26 must-read christian books like Pastoring Small Towns: Help and Hope for Those Ministering in Smaller Places by Ronnie Martin

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Pastoring Small Towns: Help and Hope for Those Ministering in Smaller Places

By: Ronnie Martin

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Small town life is quite different from life in a big city. There is not as much traffic. People re…

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1. Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology

By: John S. Hammett

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

Most North American churches take a pragmatic approach to church life. We are concerned with being … read more

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2. Consequences of Ideas

By: R.C. Sproul

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you think philosophy is irrelevant to your daily life, think again. You need only observe the wo… read more

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Cover of Paul's Letter to the Philippians by Gordon D. Fee

3. Paul's Letter to the Philippians

By: Gordon D. Fee

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

"". . . undertaken to provide earnest students of the New Testament with an exposition that is thor… read more

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4. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.51

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more

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"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

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5. You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

By: James K.A. Smith

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You are what you love. But you might not love what you think. In this book, award-winning author Ja… read more

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6. Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus

By: Mark Dever

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Before ascending to heaven, Jesus instructed his followers to "make disciples of all nations." But … read more

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7. The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ

By: Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.

4.15

Format: None pages, Hardcover

How does the church portray the beauty of Christ? The gospel is a theological message. But this mes… read more

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8. Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

By: J.I. Packer

4.35

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

If God is in control of everything, can Christians sit back and not bother to evangelize? Or does a… read more

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"It is the nature of love to be enterprising."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

"Our are speculations are not the measure of our God."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

"Creatures are not entitled to register complaints about their Creator."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

"What we do every time we pray is to confess our impotence and God's sovereignty."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

9. The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day

By: Justo L. González

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This highly informative, narrative history covers the events, persons, external influences, and for… read more

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10. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society

By: Eugene H. Peterson

3.50

Format: 424 pages,

This world is no friend to grace. God has given us some resources, however. As we grow in character… read more

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11. Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

By: Collin Hansen

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Timothy Keller takes readers behind the scenes to meet the people and understand the events that fo… read more

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12. Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners

By: Dane C. Ortlund

4.58

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” —2 Peter 3:18 How do Chri… read more

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13. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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14. Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.50

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

From Philosophy to Technology, Tracing the Origin of Identity Politics How did the world arrive … read more

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15. Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

By: Abigail Shrier

4.06

Format: 350 pages, Kindle Edition

In virtually every way that can be measured, Gen Z's mental health is worse than that of previous g… read more

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"Children’s and adolescents’ sense of self is still developing. They cannot correct the interpretations or recommendations of a therapist."

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

"When I agreed with my therapist, I told her so. When I didn’t, we talked about that. And when I felt I needed to move on, I did. Which is to say: I was an adult in therapy. I had swum life’s choppy w…"

-Abigail Shrier, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up

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16. Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West

By: Andrew Wilson

4.51

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

How 7 Transformational Events in 1776 Paved the Way for Today’s Post-Christian West With dizzyin… read more

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17. The Lord of Psalm 23: Jesus Our Shepherd, Companion, and Host

By: David Gibson

4.74

Format: 157 pages, Kindle Edition

Expository Study of Psalm 23 Reveals the Beauty and Deep Theological Meaning behind a Familiar Part… read more

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Cover of Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age by Samuel James

18. Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age

By: Samuel James

4.44

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

How the Habitat of Internet Technology Undermines Christian Wisdom With advancements in internet te… read more

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19. You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well

By: Jen Wilkin

4.54

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Theology can be intimidating. Perhaps questions like these have kept you from engaging with it: “Wh… read more

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20. 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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Cover of Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World by Joe Rigney

21. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

By: Joe Rigney

4.54

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more

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"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"

-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

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22. Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential

By: Collin Hansen

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

“A Christian without a church is a Christian in trouble.” Since a global pandemic abruptly closed p… read more

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Cover of That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation by David Bentley Hart

23. That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

By: David Bentley Hart

4.26

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

The great fourth-century church father Basil of Caesarea once observed that, in his time, most Chri… read more

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"As far as I am concerned, anyone who hopes for the universal reconciliation of all creatures with God must already believe that this would be the best possible ending to the Christian story; and such…"

-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

"Really, on the whole, Christians rarely pay particularly close attention to what the Bible actually says, for the simple reason that the texts defy synthesis in a canon of exact doctrines, and yet mo…"

-David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation

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24. The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?

By: Jim Davis

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history. It is greater … read more

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Cover of Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches) by Matt Smethurst

25. Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches)

By: Matt Smethurst

4.51

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

How Can Deacons Mobilize Service in the Church? Deacons are essential to a church’s health—yet conf… read more

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26. Pastoring Small Towns: Help and Hope for Those Ministering in Smaller Places

By: Ronnie Martin

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Small town life is quite different from life in a big city. There is not as much traffic. People re… read more

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27. Friendship with the Friend of Sinners

By: Jared C. Wilson

4.47

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The Bible calls Jesus the friend of sinners, but it's hard to imagine what friendship with Jesus re… read more

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Cover of Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time by Kevin DeYoung

28. Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time

By: Kevin DeYoung

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling Author Kevin DeYoung Offers Hope for Those Who Feel Like Christianity Has Become Hopele… read more

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Cover of Christ Alone---The Uniqueness of Jesus as Savior: What the Reformers Taught...and Why It Still Matters (The Five Solas Series) by Stephen J. Wellum

29. Christ Alone---The Uniqueness of Jesus as Savior: What the Reformers Taught...and Why It Still Matters (The Five Solas Series)

By: Stephen J. Wellum

4.35

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Professor of theology Stephen Wellum considers Christ's singular uniqueness and significance biblic… read more

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Cover of Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church (9marks: Building Healthy Churches) by John Onwuchekwa

30. Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church (9marks: Building Healthy Churches)

By: John Onwuchekwa

4.41

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body--but it often doesn't com… read more

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Cover of Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians) by Drew Dyck

31. Just Show Up: How Small Acts of Faithfulness Change Everything (A Guide for Exhausted Christians)

By: Drew Dyck

4.36

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

If someone puts one more thing on my shoulders, I might collapse. Bestselling self-help book titles… read more

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Biblical Foundations for Baptist Churches: A Contemporary Ecclesiology

John S. Hammett

3.73

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Consequences of Ideas

R.C. Sproul

4.33

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Paul's Letter to the Philippians

Gordon D. Fee

4.05

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The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

Timothy J. Keller

4.51

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Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

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The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

Tim Alberta

4.45

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Revelation for the Rest of Us: A Prophetic Call to Follow Jesus as a Dissident Disciple

Scot McKnight

4.37

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Jon Ward

4.08

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