1. Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

Featured Your top three books of 2014 (other than the Bible)

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by evangelist6589, Dec 26, 2014.

Top Posters
Page 1 of 2
  1. evangelist6589

    evangelist6589 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2010
    Messages:
    10,285
    Likes Received:
    163
    Faith:
    Baptist
    What are they? I have a number of good reads this year some of which are as follows (in no particular order).

    1. Respectable Sins--Bridges
    2. Heaven and Hell--Edward Donnelly
    3. 20 beliefs every christian should know-- Grudem
    4. Find it quick handbook on cults and new religions-Ron Rhodes
    5. Tell the truth-Metzger
    6. The Grace ad Truth Paradox-Alcorn
    7. The Way of the Master
    8. Todays Evangelism-Reisinger

    PS- If you do not like to read evangelism books, you read only the Bible and avoid other books please post another thread and do not participate in this one.
     
    #1 evangelist6589, Dec 26, 2014
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 26, 2014
  2. InTheLight

    InTheLight Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Dec 17, 2010
    Messages:
    24,988
    Likes Received:
    2,268
    Faith:
    Baptist
    #2 InTheLight, Dec 26, 2014
  3. Scarlett O.

    Scarlett O. Moderator
    Moderator

    Joined:
    May 22, 2002
    Messages:
    11,384
    Likes Received:
    944
    Faith:
    Baptist
    "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko. It's a historical account [yet the main character and his family are fictional] of the lives of the children who lived on Alcatraz in the 1930's because their fathers were prison guards. They are just a hop, skip, and a jump from Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and more. While their lives aren't actually in danger, they must live by some staunch rules. It's written for older students, but it's good adult read, too. I read it in a day. The sequel is good, too.

    "A Teenager's Survival" by Siv Ashley. It's a true account of a family in Cambodia prior to Pol Pot. They live a "Mowgli" type existence (in the jungle, pet elephant, pet monkey) and know no other. They are happy. Their father worships Bhudda. They've never heard the word, "Jesus". One day - the father does (and THAT account is amazing) and he and the family become Christians. Then comes Pol Pot. The torture and the hell is real and troubling to read. Siv, the daughter, is the only survivor. She is taken in by a family in the United States who wanted to help these survivors. She now lives in North Carolina with her husband and two children and writes and speaks about the miraculous salvation of her father and his never waiving faith that was the only thing that helped her to survive the horrors she endured.
     
    #3 Scarlett O., Dec 26, 2014
  4. kyredneck

    kyredneck Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2009
    Messages:
    19,543
    Likes Received:
    2,886
    Faith:
    Baptist
    #4 kyredneck, Dec 26, 2014
  5. Deacon

    Deacon Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Aug 23, 2002
    Messages:
    9,485
    Likes Received:
    1,239
    Faith:
    Baptist
    My Three Most Influencial Books Read in 2014

    The Bible Story Handbook: A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible 2010 by John H. and Kim E. Walton

    Highly recommended resource for teachers of the bible, from young children to adults. For each of 175 bible stories, the book provides main points of the story, the context, background that tells you about the time and place, interpretational issues and the common mistakes to avoid.

    Suffering and the Goodness of God (Theology in Community Series) 2008, edited by Christopher W. Morgan

    The multiplicity of authors not only provide different perspectives but also give different approaches on the purpose of our suffering. Bought it for a friend, kept it for myself.

    The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture 2011 by Christian Smith

    There are quite a few books like this on the market recently but this particular one changed the way I view biblical inerrancy.

    Rob
     
    #5 Deacon, Dec 26, 2014
  6. evangelist6589

    evangelist6589 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2010
    Messages:
    10,285
    Likes Received:
    163
    Faith:
    Baptist

    Explain this last book please in more detail.

    Thanks..
     
    #6 evangelist6589, Dec 26, 2014
  7. go2church

    go2church Active Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 21, 2002
    Messages:
    4,304
    Likes Received:
    6
    Faith:
    Baptist
    The Bible Tells Me So by Peter Enns

    The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith

    Benefit Doubt Breaking Idol Certainty by Greg Boyd

    Have Roger Olson's new book, The Story of Christian Theology; at went Centuries of Tradition and Reform but haven't got to it yet.

    There were others, but those stood out.
     
    #7 go2church, Dec 26, 2014
  8. Deacon

    Deacon Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Aug 23, 2002
    Messages:
    9,485
    Likes Received:
    1,239
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Re: The Bible Made Impossible - From an earlier thread dealing with the book [LINK]

    I certainly wouldn't recommend this book to a new believer or to someone who only casually reads the bible. But for me it caused me to question some basic biblical assumptions and recognize them for what they were - assumptions, rather than fact.
    Assumptions can be questioned, adjusted, and changed.

    Rob
     
    #8 Deacon, Dec 27, 2014
  9. Rolfe

    Rolfe Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    May 17, 2014
    Messages:
    6,898
    Likes Received:
    638
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Top three or top eight?
     
    #9 Rolfe, Dec 27, 2014
  10. Greektim

    Greektim Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 22, 2010
    Messages:
    3,214
    Likes Received:
    138
    Faith:
    Baptist
    #10 Greektim, Dec 28, 2014
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 28, 2014
  11. Getting it Right

    Getting it Right Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Dec 2, 2014
    Messages:
    154
    Likes Received:
    0
    #11 Getting it Right, Dec 28, 2014
  12. go2church

    go2church Active Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 21, 2002
    Messages:
    4,304
    Likes Received:
    6
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Who is Don Watson?
     
    #12 go2church, Dec 28, 2014
  13. Yeshua1

    Yeshua1 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2012
    Messages:
    52,624
    Likes Received:
    2,742
    Faith:
    Baptist
    #13 Yeshua1, Dec 29, 2014
  14. Greektim

    Greektim Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 22, 2010
    Messages:
    3,214
    Likes Received:
    138
    Faith:
    Baptist
    That was not the focus of my research (“Live Long in the Land: Covenantal Allusions in the Seven Messages to the Churches in Revelation 2–3.”). But I did read the 4 views book too.
     
    #14 Greektim, Dec 29, 2014
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 29, 2014
  15. Yeshua1

    Yeshua1 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2012
    Messages:
    52,624
    Likes Received:
    2,742
    Faith:
    Baptist
    very good, I was just jesting you my Brother, as i know that we do disagree on eschatology, but that is Ok!
     
    #15 Yeshua1, Dec 29, 2014
  16. evangelist6589

    evangelist6589 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2010
    Messages:
    10,285
    Likes Received:
    163
    Faith:
    Baptist

    2 lay level books for you to buy

    Agents of the apocalypse--jeremiah
    Cyber Meltdown-Rhodes
     
    #16 evangelist6589, Dec 29, 2014
  17. Greektim

    Greektim Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 22, 2010
    Messages:
    3,214
    Likes Received:
    138
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Not until you learn to link your book recommends to Amazon. It is proper etiquette.
     
    #17 Greektim, Dec 29, 2014
  18. evangelist6589

    evangelist6589 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2010
    Messages:
    10,285
    Likes Received:
    163
    Faith:
    Baptist
    When you learn how to use google and or go to amazon and search. I cannot link when I am on my iPhone.
     
    #18 evangelist6589, Dec 29, 2014
  19. Greektim

    Greektim Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 22, 2010
    Messages:
    3,214
    Likes Received:
    138
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Like I said... proper etiquette. If you make a book recommend, especially to purchase, you link us to the place wherein we can find it and buy it! It is just due diligence. Just like when I cite my sources and bibliography in a research paper. It is what you do.
     
    #19 Greektim, Dec 30, 2014
  20. InTheLight

    InTheLight Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Dec 17, 2010
    Messages:
    24,988
    Likes Received:
    2,268
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Pshaw......sure you can.
     
    #20 InTheLight, Dec 30, 2014
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 2
Loading...