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2024
My Year in Books
22,426
pages read
Jake Owen
90
books read
Jake Owen
The Wounded Healer by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Shortest Book
100
pages
Evangelism in the Early Church by Michael Green
Longest Book
474
pages
Average book length in 2024
249
pages
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Most Shelved
129,365
people also shelved
Jesus' Call to Discipleship by James D.G. Dunn
Least Shelved
45
people also shelved
Jake’s average rating for 2024
4.5
4.5
The Paradise King by Blaine Eldredge
Highest Rated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
4.68 average
Into the Heart of Romans by Tom Wright

Jake’s first review of the year

it was amazing
Took me a little longer than I thought but great book! Romans 8 is not about getting to heaven or even eternal security, but God coming down to dwell with man and bring new creation! Anyway good book
´³´¡°­·¡â€™S 2024 BOOKS
Into the Heart of Romans by Tom Wright
it was amazing
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places by Eugene H. Peterson
After Doubt by A.J. Swoboda
Justification by Tom Wright
The Pastor by Eugene H. Peterson
The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr
The King Jesus Gospel by Scot McKnight
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
God of the Possible by Gregory A. Boyd
The Lost World of Adam and Eve by John H. Walton
it was amazing
Exiles by Preston M. Sprinkle
Reading Romans Backwards by Scot McKnight
The Drama of Ephesians by Timothy G. Gombis
Power in Weakness by Timothy G. Gombis
Stumbling Toward Eternity by Josh White
Salvation by Allegiance Alone by Matthew W. Bates
Gospel Allegiance by Matthew W. Bates
Paul and the Power of Grace by John M.G. Barclay
The Lost World of Genesis One by John H. Walton
it was amazing
Reaching for the Invisible God by Philip Yancey
Evangelism in the Early Church by Michael Green
The Patient Ferment of the Early Church by Alan Kreider
Strange Religion by Nijay K. Gupta
His House, His Presence by Michael Freeland Miller
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene H. Peterson
Why the Gospel? by Matthew W. Bates
The Death of the Messiah and the Birth of the New Covenant by Michael J. Gorman
How God Became King by N.T. Wright
it was amazing
Red Moon Rising by Pete Greig
Garden City by John Mark Comer
Asking Better Questions of the Bible by Marty Solomon
1 Peter by Dennis R. Edwards
Reading Paul by Michael J. Gorman
The Blue Parakeet by Scot McKnight
How (Not) to Read the Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video by Dan Kimball
The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood by Philip B. Payne
Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God by Brian Zahnd
it was amazing
The Paradise King by Blaine Eldredge
A More Christlike God by Bradley Jersak
Her Gates Will Never Be Shut by Bradley Jersak
Being God's Image by Carmen Joy Imes
Beyond Justification by Douglas Campbell
Even in Our Darkness by Jack Deere
What Would You Do? by John Howard Yoder
The Language of Heaven by Sam Storms
The Peaceable Kingdom by Stanley Hauerwas
it was amazing
The Politics of Yahweh by John C. Nugent
The Politics of Jesus by John Howard Yoder
How to Read Daniel by Tremper Longman III
The Bible Made Impossible by Christian Smith
The Future of Justification by John Piper
Reading Philippians by Nijay K. Gupta
Practicing the Way by John Mark Comer
The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way by Anonymous
The Orthodox Way by Kallistos Ware
For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann
Dominion by Matthew Scully
Cross Vision by Gregory A. Boyd
Inspiration and Incarnation by Peter Enns
The Wounded Healer by Henri J.M. Nouwen
it was amazing
Water from a Deep Well by Gerald L. Sittser
The Spirit of the Disciplines by Dallas Willard
Eat This Book by Eugene H. Peterson
Supernatural by Michael S. Heiser
really liked it
The Unseen Realm by Michael S. Heiser
Reversing Hermon by Michael S. Heiser
Angels by Michael S. Heiser
Nonviolence by Preston M. Sprinkle
Demons by Michael S. Heiser
A War of Loves by David Bennett
Reckoning with Power by David E. Fitch
The Ballot and the Bible by Kaitlyn Schiess
Kingdom Conspiracy by Scot McKnight
For the Life of the World by Miroslav Volf
it was amazing
The Doors of the Sea by David Bentley Hart
Seeing Is Believing by Gregory A. Boyd
Jesus' Call to Discipleship by James D.G. Dunn
Jesus According to the New Testament by James D.G. Dunn
Jesus, Paul and the Law by James D.G. Dunn
The Theology of Paul's Letter to the Galatians by James D.G. Dunn
A New Perspective on Jesus by James D.G. Dunn
The Bible Unfiltered by Michael S. Heiser
Our Father Abraham by Marvin R. Wilson
Jesus the Jewish Theologian by Brad H. Young
New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus by David Bivin
Paul the Jewish Theologian by Brad H. Young
When the Church Was a Family by Joseph H. Hellerman
Out of Babylon by Walter Brueggemann
it was amazing
What Does God Want? by Michael S. Heiser
The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann

Jake’s last review of the year

it was amazing
Everyone must read this. Seeing the threads and the themes throughout scripture and how they culminate in Jesus and are still so prevalent in our own day was so amazing. This book has so many good quotes but here are a few towards the end I loved:


“The ministry of Jesus, like the ministry of Second Isaiah, happens in the space between the clinging and the yearning. If there is only clinging, then the words are only critical. If there is yearning, ...more
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