What are you reading?

Just received John Williamson Nevin: High Church Calvinist by D.G. Hart in the mail today.

I've wanted to read this book for some time and I'm pretty excited about having it in hand.

I read Nevin's The mystical presence; or, A vindication of the reformed or Calvinistic Doctrine of the Holy Eucharist some years back. It is a great book that more Reformed Christians should read.

Now it is time for my walk then I will start reading!!!!!!

Kenith

What a bunch of crypto-papists you STR folk are. Apart from CS Lewis and Tom Wright.....nobody is reading Anglican stuff here. Interesting.

Me- reading the Homilies (again), the works of Richard Sibbes, JC Ryle's Commentary on John and the sermons of EB Pusey (but I am starting to really hate the whole Oxford/Tractarian thing as I get older and wiser, but Pusey is bearable)

Just finished: a little book on the history of the Free Church of England, My Jesus Year by Benyamin Cohen, Christus Victor by Gustav Aulen, Wittgenstein's Tractatus, To Heal a Fractured World by R. Jonathan Sacks, Loci Theologici by Martin Chemnitz (massive tome) and the Apology of the Church of England by John Jewel (better than I thought)

masuwerte said:

I'm enjoying "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" right now, too.

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haha! It's surprisingly entertaining, don't you think?

I'm reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Kaled Hosseini, the author of "The Kite Runner".

ContraMundum said:

What a bunch of crypto-papists you STR folk are. Apart from CS Lewis and Tom Wright.....nobody is reading Anglican stuff here. Interesting.

Me- reading the Homilies (again), the works of Richard Sibbes, JC Ryle's Commentary on John and the sermons of EB Pusey (but I am starting to really hate the whole Oxford/Tractarian thing as I get older and wiser, but Pusey is bearable)

Just finished: a little book on the history of the Free Church of England, My Jesus Year by Benyamin Cohen, Christus Victor by Gustav Aulen, Wittgenstein's Tractatus, To Heal a Fractured World by R. Jonathan Sacks, Loci Theologici by Martin Chemnitz (massive tome) and the Apology of the Church of England by John Jewel (better than I thought)

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I"m reading a muslim book.

ContraMundum said:

What a bunch of crypto-papists you STR folk are. Apart from CS Lewis and Tom Wright.....nobody is reading Anglican stuff here. Interesting.

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John Goldingay is an Anglican.

A Penitent Man said:

I read somewhere about the Lewis recordings, I heard he also used to do broadcasts for the BBC during WW2 and greatly inspired a war torn nation.

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The book Mere Christianity started as a series of radio broadcasts. Supposedly this is the only remaining audio clip of any of the broadcasts, click to listen or to read the transcript.

C.S. Lewis - Only Surviving Episode of Broadcast Talks - Awesome Stories

I'm reading:

I have one chapter left of On the Incarnation by Athanisius

The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition

Jobs of Our Own: Building a Stakeholder Society by Race Matthews

I'm writing a book: La Montaña de Dios, (= God's Mountain)

ContraMundum said:

What a bunch of crypto-papists you STR folk are. Apart from CS Lewis and Tom Wright.....nobody is reading Anglican stuff here. Interesting.

Me- reading the Homilies (again), the works of Richard Sibbes, JC Ryle's Commentary on John and the sermons of EB Pusey (but I am starting to really hate the whole Oxford/Tractarian thing as I get older and wiser, but Pusey is bearable)

Just finished: a little book on the history of the Free Church of England, My Jesus Year by Benyamin Cohen, Christus Victor by Gustav Aulen, Wittgenstein's Tractatus, To Heal a Fractured World by R. Jonathan Sacks, Loci Theologici by Martin Chemnitz (massive tome) and the Apology of the Church of England by John Jewel (better than I thought)

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Don't you ever read anything just for the pure enjoyment of it? Or do you always read theology.

higgs2 said:

Don't you ever read anything just for the pure enjoyment of it? Or do you always read theology.

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Some people find theology fun.

I tend to read sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery novels for fun. THe last two I got out of the library though were such duds I couldn't finish them.

higgs2 said:

Don't you ever read anything just for the pure enjoyment of it? Or do you always read theology.

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I enjoy reading theology.

I have read other types of books but not lately.

I enjoy reading history and other topics but I also enjoy reading anything regarding theology. .. along with the Bible of course.
I am afraid I am not reading any books by Anglican authors at the moment though.
The last one was "The unseen face of Islam" by Rev Dr Bill Musk.. very good. It is intended to help Christians become better aquainted with the varying lives and beliefs of ordinary Muslims.

Staying Alive (poetry anthology}
The grace outpouring -Godwin and Roberts

Naomi4Christ said:

What an educated bunch we have here. Not just one spiritual book but several on the go at one time!

I only get time for reading during the school holidays, so have just over two weeks to wait.

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How about poetry? Try this for size

PoemHunter.Com - Thousands of poems and poets.. Poetry Search Engine

I have Read;Imitation of Christ,Mere Christianity,The Great Divorce,and The Joyful Christian by CS Lewis,Death And The Life After and The Secret Of Happiness by Billy Graham,Believing Hope by Swindoll,Captured by Grace-by David Jeremiah and Breaking Free by Beth Moore

I am currently reading:
What God Is Saying To Us-The Epistle to The Ephesians
Discerning The Will Of The Lord-Sermons On The Gospel Of Luke

and two books by Fred R.Coulter

Cajun Huguenot said:

Just received John Williamson Nevin: High Church Calvinist by D.G. Hart in the mail today.

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Ewww, *adds to wish list*.

I'm going through one year long reading plans for both the ESV Study Bible (the one in the back) and Calvin's Institutes--and by the grace of God, keeping up.

Then I'm slowly and indefinitely plodding through Plato's Complete Works and Euclid's Elements.

As for other books, I just finished William Lane Craig's On Guard, and am also in the midst of Classical Apologetics and Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview--I'm on an apologetic kick ATM.

I'll spare everyone the programming, math, and logic books....

file13 said:

Ewww, *adds to wish list*.

I'm going through one year long reading plans for both the ESV Study Bible (the one in the back) and Calvin's Institutes--and by the grace of God, keeping up.

Then I'm slowly and indefinitely plodding through Plato's Complete Works and Euclid's Elements.

As for other books, I just finished William Lane Craig's On Guard, and am also in the midst of Classical Apologetics and Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview--I'm on an apologetic kick ATM.

I'll spare everyone the programming, math, and logic books....

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I've read the first book of Calvin's Institutes and a good bit in the other tree books. I've also read his treatises on the Sacraments. All very good stuff!!!!

I read Nevin's Mystical Presence (which is needed today) and had to know more about him.

Enjoy your reading!!!!!

Kenith

Cajun Huguenot said:

I've read the first book of Calvin's Institutes and a good bit in the other tree books. I've also read his treatises on the Sacraments. All very good stuff!!!!

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Yeah, it's good stuff. Dense reading, but very good. Coming out of the EO church, I've found that reading the Reformers themselves is often better then a lot of modern evangelicals since the Reformers not only deal with issues which evangelicals dismiss outright (like confession or purgatory) and always in addition to making a Scriptural case, then show that this interpretation can be found in the Fathers. So yeah, Calvin's very good in this respect--not to mention, pretty funny on account of how uppity he is. But thank God for that one year reading plan or it would likely take me years to get through it.

Cajun Huguenot said:

I read Nevin's Mystical Presence (which is needed today) and had to know more about him.

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Gotcha. Just looking at one of the reviews on Amazon talking about what they consider "problems with Reformed ecclesiology" really makes me want to check it out. One of the things I personally distrust is specifically Reformed ecclesiology because it just strikes me as mob rule. I don't claim to be an expert here or even that this is a very informed view (because it's not, I'm actually quite ignorant on this subject), but it's just a gut feeling the somethings not right in Denmark--which is probably why we're hanging out with Protestant bishops nowadays... .
But yeah, I'm always interested in more folks like Cramner who have Reformed views, but who don't embrace the regulative principle. So thanks for the heads up!

Cajun Huguenot said:

Enjoy your reading!!!!!

Kenith

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Absolutely, thanks brother!

file13 said:

One of the things I personally distrust is specifically Reformed ecclesiology because it just strikes me as mob rule. I don't claim to be an expert here or even that this is a very informed view (because it's not, I'm actually quite ignorant on this subject), but it's just a gut feeling the somethings not right in Denmark--which is probably why we're hanging out with Protestant bishops nowadays... .

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I Started out Roman Catholic. My parents left the Roman Catholic Church when I was about 7 and we ended up with the Southern Baptists. I then migrated to a Reformed/Presbyterian ecclesiology, but reading the Early Church Fathers started me looking into episcopacy. I found an 1839 book by Rev. Archibald Boyd of the Church of Ireland) very helpful. In the book is made of five letters he wrote in a debate with Presbyterian clergy on the issue of Church government. The title of the book is EPISCOPACY, ORDINATION, LAY-ELDERSHIP, AND LITURGIES;CONSIDERED IN FIVE LETTERS.

Kenith