10 Top religion books like The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama by Michael W. Goheen

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The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama

By: Michael W. Goheen

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Have you wondered how the Bible hangs together, or how to make sense of it all? The Bible isn't a s…

"Today we have different idols. . . We have trusted in human reason, science, and technology to solve our problems and progress toward a better world and a prosperous life. Yet idolatry brings death."

-Michael W. Goheen, The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama

"Today we have different idols. . . We have trusted in human reason, science, and technology to solve our problems and progress toward a better world and a prosperous life. Yet idolatry brings death."

-Michael W. Goheen, The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama

If you liked the religion plot in The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama by Michael W. Goheen , here is a list of 10 books like this:

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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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"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. Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

By: David Platt

4.18

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followe… read more

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"I had the faith of a sermon, but not the faith of his son. – John Wesley"

-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

"We may have loved the god that we made up in our minds, but the God of the Bible, we hate."

-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

"God's revelation in the Gospel not only reveals Who He is, but it also reveals who we are."

-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

"My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him. "

-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

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3. Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage Our Multicultural World

By: David A. Livermore

3.87

Format: 411 pages, Paperback

Twenty-first-century society is diverse, and Christians must be able to understand other cultures a… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
Cover of A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller

4. A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World

By: Paul E. Miller

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Author Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of yo… read more

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  • faith
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  • theology
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5. The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog

By: James W. Sire

3.84

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

When The Universe Next Door was first introduced nearly thirty years ago, it set the standard for a… read more

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6. 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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7. Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.

By: John Mark Comer

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You've heard people say "Who you are matters more than what you do". Does the Bible really teach th… read more

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8. Courageous Faith: Life Lessons from Old Testament Heroes

By: Ed Hindson

3.57

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Obstacles* Battles* Weakness* Fears* Learn to face life's greatest challenges with courageous faith… read more

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  • nonfiction
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9. Introducing Christian Doctrine

By: Millard J. Erickson , None

3.79

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

"Introducing Christian Doctrine" is an abridged, less technical version of Millard J. Erickson's cl… read more

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10. God Dwells Among Us: Expanding Eden to the Ends of the Earth

By: Gregory K. Beale , None

3.88

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Preaching's2014 Best Books for Preachers 2014 Best Missions-Oriented Biblical Study, from Byron Bor… read more

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11. The Sacred Search: What If It's Not about Who You Marry, But Why?

By: Gary L. Thomas

3.21

Format: 215 pages,

What if you stopped looking for a "soul mate" and started looking for a "sole mate"--someone who wi… read more

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12. Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith

By: Michael Reeves

3.71

Format: 224 pages,

In this brief and winsome book, Michael Reeves presents an introduction to the Christian faith that… 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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"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

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14. The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

By: Rich Villodas

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

During our chaotic times, discover five forgotten values that can spark internal growth and help us… read more

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"Adam and Eve hid behind a tree, naked and con­quered by shame. But Jesus hung on a tree, naked, and conquered shame. In Jesus, shame doesn’t have the last word."

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

"Sabbath is not a reward for hard work. Sabbath is a gift that precedes work and enables us to work. (…) As with God’s Grace, rest is never a reward; it’s a gift."

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

"The reason we are hospitable is to open our hearts to others in the way that God has opened His heart to us. (...) As the theologian Henri Nouwen said, "Hospitality is not to change people, but to of…"

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

"When I get to the portion that says, "Lead us not into temptation," That (...) doesn't mean that God leads us into temptation; rather, (...) It's us essentially saying, "Lord, (...) I'm vulnerable. D…"

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

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15. In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

By: Jen Wilkin

4.45

Format: 167 pages, Paperback

Sometimes we ask What is God's will for my life? when we should really be asking Who should I be? T… read more

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"How should the knowledge that God is ______ change the way I live?"

-Jen Wilkin, In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

"God's will for our lives is that we conform to the image of Christ, whose incarnation shows us humanity perfectly conformed to the image of God."

-Jen Wilkin, In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

"No longer can we parse our fellow humans into the categories of ‘lovable’ and ‘unlovable.’ If love is an act of the will — not motivated by need, not measuring worth, not requiring reciprocity — then…"

-Jen Wilkin, In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

"If we focus on our actions without addressing our hearts, we may end up merely as better behaved lovers of self (...) The hope of the gospel in our sanctification is not simply that we would make bet…"

-Jen Wilkin, In His Image: 10 Ways God Calls Us to Reflect His Character

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16. 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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17. The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama

By: Michael W. Goheen

4.18

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Have you wondered how the Bible hangs together, or how to make sense of it all? The Bible isn't a s… read more

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"Today we have different idols. . . We have trusted in human reason, science, and technology to solve our problems and progress toward a better world and a prosperous life. Yet idolatry brings death."

-Michael W. Goheen, The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama

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18. Everyday Theology: Exploring The Christian Faith

By: Gabriel Etzel

3.89

Format: 320 pages, ebook

"The Everyday Series covers a litany of topics, ranging from Ministry to Theology to Bible Study, a… read more

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19. Apologetics at the Cross: An Introduction for Christian Witness

By: Joshua D. Chatraw

4.30

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

2019 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Apologetics • 2018 The Gospel Coalition Book Evangelism & … read more

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20. The Essence of the Old Testament: A Survey

By: Ed Hindson

4.27

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

The Essence of the Old Testament surveys the books from Genesis to Malachi. Based on thirty years o… read more

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21. Good Arguments: Making Your Case in Writing and Public Speaking

By: Richard A. Holland

3.84

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

This brief introduction to making effective arguments helps readers to understand the basics of sou… read more

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