Book Reviews

Incomparable

by Andrew Wilson

I have often been asked which book I would recommend to a new Christian, or indeed to an established believer who wants to start reading.

I think I have invariably answered that they should read J I Packer's famous classic Knowing God. Above all, Christians need to know God.

It is with real enthusiasm, therefore, that I am now also able to recommend a new and very worthy additional book, Incomparable by Andrew Wilson, a young man from the Newfrontiers King's Church in Eastbourne, UK.

It is possible to be a Christian and yet remain ignorant of God, or become as A W Tozer said, ‘...snared in the coils of a spurious logic which insists that if we have found Him we need no more seek Him.'

Some would argue, ‘I don't want to know about God, I want to know God Himself.' Though this sounds a fine distinction, it is actually false in that knowing God, like knowing any one, also consists in knowing about Him.

Andrew has written an excellent book, faithful to Scripture, full of insight, humour and fascinating facts, and with a delightful and engaging writing style.

His chapters are short and very accessible and the book is published under the Survivor label, reminding us that young people were also in mind when the book was published.

This book will bless and build up any believer who reads it. It can be read as an aide to daily devotion. It can be kept for reference. It will certainly be an eye-opener to the young Christian, and it will warm your heart as you freshly meditate on the wonder of the God in whom you have put your trust.

Everybody should have a copy and your teenage son or daughter will be inspired, helped and intrigued if they can be encouraged to read through their own copy and treasure it for a lifetime.

by Stephen G Dempster

Having recommended Christopher Wright’s outstanding book The Mission of God in our last magazine, I am delighted to recommend Stephen Dempster’s Dominion and Dynasty.

I found it to be a particularly helpful follow up to Wright’s fine book as once again it takes a wonderful overview of God’s ultimate plan, particularly through the call and commission of Abraham, then highlighting the role of David and showing God’s magnificent purpose of recovery accomplished through Christ, ultimately establishing the reclamation of a lost human dominion over the world.

This is a superb book which will help you grasp God’s ultimate intention. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

by Steve Jeffery, Mike Ovey and Andrew Sach

This recently published study upholding the vital place of the doctrine of penal substitution has received so much acclaim that it hardly needs my further recommendation here.

A veritable who’s who of evangelical scholars have endorsed it enthusiastically, which led to the first publication being sold out virtually overnight. Happily a second printing is now available and I encourage you to get your copy.