Matthew, Mark, Luke, John - the Bible
The Elusive Messiah, Raymond Martin - a historiography of Jesus scholarship
Velvet Elvis, Rob Bell - strip away 2000 years of American and European baggage and what do you have left?
Lamb, Christopher Moore - fiction? Yes. 100% accurate? No. Insightful? Hell yeah.
What is the "Good News"/Gospel? ...the Church / "the body of Christ" ...Discipleship?
Mere Christianity, CS Lewis - my first book from a "Christian Apologetic" - very modern attempt to use reason in support of Christianity
Many witnesses, One Lord, William Barclay - a fantastic analysis of the different voices in the new testament epistles
The Irresistible Revolution, Shane Claiborne - intentional Christian Community "living in the shadow of empire"
Searching For God Knows What, Donald Miller (among other things - "lifeboat theory" - if there were 5 people on your lifeboat, and there were only provisions for 4, who would you/your culture/your social group/your church kick off - and what does that say about you/your culture/your social group/your church )
Jesus For President, Shane Claiborne - Jesus as a white middle class Republican... nope.
The Heart of Christianity, Marcus Borg - challenges you to reconsider your assumptions about what Christianity is
The Teaching of the 12 (Tony Jones)/ The "Didache" - 1st century Christian Community handbook - 1st year seminary reading
The Great Omission, Dallas Willard - DISCIPLESHIP IS IMPORTANT - what Jesus said matters, and it should affect how we live.
The Great Emergence, Phyllis Tickle - 2000 years of Christian history at the macro level
The New Christians, Tony Jones - a brief history of the "emergent/emerging" church movement from someone who was there
The Gospel of Thomas - apocrypha, but a good read
Jesus and Non-Violence, A Third Way, Walter Wink - again, what Jesus said matters, and it should affect how we live.
The Shack, William P. Young (yes, even the Shack)
A Community Called Atonement, Scot McKinght - what the heck is atonement, really?
