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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Top Eleven Books of 2009

Here's a top eleven list of the books I read in 2009 (not counting re-reads):

  1. Recovering the Reformed Confession: Our Theology, Piety, and Practice, R. Scott Clark
  2. The Glory of Christ, John Owen
  3. Dual Citizens: Worship and Life Between the Already and the Not Yet, Jason Stellman
  4. Risking the Truth: Handling Error in the Church, Martin Downes
  5. On the First Day of the Week: God, the Christian, and the Sabbath, Iain D. Campbell
  6. The Westminster Assembly: Reading Its Theology in Historical Context, Robert Letham
  7. Reformed Theology in America, ed. David Wells
  8. Seeking a Better Country: 300 Years of American Presbyterianism, D.G. Hart and John R. Muether
  9. With Reverence and Awe: Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship, D.G. Hart and John R. Muether
  10. The Preaching of Jonathan Edwards, John Carrick
  11. Calvin and the Sabbath: The Controversy of Applying the Fourth Commandment, Richard Gaffin
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Gospel of John Sermon Series at Neon Reformed Presbyterian Church

  • John 5:30-47 "The Witnesses of Jesus" (Feb. 12, 2012)
  • John 5:19-29 "The Authority of Jesus" (Jan. 29, 2012)
  • John 5:1-18 "The Third Sign: Jesus Heals on the Sabbath" (Jan. 15, 2012)
  • John 4:43-54 "The Second Sign: Jesus Heals an Official's Son" (Jan. 1, 2012)
  • John 4:27-42 "Food of Earth, Food of Heaven" (Dec. 4, 2011)
  • John 4:16-26 "Mountains of Earth, Mountain of Heaven" (Nov. 20, 2011)
  • John 4:1-15 "Waters of Earth, Water of Heaven" (Nov. 6, 2011)
  • John 3:22-36 "Words of Earth, Word of Heaven" (Oct. 30, 2011)
  • John 3:16-21 "Love, Light, Life" (Oct. 16, 2011)
  • John 2:23-3:15 "Born of Earth, Born of Heaven" (Oct. 2, 2011)
  • John 2:12-22 "Temple of Earth, Temple of Heaven" (Sept. 18, 2011)
  • John 2:1-11 "The First Sign: Jesus Turns Water into Wine" (Sept. 4, 2011)
  • John 1:43-51 "The End of the Faithful Witness (Part 2)" (Aug. 14, 2011)
  • John 1:35-42 "The End of the Faithful Witness (Part 1)" (Aug. 14, 2011)
  • John 1:29-37 "The Faithful Witness (Part 2)" (July 24, 2011)
  • John 1:19-28 "The Fathful Witness (Part 1)" (July 24, 2011)
  • John 1:14-18 "The Glory of Jesus' Incarnation" (July 10, 2011)
  • John 1:6-13 "The Glory of Jesus' First Coming" (July 10, 2011)
  • John 1:1-5 "The Glory of Jesus' Person" (May 8, 2011)

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