2010 wasn't so intense as 2009 when it came to reading, but I have a feeling 2011 is going to be more incredible than ever before. While I don't intend to read so many thin secondary sources, I want to dive into more of the classics, both theological and secular.
Books I have begun reading (* means finished):
Surprised by Suffering, R.C. Sproul
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
We With Our Children, Cornelis Harinck
Institutes of the Christian Religion v.I, John Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion v.II, John Calvin
Commentary on the Synoptic Gospels, John Calvin
Some of the books I might take up this year include:
Politics, Aristotle
Republic, Plato
Symposium, Plato
Biblical Theology, Geerhardus Vos
The Story of Christianity, Justo Gonzalez
Outlines of Theology, A.A. Hodge
Expository Thoughts on John, J.C. Ryle
The Debate for the Constitution v.I
The Debate for the Constitution v.II
The Improvement of the Mind, Isaac Watts
Pensees, Blaise Pascal
Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan
Christianity and Liberalism, Machen
Reformed Dogmatics, Herman Bavinck
Charles Spurgeon commented on theological reading,
As the apostle says to Timothy, so also he says to every-one, 'Give yourself to reading.' ... He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers, and expositions of the Bible... the best way for you to spend your leisure is to be either reading or praying.
Now, let's swallow that advice and hop to it!
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