22 must-read christian books like Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons by John Piper

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Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons

By: John Piper

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

“Besides Jesus, no one has kept me from despair, or taken me deeper into the mysteries of the gospe…

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1. Is God anti-gay?: And other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction

By: Sam Allberry

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

It's the hot topic of the moment. Christians, the church and the Bible seem to be out of step with … read more

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  • christian
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  • christian living
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"But the fact is that the gospel demands everything of all of us. If someone thinks the gospel has slotted into their life quite easily, without causing any major adjustments to their lifestyle or asp…"

-Sam Allberry, Is God anti-gay?: And other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction

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2. The Tender Heart (Pocket Puritan)

By: Richard Sibbes

4.46

Format: 65 pages, Paperback

Richard Sibbes always sought to get under the superficial layer of his listeners' behaviour and dea… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • theology
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3. Consequences of Ideas

By: R.C. Sproul

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If you think philosophy is irrelevant to your daily life, think again. You need only observe the wo… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
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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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  • christian
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5. If

By: Amy Carmichael

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

What do you know of Calvary Love? This amazing booklet will help you meditate on God's love and bec… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
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6. Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

By: J.I. Packer , Donald S. Whitney , Rita J. Platt

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Drawn from a rich heritage, "Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life" will guide you through a… read more

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"Discipline without direction is drudgery."

-J.I. Packer, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

"If people threw away their money as thoughtlessly as they throw away their time, we would think them insane. Yet time is infinitely more precious than money because money can’t buy time."

-J.I. Packer, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

"The end —that is, the purpose of practicing the Disciplines —is godliness. I define godliness as both closeness to Christ and conformity to Christ, a conformity that’s both inward and outward, a grow…"

-J.I. Packer, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life

7. Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus

By: Mark Dever

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Before ascending to heaven, Jesus instructed his followers to "make disciples of all nations." But … read more

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8. The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance—Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters

By: Timothy J. Keller , Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Since the days of the early church, Christians have wrestled with the relationship between the law … read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
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9. Let Me Be a Woman

By: Elisabeth Elliot

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

“In order to learn what it means to be a woman, we must start with the One who made her.” Working f… read more

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"The gate is narrow but not the life. The gate opens out into largeness of life."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

"--so the woman who accepts the limitations of womanhood finds in those very limitations her gifts..."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

"I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

"What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the Serpents offer and had said to him instead, "Let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be -- let me be a woman?"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

10. Thoughts for Young Men

By: J.C. Ryle

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

J.C. Ryle's handbook for young men, replete with warnings, exhortations, and instruction about this… read more

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11. The Christian Ministry

By: Charles Bridges

3.37

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

One of the best and most comprehensive books ever written on the work of the ministry. read more

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12. Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

By: Phillip E. Johnson , Nancy R. Pearcey

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

Is God a public figure? Does Christianity have a legitimate role to play in the public realm of pol… read more

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13. Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity

By: Tim Challies

4.03

Format: 208 pages,

Don't try to do it all. Do more good. Better. I am no productivity guru. I am a writer, a church le… read more

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14. Concise Theology

By: J.I. Packer

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Theology matters! At last it can be understood easily, thanks to this "layman's language" approach … read more

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15. Knowing God

By: J.I. Packer

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

For over 40 years, J. I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the … read more

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16. Five Points: Towards a Deeper Experience of God's Grace

By: John Piper

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Grace is the heart of God to do you good when you deserve it least. But do we really know how deepl… read more

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17. The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)

By: John Owen

4.36

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

In this abridgement of a classic work, the famous Puritan John Owen shows the need for Christians t… read more

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"Let not man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts."

-John Owen, The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)

"a sense of the love of Christ in the cross; lie at the bottom of all true spiritual mortification"

-John Owen, The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)

"Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls. Live in this, and thou wilt die a conqueror; yea, thou wilt, through the good provi…"

-John Owen, The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)

"A man may beat down the bitter fruit from an evil tree until he is weary; while the root abides in strength and vigour, the beating down of the present fruit will not hinder it from bringing forth mo…"

-John Owen, The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)

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18. God’s Battle Plan for the Mind: The Puritan Practice of Biblical Meditation

By: David W. Saxton

4.47

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

During the seventeenth century, English Puritan pastors often encouraged their congregations in the… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality

19. The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization

By: Vishal Mangalwadi , None

4.34

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Understand where we came from. Whether you're an avid student of the Bible or a skeptic of its rele… read more

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20. 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

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21. Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners

By: Dane C. Ortlund

4.58

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” —2 Peter 3:18 How do Chri… read more

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  • christian
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  • nonfiction
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22. The Gospel Comes with a House Key

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangel… read more

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  • christian
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23. Beholding and Becoming: The Art of Everyday Worship

By: Ruth Chou Simons

4.62

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Become What You Behold   You are in the process of becoming. Every day is an opportunity to be shap… read more

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"To that end, we are ALL worshippers. "Human beings by their very nature are worshipers. Worship is"

-Ruth Chou Simons, Beholding and Becoming: The Art of Everyday Worship

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24. A Little Book on the Christian Life

By: John Calvin

4.54

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

For centuries, Christians of all ages have turned to John Calvin’s A Little Book on the Christian L… read more

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"If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

"...We should always look to the Lord, that by His care we might be led to whatever lot in life He provides for us."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

"Desire is bridled when we acknowledge that all thing given to us are given in order that we might know their author."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

"So it will be that no matter what kind of cross is placed upon us, we will steadily maintain endurance even through the narrowest straits of the soul."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

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25. Covenant and God's Purpose for the World (Short Studies in Biblical Theology)

By: Thomas R. Schreiner

4.38

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.” Genesis 1… read more

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  • christianity
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  • nonfiction
  • theology
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26. Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.41

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Carl Trueman Analyzes How Ancient Creeds and Confessions Protect and Promote Biblical Christianity … read more

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  • history
  • theology
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27. Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church (9marks: Building Healthy Churches)

By: John Onwuchekwa

4.41

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body--but it often doesn't com… read more

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  • christian
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28. Hard Sayings: Understanding Difficult Passages of Scripture

By: R.C. Sproul

4.36

Format: 167 pages, Hardcover

God gave us His Word so that we may know Him and live by His truth. So, what should we do when we’r… read more

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29. Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons

By: John Piper

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

“Besides Jesus, no one has kept me from despair, or taken me deeper into the mysteries of the gospe… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Galatians: An Expositional Commentary

By: R.C. Sproul

4.69

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The gospel has come under attack since the days of the Apostles. In first-century Galatia, false te… read more

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  • history
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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31. Fighting for Holiness (Crossway Short Classics)

By: J.C. Ryle

4.68

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Put on the Armor of God in Your Daily Battle Against Sin “True Christianity is a fight,” wrote J. C… read more

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5 Top history books like Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons by John Piper

Transform Your Habits

Consequences of Ideas

R.C. Sproul

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance—Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters

Timothy J. Keller , Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity

Carl R. Trueman

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Why I Love the Apostle Paul: 30 Reasons

John Piper

4.22

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Christianity and Liberalism

J. Gresham Machen

4.33

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The Bondage of the Will

J.I. Packer , Martin Luther , O.R. Johnston

3.91

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The Expulsive Power of a New Affection

Thomas Chalmers

3.00

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The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

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