23 Best christian books like The Soul in Paraphrase: A Treasury of Classic Devotional Poems by Leland Ryken

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The Soul in Paraphrase: A Treasury of Classic Devotional Poems

By: Leland Ryken

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Christians throughout the ages have written poetry as a way to commune with and teach about God, co…

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1. 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

By: John Piper , Tony Reinke

4.33

Format: None pages,

Do You Control Your Phone--Or Does Your Phone Control You? Within a few years of its unveiling, the… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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2. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

By: John Bunyan

4.22

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners is one of the great classic autobiographies, part of the Ch… read more

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  • christian
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  • christianity
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3. Evangellyfish

By: Douglas Wilson

3.44

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the 2012 Christianity TodayBest Fiction Award Evangellyfishis a ruthless, grimly amused, … read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
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4. Psalms (Bible #19), ESV

By: Anonymous

4.14

Format: None pages,

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  • christianity
  • poetry
  • christian
  • religion

5. Baptist Confession of Faith 1689: Or the Second London Confession with Scripture Proofs

By: Peter Masters , Particular Baptists

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

C H Spurgeon said of this great Confession - "Here the youngest members of our church will have a b… read more

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  • theology

6. The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga #4)

By: None , Andrew Peterson

3.90

Format: 205 pages,

All winter long, people in the Green Hollows have prepared for a final battle with Gnag the Nameles… read more

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  • christian
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7. Henry V

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

4.00

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Henry Vis Shakespeare's most famous "war play"; it includes the storied English victory over the Fr… read more

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  • literature

8. The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World

By: Peter Scazzero

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Do you feel too overwhelmed to enjoy life, unable to sort out the demands on your time? Are you doi… read more

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9. 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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  • theology
  • literature
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"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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10. One Writer's Beginnings

By: Eudora Welty

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Now available as an audio CD, in Eudora Welty's own voice, or as a book. Eudora Welty was born i… read more

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  • literature
  • nonfiction
"She read Dickens in the same spirit she would have eloped with him."

-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings

"Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it."

-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings

"Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening childr…"

-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings

"Barefooted on the slick brick walk I rushed to where I could breathe in the cool breath from the interior of the springhouse. On a cold bubbling spring, covered dishes and crocks and pitchers of milk…"

-Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings

11. The Year of Miss Agnes

By: Kirkpatrick Hill

3.97

Format: None pages,

For use in schools and libraries only. Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates the story o… read more

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12. Knowing God

By: J.I. Packer

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

For over 40 years, J. I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the … read more

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13. The Word in the Wilderness

By: Holly Ordway , Malcolm Guite

4.04

Format: None pages,

For every day from Shrove Tuesday to Easter Day, the bestselling poet Malcolm Guite chooses a favou… read more

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14. Praying the Bible

By: Donald S. Whitney

4.49

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

All Christians know they should pray, but sometimes it’s hard to know how—especially if the minutes… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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15. Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.54

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling Author Rosaria Butterfield Confronts 5 Cultural Lies She Once Believed Modern culture i… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

By: Mark Vroegop

4.54

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Lament is how you live between the poles of a hard life and trusting God's goodness. Lament is h… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"To cry is human, but to lament is Christian."

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

"Every lament is a prayer; a statement of faith"

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

"When brokenness becomes your life, lament helps you turn to God. It lifts your head and turns your tear-filled eyes toward the only hope you have: God's grace."

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

"The lament of Good Friday was answered three days later with the empty tomb. The greatest injustice in history became the greatest display of divine mercy. Tragedy became triumph. Lament was the voic…"

-Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament

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17. 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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  • christian
  • theology
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  • nonfiction
"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

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18. Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

By: Collin Hansen

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Timothy Keller takes readers behind the scenes to meet the people and understand the events that fo… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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19. 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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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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20. How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now

By: James K.A. Smith

4.29

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Many Christians are disconnected from the past or imagine they are "above" history, immune to it, a… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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21. Providence

By: John Piper

4.70

Format: 752 pages, Hardcover

New from Bestselling Author John Piper From Genesis to Revelation, the providence of God directs th… read more

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  • theology
  • christianity
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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22. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded: A Liturgy for Daily Worship from Pascha to Pentecost

By: Jonathan Gibson

4.45

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

A 48-Day Devotional Liturgy for Remembering Jesus from Pascha to Pentecost God’s offer of eternal l… read more

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  • theology
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23. Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship (Gift Edition)

By: Jonathan Gibson

4.69

Format: 352 pages, Imitation Leather

A 31-Day Liturgical Style Devotional, Now in a Timeless Gift Edition Every Christian knows the impo… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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24. The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes

By: Nancy R. Pearcey

4.51

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

How the Script for Masculinity Turned Toxic--and How to Fix It "Why Can't We Hate Men?" asks a hea… read more

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  • theology
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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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25. The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries Revealing the Mind Behind the Universe

By: Stephen C. Meyer

4.43

Format: 576 pages, ebook

The New York Times bestselling author of Darwin’s Doubt and Intelligent Design scholar presents gro… read more

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  • theology
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  • religion
  • nonfiction
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26. 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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  • nonfiction
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27. Covenants Made Simple: Understanding God's Unfolding Promises to His People

By: Jonty Rhodes

4.41

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

What do the various covenants given throughout the Bible mean to us? Are they relevant to our lives… read more

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28. Elisabeth Elliot: A Life

By: Lucy S.R. Austen

4.57

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

An In-Depth Biography on the Life and Work of Missionary Elisabeth Elliot Elisabeth Elliot (1926… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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29. Pierced By Love: Divine Reading in the Christian Tradition

By: Hans Boersma

4.18

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Jesus is the point of reading the Bible. Christians read Scripture to encounter Christ and be confo… read more

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Cover of Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith by Jennifer L. Holberg

30. Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

By: Jennifer L. Holberg

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Humans are story-shaped creatures. We make sense of our world, pattern our lives, and reflect on wh… read more

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"In this season of growing darkness, I wonder how we as Christians choose to publicize the miracle we proclaim. If it is not leading to greater illumination—to a greater light—we might want to rethink…"

-Jennifer L. Holberg, Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

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31. The Soul in Paraphrase: A Treasury of Classic Devotional Poems

By: Leland Ryken

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Christians throughout the ages have written poetry as a way to commune with and teach about God, co… read more

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14 Top religion books like The Soul in Paraphrase: A Treasury of Classic Devotional Poems by Leland Ryken

Transform Your Habits

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

John Bunyan

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Psalms (Bible #19), ESV

Anonymous

4.14

Transform Your Habits

The Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Praying the Bible

Donald S. Whitney

4.49

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Heaven Misplaced

Douglas Wilson

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Christianity and Liberalism

J. Gresham Machen

4.33

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The Cross of Christ

John R.W. Stott

4.37

Transform Your Habits

What Is Reformed Theology?: Understanding the Basics

R.C. Sproul

3.40

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