One of the joys of a holiday is always a good book - this year I'd been saving Vintage Jesus by Mark Driscoll & Gerry Breshears. When Jacob went to sleep on the flight there I got straight into it.Most of the book is simply straightforward, biblical teaching about the person and work of Jesus Christ.
I especially loved the chapter 'What Did Jesus Accomplish on the Cross?' which was both sickening & thrilling as the description of a bloody, cruel, agonizing death moved to the redemptive work of the same.
Another favourite chapter was 'How Did People know Jesus was Coming?' - Which is pretty much a chapter of Scripture as the authors parallel Old Testament Prophecies with their New Testament fulfillment in Jesus. This chapter is like mini-piles being driven into an already existing foundation strengthening it (those in construction will understand this picture).
For a review on Vintage Jesus check out what Tim Challies said about it.
Other books I enjoyed were 'Emperor, Gods of War' by Conn Iggulden and 'The Eagle's Prophecy' by Simon Sparrow, both these fiction books were at the villa.
