21 must-read christian books like The Doctrine of Humanity (Contours of Christian Theology, #5) by Charles Sherlock

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The Doctrine of Humanity (Contours of Christian Theology, #5)

By: Charles Sherlock

3.55

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

At the end of the twentieth century the forces of race, gender, ethnicity, culture, social status, …

If you liked the christian plot in The Doctrine of Humanity (Contours of Christian Theology, #5) by Charles Sherlock , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Exploring Christian Theology: Creation, Fall, and Salvation

By: Douglas K. Blount , Nathan D. Holsteen , Michael J. Svigel , None , None , None

4.29

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

The Foundations of Theology in Everyday Language Dallas Seminary professors Nathan Holsteen and… read more

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  • theology
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2. Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

By: Wesley Hill

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Gay," "Christian," and "celibate" don't often appear in the same sentence. Yet many who sit next t… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
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3. Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness

By: Kathryn Greene-McCreight

3.57

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Where is God in the suffering of a mentally ill person? What happens to the soul when the mind is i… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
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4. Exploring Christian Theology, Volume I: Revelation, Scripture, and the Triune God

By: Douglas K. Blount , Nathan D. Holsteen , Michael J. Svigel , None , None , None

3.36

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

Part one: Douglas K. Blount, Nathan D. Holsteen, Glenn R. Kreider, and Michael J. Svigel, Part two:… read more

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  • christian
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5. Dispensationalism and the History of Redemption: A Developing and Diverse Tradition

By: Douglas K. Blount , D. Jeffrey Bingham , Glenn R. Kreider

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Top-level scholarship on an enduring tradition Dispensationalism has long been associated with a ca… read more

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6. Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages

By: Haddon W. Robinson

4.19

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Haddon Robinson's classic, with more than 150,000 in print, is a lesson in the basics. This updated… read more

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  • christianity
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7. The Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life

By: M. Craig Barnes

4.11

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

"Today's pastors -- often expected to be multi-tasking marvels who can make their churches "success… read more

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  • christianity
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8. The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients

By: Irvin D. Yalom , Nicola Ferguson

3.66

Format: 162 pages,

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9. The Insanity of God: A True Story of Faith Resurrected

By: Gregg Lewis , None

3.75

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Insanity of Godis the personal and lifelong journey of an ordinary couple from rural Kentucky w… read more

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10. Mere Christianity

By: C.S. Lewis

4.36

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more

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"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

11. The End: A Complete Overview of Bible Prophecy and the End of Days

By: Mark Hitchcock

3.00

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

The end times have seen a great amount of interest within the last two decades, but there hasn't be… read more

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12. Not the Way It's Supposed to Be: A Breviary of Sin

By: Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

3.60

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

This timely book retrieves an old awareness that has slipped and changed in recent decades. The awa… read more

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13. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.93

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more

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  • christian
"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."

-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)

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14. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta … read more

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  • christian
"Do not dare not to dare."

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

"No one can teach riding so well as a horse"

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

"Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!"

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

"Even a walk will get us somewhere sometime."

-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)

15. How to Read the Bible Like a Seminary Professor: A Practical and Entertaining Exploration of the World's Most Famous Book

By: None

4.31

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

Many people admire and even revere the Bible, but they simply do not understand what they read, muc… read more

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16. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

By: J.D. Vance

3.32

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From a former Marine and Yale Law School Graduate, a poignant account of growing up in a poor Appal… read more

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17. Between Two Worlds: The Challenge of Preaching Today

By: John R.W. Stott , Eldon Jay Epp

3.96

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

Stott's modern classic, Between Two Worlds, argues that there is a chasm between the biblical world… read more

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18. The Cross and Salvation: The Doctrine of Salvation

By: Bruce A. Demarest

4.17

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

With America's confidence in the Bible at an all-time low and the strength of her spiritual convict… read more

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19. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

By: C.S. Lewis

4.00

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more

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  • christianity
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"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."

-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)

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

By: Andrew Wilson

4.51

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

How 7 Transformational Events in 1776 Paved the Way for Today’s Post-Christian West With dizzyin… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
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21. The Problem of Pain

By: C.S. Lewis

4.13

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all: If God is good and all-powerful… read more

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  • christianity
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"Man is to be understood only in his relation to God."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

"Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

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22. The Trinity: An Introduction (Short Studies in Systematic Theology)

By: Scott R. Swain

4.49

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

Practical Theology for the Church Today The Trinity is one of the most essential doctrines of th… read more

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23. Deacons: How They Serve and Strengthen the Church (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches)

By: Matt Smethurst

4.51

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

How Can Deacons Mobilize Service in the Church? Deacons are essential to a church’s health—yet conf… read more

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24. None Greater: The Undomesticated Attributes of God

By: Matthew Barrett

4.49

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

For too long, Christians have domesticated God, bringing him down to our level as if he is a God wh… read more

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25. Against the Darkness: The Doctrine of Angels, Satan, and Demons (Foundations of Evangelical Theology)

By: Graham A. Cole

4.00

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Many Christians live as though they are effectively alone. However, there is another realm of intel… read more

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26. RetroChristianity: Reclaiming the Forgotten Faith

By: Michael J. Svigel

4.36

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

If the church fathers or Reformers showed up at your church, would they worship… or run? The time h… read more

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27. The Holy Spirit: An Introduction (Short Studies in Systematic Theology)

By: Fred Sanders

4.64

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Understanding the Work and Power of the Holy Spirit in Scripture  Though he is right at the heart o… read more

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Cover of Care of Souls: Revisioning Christian Nurture and Counsel by David G. Benner

28. Care of Souls: Revisioning Christian Nurture and Counsel

By: David G. Benner

3.91

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

A practicing psychologist explores the church's role in soul care, advocating a counseling method t… read more

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29. The Doctrine of Humanity (Contours of Christian Theology, #5)

By: Charles Sherlock

3.55

Format: 303 pages, Paperback

At the end of the twentieth century the forces of race, gender, ethnicity, culture, social status, … read more

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30. A Vision for Preaching: Understanding the Heart of Pastoral Ministry

By: Abraham Kuruvilla

4.04

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

This book by a well-respected teacher of preachers develops an integrated biblical and theological … read more

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18 Top theology books like The Doctrine of Humanity (Contours of Christian Theology, #5) by Charles Sherlock

Transform Your Habits

Exploring Christian Theology: Creation, Fall, and Salvation

Douglas K. Blount , Nathan D. Holsteen , Michael J. Svigel , None , None , None

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality

Wesley Hill

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness

Kathryn Greene-McCreight

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Exploring Christian Theology, Volume I: Revelation, Scripture, and the Triune God

Douglas K. Blount , Nathan D. Holsteen , Michael J. Svigel , None , None , None

3.36

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Transform Your Habits

90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

Don Piper , Cecil Murphey

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Cross and the Switchblade

David Wilkerson , John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

Joyce Meyer

4.31

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The Case for Christ

Lee Strobel

4.37

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