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Here is a list of the books that I have read in the past year. As in prior years, I cannot recommend every book on the list, but many were simply outstanding. Email me or leave a comment if you want to know what I thought of any of these books.

God So Loved the World (Lyle Lange, NPH)
Whether Soldiers, Too, Can Be Saved (Martin Luther LW 46)
Positively Lutheran (John Braun, NPH)
The Kingdom of Christ (J.P. Meyer)
Dying to Live (Harold Senkbeil)
The Papacy Evaluated (E.G. Behm)
Johann Kilian, Pastor (George Nielsen)
A Tale of Two Synods: Events That Led to the Split between Wisconsin and Missouri (Mark Braun)
The Christian & Birth Control (Robert Fleischmann)
Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity (Eugene H. Peterson)
On Being a Christian: a personal confession (Henry Hamann)
Motivation for Ministry: perspectives for every pastor (Nathan Pope)
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
First Conversation (Bethesda Institute)
What in the World Is Going On?: Identifying Hollow and Deceptive Worldviews(David C. Thompson)
Down Range: to Iraq and Back (Bridget C. Cantrell, Ph.D., & Chuck Dean)
Examination of the Council of Trent, part 2 (Martin Chemnitz)
Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns (T. David Gordon)
The Cradle and the Crucible: A history of the forming of the Arizona-California District (Charles E. Found)
The Ministry of the Word (John Brug)
Ministry, Word, and Sacraments: An Enchiridion (Martin Chemnitz)
Gazelles, Baby Steps, and 37 Other Things Dave Ramsey Taught Me About Debt (Jon Acuff)
Strong Father, Strong Daughters (Dr. Meg Meeker)
The Hammer of God (Bo Giertz)
Luther’s Liturgical Music (Robin Leaver)
Why Johnny Can’t Preach (T. David Gordon)
The Theology of the Cross (Daniel Deutschlander)

The most useful things I read this year were the two titles by Martin Chemnitz. They do not call him the “second Martin” for nothing.

The Amazon Kindle has made an impact on the way I buy and read books. Only two of the books on this year’s list were read on my Kindle, but that’s mostly because I had more than a year of reading in my “to-read” pile. That pile is beginning to dwindle, and I suspect that more than half of the books I read in 2012 will be in Kindle format. There are some books that I will still prefer to have and use in hard copy—especially reference books that won’t be read straight through. But right now I have at least three books loaded on my Kindle ready to read as soon as I get to them.

Snippets from the Study

"In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally..."

“In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.” - The Brothers Karamazov

"There’s no way around death. You can either die alone in this world, or you can die in Jesus...."

“There’s no way around death. You can either die alone in this world, or you can die in Jesus. You can have life your way or you can have it His way. Your way leads through life to death. His way leads through death into life.” - Harold Senkbeil, “Dying to Live” p. 51

"to live with a woman and not touch her is more difficult than to raise the dead."

“to live with a woman and not touch her is more difficult than to raise the dead.” - Bernard (quoted by Johann Gerhard)

"the pope has succeeded Peter in the Roman church in the same way as sickness follows health and..."

“the pope has succeeded Peter in the Roman church in the same way as sickness follows health and darkness follows light.” - Johann Gerhard, Theological Commonplaces (On the Ministry II) p. 34

"If the same thing happens to us wretched ministers of the Word that we have so few good and faithful..."

“If the same thing happens to us wretched ministers of the Word that we have so few good and faithful hearers, let us not be angry, because our condition cannot and should not be better than that of him who was the greatest of those born of women.” - Polycarp Leyser, The Harmony of the Four Evangelists, Book 3, Part 2, p. 52.

"The discords, arguments and disagreements of shepherds and wolves, of thieves and stewards, are the..."

“The discords, arguments and disagreements of shepherds and wolves, of thieves and stewards, are the salvation of the Church. It is a sure proof that the true Church is there, and the wolves, thieves and false prophets burst forth in hordes to assault, upset and attack it.” - Martin Chemnitz, The Harmony of the Four Evangelists, Vol 1, Book 3, p. 372

"The world cannot wait. It is in a hurry because its time is nearing its end. It must always..."

“The world cannot wait. It is in a hurry because its time is nearing its end. It must always immediately have it all, otherwise it is too late. The church can wait. She has learned to do so in the course of nineteen centuries.” - Hermann Sasse, The Lonely Way I, p. 432

"I do not seek your pardon if I have offended you by this deed; rather, you must cease taking..."

“I do not seek your pardon if I have offended you by this deed; rather, you must cease taking offense, because you offend us the more thereby and stand in need of pardon yourself.” - Martin Luther, to Philip Melancthon LW 59, p. 22

"A fight against “orthodoxism” has weight for the Lutheran Church only when it is..."

“A fight against “orthodoxism” has weight for the Lutheran Church only when it is accompanied by confession of orthodoxy.” - Hermann Sasse, Letters to Lutheran Pastors, p. 415.

"God in His purpose has ordained before the time of the world by what crosses and sufferings he would..."

“God in His purpose has ordained before the time of the world by what crosses and sufferings he would conform every one of His elect to the image of His Son.” - Formula of Concord, Article XI, 49.

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