Books Read 2015

January

01. God Who Acts, Ernest Wright
02. Flaming Center, Carl Braaten
03. Lincoln Persuasion, J David Greenstone
04. Sent From the Father, Jose Comblin
      -"What does it mean to be an American?", Michael Walzer
      -Rights and the Common Good, Amitai Etzioni
      -Kuyper on America; Free Church, Holy Nation, John Bolt
      -”Meritocracy and Equality", Daniel Bell

 February 

 05. Essentialism, Greg McKeown
      -God’s Gifted People, Gary L. Harbaugh
06. Until Justice and Peace Embrace, Nicholas Wolterstorff
07. Called to Ministry, Clowney
08. Just Do Something, DeYoung
09. Key to the Missionary Problem, Andrew Murray
10. Planting Churches Cross-Culturally, David Hesselgrave
11. Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age, Ed Stetzer
     -Spiritual Multiplication, Bob McNabb
12. God Ask, Steve Shadrach

 March

 13. Influence: the psychology of persuasion, Robert cialdini
   -Psychology of Persuasion, Hogan
14. Evangelism, Mack Stiles
15. Innovators, Walter Isaacson
16. Creative Tension, Stephen Neill
    -article: Ralph Winter, "Gods Two Redemptive Structures"
17. Missional Church, Darrell L. Guder
18. Missions and Money, Jonathan Bonk
19. Missionshift, Stetzer/Hesselgrave
20. Church and Parachurch, Jerry White

 April

 21. Notes From the Underground, Dostoyevsky 
22. Contemporary Theologies of Mission, Glasser  & McGavran
23. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Wash Irving
      -Announcing the Kingdom, Arthur Glasser
24. The Blue Zones Solution, Dan Buettner

 May

 25. Scripturally Considered, the local church has primary responsibility for world evangelism, Camp
26. Gods Missionary People, Charles Van Engren
     -Priesthood of Believers, Eastwood
     -Give Up Your Small Ambitions, Griffiths
27. Gullivers Travels, Jonathan Swift
28. Walt Disney, Neal Gabler
29. Empathy and Moral Development, Martin Hoffman 

 June

 30. Ministries of Mercy, Tim Keller
31. Walking with the poor, Bryant Myers
32. Execution, Larry Bossidy
33. Apostolic Church, Scudieri
-Apostolic Imperative, Carl Braaten
-Apostolic Function, Alan R. Johnson
-Mission of Jesus and the Disciples, Kostenberger
-Paul the Missionary, Eckhard Schnabel
34. Kissed Dating Goodbye, Josh Harris
35. Missions in the Way of Paul, Chris Little
36. Toxic Charity, Rob lupton

 July

 37. Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo
38. Boy Meets Girl, Josh Harris
39. Bottom Billion, Paul Collier
40. Journey to Center of Earth, Jules Verne
41. Missionary Call, David Sills

 August

 42. Spirituality of Fundraising, Nouwen
43. Funding your Ministry, Morton
44. Preaching, Tim Keller
      -Strategic Giving, Peter Frumkin
      -article: "Philanthropy: Creating Value", Porter and Kramer
      -Built to Last, Jim Collins
45. Good to Great, Jim Collins

 Sept

 46. Making Of a Leader, Robert Clinton
47. Force for Change, John Kotter
48. Leading Change, John Kotter
49. Never Eat Alone, Kevin Farrazzi

 Oct

 52. Her Hand in Marriage, Doug Wilson
53. Passion and Purity, Eliz Elliott
54. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under Sea, Jules Verne
55. Philosophy and Education, George Knight
56. Ministering Cross-Culturally, Sherwood Lingenfelter

 Nov

 57. Congregational Evangelism in Philippians, Mark Keown
58. Paul's Understanding of the Church's Mission, Robert Plummer
       -article: Church and Mission in Paul, Bowers
59. Quest For Love, Eliz Elliott
60. Front Porch to Back Seat, Beth Bailey

 Dec

 61. Courtship in Crisis, Thomas Umstattd
62. The Castle, Franz Kafka
63. The Inevitability of Patriarchy, Steve Goldberg
64. Calling God Father, John Miller
65. In A Different Voice, Carol Gilligan
     -article: Biology, Ethics, Narrative, Don Browning
     -article: “Modern Marriages” David Popenoe
67. As I Lay Dying, Faulkner
68. Altered Loves, Terri Apter