17 Top nonfiction books like The Unvarnished Jesus: A Lenten Journey by Brian Zahnd

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The Unvarnished Jesus: A Lenten Journey

By: Brian Zahnd

4.53

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

The Unvarnished Jesus is a forty-six day Lenten journey taking the reader from Ash Wednesday to Hol…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Unvarnished Jesus: A Lenten Journey by Brian Zahnd , here is a list of 17 books like this:

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1. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

By: Dallas Willard , Richard J. Foster

4.22

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Conspiracy has revolutionized how we think about the true meaning of discipleship. In th… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
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"Genius, it is said, is the ability to scrutinize the obvious."

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

"The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said."

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

"Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him."

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

"(God's) nature, identity, and overarching purposes are no doubt unchanging. But his intentions with regard to many particular matters that concern individual human beings are not. This does not dimin…"

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

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2. The Great Divorce

By: C.S. Lewis

4.31

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more

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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

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3. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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  • nonfiction

4. A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel

By: Bradley Jersak

3.43

Format: 42 pages,

What is God like? Toxic images abound: God the punishing judge, the deadbeat dad, the genie in a bo… read more

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5. Laurus

By: None , Lisa Hayden

4.17

Format: 510 pages, Hardcover

It is the late fifteenth century and a village healer in Russia is powerless to help his beloved as… read more

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6. Unveiling Grace: The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church

By: None

4.07

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

From a rare insider's point of view, Unveiling Gracelooks at how Latter-day Saints are 'wooing our … read more

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7. Wholehearted Faith

By: Rachel Held Evans

4.42

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

A new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life con… read more

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"Many of us have found a renewed sense of possibility when we've realized how much of God's beauty remains to be explored — and that the life of faith is also a life of holy curiosity."

-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith

"It is nearly impossible to believe: God shrinking down to the size of a zygote, implanted in the soft lining of a woman’s womb. God growing fingers and toes. God kicking and hiccupping in utero. God …"

-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith

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8. The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American

By: Andrew L. Seidel

4.45

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Do “In God We Trust,” the Declaration of Independence, and other historical “evidence” prove that A… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
"Evangelical Christianity invaded and polarized the political debate in the decades leading up to the Civil War, limiting the potential political solutions. It turned the democratic process, which rel…"

-Andrew L. Seidel, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American

"In God we Trust", "one nation under God," "God bless America." These tidbits are not historical so much as they are rhetorical. Their tardiness precludes arguments that they somehow prove the foundin…"

-Andrew L. Seidel, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American

"Trump's dictatorial tendencies and mendacity, negative attributes for many voters, poised him perfectly to manipulate the evangelical mind. Like the biblical god evangelicals worship, Trump is a thin…"

-Andrew L. Seidel, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American

"For the average American during the 1950s, afraid of facing societal backlash, the question may simply have been: Which god or which religion? Today, the question is not which god or religion, but: S…"

-Andrew L. Seidel, The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American

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9. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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  • christian
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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10. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

By: Tyler Staton

4.60

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more

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  • christian
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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11. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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  • nonfiction
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12. Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation

By: Jon Ward

4.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Jon Ward's life is divided in half: two decades inside the evangelical Christian bubble and two dec… read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
  • religion
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13. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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14. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

By: Esau McCaulley

4.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"

-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

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15. Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

By: Peter Enns

4.36

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

“Peter Enns is brilliant at taking the big topics, those Christian ideas that usually scare us or i… read more

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"Does the God of Abraham look lovingly upon ancient cave drawings and temples dedicated to the only gods ancient humans could have known?"

-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

"Like a frail plant that needs careful tending and constant protection from sun and wind, perhaps the real problem wasn’t me but the fragile, unsustainable version of Christianity I had been told was …"

-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

"Placeholder theology is the very nature of theology. By it we acknowledge the human need to say something about ultimate meaning concerning the Creator and the creation while also understanding that …"

-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

"A God who does not connect to the world around us is a God who cannot speak to us. Believing in a God who demands that we continue to adopt only biblically ancient ways of thinking of God, which are …"

-Peter Enns, Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God)

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16. A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message

By: Winn Collier

4.65

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This essential authorized biography of Eugene Peterson offers unique insights into the experiences … read more

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17. Ghosted: An American Story

By: Nancy French

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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18. The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

By: Kaitlyn Schiess

4.30

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more

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  • christian
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  • nonfiction
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"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"

-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here

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19. Out of the Embers: Faith After the Great Deconstruction

By: Bradley Jersak

4.47

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Trendy brand name for falling away from belief in God? Or a process essential to authentic faith? … read more

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  • nonfiction
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Cover of Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas by Thomas Jay Oord

20. Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas

By: Thomas Jay Oord

4.16

Format: 155 pages, Kindle Edition

Most theologies suck. They’re too technical or they describe a God nobody understands. Sometimes th… read more

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"God is likely bigger and wilder than any box."

-Thomas Jay Oord, Open and Relational Theology: An Introduction to Life-Changing Ideas

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21. The Unvarnished Jesus: A Lenten Journey

By: Brian Zahnd

4.53

Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition

The Unvarnished Jesus is a forty-six day Lenten journey taking the reader from Ash Wednesday to Hol… read more

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