Book Reading Club - July

July – Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

July is here already! Wow! I don't know about you, but June was a busy month and July looks even busier. I did not finish reading what I had started in Owen and Bunyan, but what I read served as a very helpful look into two great books.

This month we will be turning our attention to the works of Jonathan Edwards. I've already begun listening to The Best of Jonathan Edwards' Sermons, a free audiobook received from christianaudio.com (see here). However, I will pick a book and begin reading it this month.

If you haven't already read Iain Murray's biography of Jonathan Edwards, I highly recommend it to you! I read it a few years back and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's full of details, but Murray is a brilliant biographer.

Who will be joining in? I'd like to hear from you.

Book Reading Club - July

Book Reading Club - June

May is over and we had an edifying time reading and discussing Sibbes' The Bruised Reed. If you missed the discussion you can read the comments here: Richard Sibbes (1577 - 1635) - May Reading Group.

JUNE – John Owen (1616-1683) and John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Now, June is here and we're off to a good start. We have readers working through the following books:

John Owen (1616-1683) - JUNE READING GROUP

• The Death of Death in the Death of Christ By John Owen / Banner Of Truth or the Evangelical Press abridgment.
• The Glory of Christ By John Owen / Banner Of Truth (WTS Bookstore, or the Puritan Paperback edition)

John Bunyan (1628-1688) - JUNE READING GROUP

• Treatise on the Fear of God By John Bunyan / Soli Deo Gloria Publications, 1999 (online; the Works of Bunyan)

If you would like to join in on the reading schedule for June go to the forums at SharperIron (links above) and/or leave a comment here.

Book Reading Club - June

Book Reading Club at SharperIron.org

In the Books forum at SharperIron.org we have been discussing a book that we are reading as a Book Club. For the month of May we are reading Richard Sibbes' The Bruised Reed (find at CBD, Westminster Bookstore, or Amazon). If you haven't been reading along with us or reading the comments, please take a look here. I have enjoyed and have been edified by this discussion group more than any other in a LONG time. If you already have a copy of this book and would like to jump in, PLEASE DO. We'd be glad for your thoughts on the subject.

JUNE – John Owen (1616-1683) and John Bunyan (1628-1688)
If you would like to join in on the reading schedule for June we will be reading something from John Owen and/or something from John Bunyan. The two books that have been mentioned already are as follows:

• The Death of Death in the Death of Christ By John Owen / Banner Of Truth (WTS Bookstore)
  
• Treatise on the Fear of God By John Bunyan / Soli Deo Gloria Publications, 1999 (online; the Works of Bunyan)

I hope that you will join us. Please let us know if you will.

Book Reading Club at SharperIron.org

Book Club beginning in May

I've heard of reading schedules but seeing the schedule proposed by Mark Dever (see previous post) was very helpful to me. I always like to carry a book with me. Traffic can get backed up around here real quick so it's nice to have something to do while you're parked on the highway. However, I've never followed a plan.

I would like to give Dever's "Canon of Theologians" a try. Maybe next year, or the following year, I'll decide to amend the schedule to other men I would like to get to know. We'll see. But, for now, I want to simply get started. My dad has been telling me about Sibbes' The Bruised Reed for some time know and I've yet to sit down and read it. Well, according to Dever's plan, Sibbes is the subject of reading for May.

There are a few books one could choose from by or about Richard Sibbes.

1. The Bruised Reed (find at CBD, Westminster Bookstore, or Amazon).
2. Glorious Freedom (find at CBD, Westminster Bookstore, or Amazon).
3. Mark Dever has written a biography of Richard Sibbes that looks interesting (find at Amazon).
4. Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, 7 volumes ( find at Westminster Bookstore).

If you would like to join in on this schedule, please let me know. It would be great to have descent sized group for the sake of accountability and discussion. [See the SharperIron invitation here.]

Book Club beginning in May