Dear Cornerstone Family,
As a book lover, I delight in talking with others about what they’re reading. Over the last few weeks, I’ve enjoyed chatting with several of you about your favorite reads of 2021. You’ve read some very interesting things this year!
There’s a significant number of books I started and didn’t make it through, but listed below are the books I actually finished. Though I benefit in some way from most everything I read, you shouldn’t assume I agree with everything listed or would necessarily recommend them to someone else. Every year I choose a few books I’m pretty sure I’ll have considerable disagreements with, and yet the exercise of listening to and weighing opposing beliefs/arguments is always beneficial. What’s on your list for 2022?
2021 Reading List
The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
Greybeards at Play and Other Comic Verse by G.K. Chesterton
Men and Women in the Church by Kevin DeYoung
Echoes of Exodus: Tracing a Biblical Motif by Bryan D. Estelle
Interpreting the Prophetic Word by William A. VanGemeren
The Wonderful Works of God by Herman Bavinck
God’s Kingdom Through God’s Covenants by Stephen Wellum and Peter Gentry
Covenantal Baptism by Jason Helopoulos
Persistent Prayer by Guy Richard
Care of Souls: Cultivating a Pastor’s Heart by Harold K. Senkbeil
Reformed Preaching by Joel Beeke
Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices for Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren
The Way of Dragon or The Way of the Lamb by James Goggin and Kyle Strobel
Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States by Andrew Whitehead & Samuel Perry The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Dawn of Redeeming Grace by Sinclair Ferguson
Jesus & John Wayne by Kristen Kobes Du Mez
The Triumph of Christianity by Rodney Stark
Robert E. Lee: A Life by Allen Guelzo
The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
Franklin: Tennessee’s Handsomest Town, a Bicentennial History, 1799-1999 by James Crutchfield
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Reparations: A Call for Christian Repentance and Repair by Duke Kwon and Gregory Thompson
Therefore the Truth I Speak: Scottish Theology 1500-1700 by Donald Macleod
Where I Come From by Rich Bragg
Holy is the Day by Carolyn Weber
What God Has to Say about Our Bodies by Sam Allberry
The Adventures of Tom Bombadil by J.R.R. Tolkien
Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents by Rod Dreher
The End of the Christian Life: How Embracing our Mortality Frees us to Truly Live by Todd Billings
Word by Word: A Daily Spiritual Practice by Marilyn McEntyre
Art & Faith: A Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura
Jack by Marilynne Robinson
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski
Grace & Peace,
