Summer Reading List

I normally don't plan out my summer reading more than a book or two ahead, but this summer is going to be an exception. One reason for my new modus operandi is the Christ & Salvation class I'm taking at Covenant for four weeks (as of the end of this week, we're a quarter through already); the other is the preparation for the two classes (New Testament and Ethics) I'll be teaching at Westminster this fall. Here's the list, broken up by month:

June

• The Person of Christ by Donald Macleod

• Calvin and the Atonement by Robert Peterson

• The Cross of Christ by John Stott

• Why I Am Not a Calvinist by Jerry Walls and Joseph Dongell

• Why I Am Not an Arminian by Robert Peterson and Michael Williams

• Saved by Grace by Anthony Hoekema

• Adopted by God by Robert Peterson

• Systematic Theology by Louis Berkhof

July

• The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel

• The Ishbane Conspiracy (fiction) by Randy Alcorn

• Survey of the New Testament by Paul Benware

• Doing Right by David Gill

• Moral Choices by Scott Rae

• Uncommon Decency by Richard Mouw

August

• New Testament by God

While I usually try to read more fiction during the summer, most of what I'll be picking up will be of the non-fiction variety, though I hope to work through at least one novel a month. I'm currently reading The Human Factor by Graham Greene at bedtime, and it's way more enjoyable than reviewing Hebrew flashcards at night like last summer, that's for sure.

What are you planning to read this summer? What would you recommend and why?