Friday, December 14, 2012

DEAR SISTERS OF WOW!

HAPPY happy Advent, Merry Christmas, and & Happy New Year in Our Lord!
All of God's promises are "yes, and amen!" in Christ Jesus (Corinthians) and Advent tells us this most especially.

As promised, here are my top 10 pics for Books to Buy for those you love (or for yourself) this Advent!

Remember  please: we resume 1/22 TUES at 7 p.m. with treats and singing, and (secondly) PLEASE go to www.carmelbaptist.org/women's ministries to REGISTER BEFORE JAN 6.

I remember you often in my prayers.

DR A

Top 10 Pics of Books this Christmas (no particular order, and SCROLL WAY (way)  DOWN For "Great Dead Guys" books)


1. . Mere Christianity by C S Lewis (Because if you haven't, now is the time; this is the year).
2. The Meaning of Marriage, b y Tim Keller (best out there on the subject)
3. Reading in an Age of  Distraction, by Alan Jacobs (teaching your kids/yourself to be READERS today, amid media frenzy).
4. The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen (it will change you).
5. **After You Believe, by N T Wright (I use it almost weekly for WOW; thoughts & teachings on character from a great theologian).
6. The Pleasures of God by John Piper (the standard for understanding deep theology).
7. The Greater Journey, or The Path Between the Seas(2 nonfiction sheer "history picks" for down time; he's the best alive). David McCollough.
8. Bonhoeffer (Biography of the year, 2011), by Eric Metaxas. (GRET gift idea for husbands who love cool true hero stories)...
9.  The Knowledge of the Holy  by A W Tozer (single best devotional book out there, period).
10. Losing Our Virtue, by David Wells (polemic on the state of the church today).