John Reads

I firmly believe that the most effective way to grow one's mind is to read good books. While I don't have as much time to read as I once did, I thought it would be fun to keep track of what I've read and what I hope to read.

Currently Reading

• The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth
• Justification by N. T. Wright
• total Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis

Finished Reading

2023

• The City of God: Abridged Study Edition by Augustine of Hippo
• Augustine of Hippo: A Biography by Peter Brown
• The Augustine Way by Joshua D. Chatraw and Mark D. Allen
• Mageborn by Stephen Arayan
• Magefall by Stephen Arayan
• Deep Work by Cal Newport
• Red Rising by Pierce Brown
• Golden Son by Pierce Brown
• Morning Star by Pierce Brown
• Typology by James Hamilton
• Greek for Life by Benjamin L. Merkle, Robert L. Plummer
• Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Want to Read

• A Praying Life by Paul Miller
• Anathem
• Apostolic Church Planting by J. D. Payne
• Atomic Habits
• Beyond Racial Division
• Center Church by Tim Keller
• Church in the Making by Ben Arment
• Church Planter by Darrin Patrick
• Church Planting is for Wimps by Mike McKinley
• Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp
• Dying Thoughts by Richard Baxter
• Dynamics of Spiritual Life by Richard Lovelace
• Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J. I. Packer
• Evangelism Through the Local Church by Thomas Nelson
• Fresh Wind by Fresh Fire
• Global Church Planting by Craig Ott, Gene Wilson
• How (Not) to Be Secular by James K. A. Smith
• Kingdom First by Jeff Christopherson
• Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon
• Let the Nations Be Glad by John Piper
• Nine Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever
• Preaching to a Post-Everything World by Zack Eswine
• Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices by Thomas Brooks
• Radical Candor
• Recapturing the Voice of God by Steven Smith
• Redeemer Church Planting Manual by J. Allen Thompson, Tim Keller
• Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert by
• Sojourners and Strangers by Gregg R. Allison, John S. Feinberg
• Starting a New Church by Ralph Moore
• The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes
• The Christian Ministry by Charles Bridges
• The Fabric of Theology by Richard Lints
• The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch
• The Gospel Comes with a House Key by
• The Nuts and Bolts of Church Planting by Aubrey Malphurs
• The Pastor's Justification by Jared Wilson
• The Reformers and Their Stepchildren by Leonard Verduin
• The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman, Rod Beckstrom
• The Surprising Offense of God's Love by Jonathan Leeman
• Total Church by Steve Timmis, Tim Chester
• When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett, Brian Fikkert