15 Best christian books like The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective by Jack O. Balswick

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The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective

By: Jack O. Balswick

3.81

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

On the basis of a theologically grounded understanding of the nature of persons and the self, Jack …

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1. Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

By: Timothy J. Keller , Katherine Leary Alsdorf

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shows how God calls on eac… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
"It (idolatry) means turning a good thing into an ultimate thing."

-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

"Two things we want so desperately, glory and relationship, can coexist only in God."

-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

"Community service has become a patch for morality. You can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck."

-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

"The great danger is to always single out some aspect of God’s good creation and identify it, rather than alien intrusion of sin, as the villain."

-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

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2. When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression

By: Richard Winter

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Depression strikes millions, across all ages and demographic groups. Approximately one in eight wil… read more

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  • counselling
  • christian
  • psychology
  • theology
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3. Adventures of Ideas

By: Alfred North Whitehead

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The title of this book, Adventures of Ideas, bears two meanings, both applicable to the subject-mat… read more

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  • psychology
  • theology
"But some closeness of status, such as the relation of parent to child or the relation of marriage, can produce the love of self-devotion where the potentialities of the loved object are felt passiona…"

-Alfred North Whitehead, Adventures of Ideas

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4. The Life Span: Human Development for Helping Professionals

By: Patricia C. Broderick , Pamela Blewitt

5.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This textbook provides an in-depth look at the science of human development and how it applies to c… read more

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  • counselling
  • textbooks
  • psychology
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5. The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry Into the Old Testament

By: Sandra L. Richter

3.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Sandra Richter gives an overview of the Old Testament, organizing our disorderly knowledge of the O… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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6. Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships

By: Curt Thompson

4.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompso… read more

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  • counselling
  • christian
  • psychology
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7. The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy

By: Irvin D. Yalom , Molyn Leszcz

3.66

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

In this completely revised and updated fifth edition of group psychotherapy's standard text, Dr. Ya… read more

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  • psychology

8. The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World

By: Peter Scazzero

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Do you feel too overwhelmed to enjoy life, unable to sort out the demands on your time? Are you doi… read more

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9. The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.00

Format: None pages,

. The End of Faith. The God Delusion. God Is Not Great. Letter to a Christian Nation. Bestseller l… read more

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10. The Healing Path: How the Hurts in Your Past Can Lead You to a More Abundant Life

By: Dan B. Allender

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Don't Waste Your Pain None of us escapes the heartache and disappointments of life. To live is to h… read more

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11. Surfing for God: Discovering the Divine Desire Beneath Sexual Struggle

By: Michael John Cusick

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is knockingfor God." - G. K. Chesterton What if lust… read more

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12. The Life Cycle Completed

By: Erik H. Erikson

3.96

Format: None pages, Paperback

For decades Erik H. Erikson's concept of the stages of human development has deeply influenced the … read more

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13. The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.42

Format: 139 pages, Hardcover

Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
"If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we need to add hard work to our faith so much as that we haven't truly understood or believed in Jes…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting th…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"The targets of this story are not "wayward sinners" but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not so much with immoral outsiders as with moral insiders. H wants to …"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me throug…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

14. 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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15. Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race

By: Debby Irving

3.29

Format: 178 pages, ebook

Waking Up White is the book Irving wishes someone had handed her decades ago. By sharing her someti… read more

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16. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life

By: Henry Cloud , None

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal pro… read more

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17. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

By: Harrison Scott Key

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more

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  • relationships
  • christian
"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

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18. 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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  • christian
  • theology
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19. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more

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  • christian
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20. Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

By: Jennie Allen

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embr… read more

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  • christian
"Feelings aren’t meant to be fixed. Feelings are meant to be felt."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

"Let me be clear, you will never be emotionally healthy outside the will of God."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

"Our willingness to feel what we feel connects us to ourselves, to others, to God."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

"After all, where did those of us who know Jesus get the idea that we were going to have a straight and easy path all the way to heaven? It’s a wild ride all the way home."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

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21. 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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  • theology
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22. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

By: Beth Allison Barr

4.40

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more

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  • theology
"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"

-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

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23. One Way Back: A Memoir

By: Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more

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24. On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living

By: Alan Noble

4.33

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is. For the majority of people, sorro… read more

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  • counselling
  • christian
  • theology
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25. Where the Light Fell

By: Philip Yancey

4.52

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this searing meditation on the bonds of family and the allure of extremist faith, one of today's… read more

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  • christian
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26. When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse

By: Chuck DeGroat

4.39

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Why does narcissism seem to thrive in our churches? We've seen the news stories and heard the rumor… read more

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  • psychology
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27. Thriving with Stone Age Minds: Evolutionary Psychology, Christian Faith, and the Quest for Human Flourishing (BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity)

By: Justin L. Barrett

4.08

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

What does God's creation of humanity through the process of evolution mean for human flourishing? T… read more

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  • psychology
  • theology
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28. Flourishing in Faith: Theology Encountering Positive Psychology

By: Gillies Ambler

3.91

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Flourishing in Theology Encountering Positive Psychology explores the fascinating dialogue between… read more

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29. The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective

By: Jack O. Balswick

3.81

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

On the basis of a theologically grounded understanding of the nature of persons and the self, Jack … read more

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30. indigo: the color of grief

By: Jonathan Foster

4.92

Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition

indigo is the joy and lament of a human beingtheologianfather fashioning new ideas about the divine… read more

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31. My Defense: Responding to Charges that I Fully Affirm LGBTQ+ People

By: Thomas Jay Oord

4.50

Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition

Thomas Jay Oord has been handed charges and faces a trial for being fully LGBTQ+ affirming. This bo… read more

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12 must-read theology books like The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective by Jack O. Balswick

Transform Your Habits

Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

Timothy J. Keller , Katherine Leary Alsdorf

4.29

Transform Your Habits

When Life Goes Dark: Finding Hope in the Midst of Depression

Richard Winter

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Adventures of Ideas

Alfred North Whitehead

4.11

Transform Your Habits

The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry Into the Old Testament

Sandra L. Richter

3.20

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Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Transform Your Habits

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

John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Emily P. Freeman

4.01

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Jennie Allen

4.24

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