Mission Statement

In classical sacrifices, the people get the good bits, and the gods get the refuse, the bits that would get thrown out otherwise.

Not our God. Leviticus (particularly Leviticus 3) describes the sacrifices that our LORD demanded from His people of Israel. God gets the kidneys, the tail, and all the fat. He gets the prime steak, He gets the best.

Today we do not literally give sacrifices of animals. For us the ultimate sacrifice has been made through our Lord, Christ Jesus. But should always be our ambition to do the same thing - to offer God the best of what we have, to offer Him the fat, and not the smoke and bones.

Tuesday 3 January 2012

Books read in 2011

January
- A Hard Day's Write
- God's Medicine Bottle (Derek Prince)
- Holiness (J.C. Ryle)
- The Fundamentals: Volume 3: Theology (Various)
- The Fundamentals: Volume 4: Modern Thought, "Isms", and Testimony to the Truth (Various)
- The Letterbook of Eliza Lucus Pickney (Victoria Botkin - Audio book)
- The Hour That Changes the World: A Practical Plan for Personal Prayer (Dick Eastman)
- An English Family in the American Wilderness (Victoria Botkin - Audio book)
- Galileo's Daughter (Dava Sobel)
- Abigail Adams: Her Letters (Victoria Botkin - Audio book)
- Orphaned: One Woman's Mission to Save Africa's AIDS Children (Melissa Fay Greene)
- Ordering Your Private World (Gordon MacDonald)
- A Bride Goes West (Victoria Botkin - Audio book)
- The Talent Code (Daniel Coyle)

February
- The Art of Creative Living: Making Every Day a Radiant Masterpiece (Thomas Kinkade)
- Still Water (Art Garfunkel)
- The Inner Game of Music (Barry Green with W Timothy Gallwey)
- A Son of the Middle Border (Hamlin Garland)
- Reasoning From the Scriptures With Muslims (Ron Rhodes)
- Playing the Keyboard in Worship (Stuart Townsend)
- Thunderhead (Mary O'Hara)
- Missionary Methods: St Paul's or Ours? (Roland Allen)
- God's Battalions: The Case for the Crusades (Rodney Stark)
- The Christian Atheist (Craig Groeshel)
- Did You Think To Pray? (RT Kendall)
- Battlefield of the Mind (Joyce Meyer)

March
- Winning His Spurs (GA Henty)
- Under Wellington's Command (GA Henty)
- Passionate Housewives Desperate for God (Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald)
- Passion and Purity (Elisabeth Elliot)
- Raising Maidens of Virtue (Stacy McDonald)
- Daddy-Long-Legs (Jean Webster)
- Adopting Overseas: A Guide to Adopting From Australia, Plus Personal Stories That Will Inspire You (Lucy Burns & Ailsa Burns)
- Crazy Love (Francis Chan)
- William Carey: Obliged to Go (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Loving Our Kids On Purpose (Danny Silk)
- Shakespeare: The Man and His Achievement (Robert Speaight)
- Future Impact: Connecting Child, Church and Mission (Dan Brewster)
- Mary Barton (Elizabeth Gaskell) (Audio book)
- Jim Elliot: One Great Purpose (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God (John Piper)
- Elisabeth Elliot: Joyful Surrender (Janet and Geoff Benge)

April
- Dominion! How Kingdom Action Can Change the World (C. Peter Wagner)
- Mathematics: Is God Silent? (James Nickel)
- God Is Enough (Ray Galea)
- Stand: A Call for the Endurance of the Saints (John Piper and Justin Taylor)
- Love Has A Face (Michele Perry)
- Duncan's War (Douglas Bond)
- Count Zinzendorf: Firstfruit (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Too Small to Ignore (Dr Wess Stafford)
- Audrey Featherstone I Presume? The Amazing Story of a Congo Missionary (Tim Shenton)
- Light Force (Brother Andrew)
- More Than A Carpenter (Josh McDowell)
- True Spirituality (Francis Schaeffer)
- The Two Princesses of Barmarre (Gail Levine)
- Spurgeon Gold (Ray Comfort)
- Too Busy Not to Pray (Bill Hybels)

May
- Revival's Golden Key (Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron)
- Sacred Singleness (Leslie Ludy)
- Visions Beyond the Veil (H.A Baker)
- Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers (Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)
- Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God (J.I. Packer)
- Family Driven Faith (Voddie Baucham)
- Church Planting is For: Wimps (Mike McKinley)
- Ida Scudder: Healing Bodies, Touching Hearts (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Betty Greene: Wings to Serve (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Get More Done In Less Time (Donna Otto)
- With Wolfe in Canada (G.A. Henty)
- Keep A Quiet Heart (Elisabeth Elliot)
- Ballet for Laura (Linda Blake)
- If I Perish (Esther Ahn Kim)
- The Heavenly Footman (John Bunyan)
- The Practice of the Presence of God (Brother Lawrence)
- The Love of Christ (Mother Teresa)
- Granny's Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne)
- The Irresistible Revolution (Shane Claiborne)

June
- So You Want to Change the World (A World Changers book)
- The Consequences of Ideas (R.C. Sproul)
- Set Apart Femininity (Leslie Ludy)
- Rowland Bingham: Into Africa's Interior (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- The Ordinary Hero (Tim Chester)
- Father's Arcane Daughter (E.L. Konigsburg)
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Kate Douglas Wiggin)
- Honey, We're Going to Africa! (Harvey T Hoekstra)
- Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is) (Joshua Harris)
- Praying the Scriptures (Judson Cornwall)
- The History of Christianity and Western Civilization (Joshua Phillips)
- Nate Saint: On a Wing and a Prayer (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Kingdom of Love (Hannah Hurnard)
- King's Arrow (Douglas Bond)
- Praying the Saviour's Way (Derek Thomas)
- Rebel's Keep (Douglas Bond)
- The Hole in our Gospel (Richard Stearns - Audio book)

July
- With Kitchener in the Soudan (G.A. Henty)
- Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen of England (Faith Cook)
- Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder in Egypt (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Jack and Jill (Louisa May Alcott)
- The Joshua Generation: Restoring the Heritage of Christian Leadership (Michael Farris)
- God's Missionary (Amy Carmichael)
- The Cloud of Unknowing (Anonymous)
- God is the Gospel (John Piper)
- A Vision for Missions (Tom Wells)
- Buried Alive (Jack Cuozzo)
- William Booth: Soup, Soap and Salvation (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Appointment in Jerusalem (Derek and Lydia Prince)
- Gogo Mama: A Journey into the Lives of Twelve African Women (Sally Sara)
- Resistance Fighter: God's Heart for the Broken (Susie Howe)
- Treasuring God in our Traditions (Noel Piper)
- The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World (John Piper and Justin Taylor)
- Stephen's Music (Sofie Laguna & Anna Pignataro)
- Rome & Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations (Martin Goodman)
- One Red Paperclip (Kyle MacDonald)
- The Hidden Smile of God:The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd (John Piper)
- Mixed Blessings (Deborah Lee)
- Visions of Heaven and Hell (John Bunyan)
- History's Most Spectacular Sin (John Piper)
- With Calvin in the Theater of God (edited by John Piper & David Mathis)
- Prayer (John Bunyan)

August:
- The Roots of Endurance: Invincible Perseverance in the Lives of John Newton, Charles Simeon, and William Wilberforce (John Piper)
- Spiritual Warfare and Missions (Jerry Rankin and Ed Stetzer)
- Chasing the Dragon (Jackie Pullinger)
- Rediscovering Holiness (J.I. Packer)
- Anatomy of a Doll (Susanna Oroyan)
- Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain (Maryanne Wolf)
- The Seven Basic Plots (Christopher Booker)
- The Acceptable Sacrifice (John Bunyan)
- The Family (J.R. Miller)
- Street Girls (Matt Roper)
- Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices (Frank Viola, George Barna)
- When Heaven Invades Earth (Bill Johnson)
- The Supernatural Power of a Tranformed Mind (Bill Johnson)
- The Saint's Everlasting Rest (Richard Baxter)
- Raising Your Children For Christ (Andrew Murray)
- CT Studd: No Retreat (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem)
- Reformation & Revival: The Story of the English Puritans (John Brown)
- David Bussau: Facing the World Head-On (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- The Wise Woman (George MacDonald)
- The Bait of Satan (John Bevere)
- The Sovereignty of God (AW Pink)
- Large Family Logistics (Kim Brenneman)
- Rachel Saint: A Star in the Jungle (Janet and Geoff Benge)
- Sex and the Supremacy of Christ (edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor)

September:
- Fabulous Food From Every Small Garden (Mary Horsfall)
- The First Emperor: Caesar Augustus and the Triumph of Rome (Anthony Everitt)
- Prayers of the Martyrs (Duane W.H. Arnold)
- Contending for Our All (John Piper)
- Filling Up the Afflictions of Christ (John Piper)
- Make Poverty Personal: Taking the Poor as Seriously as the Bible Does (Ash Barker)
- Expecting Miracles (Heidi & Roland Baker)
- God's Transmitters (Hannah Hurnard)
- What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures (Malcolm Gladwell)
- How to Eat (Nigella Lawson)
- Shakespeare's Kings (John Julius Norwich)
- The Best Gluten-Free, Wheat-Free & Dairy-Free Recipes (Grace Cheetham)
- Something Beautiful for God (Malcolm Muggeridge)
- Every Thought Captive (Richard L Pratt Jr)
- History's Great Untold Stories (Joseph Cummins)
- The Bravehearted Gospel (Eric Ludy)
- Jumping Ship (Michael and Debi Pearl)
- Beyond the Bounds: Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity (edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor)
- The Invisible Cure: Why We Are Losing the Fight Against AIDS in Africa (Helen Epstein)

October
- Parables of the Cross (Lilias Trotter)
- To Train Up A Child (Michael and Debi Pearl)
- Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World (Polly Schoyer Brooks)
- Politics According to the Bible (Wayne Grudem)
- Conquer Your Fear, Share Your Faith (Kirk Cameron & Ray Comfort)
- Blink: the Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Malcolm Cladwell)
- How to Know God Exists (Ray Comfort)
- A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards (edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor)
- Don't Waste Your Life (John Piper)
- God's Call to the Single Adult (Michael Cavanaugh)
- Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood (Wayne Grudem)
- Created to be his Help Meet (Debi Pearl)
- Mama Jude (Judy Steel and Michael Sexton)
- I Kissed Dating Goodbye (Joshua Harris)
- For the Fame of God's Name: Essays in Honor of John Piper (edited by Sam Storms and Justin Taylor)
- The Lost Art of True Beauty (Leslie Ludy)
- Essential Songwriting (CJ Watson)
- Kisses from Katie (Katie Davis and Beth Clark)
- The Gospel for Real Life (Jerry Bridges)
- And Man Created God (Robert Banks)

November:
- Fistful of Heroes: Christians at the Forefront of Change (John Pollock)
- Ranger's Apprentice: The Lost Stories (John Flanagan)
- Brotherband: The Outcasts (John Flanagan)
- John G Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides (John Paton)
- A Picture History of Uganda
- Jesus Culture (Banning Liebscher)
- Shirley (Charlotte Bronte)
- Uganda: Gifted by Nature
- Uganda: The Pearl
- The Power of a Praying Church (Stormie Omartian and Jack Hayford)
- I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist (Norman L Geisler and Frank Turek)
- A Tale of Three Kings: A Study of Brokenness (Gene Edwards)
- Just Like Jesus (Max Lucado)
- Jesus: the Only Way to God (John Piper)
- Desiring God (John Piper)
- A Lineage of Grace (Francine Rivers)
- Being God's Friend (Charles Spurgeon)
- Lady in Waiting (Jackie Kendal and Debby Jones)
- Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light (Edited by Brian Kolodiejchuk)
- Stories of the Reformation in Germany and England (Rev B.G. Jones)
- A Child's Life of Martin Luther (Anonymous)

December
- Refuting Compromise (Jonathan Sarfati)
- Why We Love the Church (Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck)
- The Living Church (John Stott)
- Navigating the Worldviews of Egypt (Isaac Botkin and David Noor)
- Have a New Kid by Friday (Kevin Leman)
- How to Bring Men to Christ (RA Torrey)
- Slave: The Hidden Truth About Your Identity in Christ (John MacArthur)
- Does God Believe in Atheists (John Blanchard)
- Erasing Hell (Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle)
- It's (Not That) Complicated (Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin)
- The Betrayal (Douglas Bond)
- Thinking. Loving. Doing. (edited John Piper and David Mathis)

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