The Volunteer Effect: How Your Church Can Find, Train, and Keep Volunteers Who Make a Difference
By: Jason Young
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Every ministry needs capable and reliable volunteers, but so often it feels like no one is coming f…
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1. The Cost of Discipleship
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between… read more
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"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
2. Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.14
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From pastor and New York Timesbestselling author Timothy Keller comes the perfect gift for the holi… read more
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3. The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace: Empowering Organizations by Encouraging People
By: Gary Chapman , Paul White
4.02
Format: 424 pages, Hardcover
The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplaceapplies the love language concept to the workplace.… 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
5. The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
By: Ian Morgan Cron , Suzanne Stabile
4.21
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
Ignorance is bliss except in self-awareness... What you don't know about yourself can hurt you a… read more
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"The Enneagram is a tool that awakens our compassion for people just as they are, not the people we wish they would become so our lives would become easier."-Ian Morgan Cron, The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
6. Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
By: Bob Goff
4.31
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Now a New York Times Bestseller! As a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with… read more
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"Simply put: love does."-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
"...love is never stationary."-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
"Jesus lets us be real with our life and our faith."-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
"When you trust someone, you don't need to know everything."-Bob Goff, Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
7. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
8. The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith
By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a lar… read more
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9. Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food
By: Lysa TerKeurst
4.31
Format: 256 pages,
Made to Crave is the missing link between a woman s desire to be healthy and the spiritual empowerm… read more
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10. Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
By: E. Randolph Richards , Brandon J. O'Brien
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultu… read more
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11. The Abolition of Man
By: C.S. Lewis
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more
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12. 10 People Every Christian Should Know
By: Warren W. Wiersbe
3.92
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Beloved author Warren W. Wiersbe gives you a glimpse into the lives fascinating and faithful believ… read more
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13. 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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"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
14. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
By: Jackie Hill Perry
4.36
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
"I used to be a lesbian." In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, … read more
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"Do you know why we have a hard time believing that a gay girl can become a completely different creature? Because, we have a hard time believing in God. ..."-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
"From the outside looking in, it could be assumed that Preston's and my relationship was God's proof of turning a "gay girl good." But really, He'd already done that the moment He'd set me free from s…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
"Trying to contain the small giggle welling up in her chest from the sincerity of my question, Santoria, full of confidence, responded while looking toward my direction, "Yes, Jackie.The gospel didn't…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
"LGBT culture has done an excellent job of renewing or should I say, destroying, the mind of many, mainly by consistently using words as their greatest tool in their efforts to draw people into findin…"-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
15. 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
16. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did
By: John Mark Comer
4.63
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more
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17. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away
By: Emily P. Freeman
4.01
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more
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18. 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
19. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
By: Tyler Staton
4.60
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more
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20. Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World
By: Jennie Allen
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head offers practical solutions for creati… read more
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21. Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire
By: Preston M. Sprinkle
4.45
Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition
A thoughtful exploration of the intersection of faith and politics, Exiles What if we considered o… read more
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22. Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow
By: Jamie Erickson
4.13
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Women were made to give life—and they can do that right in their own homes. Hygge [HYOO-guh] ha… read more
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"I’m caring enough about me to enjoy the simple pleasures I’ve planned for during this dark season so I can approach my days with a sense of abundance rather than scarcity."-Jamie Erickson, Holy Hygge: Creating a Place for People to Gather and the Gospel to Grow
23. The 6 Types of Working Genius
By: Patrick Lencioni
4.15
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
New York Times best-selling author Patrick Lencioni unveils a truly groundbreaking new model that w… read more
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24. Raising Emotionally Strong Boys: Tools Your Son Can Build On for Life
By: David Thomas
4.58
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
About those meltdowns, blowups, and one-word answers . . . Some say that's just how boys are--pr… read more
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25. When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse
By: Chuck DeGroat
4.39
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Why does narcissism seem to thrive in our churches? We've seen the news stories and heard the rumor… read more
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26. Easy as Pie (Sweater Weather, #5)
By: Carina Taylor
3.93
Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition
My best friend is back in town—and I refuse to let my pesky attraction to him ruin our friendship. … read more
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27. The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
By: Jemar Tisby
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In August of 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, calling on… read more
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"Throughout the course of US history, when Christians had the opportunity to decisively oppose the racism in their midst, all too often, they chose silence. They chose passivity. The refusal to act…"-Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
28. Faking the Fall (Sweater Weather, #4)
By: Julie Christianson
3.99
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
What’s a movie star to do when giving up the spotlight could hurt the ones he loves most? My agent… read more
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29. Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World
By: Rich Villodas
4.41
Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition
ECPA BESTSELLER • An invitation to love like Jesus and step beyond distraction and division into th… read more
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30. The Volunteer Effect: How Your Church Can Find, Train, and Keep Volunteers Who Make a Difference
By: Jason Young
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Every ministry needs capable and reliable volunteers, but so often it feels like no one is coming f… read more
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31. Say Good: Speaking across Hot Topics, Complex Relationships, and Tense Situations
By: Ashlee Eiland
4.25
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Find your passion. Know your voice. Speak for good. We know what it means to do good. But in today… read more
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