There are only a very few living authors that I find I will try to read everything they write–even if I don’t always agree with them. And of course, that is no mean feat given the fact that each of them is so astonishingly prolific: 1. R.C. Sproul2. John Frame3. Paul Johnson4. Umberto Eco5. Colin Thubron6. Daniel Silva7. Tim Powers8. …
Favorite Chuck Colson Books
1. Born Again 2. How Now Shall We Live, with Nancy Pearcey 3. The Body: Being Light in Darkness, with Ellen Vaughn 4. Why America Doesn’t Work, with Jack Eckerd and Lloyd Billingsley 5. Kingdoms in Conflict, with Ellen Vaughn 6. Against the Night: Living in the New Dark Ages, with Ellen Vaughn 7. The Good Life, with Harold Fickett 8. The Faith, with Harold Fickett 9. A Dance with Deception: Revealing the Truth Behind the …
Paul Johnson Books Since 2003
1. The Vanished Landscape2. Washington 3. Creators4. Heroes5. Churchill6. Humorists7. Jesus8. New Journeys into Chaos9. Civil War in America10. Brief Lives11. Socrates
Johnson’s Latest
In 2003, when Paul Johnson published his massive and magisterial Art: A New History, he announced it would be his last book. Since then, he has published by my count, eleven new books. Thanks be to God. The new books have mostly been …
Summer Reading, So Far
1. “The Greater Journey,” David McCollough2. “The Righteous Shall Live by Faith: Romans,” R.C. Sproul3. “Magic,” G.K. Chesterton4. “The Mighty Weakness of John Knox,” Douglas Bond5. “Portrait of a Spy,” Daniel Silva5. “Poke the Bo…
Favorite Paul Johnson Books
1. Modern Times2. The Birth of the Modern3. To Hell with Picasso4. Intellectuals5. Art: A New History6. Civil War America7. Churchill8. Jesus9. Humorists10. Heroes11. Creators
Reagan at 100: Favorite Books
1. Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation, by Ronald Reagan: While nearly everyone else seems to be focusing on books about Ronald Reagan on the 100th anniversary of his birth, I am much more interested in books by Ronald Reagan. And though there …
Schaeffer at 99: Favorite Books
1. Two Contents, Two Realities OK. So, technically this is not so much a book as a booklet. But, it has been a tremendous influence in the shaping of my credo. 2. How Should We then Live? This one book (and then later, the accompanying film series) h…
New Book Favs: 2010
1. The Chestnut King, N.D. Wilson2. Herman Bavinck, Ron Gleason3. Defending Constantine, Peter Leithart4. Generous Justice, Tim Keller5. What I Learned in Narnia, Douglas Wilson6. The Fort, Bernard Cornwell7. Colonel Roosevelt, Edmund Morris8. Loving …
Favorite Christmas Books
1. On Christmas: Poems, Essays, and Stories by G.K. Chesterton2. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens3. Corrie’s Christmas Memories by Corrie ten Boom4. Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon5. No Holly for Miss Quinn by Miss Read6. Village Christmas by Miss…
Most Frequently Consulted Eschatology Books
1. “Revelation: Four Views: A Parallel Commentary” by Steve Gregg2. “The Last Days According to Jesus” by R.C. Sproul3. “An Eschatology of Victory” by Marcellus Kik4. “Israel and the New Covenant” by Roderick Campbell5. “Days of Veng…
Dr. Sproul’s Must-Read Book
In the two decades since this landmark book was first published, four different presidents have occupied the White House, seven justices have come and gone on the Supreme Court, and eleven sessions of Congress have held sway in the Capitol.These federa…