9 must-read christianity books like Lutherans in America: A New History by Mark Granquist

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Lutherans in America: A New History

By: Mark Granquist

3.76

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

The story of Lutherans in America is one of mutual influence. From the first small groups of Luther…

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1. I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression

By: Todd A. Peperkorn

4.50

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Delving into the somewhat taboo topic of clergy and mental illness, this 100-page book published by… read more

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"How did I get to the place where I would be considering that darkest of all escapes — suicide — on the day when we commemorate our Lord’s death for us all? That is the question this story seeks to an…"

-Todd A. Peperkorn, I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression

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2. Law & Gospel: How to Read & Apply the Bible

By: C.F.W. Walther

4.71

Format: 514 pages, Hardcover

The treatise on the Lutheran understanding of Law and Gospel. read more

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"If the teaching of Christ were a law, it would not be a gospel {glad tiding}, but a sad tiding."

-C.F.W. Walther, Law & Gospel: How to Read & Apply the Bible

"The Gospel does not say, "you must do good works." Rather, it fashions us into human beings, into creatures who cannot help serve God and fellow human beings. Without a doubt, a precious effect!"

-C.F.W. Walther, Law & Gospel: How to Read & Apply the Bible

"We see that the law was not reveal to us to put a notion into our heads that we could become righteous by it, but to teach us that we are completely unable to fulfill the law. Then we will know what …"

-C.F.W. Walther, Law & Gospel: How to Read & Apply the Bible

"The main thing to tell a person when you explain how to become righteous is to announce to him for free grace of God, concealing nothing, saying none other than what God says in the Gospel. Build a f…"

-C.F.W. Walther, Law & Gospel: How to Read & Apply the Bible

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3. The Presence: An Approach to the Holy Communion

By: Berthold Von Schenk

4.39

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

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4. Shadow of the Galilean

By: John Bowden , Gerd Theißen

5.00

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

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5. The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

By: Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon , Robert Kolb , Timothy J. Wengert

4.26

Format: 999 pages, Hardcover

A new translation with expanded introductions and annotations. read more

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  • christianity
  • religion
  • history
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6. Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being

By: M. Shawn Copeland

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

Being human is neither abstract nor hypothetical. It is concrete, visceral, and embodied in the eve… read more

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  • religion

7. On the Incarnation

By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more

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8. Global Gospel: An Introduction to Christianity on Five Continents

By: Douglas Jacobsen

4.57

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

In this pathbreaking book, award-winning author Douglas Jacobsen describes global Christianity and … read more

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9. The Unseen Realm

By: Michael S. Heiser

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In The Unseen Realm, Dr. Michael Heiser examines the ancient context of Scripture, explaining how i… read more

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10. The Golden Ass

By: Apuleius , Jack Lindsay , None

4.30

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

The Golden Assby Apuleius is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only… read more

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11. The Three-Day Feast: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter

By: None

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Recent decades have witnessed the revival of the ancient liturgies of the Three Days--Maundy Thursd… read more

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12. What Is Ancient Philosophy?

By: Pierre Hadot , Michael Chase

3.66

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A magisterial mappa mundiof the terrain that Pierre Hadothas so productively worked for decades, th… read more

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13. 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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14. Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

By: Cal Newport

4.06

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

Minimalism is the art of knowing how much is just enough. Digital minimalism applies this idea to o… read more

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"Who could justify trading a lifetime of stress and backbreaking labor for better blinds? Is a nicer-looking window treatment really worth so much of your life?"

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

"Digital minimalism definitively does not reject the innovations of the internet age, but instead rejects the way so many people currently engage with these tools."

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

"The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, . . . was all about: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?"

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

"For many people, their compulsive phone use papers over a void created by a lack of a well-developed leisure life. Reducing the easy distraction without also filling the void can make life unpleasant…"

-Cal Newport, Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

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15. Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body

By: John W. Kleinig

4.24

Format: 235 pages, Hardcover

Why do we have bodies? When it comes to thinking about our bodies, confusion reigns. In our secular… read more

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16. Surviving the Storms: Memoirs of David P. Scaer

By: David P. Scaer

4.32

Format: 475 pages, Kindle Edition

Like a memoir, it contains the memories of David Scaer; like a biography, much of the reflections a… read more

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17. Lutherans in America: A New History

By: Mark Granquist

3.76

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

The story of Lutherans in America is one of mutual influence. From the first small groups of Luther… read more

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18. Two Natures in Christ

By: Martin Chemnitz

4.53

Format: 542 pages, Hardcover

This is a translation of Chemnitz's De Duabus Naturis in Christo, written in 1578. This book concer… read more

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19. Worship in the Name of Jesus

By: Peter Brunner

3.40

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

This classic reissue of the English translation of Zur Lehre vom Gottesdienst der im Namen Jesu ver… read more

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20. Lives and Writings of the Great Fathers of the Lutheran Church

By: Concordia Publishing House

4.43

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

The wisdom and biblical teaching of the early Lutheran Church has been locked away in German and La… read more

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21. Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career

By: James M. Kittelson

4.18

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

For nearly thirty years, James M. Kittelson’s Luther the Reformer has been the standard biography o… read more

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22. Preaching Is Worship: The Sermon in Context

By: Various

2.75

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Preaching is arguably the most important work of the Christian pastor. Multiple contexts surround t… read more

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23. Natural Law: A Lutheran Reappraisal

By: Robert C. Baker

4.18

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

Greek Stoic philosophers. Roman legislators. The Early Church Fathers. Thomas Aquinas. The concept … read more

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24. This Is My Body: Luther's Contention for the Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar (Revised Edition)

By: Hermann Sasse

4.63

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

This book explores Luther's contention of the real presence of Christ in the Sacrament of Communion… read more

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  • history
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25. Come Sunday: The Liturgy of Zion

By: William B. McClain

3.81

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Companion to Songs of Zion; discusses liturgical time, spirituals, gospel songs; includes Scripture… read more

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26. Word, Water, Wine, and Bread: How Worship Has Changed over the Years

By: William H. Willimon

3.67

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

This interpretation of worship history is an excellent resource for developing a worship service th… read more

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  • history
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27. They Don't Come with Instructions: Cries, Wisdom, and Hope for Parenting Children with Developmental Challenges (Living With Hope, 3)

By: Hollie M Holt-Woehl

3.80

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

In They Don’t Come with Instructions , Hollie M. Holt-Woehl offers wise companionship for the journ… read more

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28. Ways of the Word: Learning to Preach for Your Time and Place

By: Sally A. Brown

4.07

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

Preaching, and the discipline of preaching, is at a crossroads. The changing realities of church an… read more

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29. Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics: The Holy Trinity

By: Carl L. Beckwith

4.70

Format: 548 pages, Kindle Edition

This dogmatic resource is based upon the outline and thought pattern of the Lutheran Confessions. T… read more

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30. Martin Luther: A Late Medieval Life

By: Volker Leppin

3.83

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

This brief, insightful biography of Martin Luther strips away the myths surrounding the Reformer to… read more

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31. Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts

By: K.C. Hanson

3.87

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Hanson and Oakman's award-winning and illuminating volume has become a widely used and cited introd… read more

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6 Top history books like Lutherans in America: A New History by Mark Granquist

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon , Robert Kolb , Timothy J. Wengert

4.26

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Lutherans in America: A New History

Mark Granquist

3.76

Transform Your Habits

This Is My Body: Luther's Contention for the Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar (Revised Edition)

Hermann Sasse

4.63

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Word, Water, Wine, and Bread: How Worship Has Changed over the Years

William H. Willimon

3.67

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I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression

Todd A. Peperkorn

4.50

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Law & Gospel: How to Read & Apply the Bible

C.F.W. Walther

4.71

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Hammer of God

Bo Giertz , None , None , None

5.00

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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

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