Challenge: 50 Books discussion
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Jonathan Brown's 70-Book Challenge for 2023
Last year, I didn't have the energy to start reading novels until around October, and only got 18 books in. This year, my goal is 100+ because it's literally the only thing I've been able to focus on. Good luck with your challenge!
5) Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science by Dennis R. Venema and Scot McKnight
8) Seriously Dangerous Religion: What the Old Testament Really Says and Why It Matters by Iain W. Provan
9) Summa Theologiae, volume 4: Knowledge in God (1a.14-18) St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by Thomas Gornall
10) Engaging the Doctrine of Creation: Cosmos, Creatures, and the Wise and Good Creator by Matthew Levering
11) Nature Strange and Beautiful: How Living Beings Evolved and Made the Earth a Home by Egbert Giles Leigh Jr. and Christian Ziegler
13) The Creation of Heaven and Earth: Re-interpretations of Genesis 1 in the Context of Judaism, Ancient Philosophy, Christianity, and Modern Physics (Themes in Biblical Narrative 8), edited by George H. van Kooten
21) Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science by John C. Lennox
22) On Genesis (The Works of Saint Augustine I/13) by St. Augustine of Hippo and translated by Edmund Hill
27) Paradise Interpreted: Representations of Biblical Paradise in Judaism and Christianity (Themes in Biblical Narrative 2), edited by Gerard P. Luttikhuizen
33) The City of God: Books 1-10 (The Works of Saint Augustine I/6) by St. Augustine of Hippo and translated by William Babcock
34) Early Christian Readings of Genesis One: Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation by Craig D. Allert
37) The Search for Ultimate Reality: Intertextuality Between the Genesis and Johannine Prologues by Dan Lioy
38) Old-Earth or Evolutionary Creation? Discussing Origins with Reasons to Believe and BioLogos, edited by Kenneth D. Keathley, J.B. Stump, and Joe Aguirre
40) Medieval Exegesis: The Four Senses of Scripture (Vol 1) by Henri de Lubac and translated by Mark Sebanc
41) Summa Theologiae, vol. 5: God's Will and Providence (1a.19-26) by St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by Thomas Gilby
42) Medieval Exegesis: The Four Senses of Scripture (Vol 2) by Henri de Lubac and translated by E. M. Macierowski
46) Homilies on Genesis 1-17 (Fathers of the Church 74) by St. John Chrysostom and translated by Robert C. Hill
47) Summa Theologiae, vol. 6: The Trinity (1a.27-32) by St. Thomas Aquinas and translated by Ceslaus Velecky
48) The Genealogical Adam and Eve: The Surprising Science of Universal Ancestry by S. Joshua Swamidass
Challenge: 50 Books
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In the year 2008, I read 100 books.
In the year 2009, I read 165 books.
In the year 2010, I read 145 books.
In the year 2011, I read 82 books.
In the year 2012, I read 62 books.
In the year 2013, I read 90 books.
In the year 2014, I read 87 books.
In the year 2015, I read 126 books.
In the year 2016, I read 113 books.
In the year 2017, I read 153 books.
In the year 2018, I read 100 books.
In the year 2019, I read 102 books.
In the year 2020, I read 64 books.
In the year 2021, I read 117 books.
In the year 2022, I read 65 books.
Last year, I definitely fell short of my goals, no question about it, and by a fairly wide margin. Part of that was distraction. A bigger part was that, preaching through just some select books of the Minor Prophets, I had to read about a third of some thicker commentaries, with no time or added incentive to finish their remainders. The end result was my third-lowest reading year since I started tracking it in college. I barely beat out the disaster that was 2020!
So I'm setting a lower goal for this year - 70 rather than 80 - because I'm trying to be more realistic. Given some of what I've got going on in the upcoming year, 70 will be a challenge, but it may just be feasible if I play my cards right. And it would still push me beyond this past year.
So far, I can start off with this:
1) The Liturgy of Creation: Understanding Calendars in Old Testament Context by Michael LeFebvre