Books Read
1. Godliness Through Discipline - Jay Adams
2. Self-Image - Lou Priolo
3. Temptation - Jay Adams
4. Selfishness - Lou Priolo
5. Kindle: The Theology of the Book of Revelation - Richard Bauckham
6. The Elizabethan Sermon - Alan Herr
The first four books in the list of books I read in January are all of a similar nature. Jay Adams and Lou Priolo are both advocates of nouthetic counseling, a Biblical counseling philosophy. I haven't done enough research into the philosophy to make a comment upon it, but I have benefitted greatly from Priolo's book, Teach Them Diligently. Adams' book on Godliness is about applying the Scriptures through conscientious, consistent, and knowledgable application of Scripture. The other books by Adams and Priolo have to do with understanding and applying the Scriptures to the particular issues named in the titles. I've found these books to be very helpful in their clarity, tone, and applicability. The Bauckham book has been on my wish list for awhile, and I managed to find it during an Amazon kindle book sale for $3.99. It is quite helpful in unravelling many of the difficulties of Revelation, and it is particularly helpful in treating the book in terms of theology proper. I would guess Bauckham is an amillennialist, though perhaps he could be a historical premillennialist. The Herr book is one I bought for my dissertation last year and have only recently come to need. It was quite interesting, well-written, and had some delicious tidbits, which I've posted on my other blog.
Books Bought
1. Prophecy and Hermeneutics - Christopher R. Seitz
2. Teach Them Diligently, Study Guide - Lou Priolo, Brenda Payne
3. Godliness Through Discipline - Jay Adams
4. Temptation - Jay A. Adams
5. Self-Image - Lou Priolo
6. Heaven, a World of Love - Jonathan Edwards
7. Peter Ramus's Attack on Cicero - James J. Murphy, Carole Newlands
8. Kindle: The Theology of the Book of Revelation - Richard Bauckham
9. Kindle: Food & Faith - Norman Wirzba
10. Kindle: Scripture, Culture, & Agriculture - Ellen Davis
11. Rhetoric and Philosophy in Conflict - J. C. IJsseling
12. Bitterness - Lou Priolo
13. Selfishness - Lou Priolo
14. Deception - Lou Priolo
15. Manipulation - Lou Priolo
16. Judgments - Lou Priolo
17. Fear - Lou Priolo
It is obvious that my goal of last year (to read more books than I bought) was going to create a backlog of books I was itching to purchase as the new year dawned. The majority of these books are library-building in nature. I don't have near enough counseling books in my possession, and the Priolo and Adams books are so easy to use and glean from that I bought the lot of them (it does help that they are also cheap!). The Seitz book I bought upon recommendation from my undergraduate Old Testament professor to help with my teaching the prophetic books. The Edwards book was an impulse buy along with the Davis and Wirzba books--they were all on sale and looked intriguing. The Murphy and IJsseling have been on my wish list for rhetoric books for awhile and I was able to get them for good prices.
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