Read and Reviewed: July 2012

28. God Is The Gospel by John Piper
Love this book. It was my second time reading it, and I kept my highlighter close by. In its pages, Piper unveils how each good gift that comes from the gospel really points to the ultimate gift of the gospel, God Himself. It challenges the ‘prosperity gospel,’ and, I think, American Christian culture in general.

29. Weird by Craig Groeschel
Groeschel says that normal isn’t working in American Christian culture, and challenges the reader to be different – weird –in a way that seeks to glorify God. He addresses the areas of time,
money, relationships, sex, and values. If you’re considering reading this book, I suggest Not A Fan by Kyle Idleman instead (Book #1). I read this at the beginning of my adventure of resolve to read a book a week and it has a similar premise as Weird, but, I think, is better written and more practical.

*Note: I previously worked for a small organization called Love180 as a secretary. As part of that job, I read many books about sexual purity. I was recently given a stack of more purity books, and so the next several books on my list will be in that category.

30. Soul Virgins by Doug Rosenau and Michael Todd Wilson
Please do not read this book. This one is now in the garbage because it is not fit for my bookshelf
and I will not pass it along to someone else. It is far worse than the typical Christian sexual abstinence book. As is typical, the authors attempt to coin some of their own phrases and terms and redefine words; there are plenty of stories about Tom and Jane, and Harry and Sally. More than that, this book has no specific practical helps; it is all generalizations, and the few boundaries it does propose are perilously close to what the authors call “true sex,” or
intercourse. Completely unhelpful practically, and liberal in belief and boundary, it’s not a book I’m recommending.