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Our picks and yours…

August can be an ideal month to catch up on some reading, as we enjoy a break from other commitments and the pace of life slows slightly (at least for some!). If you are looking for some reading material that beats the poolside novels currently swamping Britain’s bookshops, below you’ll find our pick of the books we have reviewed on Prophecy Today so far this year – as well as the top three most popular with our readers.

Our Picks

Walk the Emmaus Road with Lois Tverberg as she shows how a Hebraic perspective can transform our understanding of the Bible in Reading the Bible with Rabbi Jesus, the third in a worthy series on the Jewishness of our Saviour.

Whether or not you have already embarked on this journey of discovery, we recommend David Hoffbrand’s book The Jewish Jesus, which not only provides this transformative perspective on the Messiah, but also asks how it ought to affect us practically, as members of the ‘One New Man’ community of faithful Jews and Gentiles.

For those seeking just such a practical challenge, we commend Dan Lucarini’s It’s Not About the Music, which will shake up your attitude to worship (both personal and corporate) with a resolute call for reform and a return to scriptural ideals.

Or, why not take the plunge and allow God to examine your attitude to that most basic of issues – money? In his accessible and comprehensive book Money: The Great Deception, Gottfried Hetzer brings Kingdom principles to bear on the global financial system, including plenty of practical, personal advice for Christians seeking to handle their money more biblically. In a similar vein, Randy Alcorn’s compact challenge to our giving habits in The Treasure Principle has been described by our Resources Editor as “worth its weight in gold, and more”.

For those hoping to use the summer holidays to better equip themselves on hot-button cultural issues, look no further than the sterling work being published by Wilberforce Publications, CARE and Sovereign World. Zooming out to the global level, David Cross’s What’s Wrong with Human Rights? exposes the false ideology which has helped produce our individualistic, entitled culture.

Closer to home, Walter R. Schumm takes on the gender ideology juggernaut with his scholarly review of literature on same-sex parenting and its impacts on children, Same-Sex Parenting Research, a thoroughly worthwhile investment for those wanting to arm themselves with specific details on this subject.

Finally, are you aware of the extent to which science fiction is rapidly becoming science fact? On the increasingly important subject of artificial intelligence, Professor Nigel Cameron is a leading thinker seeking to help Christians get ‘smart’ when it comes to technology. The Robots Are Coming is a ‘must read’ on today’s technological developments and what they mean for humanity and our relationship with God, while God and My Mobile presents a more personal challenge about how Christians should handle the digital revolution – ideal to read with the family in mind, as well as oneself. Both (at the time of writing) are currently being offered by CARE at a discount price.

Most Loved by You

Two of our 2019 book reviews that have been most popular with Prophecy Today readers have been secular offerings. Take former BBC journalist and executive Robin Aitken on holiday with you for a cathartic read on BBC bias in The Noble Liar, an insider’s exposé of our national broadcaster’s ingrained ideological slant.

Or enjoy a hard-hitting, in-depth modern political history of Britain and an uncompromising review of Labour’s radically Marxist leader in investigative journalist Tom Bower’s biography of Jeremy Corbyn, Dangerous Hero.

Finally, in case you somehow missed our review of ‘the most important book you’ve never heard of’, here’s your second chance to discover the Didache, the ancient instruction manual which illuminates how the early Church did discipleship.

Have a blessed and fruitful summer!