Tracey's comments (member since Sep 29, 2009)

Tracey's comments from the Gospel Centred group.

Interesting you mentioned those two books (Martin) because I only recently purchased both and hope to get to them soon.

I have just started reading "Finding Joy: A Radical Rediscovery of Grace" by Marcus Honeysett which was recommended by a friend, and seems very good so far.

Two books which I have not read but which have been recommended to me on more than one occasion are: "A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers" by D.A. Carson, and "The Reason For God" by Tim Keller. I think these would probably be suitable for this group's bookshelf.

One book which I myself have read and could recommend for the bookshelf is "Guidance And The Voice of God" by Tony Payne, perhaps less academic than some of the books on this shelf, but helpful (and I think newer Christians would find it especially helpful) in seeing that the Bible has already revealed to us almost all the information we need for knowing what the "right" thing to do is when making daily- and life-decisions.

A second book which I've read and could suggest would be "God Is The Gospel: Meditations on God's Love As The Gift Of Himself" by John Piper. The point that Piper makes is immense: that what we have in the gospel is not just the good things we get, like forgiveness, assurance of heaven, etc. The real point of the gospel is that we get God--that God has actually given us Himself! I only gave it a three in my own review though, cos I found the writing somewhat dry and frustrating, but in hindsight perhaps I should have rated it higher. Currently it has an overall Goodreads rating of 4.17.

By the way, thanks for starting this group! My main reason for being on Goodreads is sharing with my own friends about the Christian books we are reading, so I was delighted to find this group!