Doing Time – a spiritual survival guide by Jonathan Aitken and Edward Smyth, Lion Books, £6.99 Jonathan Aitken and Edward Smyth both experienced a dramatic fall from grace. Each of them found themselves removed from their homes and loved ones, locked up in prison and having to deal with the fallout of their actions. However, in the middle of their lowest point they discovered something life-changing. God hadn’t forgotten about them. ‘Doing Time’ offers encouragement and advice on how to survive and even make the most of life inside prison. Offering the sort of practical and spiritual wisdom that only comes from personal experience, it shows that it is never too late for God to help us find a new way forward in our lives. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness – the path to true Christian joy by Timothy Keller, 10Publishing, £2.99 In an age where pleasing people, puffing up your ego and building your résumé are seen as the methods to ‘make it’, the Apostle Paul calls us to find true rest in blessed self– forgetfulness. This short and punchy book shows that gospel–humility means we can stop connecting every experience, every conversation with ourselves and can thus be free from self–condemnation. A truly gospel-humble person is not a self-hating person or a self-loving person, but a self-forgetful person. So Loved – 26 words that can change your life by Martin Salter, IVP £5.99 Here’s an astonishing claim. John 3:16 appears on everything from fridge magnets to sports stars’ faces. But what does it actually mean? And how does it relate to you and me? With warmth, personal stories and humour, the author explains God’s love, His Son, His sacrifice, and the all-important connection with us today. This is an invitation for anyone to dive straight in and take the first step in an exciting, lifetransforming journey of faith. 23
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