Ghosted: An American Story
By: Nancy French
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr…
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1. How to Tell the Truth: The Story of How God Saved Me to Win Hearts—Not Just Arguments
By: Preston Perry
4.70
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
The story of Preston Perry’s path toward God. A hope-filled apologetics and evangelism book written… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Don't let your pride murder your message."-Preston Perry, How to Tell the Truth: The Story of How God Saved Me to Win Hearts—Not Just Arguments
"When we're more invested in politics than we are in people--when someone shares their story--we won't hear a testimony, but a position. We won't hear a cry, but a stance."-Preston Perry, How to Tell the Truth: The Story of How God Saved Me to Win Hearts—Not Just Arguments
"Let us ask God to kill our pride and all the other sin inside us that might be in the way of the gospel. We don't ever want our personal conduct or behavior to be the reason someone rejects the gospe…"-Preston Perry, How to Tell the Truth: The Story of How God Saved Me to Win Hearts—Not Just Arguments
"The way we do apologetics looks different when we are motivated not by our desire to conquer the other person, but by our genuine love and compassion, and by our desire to see people discover God's l…"-Preston Perry, How to Tell the Truth: The Story of How God Saved Me to Win Hearts—Not Just Arguments
2. Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling
By: Nijay K. Gupta
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers. Within Roman s… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
3. The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross
By: Brian Zahnd
4.53
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
The cross is the heart of Scripture Everything about the gospel message leads to the cross, and pro… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
4. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- politics
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
5. Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
By: Russell D. Moore
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Former Southern Baptist pastor and Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore calls for repen… read more
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- politics
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
6. The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church
By: Sarah McCammon
4.21
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
The first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the white evange… read more
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- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
By: Karen Swallow Prior
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more
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- politics
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis
8. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies
By: N.T. Wright
4.14
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their pr… read more
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- politics
- religion
- nonfiction
9. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
By: Esau McCaulley
4.62
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
10. Ghosted: An American Story
By: Nancy French
4.45
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- politics
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
- writing
- abuse
- audiobook
11. The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor
By: Lore Ferguson Wilbert
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Walk in the woods with me." That's the invitation award-winning author Lore Ferguson Wilbert ex… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- memoir
12. The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
By: Kaitlyn Schiess
4.30
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more
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- politics
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
13. Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found
By: Mike Cosper
4.34
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
In the years since leaving local church ministry, I've devoted an enormous amount of time and resou… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
14. God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music
By: Leah Payne
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Traces Contemporary Christian Music's role in creating a theological and political vision for publi… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
- biography
- audiobook
15. The After Party: Toward Better Christian Politics
By: Curtis Chang
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
For all who want to culturally engage but are exhausted by the tension in our families and churches… read more
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- politics
16. It Wasn't Roaring, It Was Weeping: Interpreting the Language of Our Fathers Without Repeating Their Stories
By: Lisa-Jo Baker
4.58
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An honest and lyrical coming-of-age memoir of growing up in South Africa at the height of apartheid… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
- audiobook
17. Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy
By: Cait West
4.14
Format: 252 pages, Hardcover
A gripping memoir about coming of age in the stay-at-home daughter movement and the quest to piece … read more
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- memoir
- autobiography
- religion
- nonfiction
- abuse
18. Kingdom of Rage: The Rise of Christian Extremism and the Path Back to Peace
By: Elizabeth Neumann
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The greatest ideologically motivated violent threat to American democracy is a Church that has lost… read more
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- politics
- religion
- nonfiction
19. The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life
By: Michael Wear
4.28
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
For those discouraged and exhausted by the bitterness and rage in our politics, Michael Wear offers… read more
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- politics
- religion
- nonfiction
20. The Narrow Path: How the Subversive Way of Jesus Satisfies Our Souls
By: Rich Villodas
4.52
Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition
A compelling call to embrace the countercultural values of Jesus, which lead to a life of love, pea… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Baptistland: A Memoir of Abuse, Betrayal, and Transformation
By: Christa Brown
4.56
Format: 426 pages, Kindle Edition
It began with just wanting to tell the truth. But truth-telling has a way of snowballing. When Chr… read more
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- memoir
- religion
- nonfiction
- abuse
