A couple of things make a good book for me. It is full of scripture. It is full of accounts of saints (past and present) who lived radically for Christ. It kicks my spiritual tail all around the room. It reminds of me of truths I forget. And it teaches me new truths, new perspectives, an

The first book I finished The Heavenly Man, is the account of Brother Yun, and the suffering and persecution that he suffered in China at the hands of the communist government in the '80's and '90's. Yes, that is the 1980's and '90s. Miracles abound, torture abounds, and through all of this, he is faithful to share Christ, love his torturers, and be obedient to the leading of the Spirit. This book was incredibly inspiring! Thanks to Mike Gibbs for the recommendatio

The next book was Francis Chan's book Crazy Love. The premise of the book is that most of us live lukewarm Christian lives that do not demonstrate to the world the power of the gospel or the beauty of Christ. You gotta get through the first couple of chapters before the book really gets challenging, but it is worth it. Talks about our responsibility to love those who hurt us, and do other unnatural things that Christ told us. Thanks to Don Pirkle for the recommendation.
Finally, David Platt (my favorite young pastor/preachers) has written his first of hopefully many God-ordained, Spirit-wrought books--Radical. I am not done reading it yet, but the first few chapters are great! He challenges the American church to not pursue the American dream of com

Hope these are helpful to you!
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