Best Books I Read in 2007                                                                                David Mays

 

Epicenter: Why the Current Rumblings in the Middle East Will Change Your Future by Joel C. Rosenberg

Epicenter gives you tomorrow's headlines regarding the coming war buildup in the Middle East.

 

Dreaming Big: Energizing Yourself and Your Team with a Crystal Clear Life Dream by Bobb Biehl & Paul Swets

Develop your life dream in thirty days.

 

THE GECKO’S FOOT - Bio-Inspiration—Engineering New Materials From Nature by Peter Forbes

Scientists attempt to replicate the submicro technology found in nature.

 

The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones

Children and adults love the fantastic illustrations of the stories that whisper Jesus' name.

 

Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality by Henry Cloud

Leave the best wake possible: leave behind a trail of people who have experienced your being ‘for them.’ 

 

Practicing the Presence of People: How we learn to love by Mike Mason

Wake up to the wonder of simply being in one another's presence.

 

Putting Together the Puzzle of the Old Testament by Bill Jones

Amazingly clear, organized, insightful and readable.

 

REVOLUTION OF CHARACTER: Discovering Christ’s Pattern for Spiritual Transformation by Dallas Willard with Don Simpson

The work of Christ always begins in our heart and changes people’s ideas, beliefs, feelings, and habits as well as their bodily tendencies and social relations. 

 

Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence by

David A. Livermore

Examine your perspectives and assumptions.  See your blind spots.  Serve intelligently.

 

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Breakpoint by Richard A. Clarke

Breakpoint is a novel about techno-terrorism using technology being developed now or already here.

 

For Women Only: What you need to know about the inner lives of men by Shaunti Feldhahn

There is a great deal women don't understand about men--and men don't even know we don't know.

 

Heart, Mind, Strength: Loving God with All You've Got by Sunder Krishnan

Love Gob more and stretch yourself for the lasting good of others in ways that are consistent with your unique dispositions, gifts and temperaments.

 

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 

A novel about life in Afghanistan

 

MIND SET! by John Naisbitt

The author examines his mental filters and discovers the rules that help him recognize trends.   

 

Powerful Times: Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World by Eamonn Kelly

Understand and anticipate the most difficult issues facing mankind. 

 

Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples by Thom S. Rainer & Eric Geiger

 

The Sir John Fielding Mystery Series by Bruce Alexander

A rich look at the high and low characters of 18th century London