Lies My Preacher Told Me: An Honest Look at the Old Testament
By: Brent A. Strawn
3.46
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
In this concise volume, Brent Strawn addresses ten common "lies" or mistruths about the Old Testame…
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1. The Road to Character
By: David Brooks
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus… read more
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"... there are other proud people who have low self-esteem. They feel they haven't lived up to their potential. They feel unworthy. They want to hide and disappear, to fade into the background and nur…"-David Brooks, The Road to Character
"We are called at certain moments to comfort people who are enduring some trauma. Many of us don't know how to react in such situations, but others do. In the first place, they just show up. They prov…"-David Brooks, The Road to Character
2. No Man Is an Island
By: Thomas Merton
3.39
Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
Here, in one of his most popular of his more than thirty books, Thomas Merton provides further medi… read more
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3. Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
By: Anne Lamott
3.50
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
New York Times-bestselling author Anne Lamott writes about the three simple prayers essential to co… read more
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4. A Black Theology of Liberation
By: Robert McAfee Brown , Delores S. Williams , Rosemary Radford Ruether , James H. Cone , None , None , None
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Any message that is not related to the liberation of the poor in a society is not Christ's message… read more
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5. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.27
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more
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"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
6. When I Don't Desire God: How to Fight for Joy
By: John Piper
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
We all want to experience liberating, love-producing, risk-taking satisfaction in God.But the reali… read more
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7. Redemption Accomplished and Applied
By: John Murray
3.80
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
Murray explores the biblical passages dealing with the necessity, nature, perfection, and extent of… read more
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8. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
By: Richard Rohr
4.23
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more
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"The ego hates losing – even to God."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
9. The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
By: Dorothy Day , Daniel Berrigan
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
This inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, "The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Soci… read more
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10. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
By: Eugene H. Peterson
3.50
Format: 424 pages,
This world is no friend to grace. God has given us some resources, however. As we grow in character… read more
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11. Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
By: Esau McCaulley
4.43
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
Growing up in the American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despai… read more
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"Prayer for leaders and criticism of their practices are not mutually exclusive ideas. Both have biblical warrant in the same letter."-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
"While I was at home with much of the theology in evangelicalism, there were real disconnects. First, there was the portrayal of the Black church in these circles. I was told that the social gospel ha…"-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope
12. 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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13. Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
By: Russell D. Moore
4.31
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Former Southern Baptist pastor and Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore calls for repen… read more
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14. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies
By: N.T. Wright
4.14
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their pr… read more
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15. Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most
By: Miroslav Volf
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER " Life Worth Living is transcendent. A collection of wisdom pu… read more
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16. Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)
By: David Zahl
4.35
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
"A lighthearted yet high-minded exploration of failure's ability to serve as a gateway to grace. Re… read more
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"While a low anthropologist may agree with the people around them that a given moral end is important, they will be hesitant to justify the adoption of unsavory means to achieve that end. That is, the…"-David Zahl, Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)
"Low anthropology powerfully reframes the way we approach the good or beautiful things done by otherwise disreputable individuals -- namely, as evidence of grace rather than defilement. As musician Ni…"-David Zahl, Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself)
17. Cultural Christians in the Early Church: A Historical and Practical Introduction to Christians in the Greco-Roman World
By: Nadya Williams
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In the middle of the third century CE, one North African bishop wrote a treatise for the women of h… read more
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18. Wisdom for Faithful Reading: Principles and Practices for Old Testament Interpretation
By: John H. Walton
4.48
Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition
The church has too often lost its way in reading the Old Testament for lack of sound principles of … read more
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19. Lies My Preacher Told Me: An Honest Look at the Old Testament
By: Brent A. Strawn
3.46
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
In this concise volume, Brent Strawn addresses ten common "lies" or mistruths about the Old Testame… read more
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20. Lamb of the Free: Recovering the Varied Sacrificial Understandings of Jesus's Death
By: Andrew Remington Rillera
4.69
Format: 356 pages, Paperback
Lamb of the Free analyzes the different sacrificial imagery applied to Jesus in the NT in light of … read more
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21. Christianity's Surprise: A Sure and Certain Hope
By: C. Kavin Rowe
3.93
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
At its beginning Christianity was surprising, powerful, creative, world-shaking. Today in the West … read more
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