On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:12:39 +1000, Rowland Croucher wrote: >What would you say are the 100 essential books a literate Christian - >particularly a pastor - should read? This list is grossly incomplete: I'd >appreciate your help in refining it!
I agree with you on Gordon Fee, John Stott, CS Lewis, Richard Foster, Dietrich Bonhoeffer... Has Francis Schaeffer been forgotten since his death? I read all his books back in the 70s. 'True Spirituality' remains on my bookshelf. Here are some other favourites of mine: Apologetics: Lee Strobel's 'The Case for Christ' and 'The Case for Faith' English and far less wordy: Roger Forster and Paul Marston 'Christianity, Evidence and Truth' Not least: Ravi Zacharias's books, 'Jesus Among Other Gods', 'Deliver Us from Evil' Theology: John Bright 'The Kingdom of God' 1953, but still relevant! [I read it in the early 90s, not the 50s] Edwyn Bevan, 'Symbolism and Belief' The Gifford Lectures 1933-4!! - very significant for me when I read it in the 60s Recent: Rikk E. Watts - I haven't read a whole book by him, just some short pieces and a very stimulating essay in a book I've lent my minister, and can't remember the title! Church History: FF Bruce's books, and especially 'The Spreading Flame' Popular Christian books: Philip Yancey's. Rebecca Manley Pippert: Out of the Saltshaker... Novels and Current Affairs: V.S. Naipaul is my favourite living secular writer. I've never read any of his non-fiction that hasn't captured the essence of a place, an issue or a person. His two books on travel in Muslim countries, 'Among the Believers' and 'Beyond Belief' are particularly fascinating for having been written by someone from a Hindu background. His 'Enigma of Arrival' was the most ponderous novel I've ever read, but had such an 'aha' moment at the end that I felt like rereading it immediately! Thanks for giving me some other 'must-read' writers and titles, Sue Sue Bolton Sydney, Australia ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
