2012 Books
Books! We love them, don't we? I've been looking over my favorites for 2012 (I know there's a month left to go, but what are the chances my favorite of the year is yet to come?) and I've picked the best. Keep in mind that I've read some of the best theology out there this year, like J.I. Packer's Knowing God, Paul Brand's In His Image, Jerry Bridges' Bookends of the Christian Life, even Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables (finally!). I've studied Redemption--Accomplished and Applied, Created in God's Image, The Final Word, and 13 Clues for Miss Marple. But my absolute favorite of the year is by a young author, Kevin DeYoung, and it's titled The Hole in our Holiness.
I don't know about you, but I don't read much about holiness. Grace, yes; idols, yes; attributes of God, yes; Downton Abbey, yes. Holiness? No.
If you haven't read much about being holy as God is holy, here's the place to start. I challenge you, nay, encourage you, to read it, underline it, even come to a Women's Sunday School class on this amazing book. Throw it into your Amazon cart today.
What's been your favorite book this year (so far)?
Too many good books to pick a favorite...how about Joel Rosenberg's fiction and nonfiction?
ReplyDeleteI've heard he's excellent.
ReplyDeleteIt is really hard to pick an absolute favorite from 2012. Some I've really liked are "Lit! A Christian Guide to reading Books" by Tony Reinke, "The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey into Christian Faith" by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, and "Holy, Holy, Holy; Proclaiming the Perfections of God," a compilation of essays by a variety of writers. I also agree that "The Hole in our Holiness" is an excellent book!
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