The Old Testament: A Historical, Theological, and Critical Introduction
By: Richard S. Hess
4.16
Format: 816 pages, Hardcover
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1. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
By: Craig L. Blomberg , William W. Klein , Robert L. Hubbard Jr. , Robert I. Hubbard Jr.
3.94
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
The authors of this book have combined years of expertise and devotion to Scripture to provide a tr… read more
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2. All Our Wrong Todays
By: Elan Mastai
3.75
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
You know the future that people in the 1950s imagined we'd have? Well, it happened. In Tom Barren's… read more
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"You believe what you do."-Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays
"For just a moment I had a home. It was the size of one cell but that was enough to fit in all I ever wanted."-Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays
"It was both the greatest kiss of my life and also made me feel like until that moment I’d been kissing all wrong."-Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays
"Greta abides by the reasonable philosophy that there is nothing in the universe more boring than someone else's dreams."-Elan Mastai, All Our Wrong Todays
3. 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
4. Jesus and the Gospels
By: Craig L. Blomberg
3.94
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This intensive guide to the Gospels surveys the largest source of eyewitness information about Jesu… read more
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5. Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace
By: James B. Torrance
4.53
Format: 194 pages, Paperback
This book explodes the notion that the doctrine of the Trinity may be indispensable for the creed b… read more
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6. Discipleship That Fits: The Five Kinds of Relationships God Uses to Help Us Grow
By: Bobby William Harrington , Alex Absalom
2.96
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
For far too long, the church has tried to make disciples using a one-size-fits-all approach. Some c… read more
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7. Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading
By: Ronald A. Heifetz , Martin Linsky
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Named one of 100 Leadership & Success Books to Read in a Lifetime by Amazon Editors To lead is to l… read more
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8. Stylish Academic Writing
By: Helen Sword
3.20
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to acade… read more
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9. How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
By: Mortimer J. Adler , Charles van Doren
3.98
Format: 426 pages, Paperback
How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. I… read more
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"In short, we can only learn from our "betters"."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"A good rule always describes the ideal performance."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"The mind can atrophy, like the muscles, if it is not used."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."-Mortimer J. Adler, How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
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. Barth
By: John B. Webster
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
This series offers a range of authoritative studies on people who have made an outstanding contribu… read more
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12. Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
By: Walter Brueggemann
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Discussions about the Sabbath often center around moralistic laws and arguments over whether a pers… 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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"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)
14. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)
By: Agatha Christie
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Motives for Murder: A fortune in uncut diamonds, hidden by an eccentric old man - A woman's love, t… read more
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15. 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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16. The Bruised Reed
By: Richard Sibbes
4.44
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
In this famous exposition of Isaiah 42:3, Sibbes unfolds the tender ministry of Jesus Christ, who i… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- theology
"Weakness with watchfulness will stand, when strength with too much confidence fails. Weakness, with acknowledgement of it, is the fittest seat and subject for God to perfect his strength in; for cons…"-Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed
"Moses, without any mercy, breaks all bruised reeds, and quenches all smoking flax. For the law requires personal, perpetual and perfect obedience from the heart, and that under a most terrible curse,…"-Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed
17. Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality
By: Henry Cloud
3.82
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Integrity. It is more than simple honesty. It's the key to success. A person with integrity has the… read more
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18. The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
By: Justo L. González
4.29
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
This highly informative, narrative history covers the events, persons, external influences, and for… 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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"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)
20. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
By: John Mark Comer
4.53
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
"Who am I becoming?" That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he… read more
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"Hurry is violence on the soul."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"In the cruciform kingdom, only the bad things die: image and status and bragging rights, all vanity."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"The point of a trellis isn’t to make the vines stand up straight in neat rows, but rather to attain a rich, deep glass of wine. It’s to create space for the vine to grow and bear fruit."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"The Hebrew word Shabbat means ‘to stop.’ But it can also be translated ‘to delight.’ It has this dual idea of stopping and also of joying in God and our lives in his world. The Sabbath is an entire d…"-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
21. Letter to the American Church
By: Eric Metaxas
4.28
Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition
In an earnest and searing wake-up call, the author of the bestseller Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy … read more
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22. Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace
By: John Mark Comer
4.49
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
We are at war. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial inte… read more
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"Anxious to avoid a repeat of history, Edmund Burke laid out the logic behind the American architecture in a letter from 1791: "Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion to their dispos…"-John Mark Comer, Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace
23. Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
By: Richard V. Reeves
4.07
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
"A landmark, one of the most important books of the year" - David Brooks, New York Times“Real, prac… read more
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"True equality between groups that are different in any way can be attained only by providing for the differences". That´s Margaret Mead again, in 1974. Mead´s idea of true equality might now be label…"-Richard V. Reeves, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
24. The Path to Being a Pastor: A Guide for the Aspiring
By: Bobby Jamieson
4.67
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A man who’s been transformed by Christ and desires to preach the gospel might say he feels called t… read more
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- theology
25. Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs
By: Steve Cuss
4.34
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
You Can Learn to Handle the Onslaught of Internal and External Pressures Does anxiety get in the wa… read more
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- theology
26. Philosophy: A Christian Introduction
By: James K. Dew Jr.
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Two experienced educators offer an up-to-date introduction to philosophy from a Christian perspecti… read more
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- theology
27. An Illustrated Guide to the Apostle Paul: His Life, Ministry, and Missionary Journeys
By: Alan S. Bandy
4.54
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
The life and ministry of the apostle Paul was a sprawling adventure covering thousands of miles on … read more
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28. An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination
By: Walter Brueggemann
4.09
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
In this book Walter Brueggemann, America's premier biblical theologian, introduces the reader to th… read more
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- old testament
- religion
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- theology
"In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us to become both more human and more humane. We are constantly craf…"-Walter Brueggemann, An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination
29. Primary Readings in Philosophy for Understanding Theology
By: Diogenes Allen
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Knowledge of key philosophic terms or concepts is vital to the understanding of many issues in Chri… read more
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30. The Old Testament: A Historical, Theological, and Critical Introduction
By: Richard S. Hess
4.16
Format: 816 pages, Hardcover
A Respected Scholar Introduces Students to the Discipline of Old Testament Studies Richard Hess, a… read more
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31. Together We Equip: Integrating Discipleship and Ministry Leadership for Holistic Spiritual Formation
By: Jody Dean
3.63
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
In Together We Equip, you will discover the biblical foundation for equipping others. Equipping oth… read more
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