{"id":3997,"date":"2013-12-31T11:18:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-31T17:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=3997"},"modified":"2013-12-30T11:28:27","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T17:28:27","slug":"12-months-of-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=3997","title":{"rendered":"12 Months of Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past year, I made some goals for myself in the area of reading. I greatly enjoy sitting down with a book, but I find that all too often I pick fiction rather than non-fiction. I decided to try to read at least one spiritually beneficial book each month of the year, and I was greatly blessed by this exercise. Here is a list of some of the books that I read:<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/RHBMT6Y1K43ZM\/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0875523587&amp;linkCode=&amp;nodeID=&amp;tag=\" target=\"_blank\">Your Family-God&#8217;s Way<\/a> &#8211; Wayne Mack<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R3BLDMMI07OF98\/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1596382015&amp;linkCode=&amp;nodeID=&amp;tag=\" target=\"_blank\">The Faithful Parent<\/a> &#8211; Martha Peace\/Stuart Scott<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R2BSIZTAA8ADMY\/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B002SVQCYC&amp;linkCode=&amp;nodeID=&amp;tag=\" target=\"_blank\">Worldliness<\/a> &#8211; CJ Mahaney<\/p>\n<p>*Quite a few missionary biographies (some of my thoughts of them have been stated in previous posts)<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R148Q6OSATCU1K\/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1590525787&amp;linkCode=&amp;nodeID=&amp;tag=\" target=\"_blank\">Living the Cross-Centered Life<\/a> &#8211; CJ Mahaney<\/p>\n<p>*Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart &#8211; JD Greear<\/p>\n<p>*Who is Jesus? &#8211; RC Sproul<\/p>\n<p>*Counsel from the Cross: Connecting Broken People to the Love of Christ &#8211; Elyse Fitzpatrick\/Dennis Johnson <strong>(One of the best on this list!)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God &#8211; Noel Piper (Free in pdf from desiringgod.org)<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R3N6XN802J7UUO\/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B004PYDZI6&amp;linkCode=&amp;nodeID=&amp;tag=\" target=\"_blank\">Loving God with All Your Mind <\/a>&#8211; Elizabeth George<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/review\/R16GY12POXOJO7\/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&amp;ASIN=B004EHZVGI&amp;linkCode=&amp;nodeID=&amp;tag=\" target=\"_blank\">When Sinners Say &#8220;I Do&#8221;<\/a> &#8211; Dave Harvey<\/p>\n<p>*The Transforming Power of the Gospel &#8211; Jerry Bridges<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I would encourage you to look up some of these books and read them as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past year, I made some goals for myself in the area of reading. 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