I plan to select a list of my favorite books of 2014. My last list covered 2012.

Unlike 2013, during those years when I do have time to stay current on the non-fiction releases from Christian publishers, I usually take some time in July to begin writing out a list of contenders. At this point the list is quite incomplete, but a rough list at this stage will help inventory the books that have caught my attention so far. So here is the early stages of my list of books that will be seriously considered as I develop my final list in November.

My list (updated on 10/10) is now up to 50+ titles (* = recent adds):

• Alex Chediak, Preparing Your Teens for College: Faith, Friends, Finances, and Much More (Tyndale)
• Andy Davis, An Infinite Journey: Growing Toward Christlikeness (Ambassador)
• C.S. Lewis and David C. Downing, editor, The Pilgrim’s Regress: The Wade Annotated Edition (Eerdmans)*
  Carolyn McCulley and Nora Shank, The Measure of Success: Uncovering the Biblical Perspective on Women, Work, and the Home (B&H)
• Chris Sinkinson, Time Travel to the Old Testament: An Essential Companion for the Christian Explorer (P&R)
• Christopher Ash, Job: The Wisdom of the Cross (Crossway)*
• Dane Ortlund, Edwards on the Christian Life: Alive to the Beauty of God (Crossway)
• Daniel Montgomery and Timothy Paul Jones, PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace (Zondervan)
• David Helm, The Big Picture Family Devotional (Crossway)
• David Platt and Tony Merida, Exalting Jesus in Galatians (Holman)
• David Wells, God in the Whirlwind: How the Holy-love of God Reorients Our World (Crossway)*
• Donald Macleod, Christ Crucified: Understanding the Atonement (IVP)
• Drew Dyck, Yawning at Tigers: You Can’t Tame God, So Stop Trying (Thomas Nelson)
• Duane Garrett, A Commentary on Exodus (Kregel)
• ESV Reader’s Bible (Crossway)
• G.K. Beale and Benjamin Gladd, Hidden But Now Revealed: A Biblical Theology of Mystery (IVP)
• G.K. Beale and Mitchell Kim, God Dwells Among Us: Expanding Eden to the Ends of the Earth (IVP)
• Gloria Furman, Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full: Gospel Meditations for Busy Moms (Crossway)
• Hannah Anderson, Made for More: An Invitation to Live in God’s Image (Moody)*
• Ian and Larissa Murphy, Eight Twenty Eight: When Love Didn’t Give Up (B&H)
• James Hamilton, Exalting Jesus in Ezra-Nehemiah (Holman)
• James K. A. Smith, How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor (Eerdmans)
• Jared Wilson, The Wonder-Working God: Seeing the Glory of Jesus in His Miracles (Crossway)
• Jen Pollock Michel, Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith (IVP)*
• John Calvin and Robert White (translator), The Institutes of the Christian Religion, 1541 edition (Banner of Truth)*
• John Goldingay, The Theology of the Book of Isaiah (IVP)
• John Goldingay, Isaiah 56–66: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (T&T Clark)
• John Piper, Seeing Beauty and Saying Beautifully: The Power of Poetic Effort in the Work of George Herbert, George Whitefield, and C. S. Lewis (Crossway)
• Joseph W. Smith III, Sex and Violence in the Bible: A Survey of Explicit Content in the Holy Book (P&R)
• Karen Swallow Prior, Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More — Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist (Thomas Nelson)
• Kevin DeYoung, Taking God At His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me (Crossway)
• Kevin Vanhoozer, Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine (WJK)
• Kyle Strobel and Jamin Goggin, Beloved Dust: Drawing Close to God by Discovering the Truth About Yourself (Thomas Nelson)
• Lincoln Harvey, A Brief Theology of Sport (Cascade)*
• Mark Seifrid, The Second Letter to the Corinthians (Eerdmans)
• Matt Perman, What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done (Zondervan)
• Michael Horton, Calvin on the Christian Life: Glorifying and Enjoying God Forever (Crossway)
• Michael Horton, Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World (Zondervan)*
• Michael Reeves, Christ Our Life (Paternoster; UK only)
• Mike Cosper, The Stories We Tell: How TV and Movies Long for and Echo the Truth (Crossway)
• Nabeel Qureshi, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity (Zondervan)
• N.T. Wright, Philippians: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary (T&T Clark) — publisher revised release date: Nov. 2015.
• Paul David Tripp, New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional (Crossway)*
• Peter Mead, Pleased to Dwell: A Biblical Introduction to the Incarnation (Christian Focus)*
• Peter Sanlon, Augustine’s Theology of Preaching (Fortress)
• Ray Ortlund Jr., The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ (Crossway)
• Robert Reilly, Making Gay Okay: How Rationalizing Homosexual Behavior Is Changing Everything (Ignatius)
• Stephen Westerholm, Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking A Pauline Theme (Eerdmans)
• Steve Timmis and Christopher de la Hoyde, In Christ: In Him Together for the World (Christian Focus)*
• Thomas Kidd, George Whitefield: America’s Spiritual Founding Father (Yale)
• Tim Keller, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God (Dutton)
• Vern Poythress, Chance and the Sovereignty of God: A God-Centered Approach to Probability and Random Events (Crossway), free download here
• Zack Eswine, Recovering Eden: The Gospel According to Ecclesiastes (P&R)