Book Recommendation: The Pilgrim's Progress

Kiki and I just finished reading The Pilgrim's Progress again on Saturday night...what an amazing little book! The whole concept of believers being pilgrims or sojourners upon the earth is a powerful one for me, as I've spent a lot of the last year reading and meditating on Exodus and Hebrews.

If you haven't read through this...why not? It is a classic, it is short, it is a fun and quick read, and it is extremely encouraging. In fact, if you really want to enjoy it, read a little and then listen to this series that Derek Thomas did on the book.

Book Recommendation

The Mortification of Sin by John Owen. I am on a John Owen 'kick' right now...reread this book and a few other Owen classics in the past two weeks and I'm amazed at how practical yet profoundly theological Owen is on this particular subject. I've always loved this book, but I had forgotten how valuable a resource it is for sinners like me.

Also, after having just read Tim Keller's Counterfeit Gods, I think that he must have spent a lot of time reading through Owen at some point in his life, because Owen does a masterful job of describing and dealing with the subject of idolatry. Both are worth picking up TODAY...but if you have to pick one, I'm going with Owen. You can get this one cheap at Amazon.com, which is where I got the pic.