Very strongly recommended: J. I. Packer's A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life. To Packer, the Puritans are "a breed of giants," like the California redwoods, and through what he shows in this book, I have to agree.
Also reading now: Greg Gilbert's helpfully clarifying What Is the Gospel? (from 9Marks) -- along with examining & learning the "Two Ways to Live" gospel presentation from Matthias Media --- http://www.matthiasmedia.com.au/2wtl/
Just finished --- two very well written battle histories by Walter Lord: (1) The Dawn's Early Light on the critical events in August 1814 (the British burning of Washington D.C. and their subsequent unsuccessful attack on Baltimore; and (2) Midway: The Incredible Victory, which vividly recreates this destiny-altering battle, the heroism of the men involved, and the utter unlikelihood of this victory that was providentially granted to the Americans....
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