One of the things my brother and I have been doing for over twenty years is to meet together in a reading group with a couple of other pastor friends. We pick a book to read, set a time a few months away, reschedule at the last minute (not a requirement but a frequent occurrence), meet for lunch and discuss, then pray for one another’s ministries. It is a great blessing to us.
Over the years we have kept very spotty records, especially early on, but I think we have read well over 100 books together. I’m going to post the list in a table below. Some titles are missing, though we know that we met on the dates indicated. I thought the list might be of interest to some. You might not like some of the titles. Neither did we, after the fact! Others, some of us liked and others disliked. Nevertheless, edifying discussion has always been the fruit of this meeting.
My brother got the idea from Pastor Mark Minnick some time ago and we’ve kept it up.
Our list includes our next book, The Baptist Story, which is my pick. I reviewed it here.
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Date |
Title |
Author |
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3/28/2017 |
The Baptist Story |
Chute, Anthony, Nathan Finn, & Michael Haykin |
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1/12/2017 |
Between Pain & Grace |
Peterman, Gerald & Andrew Schmutzer |
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9/13/2016 |
J. C. Ryle: Prepared to Stand Alone |
Murray, Iain |
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5/17/2016 |
All God’s Children and Blue Suede Shoes |
Myers, Kenneth |
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2/2/2016 |
Biblical Worldview |
ed. Mark Ward |
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10/27/2015 |
Far Above Rubies |
Clark, Lynette |
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7/21/2015 |
The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert |
Butterfield, Rosaria |
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7/21/2015 |
Christians and Alcohol |
Jaeggli, Randy |
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2/26/2015 |
Love, Liberty, and Christian Conscience |
Jaeggli, Randy |
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2/26/2015 |
The Law and the Christian |
Casillas, Ken |
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10/23/2014 |
Apologetics to the Glory of God |
Frame, John |
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7/17/2014 |
Matthew Henry: His Life and Influence |
Harman, Allan |
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2/6/2014 |
The Servant of Jehovah |
Baron, David |
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10/24/2013 |
Millennialism |
Feinberg, Charles |
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8/1/2013 |
Fundamentalism and American Culture |
Marsden, George |
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3/28/2013 |
A Passion for God (about Tozer) |
Dorsett, Lyle |
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1/17/2013 |
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands |
Tripp, Paul |
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10/11/2012 |
Refuting Compromise |
Sarfati, Jonathan |
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6/21/2012 |
The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fund. |
Henry, Carl |
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1/26/2012 |
Theologians of the Baptist Tradition |
George, Timothy and Dockery, David |
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9/15/2011 |
Through Jewish Eyes |
Hartman, Craig |
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6/28/2011 |
Is God a Moral Monster? |
Copan, Paul |
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3/31/2011 |
Whosoever Will |
ed., Allen, David & S. Lemke |
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1/13/2011 |
The Word Became Fresh |
Davis, Dale Ralph |
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7/29/2010 |
Cornelius Van Til |
Muether, John |
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3/25/2010 |
Ten Books that Screwed Up the World |
Wiker, B. |
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1/21/2010 |
Not by Chance |
Talbert, Layton |
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9/24/2009 |
25 Surprising Marriages |
Petersen, William |
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6/25/2009 |
Worship in Song |
Aniol, Scott |
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3/19/2009 |
Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor |
Carson, D. A. |
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3/19/2009 |
Model of Christian Maturity |
Carson, D. A. |
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1/22/2009 |
The Company of the Preachers, Vol. 1 |
Larsen, David |
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9/25/2008 |
Faith that Endures |
Boyd-MacMillan, Ronald |
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7/24/2008 |
The Greatness of the Kingdom, part 2 |
McClain, Alva |
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3/27/2008 |
The Greatness of the Kingdom, part 1 |
McClain, Alva |
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1/31/2008 |
Evangelical Hermeneutics |
Thomas, Robert L. |
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11/15/2007 |
Understanding the Deeper Life |
Towns, Elmer |
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9/13/2007 |
A Royal Destiny |
Wisdom, Thurman |
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6/14/2007 |
A History of the Baptists, Vol. 1 |
John T. Christian |
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3/22/2007 |
Worship in the Early Church |
Martin, Ralph |
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3/22/2007 |
Whatever Happened to Worship? |
Tozer, A. W. |
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1/25/2007 |
Crowded to Christ |
Maxwell, L. E. |
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10/12/2006 |
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, The Fight of Faith |
Murray, Iain |
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6/15/2006 |
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, The First Forty Years |
Murray, Iain |
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4/13/2006 |
Unveiling Islam |
Caner & Caner |
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2/9/2006 |
Tell the Truth |
Metzger, Will |
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10/13/2005 |
What Is an Evangelical? |
Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn |
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8/23/2005 |
When People Are Big and God Is Small |
Welch, Ed |
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4/28/2005 |
Putting the Truth to Work |
Doriani, Daniel M. |
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12/2/2004 |
The Danger of Self-Love |
Brownback, Paul |
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9/16/2004 |
Blame It On The Brain? |
Welch, Ed |
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6/29/2004 |
xxx |
xxx |
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4/1/2004 |
Set Apart |
Hughes, R. Kent |
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1/22/2004 |
xxx |
xxx |
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8/7/2003 |
xxx |
xxx |
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8/7/2003 |
xxx |
xxx |
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5/8/2003 |
Postmodern Times |
Vieth, Gene |
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2/20/2003 |
Evangelicalism Divided |
Murray, Iain |
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1/11/2003 |
Jonathan Edwards |
Marsden, George |
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12/5/2002 |
Planting Churches Cross-Culturally |
Hesselgrave, David |
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9/26/2002 |
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya |
Tucker, Ruth |
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6/13/2002 |
Desiring God |
John Piper |
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4/4/2002 |
The Reformed Pastor |
Baxter, Richard |
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1/31/2002 |
xxx |
xxx |
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1/15/2002 |
Spurgeon |
Dallimore, Arnold |
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11/29/2001 |
Why do Good People do Bad Things |
Lutzer, Erwin |
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9/13/2001 |
xxx |
xxx |
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6/28/2001 |
xxx |
xxx |
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2/15/2001 |
xxx |
xxx |
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1/9/2001 |
The Complete Husband |
Priolo, Lou |
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1/2/2001 |
Christ-Centered Preaching |
Chapell, Bryan |
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11/24/2000 |
Spiritual Depression |
Lloyd-Jones |
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9/7/2000 |
xxx |
xxx |
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5/2/2000 |
xxx |
xxx |
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2/15/2000 |
xxx |
xxx |
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11/29/1999 |
xxx |
xxx |
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9/7/1999 |
xxx |
xxx |
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6/29/1999 |
Lectures to My Students |
Spurgeon, Charles |
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4/20/1999 |
xxx |
xxx |
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1/19/1999 |
xxx |
xxx |
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1/9/1999 |
Failure the Backdoor to Success |
Lutzer, Erwin |
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1/4/1999 |
Key to the Missionary Problem |
Murray, Andrew |
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10/29/1998 |
xxx |
xxx |
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6/9/1998 |
xxx |
xxx |
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2/10/1998 |
xxx |
xxx |
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12/5/1997 |
xxx |
xxx |
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10/21/1997 |
xxx |
xxx |
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