Book Recommendations from 2023

Thought I’d share my favorite books from this last year. I didn’t take the time to put them in the order of my preference or give the theme and particular value of each. But feel free to ask me about any of these. Of course, you can also go to Amazon for summaries and reviews. Speaking of reviews, if you’ve read any of my three books, I’d soooo appreciate you writing a review on Amazon and your social media account. If you haven’t read them, check them out on Amazon under my name: Barney Wiget.

American Idolatry: How Christian Nationalism Betrays the Gospel and Threatens the Church by Andrew WhiteheadChosen? Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Walter BrueggemanAncient Echoes: Refusing the Fear-Filled, Greed-Driven Toxicity of the Far Right by Walter BrueggemanGod’s Forever Family: The Jesus People Movement in America by Larry EskridgeLove in a Time of Hate: The story of Magda and André Trocmé and the village that said no to the Nazis by Hanna SchottJesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du MezThou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian’s Guide to Engaging in Politics by Eugene ChoFight Like Jesus: How Jesus Waged Peace Throughout Holy Week by Jason PorterfieldLessons of the Welsh Revival by G. Campbell MorganThe Welsh Revival By Eyewitnesses by William SteadThe Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right by Lisa Sharon HarperThe Most Revealing Book of the Bible (on Revelation) by Vernard EllerEmbracing the New Samaria: Opening Our Eyes to Our Multiethnic Future by Alejandro MandesLosing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America by Russell MooreJesus and the Nonviolent Revolution by André TrocméRefuge Reimagined: Biblical Kinship by Mark GlanvilleThe Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of our Neighbors by Katlyn SchiessJesus Through the Eyes of Women: How the First Female Disciples Know and Love the Lord by Rebecca McLaughlin

Happy reading in 2024!