What to do on the worst day of your life - Brian Zahnd

This is a fantastic book to give to someone who has to face grief or disaster. It avoids pithy feel good nothings and instead gives a helpful and practical guide to dealing with grief and trouble using David returning to the destroyed Ziklag in 1 Samuel.

This is a great little book worth having on the shelf for those moments when life sux!

The Prodigal God - Tim Keller

Keller is one of the giants of the faith and he is worth reading. Keller unpacks possibly the most well known of all Jesus parables - the prodigal and the result is an insightful and meaningful book that will challenge many of our preconceived ideas about the parable, and about ourselves.

3 Crucial Questions about Spiritual Warfare - Clinton E Arnold

Spiritual warfare is one of those things that is often abused or ignored within the church. Often it as abused by those who seek the devil behind every bush and those who ignore the issue do so at their peril as we fight not against flesh and blood Paul writes. In this well written and accessible book Arnold puts together some good material on demons including the complex question of whether a Christian can be possessed.

Its a good book theologically solid and worth reading if only to dispel some of the myths that pervade the church.

Desiring God - John Piper

Pretty much everything by Piper is brilliant and worth a read and this classic of his is worth having and rereading every year. His basic tagline is that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. Basically our enjoying God through Christ is the highest form of worship we can give him.

...buy it!