FAVORITE BOOKS
Studied by D.G. Beshore

A person is what (s)he reads!!

• California Lutheran Studies (1993)

  • 'Jesus of Nazareth' - Guther Bornkam

  • 'Jesus - A New Vision' - Marcus J. Borg

  • 'Synopsis of the Four Gospels' - Kurt Aland

  • 'The Historical Figure of Jesus', E. P. Sanders
    

• Favorite Books (Controversial)

  • 'Evidence that Demands a Verdict', Josh McDowell

  • 'A Marginal Jew - Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Vol I&II', John P.  Meier

  • 'Jesus - A Revolutionary Biography', J.D. Crossan

  • 'The Historical Jesus', J.D. Crossan

  • 'The Birth of Christianity', J.D. Crossan

  • 'Who is Jesus?,

  • 'The Five Gospels', R.J. Funk

  • 'The Complete Gospels', R.J. Funk

  • 'Honest to Jesus', R.J. Funk

  • 'James, the Brother of Jesus', Robert Eisenman

  • 'The Gnostic Gospels', Elaine Pagels

  • 'Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism', J.S. Spong

  • 'Resurrection - Myth or Reality', J.S. Spong

  • 'Born of a Woman', J.S. Spong

  • 'This Hebrew Lord', J.S. Spong

  • 'The Gospel According to Jesus', S. Mitchell
    

• Favorite Books (Traditional)

  • 'The Search for the Historical Jesus', Michael Grant

  • 'From Jesus to Christ', Paula Fredricksen

  • 'Theology for the Third Millenium', Hans Kung

  • 'On Being a Christian', Hans Kung
    

• Favorite Books (Inspirational)

  • 'Meeting Jesus for the First Time', Marcus J. Borg

  • 'The Holy Spirit,' Charles C. Ryrie

  • 'Jesus-A Life', A.N. Wilson

  • 'Knowing God', J.I. Packer
    

• Books I don't like:

  • Those that sell God (money changers)

  • Those that immortalize God (impossible)

  • Those that diminish His Truth (dribble)

  • Those that profess, through a hidden agenda, a debasing of Jesus or our God.

  • Those that promote Christianity, at the expense of other religions