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This page will be a list of the books I have read. Hopefully I will be able to update it by month, but for now I can only list the books I have read already in a big lump, divided by category.

June, 2007

Radicals For Captialism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement, Doherty - very good

 The Plot Thickens, Lukeman - superb

The Seven Basic Plots, Booker - vital reading

The Federal Vision and Covenant Theology, Waters - really bad

By Faith Alone, Waters and Johnson - possibly worse

Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry, Clark and sundry - truly terrible

Getting the Gospel Right, Venema - bad

Sacred Fire, Lillback - outstanding

Sometimes the Magic Works, Brooks - superb

The Dominion Covenant, North - eh, mostly, though rare brilliance

Hood, Lawhead - really good

May, 2007

The Federal Vision, Wilkins and Garner - terrific

Orthodoxy, Chesterton - magnificent

Mere Christianity, Lewis - extremely good if flawed in places

Thinking Straight in a Crooked World, DeMar - okay, I guess

God’s Politics, Wallis - truly terrible

The Irresistible Revolution, Claiborne - awful, yet inspiring in places

How the Irish Saved Civilization, Cahill - really good

The Future and Its Enemies, Postrel - amazing, inspiring, encouraging

Leepike Ridge, Wilson - incredible

The Big Back List

Creation

Darwin’s Black Box, Behe - really good
Creation Scientists and Their Critics, Gish - eh
Studies in Flood Geology, Woodmorappe - good if technical
Noah’s Ark: A Feasibility Study, Woodmorappe - really good
Evolution: The Fossils Still Say No, Gish - okay
The Genesis Flood, Morris - out-dated but interesting
The Answers Book, various - not bad
Refuting Evolution, Sarfati - very good
Refuting Evolution 2, Sarfati - even better
Refuting Compromise, Sarfati - really good

Is the World Running Down?, North - occasionally good

Eschatology

Last Day’s Madness, DeMar - not terrible
End Times Fiction, DeMar - eh
Paradise Restored, Chilton - magnificent
The Great Tribulation, Chilton - terrific
The Days of Vengeance, Chilton - masterpiece
The Beast of Revelation, Gentry - good
He SHall Have Dominion, Genrty - really good
Before Jerusalem Fell, Gentry - good if dry
Postmillenialism: An Eschatology of Hope, Mathison - good
Victory in Jesus, Bahnsen - really good
When Shall These Things Be, Mathison - good in places
The End of All Things, Seriah - really good
The Death of Death, Owen - good if hard to read
More Than Conquerors, Hendriksen - good if amillennial

Apologetics and Epistemology

Christian Apologetics, Van Til - really good
The Defense of the Faith, Van Til - whattabook
A Survey of Christian Epistemology, Van Til - really good
Apologetics to the Glory of God, Frame - meh
Every Thought Captive, Pratt - good, if basic
Van Til’s Apologetic, Bahnsen - rather good
Cornelius Van Til, Frame - excellent
The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God, Frame - excellent
Always Ready, Bahnsen - very good
Letter From a Christian Citizen, Wilson - excellent
Persuasions, Wilson - really good
Easy Chairs, Hard Words, Wilson - very good
A Serrated Edge, Wilson - most excellent

Know Why You Believe, Little - bad

Typology and Interpretation

Through New Eyes, Jordan - amazing, must reading
Against Christianity
, Leithart - profound and excellent
Symphonic Theology, Poythress - must reading
God-Centered Biblical Interpretation, Poythress - really good
The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses, Poyrhress - really really good
Far As the Curse is Found, Williams - good intro
Images of the Spirit, Kline - very very good

Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers, - good

Worship and Sacraments

The Lord’s Service, Meyers -terrific
Mother Kirk, Wilson - really good
To a Thousand Generations, Wilson - very good
Children of the Promise, Booth - rather good
Blessed Are the Hungry, Leithart - amazing
The Case for Covenantal Communion, Strawbridge - excellent
The Sociology of the Church, Jordan - very good
The Reconstruction of the Church, Jordan - very good
Worship in Spirit and Truth, Frame - good
Contemporary Worship Music: A Biblical Defense, Frame - very good

Covenant

“Reformed” is Not Enough, Wilson - very good
The Federal Vision, Wilkins - really good
That You May Prosper, Sutton - rather good
Trinity and Reality, Smth - excellent
The Eternal Covenant, Smith - very very good
Paradox and Truth, Smith - rather good if complex
The Christ of the Covenants, Robertson - not great
The Call of Grace, Shepherd - extremely good
Backbone of the Bible, Sandlin - very good
Paedofaith, Lusk - extremely excellent

Culture and Faith

Christ and Culture, Niehbur
The Calvinistic Concept of Culture, Van Till - okay
Angels in the Architecture, Wilson and Jones - excellently excellent
Against Christianity, Leithart - very good
Deep Comedy, Leithart - very very good
Evangelical Heathanism, Beisner - good
Knowledge, Foreknowledge, and the Gospel, Wilson - quite good
Plowing in Hope, Hegeman - very good

Art and Faith

Hollywood Worldviews, Brian Godawa - excellent

Modern Art and the Death of a Culture, Rookmaaker - really excellent

The Creative Gift, Rookmaaker - really really good

The Liberated Imagination, Ryken - excellent

The Christian Imagination, Ryken - very good

Realms of Gold, Ryken - good

Walking on Water, L’Engle - pretty good

Looking For God in Harry Potter, Granger - very excellent

Unlocking Harry Potter, Granger - most excellent

What is a Christian to do with Harry Potter?, Neal - excellent

The Gospel According to Harry Potter, Neal - very excellent

Harry Potter and the Bible, Abanes - terrible

A Charmed Life: The Spirituality of Potterworld, Bridger - very good
Systematic Theology

Essentials of Evangelical Thoelogy, 2 vol., Bloesch - eh

The Living God Vol 1, Oden - very good

The Word of Life Vol. 2, Oden - very good

Life in the Spirit Vol. 3, Oden - very good

Salvation Belongs to the Lord, Frame - good

Evangelical Truth, Stott - not bad

Systematic Theology, Berkhof - excellent

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