19 must-read christian books like Life Can Be Good Again by Appelo

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Life Can Be Good Again

By: Appelo

4.77

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"One of the best books I've ever read on suffering!" --BRITTANY PRICE BROOKER, speaker "Lisa Appel…

If you liked the christian plot in Life Can Be Good Again by Appelo , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Heaven

By: Randy Alcorn

4.28

Format: 533 pages, Hardcover

What is Heaven really going to be like? What will we look like? What will we do? Won't Heaven get b… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
"Heaven isn't an extrapolation of earthly thinking; Earth is an extension of Heaven, made by the Creator King."

-Randy Alcorn, Heaven

"Because satan hates us, he's determined to rob us of the joy we'd have if we believed what God tells us about the magnificent world to come."

-Randy Alcorn, Heaven

"For the Christian, death is not the end of adventure but a doorway from a wold where dreams and adventures shrink, to a world where dreams and adventures forever expand."

-Randy Alcorn, Heaven

"Jesus' miracles provide us with a sample of the meaning of redemption: a freeing of creation from the shackles of sin and evil and a reinstatement of creaturely living as intended by God."

-Randy Alcorn, Heaven

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2. A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss

By: Jerry Sittser

4.51

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An expanded edition of this classic book on grief and loss with a new preface and epilogue. Loss… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • self help
"I see now that my faith was becoming an ally rather than an enemy because I could vent anger freely, even toward God, without fearing retribution."

-Jerry Sittser, A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss

"I did not get over the loss of my loved ones; rather, I absorbed the loss into my life, like soil receives decaying matter, until it became a part of who I am."

-Jerry Sittser, A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss

"The quickest way for anyone to reach the sun and the light of day is not to run west, chasing after the setting sun, but to head east, plunging into the darkness until one comes to the sunrise."

-Jerry Sittser, A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss

"But life here is not the end. Reality is more than we think it to be. There is another and greater reality that envelops this earthly one. Earth is not outside heaven, as the philosopher Peter Kreeft…"

-Jerry Sittser, A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss

3. A Time to Grieve (Journeying though Grief, Book One)

By: Kenneth C. Haugk

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Cover of Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You by Don Piper, John Burke

4. Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You

By: Don Piper , John Burke

4.42

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

1 out of 25 Americans has had a near-death experience. Do they reveal the Heaven of the Bible? All … read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
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5. Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

By: Mark Vroegop

4.54

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Lament is how you live between the poles of a hard life and trusting God's goodness. Lament is h… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
"To cry is human, but to lament is Christian."

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

"Every lament is a prayer; a statement of faith"

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

"When brokenness becomes your life, lament helps you turn to God. It lifts your head and turns your tear-filled eyes toward the only hope you have: God's grace."

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

"The lament of Good Friday was answered three days later with the empty tomb. The greatest injustice in history became the greatest display of divine mercy. Tragedy became triumph. Lament was the voic…"

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

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6. A Grief Observed

By: C.S. Lewis

4.22

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 … read more

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  • faith
  • christian
"Time itself is one more name for death."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"The death of a beloved is an amputation."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."

-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

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7. The Incredible Winston Browne

By: Sean Dietrich

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Beloved writer Sean Dietrich—also known as Sean of the South—will warm your heart with this rich an… read more

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8. Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

By: Lysa TerKeurst

4.42

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Relationships are wonderful . . . until they're not. Join #1 New York Times bestselling author L… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • self help
"Love can be unconditional but relational access never should be"

-Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

"Trauma isn't just something that happens to you. It happens in you"

-Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

"Even when people turned on Jesus, He didn't let a goodbye turn Him into someone He was never meant to be"

-Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

"If we want recovery and healing we would be wise to take a break or possibly make a clean break from the one wounding us>"

-Lysa TerKeurst, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

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9. 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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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • self help
"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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10. The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom

By: Andrew Peterson

4.49

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

There’s a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They’re bo… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
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11. The Last Exchange

By: Charles Martin

4.33

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

“Here’s the catch—even if I make it out of here alive, I need a reason to breathe again.” When M… read more

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  • christian
"...a life laid down is better than the one picked up. --MacTHOMAS POCKETS"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

"Scars are just the body's response to things that shouldn't be there. A reminder of the pain. --MacTHOMAS POCKETS"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

"...that's the thing about mountaintops. While we might prefer those "high" moments, most of life'--she [Joe] pointed at a town in the valley--'happens down there. Along the way.' She tilted her head …"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

"After several minutes, she [Joe] turned toward him [Pockets]. 'What changes it?' 'Not -what-.' A pause. '-Who-.' 'Who then?' 'The one who walks with you down into your closet. Down where you hide the…"

-Charles Martin, The Last Exchange

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12. Suffering is Never for Nothing

By: Elisabeth Elliot

4.68

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has t… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
"Faith is not a feeling. Faith is willed obedience in action."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

"The love of God is not a sentiment. It is a willed and inexorable love that will command nothing less than the very best for us. The love of God wills our joy. I think of the love of God as being syn…"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

"It’s He who was the Word before the foundation of the world, suffering as a lamb slain. And He has a lot up His sleeve that you and I haven’t the slightest idea about now. He’s told us enough so that…"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

"We are not adrift in chaos. To me that is the most fortifying, the most stabilizing, the most peace-giving thing that I know about anything in the universe. Every time that things have seemingly fall…"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

Cover of Someone Like You (The Baxter Family, #6) by Karen Kingsbury

13. Someone Like You (The Baxter Family, #6)

By: Karen Kingsbury

4.14

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

One frozen embryo. Two families with secrets. And a guy who never planned to fall in love again… read more

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  • christian
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14. The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

By: Jemar Tisby

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In August of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, calling on… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
"Throughout the course of US history, when Christians had the opportunity to decisively oppose the racism in their midst, all too often, they chose silence. They chose passivity. The refusal to act…"

-Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

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15. My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church

By: Amy Kenny

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection,… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
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16. The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

By: Gretchen Saffles

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

ECPA Bestseller! Over 100,000 copies sold! Discover the bottomless, refreshing Well of God's Word―… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • self help
Cover of Lemons on Friday: Trusting God Through My Greatest Heartbreak by Mattie Jackson Selecman

17. Lemons on Friday: Trusting God Through My Greatest Heartbreak

By: Mattie Jackson Selecman

4.48

Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition

When your life is suddenly full of questions, how do you move forward in faith? After being marrie… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • self help
Cover of Life Can Be Good Again by Appelo

18. Life Can Be Good Again

By: Appelo

4.77

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"One of the best books I've ever read on suffering!" --BRITTANY PRICE BROOKER, speaker "Lisa Appel… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • self help
Cover of Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving after Loss by Clarissa Moll

19. Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving after Loss

By: Clarissa Moll

4.59

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“Those going through dark times will find this generous, strongly Christian work a welcome beacon o… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • self help
Cover of The Path to Peace: Experiencing God's Comfort When You're Overwhelmed by Ann Swindell

20. The Path to Peace: Experiencing God's Comfort When You're Overwhelmed

By: Ann Swindell

4.59

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Overwhelmed. Stressed out. Burnt out. Fried. However we name it, all of us know what it feels li… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
Cover of Make Up Your Mind: Unlock Your Thoughts, Transform Your Life by Denise Pass

21. Make Up Your Mind: Unlock Your Thoughts, Transform Your Life

By: Denise Pass

4.54

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

AS WE THINK, SO ARE WE . . . Every day we fight battle after battle in our mind―many times unawa… read more

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  • christian

7 best-selling self help books like Life Can Be Good Again by Appelo

Transform Your Habits

A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss

Jerry Sittser

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are

Lysa TerKeurst

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

Jennie Allen

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith

Gretchen Saffles

4.35

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Transform Your Habits

The Roads We Follow (Fog Harbor, #2)

Nicole Deese

4.39

Transform Your Habits

The Masterpiece

Francine Rivers

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Just for the Summer

Melody Carlson

3.49

Transform Your Habits

Love, Unscripted

Denise Hunter

4.15

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