Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't
By: Stephen McAlpine
4.21
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
How to have confidence in the gospel, even when Christian values clash with secular ones. The churc…
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1. Zeal without Burnout
By: Christopher Ash
4.27
Format: 125 pages, Hardcover
Practical and biblical guidance to help enthusiastic Christians serve Jesus in a sustainable way. L… read more
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"If we buy into the church culture of celebrity, we drift away from following Jesus faithfully."-Christopher Ash, Zeal without Burnout
"There is always more we can do in ministry, but God is not asking 'Can you do more?'. He is asking 'Do you love me?' Some of those extras are not always as vital as we think them to be."-Christopher Ash, Zeal without Burnout
"When you and I surrendered to Jesus as Lord, we did not offer Him the services of a divine, or even semi-divine creature to strengthen His kingdom; we offer Him the fragile, temporary, mortal, frail …"-Christopher Ash, Zeal without Burnout
"As someone who has spent the last decade training young men and women for Christian service, I have been keen to help them see that the best kinds of ministry are, more often than not, long term and …"-Christopher Ash, Zeal without Burnout
2. Living Life Backward: How Ecclesiastes Teaches Us to Live in Light of the End
By: David Gibson
3.24
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Only by keeping the end in mind can a person truly learn how to live in the here and now. Living in… read more
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3. The Holiness of God
By: R.C. Sproul
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Central to God's character is the quality of holiness. Yet, even so, most people are hard-pressed t… read more
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4. Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age
By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
4.54
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling Author Rosaria Butterfield Confronts 5 Cultural Lies She Once Believed Modern culture i… read more
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5. Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
By: Dane C. Ortlund
4.52
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Christians know that God loves them, but often think that he is perpetually disappointed and frustr… read more
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"Looking inside ourselves, we can anticipate only harshness from heaven. Looking out to Christ, we can anticipate only gentleness."-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
"The fall also entrenched in our minds dark thoughts of God, thoughts that are only dug out over multiple exposures to the gospel over many years. Perhaps Satan’s greatest victory in your life today i…"-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
"John's point in 13:1 is that in going to the cross, Jesus did not retain something for himself, the way we tend to do when we seek to love others sacrificially. He does not love like us. We love unti…"-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
"It is one thing, as a child, to be told your father loves you. You believe him. You take him at his word. But it is another thing, unutterably more real, to be swept up in his embrace, to feel the wa…"-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
6. 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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7. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
By: Carl R. Trueman
4.57
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court … read more
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"[I]n the work of the New Left one finds philosophical justification for what are now intuitive commonplaces of our culture: to be free is to be sexually liberated; to be happy is to be affirmed in th…"-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
"The expressive individual is now the sexually expressive individual. And education and socialization are to be marked not by the cultivation of traditional sexual interdicts and taboos but rather by …"-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
8. Do Not Be True to Yourself: Countercultural Advice for the Rest of Your Life
By: Kevin DeYoung
4.26
Format: 81 pages, Kindle Edition
Countercultural Yet Biblical Advice for High School and College Students, Ideal for Graduation and … read more
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9. 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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10. Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
By: John Dickson
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Is the world better off without Christianity? Combining narrative with keen critique of contemporar… read more
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"The explosion of charity in the fourth century is one clear way in which Christ's teaching has impacted the history of western society."-John Dickson, Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
"The tempration of our age is to elevate our particular time and place as the crescendo of human purity and achievement. And that necessarily involves speaking ill of the past."-John Dickson, Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
"The temptation of our age is to elevate our particular time and place as the crescendo of human purity and achievement. And that necessarily involves speaking ill of the past."-John Dickson, Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
11. Finding the Right Hills to Die on: The Case for Theological Triage
By: Gavin Ortlund
4.34
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
In theology, just as in battle, some hills are worth dying on. But how do we know which ones? When … read more
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12. 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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13. Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion
By: Rebecca McLaughlin
4.32
Format: 239 pages, Hardcover
Although many people suggest that Christianity is declining, research indicates that it continues t… read more
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"Suffering is not an embarrassment to the Christian faith. It is the thread with which Christ's name is stitched into our lives."-Rebecca McLaughlin, Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion
14. How to Talk about Jesus (Without Being That Guy): Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World
By: Sam Chan
4.47
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Most Christians know they should be trying to tell their friends and family about Jesus. But in a p… read more
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15. True Friendship
By: Vaughan Roberts
4.15
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
In a culture where online communications and communities can be set up in seconds, it is striking t… read more
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16. 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity
By: Rebecca McLaughlin
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Written by Rebecca McLaughlin, Author of Confronting Christianity In a world of increasing ideo… read more
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17. The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality
By: Glen Scrivener
4.50
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Is Christianity history? Or is Christian history the deepest explanation of the modern world?Today … read more
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18. God of All Things: Rediscovering the Sacred in an Everyday World
By: Andrew Wilson
4.53
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Abstract theology is overrated, for God can be found in even the most ordinary of things. Jesus… read more
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19. The Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims
By: Rebecca McLaughlin
4.31
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
In this house we believe that: Black Lives Matter Love Is Love Gay Rights Are Civil Rights Wome… read more
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20. Jesus through the Eyes of Women: How the First Female Disciples Help Us Know and Love the Lord
By: Rebecca McLaughlin
4.39
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
If the women who followed Jesus could tell you what he was like, what would they say? Jesus’s tr… read more
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21. Confronting Jesus: 9 Encounters with the Hero of the Gospels
By: Rebecca McLaughlin
4.26
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Rebecca McLaughlin explores who Jesus really is in this follow-up to Confronti… read more
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22. 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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23. No Greater Love: A Biblical Vision for Friendship
By: Rebecca McLaughlin
4.26
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Greater love has no one than that he lay down his life for his friends. –John 15:13 Our culture id… read more
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24. Faithfully Present: Embracing the Limits of Where and When God Has You (Help to manage stress. Accept limitations. Free to live in the moment, mindful of God’s presence.)
By: Adam Ramsey
4.42
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
How to accept our limitations and be free to live in the moment, fully and faithfully present with … read more
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25. A Brief Theology of Periods (Yes, Really): An Adventure for the Curious Into Bodies, Womanhood, Time, Pain and Purpose—And How to Have a Better Time of the Month
By: Rachel Jones
4.13
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
The average woman has 500 periods in her lifetime. And whether yours are mildly annoying, utterly d… read more
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26. Being the Bad Guys: How to Live for Jesus in a World That Says You Shouldn't
By: Stephen McAlpine
4.21
Format: 143 pages, Paperback
How to have confidence in the gospel, even when Christian values clash with secular ones. The churc… read more
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27. Enjoying God: Experience the power and love of God in everyday
By: Tim Chester
4.43
Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition
We believe in God, we serve God, we trust God, but would we say that we experience God on a day to … read more
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28. Brave by Faith: God-Sized Confidence in a Post-Christian World
By: Alistair Begg
4.61
Format: 128 pages, ebook
Learn from the book of Daniel how to live confidently for Christ today. What does it look like to … read more
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29. Water for My Camels: Navigating the Space between Singleness and Marriage when the Bible Doesn't Talk about Dating
By: Paul Grimmond
4.31
Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition
The Bible has some fascinating stories of how two people meet and marry—like the Genesis story of I… read more
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30. Making Faith Magnetic: Five Hidden Themes Our Culture Can't Stop Talking About... and How to Connect Them to Christ
By: Daniel Strange
4.06
Format: None pages, ebook
As followers of Jesus, we know that the good news is deeply attractive. But we often fear that to t… read more
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31. Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda
By: Megan Basham
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
“This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bo… read more
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