This post is for those of you who may have missed the past several weeks during which I listed daily my top ten books of the year. If you wish, you can go back about two weeks ago, start with number 10, working your way down the list to number 1, while reading the brief reviews of each book that made it. If you don’t have the time, here is a listing without any comment, together with a few books that almost made it but didn’t (i.e., the “honorable mention” books!). Keep reading...

This post is for those of you who may have missed the past several weeks during which I listed daily my top ten books of the year. If you wish, you can go back about two weeks ago, start with number 10, working your way down the list to number 1, while reading the brief reviews of each book that made it. If you don’t have the time, here is a listing without any comment, together with a few books that almost made it but didn’t (i.e., the “honorable mention” books!).

(1) Living by Revealed Truth: The Life and Pastoral Theology of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, by Tom Nettles (Ross-Shire, Scotland: Mentor, 2013), 683 pp.

(2) From Heaven He Came and Sought Her: Definite Atonement in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective, edited by David Gibson & Jonathan Gibson (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013), 703 pp.

(3) Does God Desire All to Be Saved? by John Piper (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013), 62 pp.

(4) The High King of Heaven: Discovering the Master Keys to the Great End Times Debate, Dean Davis (WinePress Publishing, 722 pp.).

(5) Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, by Kate Bowler (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), 337 pp.

(6) God’s Forever Family: The Jesus People Movement in America, by Larry Eskridge (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013), 386 pp.

(7) God in Proof: The Story of a Search from the Ancients to the Internet, by Nathan Schneider (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013), 254 pp.

(8) What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible, edited by Jason S. DeRouchie (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2013), 496 pp.

(9) Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I, by Peter Ackroyd (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2013), 507 pp.

(10) Paul and the Miraculous: A Historical Reconstruction, by Graham Twelftree (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2013), 390 pp.

Those that made my Honorable Mention list include:

The Gospel Transformation Bible: Christ in all of Scripture / Grace for all of Life, General Editor, Bryan Chapell; Managing Editor, Dane Ortlund (Wheaton: Crossway).

Preaching: A Biblical Theology, by Jason Meyer (Wheaton: Crossway, 368 pp.).

Found in Him: The Joy of the Incarnation and Our Union with Christ, by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick (Wheaton: Crossway, 237 pp.).

Formed for the Glory of God: Learning from the Spiritual Practices of Jonathan Edwards, by Kyle Strobel (Downers Grove: IVP Books, 191 pp.).