11 must-read religion books like Playing With Fire: How the Bible Ignites Change in Your Soul by Walt Russell

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Playing With Fire: How the Bible Ignites Change in Your Soul

By: Walt Russell

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Bible scholar Walt Russell insists that when we study the Scriptures properly, it is like playing w…

If you liked the religion plot in Playing With Fire: How the Bible Ignites Change in Your Soul by Walt Russell , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. What Is Biblical Theology?: A Guide to the Bible's Story, Symbolism, and Patterns

By: James M. Hamilton Jr.

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

How Do You Read the Bible? The Bible recounts a single story--one that began at creation, encomp… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
Cover of Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely by Lysa TerKeurst

2. Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely

By: Lysa TerKeurst

4.19

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

"Rejection steals the best of who I am by reinforcing the worst of what's been said to me." The … read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"To be set aside is to be rejected.To be set apart is to be given an assignment that requires preparation."

-Lysa TerKeurst, Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely

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3. Pinocchio

By: John Boyne , Unknown , Monteiro Lobato , Carlo Collodi

3.85

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A timeless classic to be read over and over. This is the story of Pinocchio, filled with harrowi… read more

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"Hunger is the best cook."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have!"

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

"Laziness is a serious illness and one must cure it immediately; yes, even from early childhood. If not, it will kill you in the end."

-John Boyne, Pinocchio

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4. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street

By: Karina Yan Glaser

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another mem… read more

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5. Oliver Twist

By: Charles Dickens , George Cruikshank , Philip Horne

3.88

Format: 608 pages, Paperback

A gripping portrayal of London's dark criminal underbelly, published in Penguin Classics with an in… read more

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"Meat, ma'am, meat."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"Please, sir, I want some more."

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"هناك كتب .. غلافـها أفضل ما فيها"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

"There are a good many books, are there not, my boy?"

-Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

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6. Confessions

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • theology
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7. Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America

By: Francis Chan , Mike Yankoski

4.26

Format: None pages,

Mike Yankoski did more than just wonder. By his own choice, Mike's life went from upper-middle clas… read more

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  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
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8. Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #24)

By: Agatha Christie

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Amyas Crale, un peintre celebre, a ete assassine, et sa femme, condamnee pour ce meurtre. Seize ans… read more

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9. Mind Your Faith: A Student's Guide to Thinking & Living Well

By: None

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

The university world can be a confusing place, filled with many competing worldviews and perspectiv… read more

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10. Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility

By: None

3.97

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Duane Elmer asked people around the world how they felt about Western missionaries. The response? "… read more

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11. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"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

12. Al Capone Does My Shirts (Al Capone at Alcatraz, #1)

By: Gennifer Choldenko

4.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Today I moved to a twelve-acre rock covered with cement, topped with bird turd and surrounded by wa… read more

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13. The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

4.06

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • religion
  • theology
"Follow your heart"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

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14. 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
  • religion
"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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15. Black Beauty

By: Gail Carson Levine , Anna Sewell

3.99

Format: 245 pages, Mass Market Paperback

As a young horse, Black Beauty is well-loved and happy. But when his owner is forced to sell him, h… read more

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"It is good people who make good places."

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"Los hombres siempre creen poder mejorar a la Naturaleza y corregir la obra de Dios."

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"I have heard men say that seeing is believing; but I should say that feeling is believing;"

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"he thought people did not value their animals half enough, nor make friends of them as they ought to do"

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

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16. Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

By: Lee Strobel , Gregory Koukl

4.34

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In a world increasingly indifferent to Christian truth, followers of Christ need to be equipped to … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"The only consistent response for a relativist is, "Pushing morality is wrong for me, but that's just my personal opinion, and has nothing to do with you. Please ignore me."

-Lee Strobel, Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

"No intentes refutar cada ficción concebida de la nada. Sitúa de nuevo la carga probatoria sobre los hombros de tus interlocutores. Pídeles razones, no la mera afirmación de un punto de vista. No te t…"

-Lee Strobel, Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

"There is no neutral ground when it comes to the tolerance question. Everybody has a point of view she thinks is right, and everybody passes judgment at some point or another. The Christian gets pigeo…"

-Lee Strobel, Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

"In a very real sense, every person who denies God is living of borrowed capital. He enjoys living as if the world is filled with morality, meaning, order and beauty, yet he denies the God whose exist…"

-Lee Strobel, Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

17. Home (Gilead, #2)

By: Marilynne Robinson

3.84

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Home parallels the story told in Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead. It is a moving and heali… read more

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18. Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul

By: Dallas Willard , J.P. Moreland

3.84

Format: 255 pages,

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19. Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith

By: Michael Reeves

3.71

Format: 224 pages,

In this brief and winsome book, Michael Reeves presents an introduction to the Christian faith that… read more

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20. The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner , L. Kate Deal

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and … read more

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21. When the Church Was a Family: Recapturing Jesus' Vision for Authentic Christian Community

By: Joseph H. Hellerman

4.00

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Spiritual formation occurs primarily in the context of community. But as the modern cultural norm o… 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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  • christianity
  • christian
"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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23. Everything Sad Is Untrue

By: Daniel Nayeri

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Da… read more

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"Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

"I won't tell you about her yet, because sometimes love has to be kept secret. If other people find out, they will attack it."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

"Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, "Yes. That is a thing you're looking at. You haven't lied to yourself."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

"Maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Maybe there’s a lot more to it---maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true."

-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

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24. Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.50

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

From Philosophy to Technology, Tracing the Origin of Identity Politics How did the world arrive … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
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25. The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind

By: Jason M. Baxter

4.51

Format: None pages, Audio CD

C. S. Lewis had one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Many readers know Lewis as an auth… read more

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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • religion
  • theology
Cover of Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making by Andrew       Peterson

26. Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

By: Andrew Peterson

4.51

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone.   O… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
"When we manage to make something pretty, it's only because we are ourselves a flourish on a greater canvas."

-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

"[T]he steady resonance of your work might move someone closer to the Kingdom—and compared to a human heart, planets are small potatoes."

-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

"There's no doubt in my mind that what's shaped me and my work more than any particular talent on my part has been living out a calling in the midst of a Christ-centered community."

-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

"Christian art, then, might be defined as a work that is, like Christ himself, full of grace and truth. Where we go wrong is when we tilt the scales away from grace, or beauty, or excellence, as if tr…"

-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

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27. Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

By: Russ Ramsey

4.53

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

How do art and faith intersect? How does art help us see our own lives more clearly? What can we un… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"The pattern in Scripture is that of God working through unlikely servants for the glory of his name and the spread of the gospel."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

"The more we engage with beauty, the more we train our hearts to anticipate finding beauty, until eventually, everywhere we go, we're looking for it."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

"Many artists took their easels and paints outside and captured what they saw. Vincent wanted to capture what he felt as he tried to remember what he saw."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

"Vincent didn't see the world as a collection of plain, unaffected objects. He saw the unfolding drama of the human story, which to him was a heartbreaking tale."

-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

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28. Playing With Fire: How the Bible Ignites Change in Your Soul

By: Walt Russell

3.80

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Bible scholar Walt Russell insists that when we study the Scriptures properly, it is like playing w… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • college
Cover of Knowing Grace: Cultivating a Lifestyle of Godliness by Joanne J. Jung

29. Knowing Grace: Cultivating a Lifestyle of Godliness

By: Joanne J. Jung

3.92

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

The Duty of DelightWhy is it that our spiritual disciplines feel so dutiful and routine most of the… read more

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30. Understanding and Applying the Bible: Revised and Expanded

By: Robertson McQuilkin

3.40

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

Why do even the sincerest students of God's Word sometimes find it dry or confusing? Too often, Rob… read more

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31. Full Service: Moving from Self-Serve Christianity to Total Servanthood

By: Siang-Yang Tan

3.86

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Although servanthood is often discussed as an important part of leadership, it is also the basic ca… read more

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  • christian

11 Best nonfiction books like Playing With Fire: How the Bible Ignites Change in Your Soul by Walt Russell

Transform Your Habits

What Is Biblical Theology?: A Guide to the Bible's Story, Symbolism, and Patterns

James M. Hamilton Jr.

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely

Lysa TerKeurst

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Confessions

Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America

Francis Chan , Mike Yankoski

4.26

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14 Best religion books like Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

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

Transform Your Habits

The Case for Christ

Lee Strobel

4.37

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