadership
1Teaching as a Subversive Language - Neil Postman
2Made to Stick (Why some ideas live and others die) – Chip & Dan Heath
3. The Big Idea (Focusing the Message to Multiply the Impact) – Dave Ferguson
4. The 4 Hour Work Week (Escape the 9-5) – Timothy Ferriss
5Simple Church (Returning to God’s purpose for Making Disciples) – Thomas Rainer
6. Jim and Casper go to Church (A Conversation about Faith, Church as Christians) – Jim Henderson, Matt Casper
7UnChristian (What a New Generation Thinks About Christianity) – Gabe Lyons
8. Next Generation Leader - Andy Stanley
9. The Imagineering Way - The Imagineers
10. The Last Season (A Team in Search of It’s Soul) – Phil Jackson

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