Comments on: Great Books

By: Njongo

Njongo — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:21:34 +0000

hi, i am Njongo Cokoto, from South Africa, i want to agree on the fact that the cross of Christ is what we ought to meditate on because it has all answers we are looking for. There are things we are engaged on these days which are wrong because of lacking the understand of Christ crucified. ” My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” Hosea 4:6.

By: Brandon Barr

Brandon Barr — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:51:28 +0000

Yancy’s “What’s So Amazing About Grace” was an incredible book. I loved his focus on forgiveness. It is so easy to hold onto ungrace or unforgivness when we’ve been wronged. But the stories he uses to illustrate true forgiveness–the kind God has on us–moved me and changed me. Forgiveness is freedom.

By: jsundberg

jsundberg — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:48:49 +0000

Darian,

Haven’t read The Cross of Christ yet, but I probably need to. Just today my wife and I were discussing the cross and teaching/preaching/and living. I noticed that you’re reading Your Mind Matters. I read that back in my college days and recently wrote a short post about it on my other blog… http://ahandfulofquietness.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/whats-in-the-back-of-your-bible/

John

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By: elliot

elliot — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:03:32 +0000

Hi! Thanks for visiting my blog. I love Stott too, though I haven’t gotten around to reading “The Cross of Christ” yet. It is on my shelf, though. Also on my shelf is the first volume of Timothy Dudley-Smith’s biography of Stott, which I hope to get to soon.

Thanks also for referring to your list. The only ones I have read so far are the books by Yancey, Smith and Lee. I’ve never read anything by Jerram Barrs, but lately I have been listening to a series of his lectures on the early years of Francis Schaeffer.

By: dpcpastor

dpcpastor — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:25:54 +0000

Thanks Erik!

“The Cross of Christ” is without any doubt worth the price. Also, please be in prayer for John Stott. A friend of mine is one of the Associate Pastor’s at All Souls Church where Stott was pastor for decades and tells me that he is beginning to fail with age in many ways. Thank you for the encouragement.

Blessings,
Darian

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:56:06 +0000

Fantastic list of books you’ve got here. I have been putting off reading Stott’s The Cross of Christ cause of the size of it even thought I’ve heard from a ton of folks that it is probably the best book on the subject of the cross. I’ll be purchasing it soon and give it a read.

By: dpcpastor

dpcpastor — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:45:08 +0000

Yes! I am reading “Surprised By Hope” right now. I am only through the introduction and into the first chapter but I have enjoyed it so far. I have read “Jesus and the Victory of God” by Wright. Thanks for the suggestions.

By: rjs1

rjs1 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:20:58 +0000

Could I suggest you try some N. T. Wright, especially Surprised by Hope and The New Testament and the People of God

By: dpcpastor

dpcpastor — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:11:18 +0000

Thanks John! We can check in on each other’s blogs from time to time.

Blessings,
Darian