Reading List

As long as we live, we continue to learn. A few days ago, we learned about another lose wire on my chair that wasn't plugged in properly. Once it was, everything worked well again. Thankfully, nobody had to come and make an unnecessary repair.

Books and reading in general are another great source of entertainment and education. In early 2025, I decided to record what books I read for the year. It ended up being a longer list than I expected.

• 52 Churches -February 17
• Mishandled -February 26
• A Call to Prayer -March 3
• There is Blessing in the Battle -March 12
• Christ-Centered Biblical Counseling -June 30
• God Said and it Was So -July 30
• Christ Triumphs Over Sin and Death -August 13
• Truth About Heaven -August 20
• Dinosaurs, Dragons, and the Bible -October 20
• Traced -November 24

In addition to these ten books, I also read a few magazines, booklets, and I'm about halfway through a book on counseling by Dr. John MacArthur. This list is also just of physical books. I have slowly been reading an electronic version of Foxes Book of Martyrs. Reading about how Christians were tortured and killed by the Catholic church isn't a very pleasant topic. I also find I get more easily distracted with e-books. I may doze off, but when I have a physical book in-front of me, I can't wonder off to anything else.

My schedule also makes it so that I typically can only read for a maximum of about two hours twice a week. Even that often gets interrupted by other commitments or knowing all I will do is doze off and stay on one page for 30 minutes.

The most important reading I do though is every morning, night, and afternoon. As I have for over 25 years, I continue to read the Bible daily. In the morning, I read an annual plan that goes through the full Bible in a year. Before bed, I alternate between two study Bibles and progress as time and text allows. Finally, I also read and study two chapters in the New Testament every day for a month.

Ecclesiastes 12:12 says, "But in addition to this, my son, be warned: the making of many books is endless, and much devotion to books is wearying to the flesh." Solomon concludes with verse 13, "The end of the matter, all that has been heard: fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the end of the matter for all mankind." 

Books are not short in supply, but we need to be sure whatever we read, it honors God and His creation. I don't know what my list will be for this year, but I look forward to continuing to learn and study the world God has made.