Books with flava

From translating a former hip-hop artist to interpreting the Bible, wintry treadmill books | Marvin Olasky

In my Father's house there are many mansions, and one of them may belong to Mykel Mitchell, the author of Word: For Everybody Who Thought Christianity Was for Suckas (New American Library, 2005). Hip-hop record industry veteran Mitchell turned to Christ when he couldn't get satisfaction from "the expensive toys, the fly gear and the expensive girlfriends," but his writing is still full of "flava" that some Christians will abhor but others will relish.

That diversity is one of the secondary things that will make heaven enjoyable, and no one makes it more fun than Randy Alcorn in Heaven (Tyndale, 2005). A book jacket for once accurately summarizes contents: "If you've always thought of Heaven as a realm of disembodied spirits, clouds, and eternal harp strumming, you're in for a wonderful surprise. This is a book about real people with real bodies enjoying close relationships with God and each other, eating, drinking, working, playing, traveling, worshiping, and discovering on a New Earth."