Don't Waste Your Cancer
By: John Piper
4.29
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
How are we as Christians called to respond when cancer invades our lives, whether our own bodies or…
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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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"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
2. The Holy War
By: John Bunyan
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
"The Holy War," John Bunyan's fourth work of major importance, appeared in 1682. Although "The Pilg… read more
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"Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul."-John Bunyan, The Holy War
"Another part or piece,' said Diabolus, 'of mine excellent armour, is a dumb and prayerless spirit, a spirit that scorns to cry for mercy, let the danger be ever so great; therefore be you, my Mansoul…"-John Bunyan, The Holy War
"O my Mansoul, I have lived, I have died, I live, and I will die no more for thee. I live that thou mayest not die. Because I live thou shalt live also; I reconciled thee to my Father by the blood of …"-John Bunyan, The Holy War
3. 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)
4. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
By: Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Renowned pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of The Songs of Jesus, Timoth… read more
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"Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
5. Jonathan Edwards Resolutions: and Advice to Young Converts
By: Jonathan Edwards , Stephen J. Nichols
4.47
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
While completing his preparation for the ministry, Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) wrote seventy resol… read more
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"Resolved, to endeavor to obtain for myself as much happiness in the other world as I possibly can, with all the power, might, vigor, and vehemence, yea violence, I am capable of."-Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Edwards Resolutions: and Advice to Young Converts
"In all your course, walk with God and follow Christ as a little, poor, helpless child, taking hold of Christ’s hand, keeping your eye on the mark of the wounds on his hands and side, whence came the …"-Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Edwards Resolutions: and Advice to Young Converts
6. The Cost of Discipleship
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between… read more
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"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
7. The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men
By: Jerry Bridges , Richard D. Phillips
4.13
Format: 174 pages, Hardcover
There is a crying need in the church today for men to be men. But competing visions for what a man … read more
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"Of all men, Christians should work especially hard, giving more than an honest day's work for a day's wage."-Jerry Bridges, The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men
8. The Craft of Research
By: Joseph M. Williams , Gregory G. Colomb , Wayne C. Booth
3.91
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
With more than 400,000 copies now in print, The Craft of Research is the unrivaled resource for res… read more
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"That sense of contributing to a community is never more rewarding than when you discover something that you believe can improve your readers’ lives by changing what and how they think."-Joseph M. Williams, The Craft of Research
9. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
By: Jonathan Edwards
3.85
Format: 35 pages, Paperback
This is a reprint of Jonathan Edward's famous sermon. Many have said it is the most famous sermon e… read more
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"The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an …"-Jonathan Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
10. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more
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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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
14. When God and Cancer Meet: True Stories of Hope and Healing
By: Lynn Eib
4.23
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A book of powerful stories about cancer patients and their families who have been touched by God in… read more
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15. Saved Without A Doubt: Being Sure of Your Salvation
By: John F. MacArthur Jr.
3.74
Format: None pages,
For over 30 years trusted pastor and teacher John MacArthur has delivered practical, Biblical insig… read more
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16. The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
By: None , Arthur Bennett
4.53
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
The strength of Puritan character and life lay in prayer and meditation. In this practice the spiri… read more
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"O God, make me worthy of this calling, that the name of Jesus may be glorified in me and I in him."-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
"Oh God, it is amazing that men can talk so much about man's creaturely power and goodness, when, if thou didst not hold us back every moment, we should be devils incarnate."-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
"Work in me more profound and abiding repentance; Give me the fullness of godly grief, that trembles and fears, yet ever trust and loves, which is ever powerful, and ever confident; Grant through the …"-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
"O MY FORGETFUL SOUL, Awake from thy wandering dream; turn from chasing vanities, look inward, forward, upward, view thyself, reflect upon thyself, who and what thou art, why here, what thou must soon…"-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
17. 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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18. What Grieving People Wish You Knew about What Really Helps
By: Nancy Guthrie
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
When someone we love is grieving, we want to be there. But it's easy to feel paralyzed, worried tha… read more
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19. The Blessing of Humility
By: Jerry Bridges
4.44
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of The Pursuit of Holiness We all admire humility when we see it. But … read more
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20. Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
By: Priscilla Shirer
4.45
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
You have an enemy . . . and he’s dead set on destroying all you hold dear and keeping you from expe… read more
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21. The Pursuit of God
By: A.W. Tozer
3.80
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
During a train trip from Chicago to Texas in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to write The Pursuit … read more
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22. 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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"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)
23. 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
24. Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
By: Tom Holland
4.26
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A "marvelous" (Economist) account of how the Christian Revolution forged the Western imagination. … read more
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"To hail a religion for its compatibility with a secular society was decidedly not a neutral gesture. Secularism was no less bred of the sweep of Christian history than were Orban's barbed-wire fences…"-Tom Holland, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World
25. Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)
By: Jon Acuff
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Overthinking isn't a personality trait. It's the sneakiest form of fear. It steals time, creativit… read more
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- psychology
"Your brain is waiting for you each day. It's waiting to be told what to think. It's waiting to see what kind of soundtracks you'll choose. It's waiting to see if you really want to build a different …"-Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)
"This time though, I didn't listen to that. There was a new soundtrack in town that told me, "Everything's always working out for me? I didn't know how that was going to become true, but I decided to …"-Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)
".........Frederickson discovered a more reasonable goal. "Aim for a positivity ratio of at least 3 to 1. This means that for every heart-wrenching negative emotional experience you endure, you experi…"-Jon Acuff, Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset)
26. 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
27. God's Grace in Your Suffering
By: David A. Powlison
4.48
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
It's easy to see God's grace when things are going well. But in the midst of suffering--when we don… read more
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"We can make the right answer sound old hat, but I guarantee this: God will surprise you. He will make you stop. You will struggle. He will bring you up short. You will hurt. He will take his time. Yo…"-David A. Powlison, God's Grace in Your Suffering
28. Knowing Sin: Seeing a Neglected Doctrine Through the Eyes of the Puritans
By: Mark Jones
4.50
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The first rule of combat know your enemy. We don’t talk a lot about sin these days. But maybe we s… read more
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29. The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering
By: Vaneetha Rendall Risner
4.50
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Twenty-one surgeries by age thirteen. Years in the hospital. Verbal and physical bullying from scho… read more
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"Replacing “what if "-Vaneetha Rendall Risner, The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering
"Our faith is not a facade we erect to convince ourselves and others that pain doesn’t hurt—it is an oak tree that can withstand the storms of doubt and pain in our lives, and grow stronger through th…"-Vaneetha Rendall Risner, The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering
"This is the most precious answer God can give us: wait. It makes us cling to him rather than to an outcome. God knows what I need; I do not. He sees the future; I cannot. His perspective is eternal; …"-Vaneetha Rendall Risner, The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering
"I’ve often been devastated when he tells me no, but as I submit to his will in those situations—even with disappointment and tears—he assures me he’s working for my good. I see only part of the pictu…"-Vaneetha Rendall Risner, The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering
30. When Pain Is Real and God Seems Silent: Finding Hope in the Psalms
By: J. Ligon Duncan III
4.46
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
In dark times, God can seem silent. We feel isolated, confused, and alone. Everyone experiences suf… read more
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31. Don't Waste Your Cancer
By: John Piper
4.29
Format: 16 pages, Paperback
How are we as Christians called to respond when cancer invades our lives, whether our own bodies or… read more
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