Crazy Love by Francis Chan
A book for those who don’t want to plateau, for those who would rather die before their convictions do. Read the full review
If You Want To Walk On Water, You Have To Get Out Of The Boat by John Ortberg
Relating a story about when he had fainted in the middle of delivering a sermon, Ortberg says “No one interpreted it as being ‘slain in the Spirit’. When you’re a Baptist, fainting is just fainting.” I loved the book, I loved the humour, but I was confronted and challenged by it too. Read the full review
Raising Girls by Gisela Preuschoff
This book is so easy to read and often very funny. There have been times when reading this book that I thought 'I wish I knew that before!' Read the full review
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
A New York Times Bestseller. Don Miller never really expected this book to be published, let alone become a best seller and I think that is possibly one reason why it is so honest and raw. Read the full review.
The Shack by William P. Young
There will be times, when reading this book, that you will just sit there and say “Wow!” There will be times when you will laugh and there will certainly be times when you will cry. But, whatever you do, just read it! If you read just one book this year, make it The Shack.
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The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
In a nutshell the book emphasizes GRACE over JUDGEMENT. 'Have you learned to think of the Father as the spy, the disciplinarian, the punisher? If you think that way you are wrong. God is love.' Read the full review
Too Busy Not To Pray by Bill Hybels.
Bill Hybels is a successful and accomplished Christian writer whose books are effortless to read. He draws from his own experience with confronting honesty: ‘For many years, even as senior pastor of a large church, I knew more about prayer than I ever practised in my own life.’ Read the full review