Recap of Top 10 books to read

The past several issues of Tidings has featured the top 10 books to read as recommended by Dr. Jim Miller, Rev. Dan Hutchinson, Rev. James Estes, Rev. Wambugu Gachungi, Rev. Julia Metcalf and Ron Pearson. We have compiled the lists together plus added links to their own Tidings top 10 articles for easy reference.

Dr. Jim Miller - Top 10 books to read 

• The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
• The Tech-Wise Family: Everyday Steps for Putting Technology its Proper Place by Andy Crouch
• Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion by Rebecca McLaughlin
• 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask and Answer about Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin
• Who is this Man? The Unpredictable Impact of the Inescapable Jesus by John Ortberg
• Praying like Monks; Living Like Fools by Tyler Staton
• Commentary on Matthew (two volumes) by F. Dale Bruner
• Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther
• Lament for a Son by Nicholas Wolterstorff
• Wherever You Go, I Want You to Know … by Melissa Kruge

Rev. Dan Hutchinson - Top 10 books to read

• On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius
• Confessions by St. Augustine
• Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Knowing God by J.I. Packer
• A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
• The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming by Henri Nouwen
• Delighting in the Trinity by Michael Reeves
• You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit, by James K. A. Smith

Rev. James Estes - Top 10 books to read

• Strange New World by Carl R. Trueman
• The First Society by Scott Hahn
• On the Holy Spirit by St. Basil the Great
• The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs by Joel Salatin
• Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life by Robert D. Lupton
• The Interior Castle by St. Teresa of Avila
• Redeeming Heartache by Dr. Dan B. Allender and Cathy Loerzel
• On Prayer by Andrew Murray
• Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope and After You Believe by N.T. Wright
• Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey
• God at War and Satan and the Problem of Evil by Gregory Boyd

Rev. Wambugu Gachungi - Top 10 books to read

• The Christian in Complete Amour by William Gurnall
• The Lost World of Adam and Eve by John H. Walton (with contribution by N.T. Wright)
• According to Promise by Charles H. Spurgeon
• The Weapon of Prayer by E.M. Bounds
• Claiming Theology in the Pulpit by Burton Z. Cooper and John S. McClure
• For the Body by Timothy C. Tennent
• In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore
• Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• Moving Through Fear by Jeff Golliher
• The Peacemaker by Ken Sande

Rev. Julia Metcalf - Top 10 books to read

• Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life by Kevin O'Brien
• Confessions by St. Augustine
• The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
• The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
• Reaching Out by Henri Nouwen
• Reading Theologically by Eric D. Barreto
• Getting Involved with God by Ellen Davis
• Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
• Redeeming Sex by Debra Hirsch
• The Blue Book by Jim Branch

Ron Pearson, Director of Music Ministries - Top 10 books to read

• Unsinkable by Daniel Allen Butler
• Captain of the Carpathia by Eric L. Clements
• The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
• Failure Is Not an Option by Gene Kranz
• No Dream Is Too High by Buzz Aldrin
• Truman by David McCullough
• Roosevelt’s Centurions by Joseph E. Persico
• The Shroud by Ian Wilson
• Case Closed by Gerald Posner
• Beethoven – Anguish and Triumph by Jan Swafford