Chris Wright's book is a very readable overview of God's work of salvation, which is the major theme of the Bible and the life of the Christian. It is not all theorizing: Wright addresses issues such as ethics and living as people saved by the blood of the Lamb. Ali Gledhill recommends that you take half and hour a day for a week to read this book, reflecting on the God who saves.

In case you missed it, ‘Rev’ is a recently-aired comedy about a vicar in a London parish. It received much coverage from the Christian media at the start of the series, as the show promised to examine being a vicar today in a much more realistic, sympathetic light than shows such as The Vicar of Dibley and Father Ted. The show was brimming with promise - but, Phill Sacre asks, would it deliver?

Richard Bewes' book is packed full of helpful wisdom regarding prayer. He covers the basics, such as who we pray to, and why, as well as more specific examples of prayer in the life of the church and the believer. All the while, he points to what the Bible says about prayer and how we should go about praying.

Tim Keller’s The Prodigal God an unusually good book. I think I could recommend it to almost anyone I know and be sure they would find gold on its pages. Keller essentially takes the parable of the prodigal son from Luke 15 and explains its implications for the world while walking the reader through the story. The parable is Jesus’ most famous, and is arguably the best short story ever told. So a book purely about this parable is risky, but Keller rises admirably to the challenge, producing a book which neither cheapens the parable nor reads more into it than is actually present.

I, like most Christians, find it difficult to read those parts of the Bible that I do not immediately understand. The book of Revelation is the most obvious candidate for confusion. If your experience of reading Revelation is anything like mine, I thoroughly recommend The Lamb Wins.

This is a very good book, and anyone wishing to get their bearings with exiles, kings, prophets and apocalypse would benefit from reading it. God’s Big Picture traces the story of God’s kingdom through the Bible in a much simpler way than Graeme Goldsworthy does, although I suspect that Vaughan Roberts wishes to whet appetites for Goldsworthy’s more meaty volume rather than to replace it.

The Thinker is an eclectic collection of short articles from Roger Carswell. For those who like to be challenged in their faith in an informal way, The Thinker is a great book. It certainly gave me food for thought, and I found a challenge on almost every page.

Experiencing the Spirit is a very good introduction to the work of the Spirit and serves as a fantastic reminder for those more familiar with the doctrine of the Spirit.

Cross-examined has been described as the diet version of John Stott’s classic book The Cross of Christ. But it would be unfair to accuse Mark Meynell of simply reworking Stott’s content into a slimmer book. It is, essentially, a gospel outline – it covers the core truths of the gospel in an engaging, extended way.

Crossring reviews Mike Reeves' fantastic introduction to the lives and writings of some of the most influential theologians of the first 1000 years of the church