20 Best theology books like Lovin' on Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship by Swee Hong Lim

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Lovin' on Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship

By: Swee Hong Lim

3.97

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Swee Hong Lim and Lester Ruth have filled an important gap in the study of worship. Lovin’ on A Co…

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1. From Topic to Thesis: A Guide to Theological Research

By: Michael Kibbe

4.21

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

While courses in Bible and theology typically require research papers, particularly at the graduate… read more

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  • christian
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2. Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

By: Timothy J. Keller , Katherine Leary Alsdorf

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shows how God calls on eac… read more

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"It (idolatry) means turning a good thing into an ultimate thing."

-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

"Two things we want so desperately, glory and relationship, can coexist only in God."

-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

"Community service has become a patch for morality. You can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck."

-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

"The great danger is to always single out some aspect of God’s good creation and identify it, rather than alien intrusion of sin, as the villain."

-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World

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3. 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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4. 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

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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

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6. You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

By: James K.A. Smith

3.63

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You are what you love. But you might not love what you think. In this book, award-winning author Ja… read more

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  • christian
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7. How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture

By: Francis A. Schaeffer

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

In dit boek, dat ontstaan is naar aanleiding van de gelijknamige televisie serie, neemt de auteur o… read more

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8. The Worship Pastor: A Call to Ministry for Worship Leaders and Teams

By: None

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Modern worship leaders are restless. They have inherited a model of leadership that equates leading… read more

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9. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

By: C.S. Lewis

4.19

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Lifeis a partial autobiography describing Lewis' conversion… read more

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10. The Screwtape Letters

By: C.S. Lewis

4.27

Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition

A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more

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"It is always the novice who exaggerates."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

11. 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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12. The Purpose of Man: Designed to Worship

By: James L. Snyder , A.W. Tozer

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

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13. 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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"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

14. For the Glory of God: Recovering a Biblical Theology of Worship

By: Daniel I. Block

4.29

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Current discussions about worship are often driven by pragmatics and personal preferences rather th… read more

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15. Engaging with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship

By: David Peterson , I. Howard Marshall

4.34

Format: 413 pages, Paperback

Worship is of immense concern in the church and ironically the source of controversy and dispute. C… read more

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16. 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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17. 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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"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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18. The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do

By: Casper ter Kuile

3.88

Format: 224 pages, ebook

Ter Kuile, cohost of the podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, demonstrates in his thoughtful d… read more

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"That's what this book is all about--taking things we do every day and layering meaning and ritual onto them, even experiences as ordinary as reading or eating--by thinking of them as spiritual practi…"

-Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do

"I am convinced we are in the midst of a paradigm shift. That what used to hold us in community no longer works. That the spiritual offerings of yesteryear no longer help us thrive. And that, just lik…"

-Casper ter Kuile, The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do

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19. 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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Cover of Maturity: Growing Up and Going On in the Christian Life by Sinclair B. Ferguson

20. Maturity: Growing Up and Going On in the Christian Life

By: Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.47

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

What are the most important lessons the New Testament has to teach us about being a Christian? S… read more

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21. The Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims

By: Rebecca McLaughlin

4.31

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

In this house we believe that: Black Lives Matter Love Is Love Gay Rights Are Civil Rights Wome… read more

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22. When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace

By: Ruth Chou Simons

4.38

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This is not a call to get busy; it’s a call to get discerning.  In this hustling, image-forward … read more

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"how we seek to fix ourselves reveals what we really believe we need. This plays out even in the books we read and who we listen to for counsel."

-Ruth Chou Simons, When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace

"Can I restate what we see again and again in scripture: the good life isn't the absence of heartache, it's the presence of God by grace in the midst of it. Our hope is that Jesus doesn't just work th…"

-Ruth Chou Simons, When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace

"Jesus offered deliverance through dependence on him. The Pharisees taught deliverance through dependence on perfection and performance. Friend, performance over presence, God's presence, always leave…"

-Ruth Chou Simons, When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace

"Could it be that we are so worn and desperate for ways to better ourselves because we’ve missed the power, inherent in the grace of God, that eradicates self-improvement altogether? Is it possible th…"

-Ruth Chou Simons, When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace

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23. What Happens When We Worship

By: Jonathan Landry Cruse

4.56

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

Many churchgoers assume that worship is inherently boring, something we need to make exciting. But … read more

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"Orice lucru de care se agață și în care se încrede inima ta, acela e cu adevărat dumnezeul tău."

-Jonathan Landry Cruse, What Happens When We Worship

"Închinarea este semnificativă, nu pentru ceea ce facem noi, ci pentru ceea ce face Dumnezeu în noi și prin noi prin Duhul Sfânt."

-Jonathan Landry Cruse, What Happens When We Worship

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24. Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism

By: Gavin Ortlund

4.51

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

It has never been more important to articulate the wonder and enchantment of the Christian message.… read more

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"That day I came across several of the so-called new atheist books: Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion, Christopher Hitchens’s God Is Not Great, and Sam Harris’s The End of Faith. I vividly remember t…"

-Gavin Ortlund, Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism

Cover of Before You Lose Your Faith: Deconstructing Doubt in the Church by Ivan Mesa

25. Before You Lose Your Faith: Deconstructing Doubt in the Church

By: Ivan Mesa

3.85

Format: 4 pages, Audible Audio

"I'm deconstructing." Yet another social-media post announces departure from the Christian faith. T… read more

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26. Lovin' on Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship

By: Swee Hong Lim

3.97

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Swee Hong Lim and Lester Ruth have filled an important gap in the study of worship. Lovin’ on A Co… read more

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Cover of Transforming Worship: Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered (Transforming Resources) by Rory Noland

27. Transforming Worship: Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered (Transforming Resources)

By: Rory Noland

4.14

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Spiritual formation is the key to the survival of our faith. There is an urgent need today for chur… read more

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28. Worship Old and New

By: Robert E. Webber

3.76

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A reexamination of the actual practice of worship that goes beyond the merely academic to provide a… read more

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  • church history
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Cover of Biblical Foundations of Corporate Worship by Scott Aniol

29. Biblical Foundations of Corporate Worship

By: Scott Aniol

4.51

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

Ever since Cain and Abel, God's people have been asking, "What is the proper way to worship God?" I… read more

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  • christianity
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30. Historical Foundations of Worship

By: Melanie C. Ross

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A Historical Look at the Development of Worship This volume brings together an ecumenical team o… read more

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31. Changed from Glory into Glory: The Liturgical Story of the Christian Faith

By: Scott Aniol

4.60

Format: 487 pages, Kindle Edition

Through tracing the liturgical history of the Christian faith from its foundation in Old Testament … read more

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