“I saw yesterday that Carl Trueman proclaimed this volume as his pick for “Book of the Year.” This is theology as doxology and devotion. As I read it I couldn’t help but give thanks given the fact that the Son has been diminished within some conservative circles. I place God The Son Incarnate alongside my other favorite books of Christology.”

Two books occupy my “best book of 2016” position:

1. Brand Luther by Andrew Pettegree
This is the story of how Martin Luther transformed a small backwater town into a publishing power house. It is about Martin Luther. It is about Luther’s world and work. And, yes, like all good history books there are pictures.

2. God The Son Incarnate by Stephen Wellum
I saw yesterday that Carl Trueman proclaimed this volume as his pick for “Book of the Year.” This is theology as doxology and devotion. As I read it I couldn’t help but give thanks given the fact that the Son has been diminished within some conservative circles. I place God The Son Incarnate alongside my other favorite books of Christology: The Person of Christ by Donald MacLeod and Systematic Theology (Vol. 2) by Douglas Kelly. Like the other two volumes, Wellum’s fine book will be one I return to again and again.

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
It seems obligatory to place this book on the list because so many others have done so. But it belongs on such a list. It is a funny, tragic, and deeply moving memoir.

Destroyer of the Gods by Larry Hurtado
Excellent and readable study of what made Christianity so distinctive in the first three centuries by one of the great experts in the field.

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