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So here are all the 'churchy' books I've read as we've been planting.

 

Books read specifically for preaching Timothy's Inferno

Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians :: Witherington
1-2 Timothy & Titus :: Towner
1 and 2 Timothy, Titus :: Fee
1 Timothy :: Ryken

1 Timothy :: Calvin
Nine Marks of a Healthy Church :: Dever
Biblical Eldership :: Strauch
Mother Kirk :: Wilson

 

Books read specifically for preaching The Bible as Redemptive Revelation

Origin of the Bible, The :: Comfort
Inerrancy :: Geisler
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith :: Bell
Misquoting Jesus :: Ehrman
Misquoting Truth :: Jones
Canon of Scripture, The :: Bruce
Scripture Alone :: White
Scaling the Secular City :: Moreland
Is There a Meaning in This Text? :: Vanhoozer 

Case For the Real Jesus, The :: Strobel 
 

Books read specifically for preaching Strawman Jesus

Gospel According to John, The :: Morris
Gospel According to John, The :: Carson
Missions of Jesus and the Disciples, The :: Kostenberger
Mystical Portrait of Jesus, A :: Dumm 
 

Books read specifically for preaching whole Exodus series

Exodus :: Cole
Exodus :: Motyer
Exodus :: Janzen
Chosen But Free :: Geisler
Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, The :: Poythress 
Justification of God, The :: Piper
Moses: A Life :: Kirsch 
Biblical Law and Its Relevance :: Sprinkle

Five Views on Law and Gospel :: Gundry 
  

Books read specifically for preaching Foolishness

Cross of Christ, The :: Stott 

Redemption Accomplished and Applied :: Murray 
Cross Centered Life, The :: Mahaney 
 

All other books read in alphabetical order. (Just cause I read 'em don't mean they're good!) 

A Godward Life :: Piper

Above All Earthly Pow'rs: Christ Postmodern World :: Wells

According to Plan :: Goldsworthy

Acts of the Apostles, The: Socio-Rhetorical Commen :: Witherington

Age Of Jackson, The :: Schlesinger, Jr.

Becoming a Woman of Grace :: Heald

Better Way, A :: Horton

Biblical Preaching :: Robinson

Black & Tan :: Wilson

Breaking the Missional Code :: Stetzer, Putman

Brothers, We Are Not Professionals :: Piper

Case For Christ, The :: Strobel

Celtic Way of Evangelism, The :: Hunter

Challenge of Jesus, The :: Wright

Children Desiring God :: DVD

Christ-Centered Preaching :: Chapell

Christian Theology: An Introduction :: McGrath

Christianity at the Religious Roundtable :: Tennent

Church To the Reformation :: Semlink

Compelled by Love :: Stetzer, Nation

Confession of Faith and Catechisms, The :: OPC

Confessions of a Reformission Rev. :: Driscoll

Congregational Way of Life, The :: Rouner, Jr.

Congregationalism in America :: Kohl

Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God :: Osborne

E Myth Revisited, The :: Gerber

Each For the Other :: Chapell

Easy Chairs Hard Woods :: Wilson, Douglas

Educated Child, The: Parent's Guide Pre-8th :: Bennett, Finn, Jr. Cribb, Jr.

Essential Truths of the Christian Faith :: Sproul

Everyday Theology :: Vanhoozer, Anderson, Sleasman

Family Worship Book, The :: Johnson

Fast Food Nation :: Schlosser

Fidelity :: Wilson, Douglas

Fifty Crucial Questions ::

Fruit of Her Hands, The :: Wilson, Nancy

Future Men :: Wilson

God in Search of Man :: Heschel

God Is the Gospel :: Piper

God Of Promise :: Horton

Gospel in a Pluralist Society, The :: Newbigin

Handbook to the Bible :: Bergman

Her Hand in Marriage :: Wilson, Douglas

How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth :: Fee, Stuart

In a Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day :: Batterson

Intro to the Reformed Tradition :: Leith

Intro to the Sciences of the Qur'aan :: Yasir Oadhi

Introduction to the Reformed Tradition :: Leith

Irresistible Revolution, The :: Zondervan

Jeremiah :: Kidner

Jesus for President :: Claiborne, Haw

Jesus in the Margins :: McKinley

Joy At the End of the Tether :: Wilson

Kingdom Quest, The: Preparing Church Plant :: Johnston, Perkinson

Knowing God Packer :: IVP

Knowledge of the Holy, The :: Tozer

Launch :: Searcy, Thomas

Let the Trumpet Sound: Life of MLK :: Oates

Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches :: Weber

Lord's Service, The :: Meyers

Marriage Book, The :: Lee

Message of the New Testament, The :: Dever

Message of the Old Testament, The :: Dever

Method and Message of Jesus' Teachings, The :: Stein

Michigan Historical Reprint Series ::

Ministries of Mercy :: Keller

Missional Church :: Guder

Modern Day Pilgrims: 1st 50 Years of CCCC :: CCCC

Moneyball :: Lewis

Multiplying Church, The :: Roberts

Muslims and Christians at the Table :: McDowell

New Global Mission, The :: Escobar

New Kind of Christian, A :: McLaren

New Testament Trilogy, A :: Johnston, Perkinson

Passion of Jesus Christ, The :: Piper

Pierced for Our Transgressions ::

Plowing in Hope :: Hegeman

Postmodern Times :: Veith

Providence of God, The :: Helm

Purity Principle, The :: Alcorn

Putting Amazing Back Into Grace :: Horton

Radical Reformission, The :: Driscoll

Ragamuffin Gospel, The :: Manning

Real Sex :: Winner

Reason for God, The :: Keller

Reclaiming the Center :: Erickson, Helseth, Taylor

Reforming Marriage :: Wilson

Restoring the Fallen :: Wilson, Friesen, Paulson

Reversed Thunder: Rev of John & Pray Imagination :: Peterson

Samson and the Pirate Monks :: Larkin

Serrated Edge, A :: Wilson

Sex and the Supremacy of Christ :: Piper, Taylor

Solomon Among the Postmoderns :: Leithart

Standing on the Promises :: Wilson, Douglas

Starfish and the Spider, The :: Brafman, Beckstrom

Stop Dating the Church :: Harris

Story of Christianity, The Vol. 1 :: Gonzalez

Supremacy of God in Preaching, The :: Piper

Systematic Theology :: Grudem

Three Views on Creation and Evolution :: Gundry, Moreland, Reynolds

Tipping Point, The :: Gladwell

To You and Your Children :: Wikner

Total Truth :: Pearcey

Transforming Mission :: Bosch

Treasure Principle, The :: Alcorn

Trial and Triumph :: Hannula

Trinity & Reality :: Smith

Under the Unpredictable Plant :: Peterson

Valley of Vision, The :: Bennett

Varieties of Scientific Experience, The :: Sagan

Victory According to Mark, The :: Horne

Vintage Jesus :: Driscoll, Breshears

Well Trained Mind, The: Classical Education at Hom :: Wise, Wise-Bauer

What Jesus Demands From the World :: Piper

What Jesus Said About Successful Living :: Robinson

What Wondrous Love is This :: Tada, MacArthur

When I Don't Desire God :: Piper

Why Christianity Must Change or Die :: Spong

Wild at Heart :: Elderdge

Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrit :: Peterson

Worship :: Old

Worship by the Book :: Carson