New Books?

Old books are sometimes just as encouraging. Here's one that I had on my reading list for decades, but only managed to read this year:

Chasing the Dragon: One Woman's Struggle Against the Darkness of Hong Kong's Drug Dens

https://ebooks.faithlife.com/product/44696/chasing-the-dragon-one-womans-struggle-against-the-darkness-of-hong-kongs-drug-dens

Inside Hong Kong was the infamous Walled City. Strangers were not welcome there. Police hesitated to enter. It was a haven of filth, crime, and sin. Prostitution, pornography, and drug addiction flourished. Jackie Pullinger had grown up believing that if she put her trust in God, He would lead her. When she was twenty years old, God called her to the Walled City. She obeyed. And as she spoke of Jesus Christ, brutal hoods were converted, prostitutes retired from their trade, and heroin j

And here's a new book written by my friend Steve Griffiths:

The Axe and the Tree: How Bloody Persecution Sowed the Seeds of New Life in Zimbabwe

https://ebooks.faithlife.com/product/136317/the-axe-and-the-tree-how-bloody-persecution-sowed-the-seeds-of-new-life-in-zimbabwe

A powerful account of British missionaries, Peter and Brenda Griffiths, who played a critical role in the development of the Elim church in the aftermath of the Vumba massacre. Peter and Brenda Griffiths, Stephen's parents, and their team had set up a superb secondary school, only for guerrillas to slaughter almost all the staff. After their funerals Peter maintained that forgiveness for the attackers was the Christian thing to do. This is an inspiring story of Peter and Brenda’s courag

Both books are filled with accounts how the Gospel transforms the worst and vilest sinners into regenerate believers who deeply love Jesus. Steve's book also teaches a very powerful lesson on forgiveness.

@C_M_

The following resources fall into the “good“ category for myself – all available in Logos software.

Recent and completed reading:

Hurtado, Larry W. At the Origins of Christian Worship: The Context and Character of Earliest Christian Devotion. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000.

Hurtado, Larry W. How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?: Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005.

Dunn, James D. G. Did the First Christians Worship Jesus?: The New Testament Evidence. London; Louisville, KY: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; Westminster John Knox Press, 2010.

Lucass, Shirley. The Concept of the Messiah in the Scriptures of Judaism and Christianity. Edited by Lester L. Grabbe. Vol. 78. Library of Second Temple Studies. London; New York: T & T Clark International, 2011.

Macleod, Donald. Jesus Is Lord: Christology Yesterday and Today. Fearn, UK: Christian Focus Publications, 2000.

Bird, Michael F., ed. How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus’ Divine Nature—A Response to Bart Ehrman. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2014.

Sanders, E. P. Jesus and Judaism. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.

Two sections: one on Jesus and Judaism, the other on Christology from the following:

Blomberg, Craig L. Jesus and the Gospels: An Introduction and Survey. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1997.

Reading presently:

Wright, N. T. Jesus and the Victory of God. Christian Origins and the Question of God. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1996.

Bauckham, Richard. Gospel of Glory: Major Themes in Johannine Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2015.

Looking forward to reading these:

https://www.logos.com/product/4808/studies-in-early-christology

https://www.logos.com/product/26713/letters-to-the-church-a-survey-of-hebrews-and-the-general-epistles

https://www.logos.com/product/17012/the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-christian-origins

Hey CM,

I am not Jan, but I like you I too need to downsize my physical book holdings. Since September I have been trying out the Kindle Paper white as my main e-book driver (I have heard good things about Kubo, too). in addition to reading in theological books in Bible software on my computer screen. I am not entirely comfortable reading e-books just yet, but I know it in theory should help to save trees.