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4000 Books 2017

By Jeremy Myers
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4000 Books 2017

I am one of those readers who reads with a pen in hand. I almost cannot read a book unless I am underlining statements and scribbling in the margins. This slows down my reading speed significantly, but I think it helps sharpen my mind and interact with the ideas of others.

My goal is to read 4000 books in my lifetime, and this post will keep track of my progress in 2017.

reading books

I already own more books than I can read in a lifetime (which I find highly depressing), and so I buy fewer books than I used to, and I have begun to weigh the pros and cons of any book I read.

It’s a little crass, but when I consider whether or not I should read a book, I often think of Elaine from Seinfeld wondering if a boyfriend was “sponge worthy.”

Anyway… with that image in mind … here are the books I have read so far:

  • Birth-2009 Estimate: 1500 (doesnโ€™t count childrenโ€™s books)
  • 4000 Books 2010: 45
  • 4000 Books 2011: 69
  • 4000 Books 2012: 52
  • 4000 Books 2013: 57
  • 4000 Books 2014: 57
  • 4000 Books 2015: 55
  • 4000 Books 2016: 56
  • 4000 Books 2017: See Comments Below
  • Total so Far: 1891

Some of these books make it onto my list of “The Books Every Christian Should Read.” If you haven’t read the books on that list … well, you should.

What books have you read this past year which influenced your life and theology? What books are you excited to read in 2017?

God is Redeeming Books Bible & Theology Topics: 4000 books, best books, Books I'm Reading, Christian books, theology books

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4000 Books 2016

By Jeremy Myers
37 Comments

4000 Books 2016

I am one of those readers who reads with a pen in hand. I almost cannot read a book unless I am underlining statements and scribbling in the margins. This slows down my reading speed significantly, but I think it helps sharpen my mind and interact with the ideas of others.

My goal is to read 4000 books in my lifetime, and this post will keep track of my progress in 2016.

reading books

I already own more books than I can read in a lifetime (which I find highly depressing), and so I buy fewer books than I used to, and I have begun to weigh the pros and cons of any book I read. It’s a little crass, but when I consider whether or not I should read a book, I often think of Elaine from Seinfeld wondering if a boyfriend was “sponge worthy.”

Anyway… with that image in mind … here are the books I have read so far:

  • Birth-2009 Estimate: 1500 (doesnโ€™t count childrenโ€™s books)
  • 4000 Books 2010: 45
  • 4000 Books 2011: 69
  • 4000 Books 2012: 52
  • 4000 Books 2013: 57
  • 4000 Books 2014: 57
  • 4000 Books 2015: 55
  • 4000 Books 2016: See Comments Below
  • Total so Far: 1835

Some of these books make it onto my list of “The Books Every Christian Should Read.” If you haven’t read the books on that list … well, you should.

What books have you read this past year which influenced your life and theology? What books are you excited to read in 2016?

God is Redeeming Books Bible & Theology Topics: 4000 books, best books, Books I'm Reading, Christian books, theology books

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4000 Books 2015

By Jeremy Myers
78 Comments

4000 Books 2015

I am one of those readers who reads with a pen in hand. I almost cannot read a book unless I am underlining statements and scribbling in the margins. This slows down my reading speed significantly, but I think it helps sharpen my mind and interact with the ideas of others.

My goal is to read 4000 books in my lifetime, and these posts keep track of my progress.

reading books

One of the things I have also done in recent years on this blog is keep track of which books I read.

I own more books than I can read in a lifetime (which I find highly depressing), and so I have begun to weigh the pros and cons of any book I read. In fact, as I was reading over the “Books I must read in 2014” I was sorry to see that I only read three of them. That is why I am not writing a similar list for 2015…

Here are the 4000 books so far:

  • Birth-2009 Estimate: ย 1500 (doesnโ€™t count childrenโ€™s books)
  • 4000 Books 2010: ย 45
  • 4000 Books 2011: ย 69
  • 4000 Books 2012: 52
  • 4000 Books 2013: 57
  • 4000 Books 2014: 57
  • 4000 Books 2015: See Comments Below
  • Total so Far: ย  1780

Some of these books make it onto my “Burning Books List: The Books Every Christian Should Read.” If you haven’t read the books on this list … well, you should.

What books have you read this past year which influenced your life and theology? What books are you excited to read in 2015?ย 

God is Uncategorized Bible & Theology Topics: 4000 books, best books, Books I'm Reading, reading

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My favorite quote from Alister McGrath’s Biography of C. S. Lewis

By Jeremy Myers
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My favorite quote from Alister McGrath’s Biography of C. S. Lewis

CS Lewis smokingIn explaining why C. S. Lewis wasn’t more popular among American Christians in the 1960s, Alister McGrath wrote this:

What evangelical would want to be associated with someone who smoked heavily, drank copious quantities of beer, and held views on the Bible, the Atonement, and purgatory which were out of place in the evangelical community of that age?

I love it!

This came from Alister McGrath’s excellent biography of C.S. Lewis (p. 365). If you haven’t read it yet, click the link above to get a copy from Amazon. It is the best biography on Lewis I have ever read.

God is Uncategorized Bible & Theology Topics: best books, Books I'm Reading, CS Lewis

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Paul the Apostle of the Last Days

By Jeremy Myers
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Paul the Apostle of the Last Days

Buy Apostle of the Last Days on AmazonDr. C. Marvin Pate has written an excellent volume on the theology of the Apostle Paul. It is titled, Apostle of the Last Days. Kregel sent me a review copy, and it is already one of the best books I have read in the past year.

Apostle of the Last Days

I had Dr. Pate as a professor when I was a student at Moody Bible Institute, and really enjoyed his insights into Scripture, his wit, and his quirky personality. I only took him for one or two classes, but consider him to be one of my influential professors from college. He challenged me to really consider the historical and cultural background material of Scripture.

Grammar and word studies are nice, but if you don’t know the history and culture behind a biblical book or passage, you will never really understand what Scripture teaches.

This book by Dr. Pate provides excellent historical and cultural background into the life, thinking, and theology of the Apostle Paul. Though I have not yet read N. T. Wright’s Paul and the Faithfulness of God, this volume on Paul’s theology is by far one of the best on this topic I have found. 

Apostle of the Last Days challenged me to read Paul’s letters not just in light of the history and culture of Judaism, but also in the history and culture of Graeco-Roman thinking, and most importantly of all, in light of the eschatological expectations of both groups. 

Eh… what? 

Let me put it in simple terms: 

Apostle PaulBoth the Jews and the Romans had hopes and dreams for what would happen at the end of days. Pate shows that Paul wrote to reveal how Jesus fulfills and completes these hopes and dreams. 

Summary of Apostle of the Last Days

After a chapter of introduction about the views on the theology of Paul and some of the central tenants of Pauline theology, Pate goes letter by letter through the writings of Paul to show how Paul tied together Jewish and Graeco-Roman hopes about what would happen at the end of days, and shows how these hopes were fulfilled in Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God. 

Serious students of Pauline theology must not overlook this important volume by C. Martin Pate. Pate is on to something about Paul’s thinking and theology that is often missed by Pauline scholars: Paul is not only writing a response to Jewish theology, but is also writing a response to Greek and Roman theology, and especially the Imperial Cult of Caesar worship. 

It could probably be said that the letters of Paul are not only intended to show how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah, but how Jesus also fulfills the Graeco-Roman expectations for what Caesar was supposed to be and do. 

This is a challenging idea on multiple levels, and if true, the ramifications are far-reaching. As such, Apostle of the Last Days is a critically important book for thinking about Pauline theology and teaching. If you are preaching or teaching on any letter of Paul, I highly recommend this volume. You can get Apostle of the Last Days at Amazon.

I liked this book by C. Marvin Pate so much, it inspired a book idea of my own which I really want to write. First, however, I have to finish with the five books I am already writing… sigh…

God is Uncategorized Bible & Theology Topics: best books, Bible Study, book reviews, Books I'm Reading, end times, eschatology, Paul, Theology - General, Theology of Jesus, Theology of the End Times

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