Chris over at Infinite Wisdom or Absolute Idiocy? is currently reading his way through What the Bible Really Teaches: A Challenge to Fundamentalism which I reviewed a few months ago here. Chris also wonders if any of his readers have any other good book recommendations on the theological front so partly because I love reading (and partly becuase I love making lists) here's 25 books that have been hugely important for me as a Christian. Some are more well-known than others, but in one way or another these books have been very influential and decisive for me in guiding and shaping my theological journey. In no particular order, here are my 25 books that any Christian would do well to read:

1. The Orthodox Way - Bishop Ware
2. The Crucified God - Jürgen Moltmann
3. Jesus and the Victory of God - N T Wright
4. My Dear Child - Colin Urquhart
5. The Theology of Paul the Apostle - James Dunn
6. The Gospel of Mark - R T France
7. What the Bible Really Teaches: A Challenge to Fundamentalism - Keith Ward
8. Cur Deus Homo? - Anselm of Canterbury
9. The Actuality of Atonement - Colin Gunton
10. The Coming of God - Jürgen Moltmann
11. The Mediation of Christ - T F Torrance
12. God's Empowering Presence - Gordon Fee
13. The Gospel Driven Church - Ian Stackhouse
14. The Nature of the Atonement - J Macleod-Campbell
15. Once And For All - Tom Smail
16. What St Paul Really Said - N T Wright
17. Reformation - Diarmuid MacCulloch
18. The Climax of the Covenant - N T Wright
19. Rediscovering the Parables - Joachim Jeremias
20. Jesus Christ For Today's World - Jürgen Moltmann
21. The Enigma of Evil - John Wenham
22. Conflict and Community in Corinth - Ben Witherington III
23. The Revelation of St John - G B Caird
24. The Epistle to the Romans - C K Barrett
25. A New Kind of Christian - Brian Maclaren

This week's Christian Carnival is not being hosted here as advertised. Due to problems I am having in accessing the internet at the moment I thought it best to cancel my offer to host this week as I could not guarantee I would have internet access.

Instead, this week's Carnival can be found over at Daddypundit. I'll be hosting here on October 19th.