Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology
By: James K.A. Smith
4.10
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
In this culmination of his widely read and highly acclaimed Cultural Liturgies project, James K. A.…
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1. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
By: Rod Dreher
3.80
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
In a radical new vision for the future of Christianity, NYT bestselling author and conservative col… read more
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"To rediscover Christian asceticism is urgent for believers who want to train their hearts, and the hearts of their children, to resist the hedonism and consumerism at the core of contemporary culture…"-Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
"Once, during my Catholic days, I was complaining with a Catholic friend about how terrible the teaching was in parish life. A priest listening to us said that everything we griped about was true, but…"-Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
"We live liturgically, telling our sacred Story in worship and song. We fast and we feast. We marry and give our children in marriage, and though in exile, we work for the peace of the city. We welcom…"-Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
2. Family Worship: In the Bible, in History & in Your Home
By: Donald S. Whitney
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Many Christian families have never experienced the joys and benefits of family worship. But as Dona… read more
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3. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more
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4. Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview
By: Michael W. Goheen , Albert M. Wolters
3.76
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
In this brief and straightforward examination of Christians' basic beliefs, Albert M. Wolters spell… read more
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5. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.27
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more
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"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
6. Reforming Marriage
By: Douglas Wilson
4.00
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
Reforming Marriage does what few books on marriage do today: it provides biblical advice. Douglas W… read more
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7. God at Work: Your Christian Vocation in All of Life
By: Gene Edward Veith Jr.
4.33
Format: 25 pages, Paperback
When you understand it properly, the doctrine of vocation--"doing everything for God's glory"--is n… read more
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8. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
By: N.T. Wright
4.24
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
In Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church, top-selli… read more
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9. 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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10. The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race
By: Willie James Jennings
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Why has Christianity, a religion premised upon neighborly love, failed in its attempts to heal soci… read more
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11. The Abolition of Man
By: C.S. Lewis
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more
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12. Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture
By: Lesslie Newbigin
3.90
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
How can biblical authority be a reality for those shaped by the modern world? This book treats the … read more
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13. Nine Marks of a Healthy Church
By: Mark Dever
3.93
Format: 214 pages, Paperback
What makes for a healthy church? A large congregation? Plentiful parking? Vibrant music? You may ha… read more
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14. The Civil War as a Theological Crisis
By: Mark A. Noll
4.18
Format: 578 pages, Hardcover
Viewing the Civil War as a major turning point in American religious thought, Mark A. Noll examines… read more
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15. The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization
By: Vishal Mangalwadi , None
4.34
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Understand where we came from. Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its rele… read more
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16. Miracles
By: C.S. Lewis
4.05
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
‘The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every… read more
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"Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature."-C.S. Lewis, Miracles
"Sexual intercourse is rapidly becoming the one thing venerated in a world without veneration."-C.S. Lewis, Miracles
"In Science we have been reading only the notes to a poem; in Christianity we find the poem itself."-C.S. Lewis, Miracles
"Death is a safety-device because, once Man has fallen, natural immortality would be the one utterly hopeless destiny for him."-C.S. Lewis, Miracles
17. Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture
By: Aaron Renn
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Learning how to live in today's new social and cultural environment will require examination, trial… read more
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18. Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture
By: Christopher Watkin
4.55
Format: 672 pages, Hardcover
*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a wa… read more
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19. 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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"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
20. 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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21. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
By: Nijay K. Gupta
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more
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22. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
By: Abigail Rine Favale
4.59
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more
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23. Mere Christendom
By: Douglas Wilson
4.28
Format: 280 pages, Hardcover
Evangelical elites tell us that Christian nationalism and theocracy are grave dangers to our Christ… read more
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"Anyone who conforms to the Westminster Confession of Faith is a Christian Nationalist."-Douglas Wilson, Mere Christendom
24. You're Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News
By: Kelly M. Kapic
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Work. Family. Church. Exercise. Sleep. The list of demands on our time seems to be never ending.… read more
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25. Ploductivity: A Practical Theology of Tools & Wealth
By: Douglas Wilson
4.48
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
Plod, don't sprint. Be fruitful like a tree, not efficient like a machine. In this book, Douglas… read more
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"Every blessing a Christian ever receives is from a pierced hand."-Douglas Wilson, Ploductivity: A Practical Theology of Tools & Wealth
"Control of the future is actually a (vain) attempt to control people, with the future as our instrument."-Douglas Wilson, Ploductivity: A Practical Theology of Tools & Wealth
"A right theology of wealth will equip us to handle tools rightly, doing everything we do to the glory of God."-Douglas Wilson, Ploductivity: A Practical Theology of Tools & Wealth
"Living and working in the presence of God is essential because what contitutes a truly productive person is the fact that they are labouring under the blessing of God."-Douglas Wilson, Ploductivity: A Practical Theology of Tools & Wealth
26. Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology
By: James K.A. Smith
4.10
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
In this culmination of his widely read and highly acclaimed Cultural Liturgies project, James K. A.… read more
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27. Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair
By: Christian Wiman
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Christian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work. … read more
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28. 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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29. You Are Gods: On Nature and Supernature
By: David Bentley Hart
4.14
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
David Bentley Hart offers an intense and thorough reflection upon the issue of the supernatural in … read more
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30. Reformed Theology (Blessings of the Faith)
By: Jonathan Lair Master
4.43
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
What is Reformed theology? For some, it's all about the covenants. Others think of the Five Points … read more
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31. Fundamentals of Ethics (Not In A Series)
By: John Finnis
4.00
Format: 173 pages, Paperback
Are we entitled to be confident that our moral judgements can be objective? Can they express insigh… read more
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