Miniblog #168: Top 10 Books That Have Most Profoundly Influenced Me

Fairly often I’m asked what books have most profoundly influenced me, so I decided to make a simple Top 10 list (plus a few honorable mentions) without analysis, commentary, or explanation:

Honorable mention: Walter Brueggemann, Spirituality of the Psalms

Honorable mention: N.T. Wright, The New Testament and the People of God

Honorable mention: C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

10. Mark Noll, One Nation Under God? Christian Faith and Political Action in America

9. F.F. Bruce, New Testament History

8. D.H. Williams, Evangelicals and Tradition: The Formative Influence of the Early Church

7. Roger Olson, Reformed and Always Reforming: The Postconservative Approach to Evangelical Theology

6. Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

5. Timothy Zahn, Heir to the Empire (Star Wars)

4. John Waller, Einstein’s Luck: The Truth behind Some of the Greatest Scientific Discoveries

3. Philip Yancey, Reaching for the Invisible God

2. James Davison Hunter, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

1. Mark Noll, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind