Recommended Reading List - What to Read?
If you love reading them some of the following books will be really helpful - they will be found somewhere on the internet.
Overview of the Christian Faith:
Questions of Life by Nicky Gumbel Kingsway Publications ISBN 0 85476 591 3
This is a concise but very informative review of why to believe in Jesus as the Son of God, how to come to know God and then how to live as a Christian.
Mere Christainity by C.S. Lewis Harper Collins ISBN 0 0062 8054 4
A 'classic' which although written some time ago still is increedibly helpful and expresses the truths of Christianity in a thought provoking way.
About Jesus
The Gospels!
The Incomparable Christ by John Stott Inter varsity Press ISBN 0 85111 485 7
Stimulating and absorbing covering a wide range of respnses to Christ.
The Cross of Christ by John Stott ISBN0 85110 767 2
Very detailed but incredibly clear to the laypesron and very challenging. You may well read this and weep.
Classics on Prayer : 3 books in one ISBN 0 85476 793 2
Crammed full of good stuff - if this doesn't change your prayer life nothing will.
On the Bible
How to read the bible for all its worth. Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart. Scripture UNion ISBN 0 7459 3870 1
Stimulating, informative and with so much common sense.
On the Holy Spirit
Surprised by the Power of the Spirit. Dr Jack Deere. Kingsway ISBN 0 85476 494 1
A good friend of mine who had been a Christian for many years hd his life changed by reading this book. Simply written and brilliantly argued.
When Struggling
Where is God when it hurts? Zondervan ISBN 0 310 24572 9
He could well speak to you through this book.
When Heaven is Silent. Ronald Dunn Word Publishing ISBN 0 85009 642 1
Ronald Dunn lost his Son through suicide so this book is infused with a grounded reality of the pain and loss in suffering as well as a hope that can bring helaing.
Living the Christian Life
Ten J. John Kingsway publications ISBN 0 85476 874 2
The excellent and humorous Christian communicator, J. John, has looked at the ten commmandments and brought their relevance for us today right into our lving rooms and Churches.