Ep 236: Six Essential Books of 2025

December 24, 2025
Protestant Libertarian Podcast

In this fourth edition of my annual Christmas series I discuss six of the most important books I read in 2025. The list includes:

FDR: A New Political Life by David Beito

The Struggle for Liberty by Ralph Raico, edited by Ryan McMaken

Interpreting Jesus by Dale Allison

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel by Mark Goodacre

The Place of The Past by Drew Holland

Jesus and the Law of Moses by Paul Sloan

I highly recommend all of them. Treat yourself to something nice this Christmas! Links and interviews below.

Additional Resources

FDR: A New Political Life: https://a.co/d/2inp1Ty

Beito Interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-229-the-real-fdr-with-david-beito/

The Struggle for Liberty: https://a.co/d/id17KtN

Interpreting Jesus: https://a.co/d/69u7ZLN

Allison Interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-201-interpreting-jesus-with-dale-allison/

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel: https://a.co/d/dClhNR5

Goodacre Interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-224-johns-knowledge-of-matthew-mark-and-luke-with-mark-goodacre/

The Place of The Past: https://a.co/d/3lwgM3i

Holland Interview: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-226-history-and-biblical-interpretation-with-drew-holland/

Jesus and the Law of Moses: https://a.co/d/6UwDMxe

Six Books 24: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-171-six-essential-books-of-2024/

Six Books 23: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/ep-97-six-essential-books-of-2023/

Six Books 22: https://libertarianchristians.com/episode/six-books-that-shaped-my-political-thinking-and-theology/

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