Thabiti Anyabwile is Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Cayman, Grand Cayman Islands, a Council Member of The Gospel Coalition, and the author of a number of titles!

You can find out about all this information at his blog, Pure Church, which has now moved to The Gospel Coalition site, so you should check it out HERE!

However, the point of this posting is to inform you of the books that have tickled his fancy in 2009… well sort of…

Here is how he describes his list…

I don’t think I’ve had a particularly great reading year, though I’ve read some particularly great books. And here are a few I’d commend if you don’t mind being uncool because your titles are a year or two behind (because let’s face it, the “what we read this year list” hopelessly entraps us in a “I’m pretty smart because I can read new stuff fast” attitude). Okay, now I digress and I get snarky. Sorry.

So, a few of the books I really enjoyed this year, not because I’m smart but because by some miracle I love to read and someone loved me enough to teach me how…

With a little help from a musical friend included, you can find his list HERE!

For the Fame of His Name

Man of Spin