Recommended Reading Lists

he pastors at Christ Church Santa Fe share a deep interest in the ways in which religion and culture influence each other. To that end, our services typically begin with an inspirational quotation. Almost every book on this recommended reading list has been quoted from in our services. These are our pastors' favorite books. By the way, scripture at Christ Church Santa Fe is taken from the English Standard Version (ESV) of
the Bible.


Deserted Island Library List

The Bible (English Standard Version)
Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Leon DuFuor
Studies in the Sermon on the Mount, D. M. Lloyd-Jones
The Message in the Bottle, Walker Percy
The Collected Writings of Flannery O’Connor, Flannery O’Connor
Lectures on Calvinism, Abraham Kuyper
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
Grendel, John Gardner
Till We Have Faces, C. S. Lewis
Collected Poems of W. H. Auden, W. H. Auden
Religious Affections, Jonathan Edwards
Understanding the Christian Faith, Frans Jozef van Beeck
Ruthless Trust, Brennan Manning
The World According to God, Greg Johnson
Putting the Amazing Back in Grace, Michael Horton
Simply Christian, N. T. Wright

On Culture

Creation Regained, Albert Wolters
Understanding Media, Marshall Mcluhan
Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman
Technopoly, Neil Postman
Signposts in a Strange Land, Walker Percy
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, Lesslie Newbigin

Christian Leadership Resources

Chameleon Christianity, Dick Keyes
Good to Great, Jim Collins
Dedication and Leadership, Douglas Hyde
In the Name of Jesus, Henry Nouwen
Making Room, Christine Pohl
The Prevailing Church, Randy Pope

Apologetics
(Engaging the mind in believing and defending the
Christian faith)

Beyond Identity, Dick Keyes
Christian Apologetics, Cornelius Van Til
The Weight of Glory, C. S. Lewis
Warranted Christian Belief, Alvin Plantinga
Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be, Cornelius Plantinga


 
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