Various members of the Desiring God staff each recently provided their top three books of 2007. I thought I’d attempt the same. Here are my top three:
1. White Guilt (by Shelby Steele)
2. Perspectives Old and New on Paul: The “Lutheran” Paul and His Critics by Stephen Westerholm
3. God’s Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America
I’m grateful to blog reader Kimberly for alerting me to this new title. This book is a fascinating, insightful story of the mission of Patrick Henry College, which seeks to produce future Christian leaders who impact the cultural and political landscape for Christ. Given that Rosin is both Jewish and a self-described non-conservative, I was impressed at both the depth of her research and the graciousness with which she treated the subject. She is an outstanding, engaging writer. [Fair warning: She uses some profanity and on a couple occasions employs unnecessarily crude sexual references.]
Here are other titles I read this past year (not counting ones I’ve dabbled in -:), in case they give you ideas. (And if you are new to this blog, I’ve posted on most of these titles. You can use the search feature to find the posts.)
1. Semiconductor Devices (Muller and Kamins)
2. The Law and Its Fulfillment (Tom Schreiner)
3. Paul, Apostle of God’s Glory in Christ (Tom Schreiner) (very long – I read about half)
4. Amazing Grace in the Life of William Wilberforce (John Piper)
5. When the Darkness Will Not Lift (John Piper)
6. Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture (Graeme Goldsworthy)
7. The Faith of Condoleeza Rice (Leslie Montgomery)
8. Family Driven Faith (Voddie Baucham)
9. Girls Gone Mild (Wendy Shalit)
10. ReThink (Steve Wright)
11. Perspectives Old and New on Paul (Stephen Westerholm)
12. What is a Healthy Church? (Mark Dever)
13. The Truth of the Cross (R.C. Sproul)
14. Why I Am Not a Calvinst (Jerry Walls and Joe Dongell)
15. Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy (Editors Ronald W. Pierce and Rebecca M. Groothuis) (I read about half)
16. Evangelical Feminism & Biblical Truth (Wayne Grudem) (900 pages — I read almost one third of it)
17. Total Truth: Liberating Christianity From Its Cultural Captivity (Nancy Pearcey)
18. Business for the Glory of God (Wayne Grudem)