Every 5-Star Book I Read in 2024!

[@dwade1958]

What a treat to experience your sharing of these titles. I enjoy your channel a great deal, and this was great. Thank you, Joel!

[@Thatoneguy-pu8ty]

Love that I found your channel. Really enjoyed your review of Gavin’s new book.

[@hudsontd7778]

Yes I definitely want to read all the books you recommended, where do you get your list of potential books to buy, read and review? I have 10 books that I plan to buy, read and write a paper review this year. Here is my book list: 1) Theodicy of Love By John C Peckham 2) God and the Cosmos: Divine activity in Space, Time and History By Harry Lee Poe and Jimmy H Davis. 3) the Hexagon of Heresy By James D Gifford 4) the Devil’s Disbarment By James Agnew 5) Christ and the Cosmos By Keith Ward 6) Act and Being By Colin E Gunton 7) Open Theism By Alan R Rhoda 8) Revelation 16:5 By Nick Sayers 9) God’s Gamble By Gil Bailie 10) Eternal in Love By Ryan Mullins

[@JobKaper]

Love this video and the channel! Keep it up.

[@shayneptorres]

Hey Joel, your channel really has been a grace from God for me this last year. I love your humble and yet confidence approach to many different topics. Many of the same books you listed in this video and in previous videos have been transformative for me. Keep up the great work And merry Christmas.

[@JoelWentz]

Wow thank you for the kinds words. Super encouraging. Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!

[@BillyBoy66]

Lamb of the Free and Paul and the Resurrection of Israel both blew my mind. They were, for me, very hard to read as they were way over my head from a scholarly perspective. I still don't really understand them but just grasping the basics of these two books is more than my pea brain could handle.

[@JoelWentz]

I'm so glad you tried them out!!

[@travispelletier3352]

I share your admiration for Lowry. Fascinating and brilliant man.

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Best wishes for 2025, I hope you get some great books and fantastic stories! Happy reading!

[@Andrew-vy6rr]

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Pt 2 in five years is gonna be great!

[@marshallviliesis]

Excellent presentation. Thank you! 😊

[@InspironGantry]

New to your channel. I like that you did an honourable mention and recognised a book that just kept coming back to you. Those can be the best.

[@JoelWentz]

Welcome to my humble corner of the internet!

[@christianott3690]

Incredible choice for book of the year. Really feeling similarly with a desire to back to it soon as well

[@michaelklaassen6127]

I really appreciate you doing this. I myself have been on similar journey as yourself, grew up in a (generally) conservative evangelical environment. Growing up, I was only exposed (for the most part) of one way of looking at things. Most of what I've read this year involves issues surrounding violence and politics. The books I've read this year: The End of the World as You Know It - Matthew Halstead The Myth of a Christian Nation - Greg Boyd Jesus and the Powers - NT Wright and Michael Bird Nonviolence: The Revolutionary Way of Jesus - Preston Sprinkle Disarming Leviathan - Caleb Campbell Paul: A Biography - NT Wright The Crucifixion of the Warrior God - Greg Boyd (I will read Cross Vision after reading some of the other books surrounding OT violence below to see different perspectives) The Myth of a Christian Religion - Greg Boyd Strange Religion - Nijay K. Gupta Currently Reading: The Fire That Consumes - Edward William Fudge God Is a Man of War - Stephen De Young Books On the Way: Exiles - Preston Sprinkle Is God a Moral Monster? - Paul Copan Flood and Fury - Matthew Lynch Shoutout to all the books by Michael Heiser for getting me to examine my filters! His books started it all for me.

[@JoelWentz]

I resonate with your journey! There's a lot of good stuff in that list. :-) Happy reading

[@ThatBibleStudyChannel2023]

Curious where you stand with Old Testament violence now? I've read Cross Vision, Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, and I have several on the way regarding violence in the scriptures.. God bless !

[@JonStallings]

Sounds like a lot of good reads. Very interested in Lamb of the Free, but man is it pricey