Of these three words—faith, hope and love—that became the early Christian shorthand for a well-lived life with Jesus, love is easily the most popular. We use the word love, in our world, to describe our affections for a puppy or a taco or something we "Like" on Facebook. We use it to talk about our sexual encounters and our encounters of genuine friendship. But we rarely use it to mean what the Bible means when it uses the word, "love": the willingness to give up everything we have to give everyone else everything they need, whether someone within the Church, a total stranger or a mortal enemy. But that, and only that, is the mark of someone who has truly given their whole lives to Jesus Christ in faith and hope.

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Meet the Bible is a day-by-day book of biblically inspired meditations. "Fresh" is a word that the authors often use to describe this innovative blend of Scripture and devotionals. While traditional devotionals often lack the substance that can be found in Scripture, daily reading Bibles are often too dense and time-consuming for the average reader. Using brief but direct excerpts from Scripture, the authors guide readers to the Bible's key passages, themes, and events. Each day gets one to two pages of text and closes with a contemplation, such as "When you experience success, whom do you tend to credit, yourself or God?"

The Four Loves summarizes four kinds of human love, through a reflection on the four Greek words used to describe what we, in English, refer to as "love": storge (affection), philia (friendship), eros (erotic love), and the agape (the self-sacrificing love of God). The first three are loves which come naturally to the human race. Charity, however, the Gift-love of God, is divine in its source and expression, and without the sweetening grace of this supernatural love, the natural loves become distorted and even dangerous. Masterful without being magisterial, this book's wise, gentle, candid reflections on the virtues and dangers of love draw on sources from Jane Austen to St. Augustine.

In Crazy Love, Francis Chan offers a radical call for evangelicals to consider and emulate in this debut guide to living crazy for God. Chan writes with infectious exuberance, challenging Christians to take the Bible seriously. He describes at length the lamentable state of lukewarm Christians who strive for a life characterized by control, safety and an absence of suffering. In stark contrast, the book offers real-life accounts of believers who have given all—time, money, health, even their lives—in obedience to Christ's call. Earnest Christians will find valuable take-home lessons from Chan's excellent book.