Summer is a wonderful time for reading, whether it is on the backyard patio, a family vacation, or listening to an audiobook while driving, walking or running. This summer, I plan to read books in a variety of genres – biography, leadership, theology, Christian living, etc. Here is what I have planned to read this summer:
Daily Devotional Reading
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- Morning and Evening by Charles H. Spurgeon
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- Daily Doctrine: A One-Year Guide to Systematic Theology
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- Tabletalk Magazine
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- Go Forward in Love: A Year of Daily Readings from Timothy Keller
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- The Sing! Hymnal
Books I’m reading or planning to read this summer and beyond:
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- My Story: A Spiritual & Intellectual Autobiography by John C. Lennox
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- The Redeemed Man, edited by Joel Beeke, Richard Phillips and Paul Smalley
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- Pastoring for Monday: Help Your Congregation Integrate Faith and Work by Matt Rusten
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- Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop
What are you planning to read this summer?
Matthew Bingham’s book A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation was introduced to our church leadership team by our lead pastor at our annual leadership retreat last fall, who encouraged all of us to read it. It has since become a very influential book in our church, with many reading and discussing it, including our officer candidates. You can read my review of the book 
Matthew Bingham’s book A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation was introduced to our church leadership team by our lead pastor at our annual leadership retreat last fall, who encouraged all of us to read it. It has since become a very influential book in our church, with many reading and discussing it, including our officer candidates. You can read my review of the book 
Matthew Bingham’s book A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation was introduced to our church leadership team by our lead pastor at our annual leadership retreat last fall, who encouraged all of us to read it. It has since become a very influential book in our church, with many reading and discussing it, including our officer candidates. You can read my review of the book 
From the Rising of the Sun: A Journey of Worship Around the World by Tim Challies and Tim Keesee. Zondervan. 186 pages. 2025
Go Forward in Love: A Year of Daily Readings from Timothy Keller. Zondervan. 384 pages. 2024 
The Shepherd Leader at Home: Knowing, Leading, Protecting, and Providing for Your Family by Timothy Witmer. Crossway. 167 pages. 2012
BOOK REVIEW:
Tim Keller was the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, co-founder of The Gospel Coalition and Redeemer City to City, and the author of twenty-four books. He died at the age of 72 in May 2023 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. This book is comprised of short daily readings from his books. I used it as a part of my devotional readings for the past year and would recommend it to you.