Comments on: Five Books that Formed You

By: Warren

Warren — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:25:22 +0000

Stuck (#15), if you see this, what do you think of Tim Keller’s recent review of The Shack:

http://rcpc.com/blog/view.jsp?Blog_param=114

I should have responded to this post with my own list, but I have such a hard time picking favorites. I always stumble when someone asks me what my favorite or life verse is. I can however, reveal virtually all of the books my wife and I currently have in the house I’ll let you figure out who bought the cooking, sewing, art and music books.

By: ML

ML — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:47:30 +0000

Of course nothing can compare to the Word of God. Second to that is the influence of the Holy Spirit on His people. So rather than book titles, I tend to read by author. Some of my favourites are the Bp. J.C. Ryle, Oswald Chambers, Ravi Zacharias, J.I. Packer, John Stott, John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon, as well as numerous Reformed writers, etc. As well I have learned a lot by wrestling with the thoughts of such fiction writers as George MacDonald and Michael Philips. Another genre that intrigues and informs me is the whole area of apologetics with such authors as Geisler and Zacharias. I am presently reading “The Language of God” by Francis S. Collins and “The Reason for God” by Timothy Keller (thanks to this blog).

By: Regina

Regina — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:08:02 +0000

Many books have encouraged and indeed formed my path to Christianity, but none more so than a ”Man Called Peter” by Catherine Marshall. That changed my life at the early age of 13 and later the movie became one of my favourites.

Others include:
Adventures in Prayer — Catherine Marshall
Imitation of Christ — Thoma a Kempis
Mere Christianity — C.S. Lewis
The Cost of Discipleship — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Of course I have read most of Catherine Marshall’s books, those of C.S. Lewis and Max Lucado is a favourite author as well.

The people who have changed my life include: Rev. Dr. Peter Marshall, Rev. Dr. Billy Graham, Rev. David Manse and Rev. Dale Lang. These men both by their lives and / or writings (or both) have done much to bring so many people to Christ.

By: stuck in Toronto

stuck in Toronto — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:26:52 +0000

1. Stranger in a strange Land. Heinlein
2. The Source. Michener
3. All of C.S.Lewis
4. All of J.I.Packer but slow and difficult sometimes
5. Love is letting go of Fear Dr. Jerry Jampolsky my Fav.
6. Honourable mention The Shack – Young

By: Eph 3:20

Eph 3:20 — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:47:05 +0000

Giving that I studied Political Science right up to the Phd level, my list is heavily influenced by political writers:

Confessions – St. Augustine
Mere Christianity – C.S. Lewis
The Prince – Nicollo Machiavelli
Becoming Human – Jean Vanier
Reflections on the Revolution in France – Edmund Burke
The Invasion of Canada/Flames Across the Border – Pierre Berton
Trudeau & Our Times (The Magnificient Obsession) – Stephen Clarkson and Christina McCall
On a One Way Path – The Rev. Franc Skumavc
The Accidental Pope – Raymond Flynn
Joshua – The Rev. Joseph Girzone
Mulroney (The Politics of Ambition) – John Sawatsky

I could also add the book I wrote with a colleague in university but that would give my identity away and that would be no fun.

“Glory to God, whose power working in us can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine”

By: Gerry O'Brien

Gerry O'Brien — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:09:52 +0000

One more book that I have read very recently, has not impacted on my Belief levels but may be a big help to some in trying to understand why ANiC has been formed especially for those in British columbia.

The Bishop or the King? — Archdeacon Ron Corcoran

This is a must read and a must have on hand book for the lay person who maybe doesn’t understand it all…… The truth between two covers.
Why would anyone ever want to choose to give their loyalty to a Bishop when the Bishop is refusing the deity of the King.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:07:18 +0000

I grew up in Alice Munro country which is the area of Huron, Bruce, and Grey counties north of London, Ontario, and so I sure enjoy anything by Alice Munro or about her writing. So much of what I remember from my youth I recognize in the writings of Alice Munro.
On a religious or spiritual level, I started very early in my twenties with Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and Dale Carnegie, and I keep reading and reading the works over and over again.

By: Irena

Irena — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:55:25 +0000

Ach! How could I forget Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship?

Gerry, your selection is pretty interdenominational actually. You have Anglican, Pentecostal, Roman Catholic and Presbyterian at least.

By: Gerry O'Brien

Gerry O'Brien — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:42:13 +0000

Kate: Those titles just might swing the pentecostal pendulum towards you a bit……but that never hurts any of us!

By: Gerry O'Brien

Gerry O'Brien — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:41:02 +0000

Kate: my number 7 in #7 should read You shall receive power