Many people have asked, “What happened to your book log in 2020?” My answer: Life.  The start of 2020 has been hectic – then throw in a pandemic for good measure.  I needed to create a little margin in my life and the book log was an easy thing to lay aside.

Yet, I didn’t abandon reading and I don’t want to completely abandon the log.  Here it is for January, February, March, and April in an abbreviated format.  For the first four month of 2020 I read 31 books.

January Reading Log

The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George HW Bush and George W Bush by Mark Updegrove

Standing on the Promises: The Autobiography of WA Crriswell by WA Criswell

How to Develop a Powerful Prayer Life: The Biblical Path the Holiness and Relationship with God by Gregory Frizzell

The Lost Art of Disciple Making by LeRoy Eims

Some Preachers Do! by Bertie Cole Bays

Repentance by John Colquhoun

 

February Reading Log

Why I Preach the Bible Is Literally True by WA Criswell

Above All: The Gospel is the Source of the Church’s Renewal  by JD Greear

Thoughts for Young Men by JC Ryle

Reflections on the Psalms by CS Lewis

The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction by Eugene Peterson

The Sovereignty of God in Evangelism by JI Packer

Unpublished Book by John Kramp

How to Pray: Developing an Intimate Relationship with God by  Ronnie Floyd

 

March Reading Log

A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael by Elizabeth Eliot

Heaven by Randy Alcorn

The Heaven Promise: Engaging the Bible’s Truth About Life to Come by Scot McKnight

The Singer by Calvin Miller

Sacred Thirst: Meeting God in the Desert of our Longings by M. Craig Barnes

The Furious Longing of God by Brennan Manning

Church: Why Bother? by Philip Yancey

The Supremacy of God in Preaching by John Piper

A Layman’s Look at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller

 

April Reading Log

The Pastor by Eugene Peterson

The Trellis and the Vine: The Ministry Mind-Shift that Changes Everything by Colin Marshall and Tony Payne

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

God Works is Mischievous Ways by Paul Powell

The Lord’s Prayer: Insight and Inspiration to Draw you Closer to Him by RT Kendall

The Prayer of the Lord by RC Sproul

A Layman’s Look at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller (Yes, I read it again)

Praying the Lord’s Prayer by JI Packer