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About Jordon Cooper The Best of the Best I started to discipline myself to serious reading a while ago. My personal goal is 50 books a year. I never wanted to lead while I was not learning. Here are some of my favorite books that I have read. This list is always been added to (I still haven't finished creating it). A more complete look at my entire libary can be found at Library Thing. A Achtemeier, Elizabeth - Preaching the Hard Passages of the Old Testament Achtemeier, Elizabeth & Paul - Old Testament Roots of Our Faith Adams, Michael :: Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Inevitability B Barth, Karl - Credo Barth, Karl - Church Dogmatics - A Selection Barth, Karl - The Epistle to the Romans Barth, Karl - Evangelical Theology Barth, Karl - Theology of Schleimacher Bonhoeffer, Deitrich - A Testament to Freedom Bonhoeffer, Deitrich - The Cost of Discipleship Brewin, Kester - The Complex Christ / Signs of Emergence Bryson, Bill :: A Short History of Nearly Everything Burke, Spencer :: Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations About God, Community, and Culture Burton,
Pierre - The Great Depression (amazing book) Burton, Pierre - 1967 - The Last Good Year Burton, Pierre - The Last Spike Burton, Pierre - Vimy (all Canadians should read this book) Bruggermann,
Walter :: The Prophetic Imagination C Cahill, Thomas - How the Irish Saved Civilization Campolo, Tony :: Let Me Tell You a Story Chesterton, G.K. - Orthodoxy Churchill, Winston - The Second World War - Closing the Ring Churchill, Winston - The Second World War - The Gathering Storm Churchill, Winston - The Second World War - The Grand Alliance Churchill, Winston - The Second World War - The Hinge of Fate Churchill, Winston - The Second World War - Their Finest Hour Churchill, Winston - The Second World War - Triumph and Tragedy Collins, Jim - Built to Last Collins, Jim - Good to Great Crabb, Larry - Connecting Crabb, Larry - The Safest Place on Earth D Dellaire, Romeo :: Shake Hands with the Devil Diefenbaker, John - One Canada Dupree, Max, Leadership is an Art Drucker Foundation - Leader of the Future Drucker Foundation - Community of the Future Drucker Foundation - Organization of the Future Drucker, Peter - The Effective Executive Drucker, Peter - The End of Economic Man Drucker, Peter - The Essential Drucker Dryden, Ken - The Game (a must read for all Canadians) F Foster, Richard - Celebration of Discipline Foster, Richard - Freedom of Simplicity Foster, Richard - Prayer Foster, Richard - Devotional Classics Foster, Richard - Spiritual Classics Foster, Richard - Streams of Living Water G Gladwell, Malcolm :: The Tipping Point (Gladwell is the patron saint of jordoncooper.com) Godin, Seth - Survival is Not Enough Goodall, Jane - A Reason for Hope Grant, George - Lament for a Nation (great book) Grenz, Stanley - A Primer on Postmodernism Grenz, Stanley - Theology for the Community of God Guder, Darrel - The Missional Church H Hamel, Gary - Leading the Revolution Hayward, Steven - Churchill on Leadership Hemingway, Ernest - The Old Man and the Sea Hock, Dee - The Birth of the Chaordic Age J Jamieson, Alan - Churchless Faith Johnson, Steven :: Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software Josephus, Flavius - The Jewish War K Kjelgaard, Jim - Big Red (childhood favourite - still love the book) Kawasaki, Guy - Rules for Revolutionaries Kierkegaard, Soren - Either/Or Kimball, Dan :: The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations Kinsella, Warren - Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics Klein, Naomi - No Logo Kung, Hans, - The Church L Lewis, Bernard :: The Crisis of Islam Lewis, Bernard :: What Went Wrong? Lewis, C.S. - Mere Christianity Lewis, C.S - Reflections of the Psalms Lewis, Michael :: Moneyball Locke, Christopher, et al - The Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of Business as We Know It Locke, Christopher, Gonzo Marketing M Machen, J. Grisham - Christianity and Liberalism Maddux, Randy - Responsible Grace Martoia, Ron :: Morph: The Texture of Leadership for Tomorrow's Church McGrath, Alister :: Christian Theology McLaren, Brian :: A New Kind of Christian McLaren, Brian :: Finding Your Faith McLaren, Brian :: Reinventing Your Church McLaren, Brian :: The Story We Find Ourselves In McLaren, Brian :: A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-Hopeful, Emergent, Unfinished CHRISTIAN McLaren, Brian and Campolo, Tony :: Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel McManus, Erwin - An Unstoppable Force, Daring to Become the Church God Had In Mind. McNeal, Reggie :: The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church Mitton, Michael - The Soul of Celtic Christianity Merton, Thomas - The Seven Story Mountain N Newbiggin, Leslie - The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society Noll, Mark - Turning Points Nouwen, Henri - Creative Ministy Nouwen, Henri - Just Like Jesus Nouwen, Henri - Life of Beloved Nouwen, Henri - The Prodigal Son Nouwen, Henri - The Wounded Healer Nouwen, Henri - Reaching Out Nouwen, Henri - The Genesee Diary O Oden, Thomas - The Promise of Barth Oden, Thomas - Pastoral Theology Oden, Thomas - The Parables of Kierkegaard Oden, Thomas - The Word of Life Oden, Thomas - Life in the Spirit Oden, Thomas - John Wesley's Scriptural Christianity P Peck, Scott - The Road Less Travelled Peck, Scott - People of the Lie Peterson, Eugene :: Leap Over a Wall: Earthy Spirituality for Everyday Christians Peterson, Eugene :: Where Your Treasure Is Peterson, Eugene :: The Contemplative Pastor Peterson, Eugene :: Under the Unpredictable Plant Peterson, Eugene :: Working the Angles Peterson, Eugene :: Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work Pinsky, Mark - The Gospel According to the Simpsons Plantinga, Alvin - Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: The Breviary of Sin R Rainer, Thomas - The Bridger Generation S Schaller, Lyle - Discontinuity and Hope Schaller, Lyle - Reflections of a Contrarian Schaller, Lyle - The Small Membership Church Schaller, Lyle - The Interventionist Senge, Peter M. - The Fifth Discipline Sine, Tom - Mustard Seed vs. McWorld Shackleton, Sir Ernest - South - Journals of His Last Expedition to Anarctica Slaughter, Michael - Spiritual Entrepeneurs Slaughter,
Michael - unLearning Church - just when you thought you had leadership
all figured out Stephanopoulos, George - All Too Human - A Political Education Susanka, Sarah - The Not So Big House Surowiecki,
James :: The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the
Few and How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies
and Nations Sweet, Leonard - A Cup of Coffee at the Soul Cafe Sweet, Leonard - SoulSalsa - 17 Suprising Steps to Godly Living Sweet, Leonard :: Out of the Question...Into the Mystery Swirtzky, Seth - Baseball Letters Swirtzky, Seth - Every Pitcher Tells a Story T Taylor, Scott - Tested Mettle: Canada's Peacekeepers at War Thomas, Gary - Sacred Pathways Thatcher, Margaret - The Downing Street Years Tutu, Archbishop Desmond :: No Future Without Forgiveness W Ward, Pete - Liquid Church Wienberger, David - Small Pieces Loosely Joined Wesley, John - The Works of John Wesley Webber, Robert - Ancient Future Faith Wilbur, Ken - A Theory of Everything : An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality Willard, Dallas - The Divine Conspiracy Wills, Gary - Certain Trumpets Wright, N.T. - What St. Paul Really Said. Was Paul of Taurus the Real Founder of Christianity? Y Yancey, Philip - The Bible Jesus Read Yancey, Philip - The Jesus I Never Knew Yancey, Phillip - What's So Amazing About Grace Yancey, Phillip - Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church Yoder, John Howard :: The Politics of Jesus
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