My Reading List

I thought it might be nice to share a bit about the books that I’m currently reading or getting ready to read.  Lord willing, I will get better at posting quotes and/or comments from each of the books as I read them. Undecided

#1 Serve God Save The Planet by J. Matthew Sleeth, M.D.

Written by a former emergency room director and doctor, this book looks at how the materialistic lifestyle of America has lead to an increase in cancer, asthma, and other chronic diseases.  Dr. Sleeth shares how material downscaling led his family to healthier lifestyles, stronger relationships, and richer spiritual lives.  

#2 Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century: Its Background and History by Karl Barth

Barth provides an overview of the major theologians who have shaped modern Protestant thought and practice (Rousseau, Lessing, Kant, Hegel, Schleiermacher, Feuerbach, Ritschl). He also looks at some of the lesser known figures in history while exposing his own personal views on doctrine, the church and intellectual history.[@more@]

#3 Kingdom of God and the Teaching of Jesus: In 20th Century Theology  by Mark Saucy

Is the Kingdom already realized when people live in the Christian ethic, or does it await fulfillment in the Second Coming? In this penetrating analysis, Dr. Mark Saucy shows that how we answer such questions is far from being merely an academic issue. He holds that emphasizing the "already" or social aspect of the Kingdom over the "not yet" or apocalyptic aspect results in failed utopianism and devaluation of the Church as the contemporary expression of the Kingdom. [Copied from Amazon.com]

#4 The Quest of the Historical Jesus: A Critical Study of Its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede by Albert Schweitzer

In this broad survey of the efforts to establish, amend, or deny the historical Jesus, Albert Schweitzer presents the history of a debate about what mattered most to millions of people: If God had entered human history, what could history tell about it? Throughout the course of this heated and prolonged dispute, one retelling of the life of Jesus followed another, enjoying — in Schweitzer's phrase — "the immortality of revised editions". [Copied from Amazon.com]

#5 Kingdom of God and Primitive Christianity by Albert Schweitzer

A look at the Kingdom of God throughout the Bible, starting with the Old Testament and working forward to Paul’s writings.

#6 Artemis Fowl the Arctic incident by Eoin Colfer (unabridged audio book)

Ok – this may seem a bit out of place, but it’s a really good young adult series!!!!  If you want a nice, relaxing, fun book – check out Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl books. Laughing