EN asked around a few people as to what were the best books they had read in the past year. Some of these might make good Christmas presents for your friends or family.
WILD AT HEART: Discovering the secret of a man's heart
By John Eldredge
Thomas Nelson
ISBN 0 7852 6883 9
This book seeks to answer the questions: 'What is a man?' and 'What is wrong with today's men?'. It provides a very powerful and strident thesis which is difficult to ignore. Slightly theologically wobbly but a very stimulating read for both men and women.
LIFE OF PI
By Yann Martell
Cannongate Books
319 pages. £12.99
ISBN 1 84195 246 1
This novel was the winner of the Mann Booker Prize in 2002. Its strange story presents a kind of modern version of Pascal's pragmatic argument for belief in God.
WILLIAM TYNDALE - If God spare my life
By Brian Moynahan
Abacus Books
422 pages. £9.99
ISBN 0 349 11532 X
An exciting true story of the formative work on and fight for the English Bible. The book thrills the heart of the believer because this translator was so obviously delighted with his material.
A THOUSAND MILES OF MIRACLE
By A.E. Glover
Christian Focus
326 pages
ISBN 1 85792 511 4
This is a reprint of an old classic. It gives an eye-witness account of the escape of a missionary family from the terrors of the Boxer rebellion in China in 1901. It is an encouraging story of extraordinary prayer, faith and courage in the face of immense suffering.
