Today I begin compiling my list of the best books of 2016 (Christian non-fiction). Here are the 40 titles on my radar so far. Having spent most of the year writing a book, I’m just now catching up. What have I missed? [* = newly added]
- Michael Allen and Scott Swain (editors), Christian Dogmatics: Reformed Theology for the Church Catholic (Baker)
- Gerald Bray, The Church: A Theological and Historical Account (Baker)
- Heidi Campbell and Stephen Garner, Networked Theology: Negotiating Faith in Digital Culture (Baker)
- Don Carson (editor), The Enduring Authority of the Christian Scriptures (Eerdmans)
- Tim Challies, Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity (Challies)
- Scott Christensen, What about Free Will?: Reconciling Our Choices with God’s Sovereignty (P&R)
- Andy Crouch, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing (IVP)
- Bob Cutillo, Pursuing Health in an Anxious Age (Crossway)*
- Carlos Eire, Reformations: The Early Modern World, 1450–1650 (Yale)
- Sinclair Ferguson, The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance — Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters (Crossway)
- Gloria Furman, Missional Motherhood: The Everyday Ministry of Motherhood in the Grand Plan of God (Crossway)
- Crawford Gribben, John Owen and English Puritanism: Experiences of Defeat (Oxford)
- Bruce Gordon, John Calvin’s ‘Institutes of the Christian Religion’: A Biography (Princeton)*
- Grant Gordon, A Great Blessing to Me: John Newton Encounters George Whitefield (Christian Focus)
- Wayne Grudem, “Free Grace” Theology: 5 Ways It Diminishes the Gospel (Crossway)
- Duncan Hamilton, For the Glory: Eric Liddell’s Journey from Olympic Champion to Modern Martyr (Penguin)*
- Tim Keller, Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical (Viking)
- Thomas Kidd, American Colonial History: Clashing Cultures and Faiths (Yale)*
- Alan Kreider, The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire (IVP)*
- Peter Leithart, Delivered from the Elements of the World: Atonement, Justification, Mission (IVP)
- George Marsden, C. S. Lewis’s ‘Mere Christianity’: A Biography (Princeton)*
- David Mathis, Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines (Crossway)
- Jonathan McKee, 52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone Obsessed Kid: How to Engage with Kids Who Can’t Seem to Pry Their Eyes from Their Devices! (Shiloh Run)
- Ben Merkle, Ephesians: Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament (B&H)
- Alec Motyer, Psalms By the Day: A New Devotional Translation (Christian Focus)
- Andy Naselli and J. D. Crowley, Conscience: What It Is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ (Crossway)
- Peter O’Brien, God Has Spoken in His Son (IVP)
- John Piper, A Camaraderie of Confidence: The Fruit of Unfailing Faith in the Lives of Charles Spurgeon, George Müller, and Hudson Taylor (Crossway)
- John Piper, A Peculiar Glory: How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness (Crossway)
- John Piper, Living in the Light: Money, Sex and Power (Good Book Co.)
- Michael Rota, Taking Pascal’s Wager: Faith, Evidence and the Abundant Life (IVP)*
- David Powlison, Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness (New Growth)
- Vern Poythress, Reading the Word of God in the Presence of God: A Handbook for Biblical Interpretation (Crossway)
- Ronald Sider and Ben Lowe, The Future of Our Faith: An Intergenerational Conversation on Critical Issues Facing the Church (Brazos)*
- James K. A. Smith, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit (Brazos)
- Mitch Stokes, How to Be an Atheist: Why Many Skeptics Aren’t Skeptical Enough (Crossway)
- Larry Taunton, The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World’s Most Notorious Atheist (Thomas Nelson)
- Mark Tietjen, Kierkegaard: A Christian Missionary to Christians (IVP)
- Kevin Vanhoozer, Pictures at a Theological Exhibition: Scenes of the Church’s Worship, Witness and Wisdom (IVP)
- Stephen Wellum, God the Son Incarnate: The Doctrine of Christ (Crossway)
- Jen Wilkin, None Like Him: 10 Ways God is Different From Us (And Why That’s a Good Thing) (Crossway)*
- Jared Wilson, Unparalleled: How Christianity’s Uniqueness Makes It Compelling (Baker)
Tony Reinke 