IN Taking Ordinary Theology Seriously, Jeff Astley and Ann Christie remind church leaders to listen to the reflections of church-goers. Their theologies won’t be of a worked-out, systematic kind, but they may involve new ways of telling the old, old story (Grove, £2.95 (£2.65); 978-1-85174-658-3).

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IN What Jesus Demands From the World, the author, John Piper, takes things that Jesus said, and unpacks them, explaining what they might mean. It contains 50 short chapters, each considering a different saying (Inter-Varsity Press, £9.99 (£9); 978-1-84474-171-7).

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