So I don’t think I mentioned it on here, but last year I undertook the challenge to read 100 books in a year. I figured I’d drop the list of books that I read here. Almost all of them were good books that I’d encourage you to read. It’s a pretty wide range of topics. Some Sci-Fi, some Fantasy, some History, some Politics, some Economics, some Philosophy, some Theology, etc.
-Starship Troopers — Robert Heinlein
-Foundation — Isaac Asimov
-Herman Bavinck on Preaching and Preachers— James Eglinton
-Foundation and Empire — Isaac Asimov
-Second Foundation — Isaac Asimov
-Left, Right, & the Prospects for Liberty — Murray N. Rothbard
-Democracy: The God That Failed — Hans Herman Hoppe
-The Forever War — Joe Halderman
-Forever Free — Joe Halderman
-Wolverine, Volume 3: Wolverine’s Revenge — Jason Aaron
-Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut
-A Separate War — Joe Halderman
-Foundation’s Edge — Isaac Asimov
-The Prince — Niccolò Machiavelli
-Nemesis — Isaac Asimov
-Citizen of the Galaxy — Robert Heinlein
-Hatching Twitter: A True Sotry of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal — Nick Bilton
-Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep — Phillip K. Dick
-The Religious Life of Theological Students — B.B. Warfield
-Out of the Silent Planet — C.S. Lewis
-The Great Divorce — C.S. Lewis
-Behold a Pale Horse — William Milton Cooper
-Confessions of an Economic Hitman — John Perkins
-The Abolition of Man — C.S. Lewis
-Geerhardus Vos: Reformed Biblical Theologian , Confessional Presbyterian — Danny Olinger
-Foundation and Earth — Isaac Asimov
-Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God — Jonathan Edwards
-A River in Darkness: One Man’s Escape from North Korea — Masaji Ishikawa
-Annihilation — Jeff Vandermeer
-Authority — Jeff Vandermeer
-Acceptance — Jeff Vandermeer
-Commentary on 1 Corinthians — John Calvin
-Education, Christianity, and the State — J. Gresham Machen
-Machinery of Freedom: Guide to Radical Capitalism — David Friedman
-The Federal Reserve Conspiracy — Anthony Sutton
-A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy — Miyamoto Musashi
-Apology — Plato
-Odd and the Frost Giants — Neil Gaiman
-The Universe in a Nutshell — Stephen Hawking
-Prelude to Foundation — Isaac Asimov
-Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il — Michael Malice
-America before: The Key to Earth’s Lost Civilization — Graham Hancock
-The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics — Michael Malice
-The Enchiridion — Epictetus
-The Punisher MAX, Vol 1: In the Beginning — Garth Ennis
-The Machieavellians: Defenders of Freedom — James Burnham
-End the Fed — Ron Paul
-Serenity: Those Left Behind — Joss Whedon
-Ego and Hubris: The Michael Malice Story — Harvey Pekar
-The Art of War — Sun Tzu
-A Renegade History of the United States — Thaddeus Russell
-The Prose Edda — Snorri Sturluson
-My Hero Academia, #1 — Kohei Horikoshi
-My Hero Academia, #2 — Kohei Horikoshi
-Tokyo Ghoul, Tome 1 — Sui Ishida
-Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther — Martin Luther
-Animal Farm — George Orwell
-Pointiac: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Native American Chief — Charles River Editors
-Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Project that Brought Nazi Scientists to America — Annie Jacobsen
-Neuromancer — William Gibson
-The Last Wish — Andrzej Sapkowski
-Sword of Destiny — Andrzej Sapkowski
-Better Days and Other Stories — Joss Whedon
-The Stranger — Albert Camus
-Christianity and Liberalism — J. Gresham Machen
-Count Zero — William Gibson
-Blood of Elves — Andrzej Sapkowski
-Tokyo Ghoul 2 — Sui Ishida
-The World That Couldn’t Be — Clifford Simak
-The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays — Richard Ebeling
-Anarchy — Errico Malatesta
-Anarchism and Other Essays — Emma Goldman
-No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority — Lysander Spooner
-Propaganda and Control of the Public Mind — Noam Chomsky
-The Time of Contempt — Andrzej Sapkowski
-The Communist Manifesto — Karl Marx
-Mona Lisa Overdrive — William Gibson
-The Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka
-The Enchiridion on Faith, Hope, and Love — Augustine
-The Structure of Scientific Revolutions — Thomas Kuhn
-The Dunwich Horror — H.P. Lovecraft
-The Machine Stops — E.M. Forster
-Rip Van Winkle — Washington Irving
-The Screwtape Letters — C.S. Lewis
-Self-Reliance — Ralph Waldo Emmerson
-Perspectives on Pentecost — Richard B. Gaffin Jr.
-Wanted: 7 Fearless Engineers! — Orlin Tremaine
-Norse Mythology — Neil Gaiman
-The Whole Armor of God: How Christ’s Victory Strengthens Us for Spiritual Warfare — Iain Duguid
-Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival — Dave Canterbury
-God With Us: Divine Condescension and the Attributes of God — K. Scott Oliphint
-Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West — Cormac McCarthy
-Why I Believe in God — Cornelius Van Til
-Paul at Athens — Cornelius Van Til
-Astrphysics for People in a Hurry — Neil DeGrasse Tyson
-Real Dissent: A Libertarian Sets Fire to the Index Card of Allowable Opinion — Thomas E. Woods Jr.
-City of Glass — Paul Auster
-The Articles of Confederation — Continental Congress
-The Temptation of Our Lord — John Bale
-Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan — Scott Horton
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The Old Testament affirmed in the New Testament
Sometimes, instead of referring to the two major divisions of the Bible as the Old Testament and the New Testament, I prefer to use the First Testament and the Second Testament. This helps me remember that “Old” doesn’t mean outdated and “New” doesn’t mean forgetting what came before it.
I love how B.B. Warfield describes the First Testament as being like a mansion with richly-decorated, beautifully-ornate rooms, but which are dimly lit. With Christ’s Advent described in the Second Testament, the light is turned on and we can now appreciate the beauty that was always there!
Sadly, there are far too many people who see the two divisions of the Bible as separate. In reality, the First Testament is affirmed over and over again in the Second Testament. In fulfilled prophesy alone, there is an abundance of evidence!
But let’s get even more obvious: In just the four Gospels there are at least 100 direct mentions or quotations of passages from the Old Testament. Clearly, both Jesus and the Gospel writers saw the First Testament as an integral part of Christ’s ministry.
Check out this list that I compiled and look up the references for yourself (a great place to look up Scriptures is on BibleGateway.com).
If you would like to download a PDF version of this list, click here → Old Testament affirmed in the New Testament ← If you would like to use this document in a teaching session, just be sure to mention that you downloaded it from craigtowens.com. Thanks!
More resource for your Bible study:
Check out how the “I AM” statements of Jesus in the Second Testament shine a bright light on the names of Jehovah in the First Testament.
Learn how the Holy Spirit helps Christians understand and apply all of the Bible—both Testaments—to our daily lives.
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