“Sometimes people will commend a book by saying, ‘You won’t want to put it down.’ I can’t say that about this book. You’ll want to put it down, many times. If you’re like me, as you read David Platt’s Radical, you’ll find yourself uncomfortably targeted by the Holy Spirit. You’ll see just how acclimated you are to the American dream. But you’ll find here another Way, one you know to be true, because you’ve heard it before in the words of the Lord Jesus, perhaps most forcefully in the simple call ‘Follow me.’”
—Russell D. Moore, dean, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
is on my list to read. It is a book that will make up a trilogy of books two of which are written by other authors. John Piper's
Don't Waste Your Life
which was a life changing book for me when I first read it about 3 years ago. The other is
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
by Francis Chan, that I read about 3 weeks ago. Chan's book was not as in your face as Piper's but none the less moving.
These three books should be required reading. They are not long or hard to read. Go for it.
The Bondage of the Will
I just started to read Revival on the Causeway Coast: The 1859 Revival in and around Coleraine
in preparation for an upcoming trip to Northern Ireland. Nicolas Railton takes the reader on a journey into Northern Ireland in the early 1800's and gives a history of the state of the country and the church the preceded the 1859 revival. Not much is written on this part of Irish history. 
The publisher is Christian Focus out of Scotland.
J. C. Ryle: That Man of Granite (Hisotry Makers)
is the book I recently completed which gives a very good overview of Ryle and his evangelical leadership in the Church of England as the Bishop of Liverpool. He worked hard to bring the different views held with in the church at the time to a place of peace and unity. His evangelical mark was and continues to be felt in the church. 
This work by Russell also gave me a general understanding of the day to day work of a Bishop. He reveals the reasons for writing some of his tracts and his book on Holiness
which is on my reading list to complete this year.
Another book on my shelf that will help in understanding Ryle and his impact on the church is Faithfulness and Holiness: The Witness of J.C. Ryle
by J.I. Packer. 
paperback book. 
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