Jak and the Scarlet Thread
By Nathan J. Anderson

Former Converge youth pastor Nathan Anderson found the best way to draw young adults into Scripture was to create a fast-paced fantasy series based on the scarlet thread that runs through the Bible narrative. Kids, adults and ministry leaders have overwhelmed him with their response to this 448-page, page-turner.

Bloodlines: Race, Cross, and the Christian
By John Piper

Piper gets personal in describing how cultural racism shaped his youth. Then, with his usual careful exegesis, he unwinds how the good news about Jesus undermines the sins that feed racial strife -- and leads to ethnic harmony based on unity in the bloodline of Jesus Christ.