We all have those days when we suddenly get the urge to read and all the books out there look ripe for the picking. A couple days ago I realized that there are two from some of my favorite people that I have not read so first, I went for Scot McKnight’s “The Blue Parakeet – Rethinking How You Read the Bible“. I spend more time on the Jesus Creed blog (which is Scot’s blog) than any other single place on the internet. I love his posts, the variety of people in conversation, and just about everything about that site. So I am looking forward to this one, it is long overdue.
Next, I continue to round out my N.T. Wright Collection. So far I have read “Jesus and the Victory of God”, “Simply Christian”, and “Paul in Fresh Perspective”. Tom Wright is absolutely my favorite theologian, period. So this time I went for “Surprised by Hope – Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church.” I didn’t even realize until I was just writing this up the similarity in the subtitles to Scot and Tom’s books. I guess I was in the mood for some rethinking.
Lastly, I realized that I have not read any John Piper books. The reason I have never read anything of his is that he is a Calvinist and I am quite certain that I would not agree with much he has to say. But one never learns unless we push the envelope so I got John Piper’s “The Future of Justification: A Response to N. T. Wright” (I bought it on audio, my preferred method for reading these days). I think it is obvious why I picked that one. Let’s give it a try.
So I am going to start with the Blue Parakeet, ready for a good day.
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