24 Top christian books like Unmet Expectations by Lisa Hughes

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Unmet Expectations

By: Lisa Hughes

4.54

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Plain and simple, life doesn’t always turn out the way we imagined. Yet, we can respond in God-glor…

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1. When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

By: Edward T. Welch

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

However you put it, the fear of man can be summarized this way: We replace God with people. Instead… read more

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"Fear"

-Edward T. Welch, When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

"Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin."

-Edward T. Welch, When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

"1. We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us. 2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us. 3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. The…"

-Edward T. Welch, When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

"It is possible that our present-day discussion about needs might be framed more by secular psychological theories than by Scripture. If this is so, we should be careful about saying, "Jesus meets all…"

-Edward T. Welch, When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

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2. Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul

By: Hannah Anderson

3.95

Format: 269 pages, Paperback

Find abundance in a humble life. A lot of books these days are trying to diagnose our discontentmen… read more

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3. Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate

By: Jerry Bridges

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Have Christians become so preoccupied with "major" sins that we have lost sight of our need to deal… read more

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  • christian
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4. Conscience: What It Is, How to Train It, and Loving Those Who Differ

By: Andrew David Naselli , J.D. Crowley

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Christian, meet your conscience. What do you do when you disagree with other Christians? How do you… read more

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5. Spiritual Mothering

By: George Grant , Susan Hunt

3.94

Format: 338 pages, Paperback

As it challenges women to put the teaching of Titus 2 into action, Spiritual Mothering uses both bi… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Lies Young Women Believe: And the Truth that Sets Them Free, Companion Guide

By: Erin Davis , Nancy Leigh DeMoss , Dannah Gresh

3.24

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Get the resource that helps you go deeper into the truths found in Lies Young Women Believe. The Co… read more

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  • faith
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7. How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture

By: Francis A. Schaeffer

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

In dit boek, dat ontstaan is naar aanleiding van de gelijknamige televisie serie, neemt de auteur o… read more

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8. Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

By: Jerry Bridges

4.38

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

In an effort to strengthen his own trust in God during a time of adversity, Navigator author Jerry … read more

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"In a sermon entitled “God’s Providence,"

-Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

"God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about."

-Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

"If we are going to learn to trust God in adversity, we must believe God will allow nothing to subvert His glory so He will allow nothing to spoil the good He is working out in us and for us."

-Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

"Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory."

-Jerry Bridges, Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

9. Shepherding a Child's Heart

By: Tedd Tripp

3.04

Format: 40 pages,

Shepherding a Child's Heart is about how to speak to the heart of your child. The things your child… read more

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10. The Excellent Wife: A Biblical Perspective

By: Martha Peace , Lou Priolo

4.06

Format: 257 pages, Paperback

Martha Peace, a nouthetic councelor of women, has written an Excellent Volume. Not only does it exp… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a lar… read more

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12. Pleasing People: How not to be an "approval junkie"

By: Lou Priolo

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Are you a people pleaser? Are you addicted to aEURoeapprovalaEUR? from others, and would do just ab… read more

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13. The Pursuit of Holiness

By: Jerry Bridges , Jim Fay , Foster W. Cline

3.91

Format: 434 pages, Paperback

"Be holy, for I am holy" commands God to His people. But holiness is something that is often missed… read more

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14. 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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15. Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother

By: Abbie Halberstadt

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps women see how God can us… read more

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16. The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

By: Tara-Leigh Cobble

4.84

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever closed your Bible and thought, What did I just read? Or maybe you have tried to read … read more

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17. 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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18. M Is for Mama: A Rebellion Against Mediocre Motherhood

By: Abbie Halberstadt

4.53

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER Mama of ten Abbie Halberstadt helps women humbly and gracefully ri… read more

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19. 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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20. 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 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

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21. Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

By: Russ Ramsey

4.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

How do art and faith intersect? How does art help us see our own lives more clearly? What can we un… read more

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"The pattern in Scripture is that of God working through unlikely servants for the glory of his name and the spread of the gospel."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

"The more we engage with beauty, the more we train our hearts to anticipate finding beauty, until eventually, everywhere we go, we're looking for it."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

"Many artists took their easels and paints outside and captured what they saw. Vincent wanted to capture what he felt as he tried to remember what he saw."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

"Vincent didn't see the world as a collection of plain, unaffected objects. He saw the unfolding drama of the human story, which to him was a heartbreaking tale."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

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22. Marilla of Green Gables

By: Sarah McCoy

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and mo… read more

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"Keep yourself open to unexpected blessings, dear."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"There was power in knowledge. Like the gears of a steam engine, the more active knowledge was, the more force it produced."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Human hearts are full of strife. It's a fallen world, my dears. We can only do our best to establish safe havens where we can."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Just take a deep breath and go on in there with your head held high. Look for good things and good things [are] what you'll find..."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

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23. Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years

By: Ellen Vaughn

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a remote Amazonian indigenous pe… read more

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24. Untangling Emotions: God's Gift of Emotions

By: J. Alasdair Groves

4.42

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Christians often view their emotions in one of two ways: either they don't matter at all or they ar… read more

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25. Every Moment Holy

By: Douglas Kaine McKelvey

4.83

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

EVERY MOMENT HOLY is a book of liturgies for the ordinary events of daily life--liturgies such as … read more

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Cover of Growing Together: Taking Mentoring Beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests by Melissa B. Kruger

26. Growing Together: Taking Mentoring Beyond Small Talk and Prayer Requests

By: Melissa B. Kruger

4.27

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Women in all seasons of life can feel alone, longing for encouragement, guidance, and wisdom from s… read more

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  • womens
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27. Caring for One Another: 8 Ways to Cultivate Meaningful Relationships

By: Edward T. Welch

4.15

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

There are hurting people everywhere. As Christians, it can be tempting to think that care should be… read more

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28. 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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Cover of The War On Children: Providing Refuge for Your Children in a Modern World by John MacArthur

29. The War On Children: Providing Refuge for Your Children in a Modern World

By: John MacArthur

4.54

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This world has declared war on our children. Every day, on a multitude of battlefronts, Satan is de… read more

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  • christian living
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30. Unmet Expectations

By: Lisa Hughes

4.54

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

Plain and simple, life doesn’t always turn out the way we imagined. Yet, we can respond in God-glor… read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of When Words Matter Most: Speaking Truth with Grace to Those You Love by Cheryl Marshall

31. When Words Matter Most: Speaking Truth with Grace to Those You Love

By: Cheryl Marshall

4.45

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How to Speak Truth with Grace to Those You Love When a friend is struggling and in need of bibli… read more

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11 must-read religion books like Unmet Expectations by Lisa Hughes

Transform Your Habits

Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul

Hannah Anderson

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

Jerry Bridges

4.38

Transform Your Habits

Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age

Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.54

Transform Your Habits

The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible

Tara-Leigh Cobble

4.84

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Transform Your Habits

Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

Collin Hansen

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners

Dane C. Ortlund

4.58

Transform Your Habits

Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West

Andrew Wilson

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church

Michael J. Kruger

4.49

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