Thursday, May 18, 2006

Book Recommendations

I’ll answer the categories below but first, I just got this from a friend: http://www.librarything.com/

Best books on the emerging technologies and their effect on life and culture:

Blog by Hugh Hewitt www.hughhewitt.com (His book, “In, But Not Of” is must reading for anyone with potential)

The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman

An Army of Davids by Glenn Reynolds, his blog www.instapundit.com is one of the most influential of all blogs

The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil

Think Books:

Linked by Laslo-Barabasi

Think a Second Time by Dennis Prager

Aristotle for Everybody by Mortimer J. Adler

History:

Forerunners of the Reformation by Heiko Obermann

Modern Times by Paul Johnson

Intellectuals by Paul Johnson

Very important for gender and sexuality issues:

Taking Sex Differences Seriously by Stephen Rhoades, find it at www.sexdifferences.net

As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto

Very important for Evangelism Today:

Christianity on Trial by Carroll

The Rise of Christianity by Stark

For the Glory of God by Stark

Externally focused resources:

Go to www.ericswanson.blogspot.com and drink in Eric Swanson. Buy his book (mentioned below) The Externally Focused Church

www.globallearncomm.blogspot.com is the blog I made to capture the proceedings of one of Eric’s pastor networks.

Little Rock Bible Church has been great in this regard and the book The Church of Irresistible Influence captures their work.

Ministries of Mercy by Tim Keller

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