tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10600153.post111569211925673082..comments2023-10-29T02:54:18.320-06:00Comments on Brittle Crazy Glass: BooksesMollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08182085430454471355noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10600153.post-1115869612722899952005-05-11T21:46:00.000-06:002005-05-11T21:46:00.000-06:00I have to admit, upon reflection, that I don't kno...I have to admit, upon reflection, that I don't know that the overlap in our libraries is entirely "coincidental" -- I've heard many people (including you) fondly reference Spiritual Depression; and your dialogue with Christian has reminded me that I need to read more Eugene Peterson!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182085430454471355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10600153.post-1115830190772229062005-05-11T10:49:00.000-06:002005-05-11T10:49:00.000-06:00Those CCEF booklets do look great! We had them at...Those CCEF booklets do look great! We had them at our church when Paul Tripp came to speak. <BR/><BR/>My brother-in-law (a PCA pastor) recently recommended Eugene Peterson to me, so I read Answering God, and can't wait to read more of his books.<BR/><BR/>I have GK Chesterton's Orthodoxy (checked out from public library) on my nightstand, but haven't started it yet. And my husband gave me CS Lewis' Surprised by Joy for my birthday.<BR/><BR/>Lloyd-Jones' Spiritual Depression is one of my very favorite and useful books. <BR/><BR/>I'm curious about "Stop Dating the Church", too. Please post your thoughts after you read it.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like we have eerily similar reading tastes! Enjoy your new library. It sounds fantastic!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374740837049743495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10600153.post-1115791843536281152005-05-11T00:10:00.000-06:002005-05-11T00:10:00.000-06:00Good question! I bought a huge variety of books -...Good question! I bought a huge variety of books - most of them were ones I'd had in my mental 'wishlist' for a while, so that made the list have even more variety.<BR/><BR/>I bought almost all of the CCEF "Resources for Changing Lives" booklets - if you haven't seen them, they're GREAT resources to give you a basic grasp of different counseling problems.<BR/><BR/>I also bought two NIV Application commentaries, both of which I've read parts of and liked - Pete Enns on Exodus and Karen Jobes on Esther (and they're both WTS people). And I bought the NICNT commentaries on Proverbs by Bruce Waltke.<BR/><BR/>Two Eugene Peterson books - "Subersive Spirituality" and "Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places," which I'd seen elsewhere and grabbed there on a bit of a whim.<BR/><BR/>Classics: GK Chesterton's - Orthodoxy, CS Lewis - Surprised by Joy and The Weight of Glory, Martin Lloyd Jones - Spiritual Depression.<BR/><BR/>WTS folks: Carl Trueman's new book, "the Wages of Spin;" Vern Poythress, "The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses," vol 1 of John Murray's collected works (I already have 2 & 4). Tremper Longman, "God is a Warrior." Faculty symposium, "The Infallible Word."<BR/><BR/>vol 1 (I already have #2) of James Calhoun's history of Princeton Seminary.<BR/><BR/>Herman Bavinck's recently translated "Reformed Dogmatics, vols 1&2."<BR/><BR/>A Reader's Greek NT (I already have a Greek NT, but this is pretty leather, and it glosses difficult Greek words, right on the page). Also in the language genre: "Light on the Path," a daily devotional in Greek & Hebrew.<BR/><BR/>Recommendations from my friend who was shopping with me and (mostly) carrying my books: DA Carson's "Cross and Christian Ministry," Geerhardus Vos, "The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and the Church," and Graeme Goldsworthy, "Prayer and the Knowledge of God: What the Whole Bible Teaches."<BR/><BR/>and, finally, Joshua Harris' "Stop Dating the Church," a purchase that the above friend was disappointed about, but I'm interested to see what he has to say. I have a very high doctrine of the church, and so I at least love the title that he's chosen - it sadly expresses the attitude of most American evangelicals towards the church today.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182085430454471355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10600153.post-1115764347321302542005-05-10T16:32:00.000-06:002005-05-10T16:32:00.000-06:00So what books did you get?So what books did you get?Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05374740837049743495noreply@blogger.com