Great Books to Read for Advent

nativity-icon-incarnation-of-the-lord-jesus-christAdvent began this past Sunday, November the 27th, which marks the beginning of the Church’s celebration of God’s taking up human flesh in Jesus Christ and becoming a man for us and for our salvation. In the spirit of this, here I wanted to share some of my favorite Advent related books you might enjoy reading (organized by author). Merry Christmas!

St. Athanasius

On the Incarnation 

[Over the last two years I’ve read this short book during Christmas time and I have enjoyed it tremendously! I will be reading it again this year.]

Thomas F. Torrance

The Mediation of Christ

Incarnation: The Person and Life of Christ

Space, Time, and Incarnation

Karl Barth

The Humanity of God

Church Dogmatics volume I/2 and IV/2

Robert Farrar Capon

Between Noon and Three

The Mystery of Christ and Why We Don’t Get it

Wolfhart Pannenberg

Jesus—God and Man

C. Baxter Kruger

Across All Words: Jesus Inside Our Darkness

God is For Us

Jürgen Moltmann

The Way of Jesus Christ

Theology of Hope

The Coming of God: Christian Eschatology

C. S. Lewis

Miracles

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Happy reading!

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