9 must-read christian living books like A Heart for God by Sinclair B. Ferguson

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A Heart for God

By: Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.43

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A Heart for God is written out of the conviction that the world's greatest need, and the contempora…

If you liked the christian living plot in A Heart for God by Sinclair B. Ferguson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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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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2. Till We Have Faces

By: C.S. Lewis

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more

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3. Name Above All Names

By: Alistair Begg , Sinclair B. Ferguson

3.83

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Jesus Christ has been given the name above all names, the highest seat of honor, the right to reign… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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4. Studies in the Sermon on the Mount

By: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

4.00

Format: 10 pages, Paperback

A spiritual classic, this detailed and comprehensive study by one of the greatest expository preach… read more

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  • christianity
  • nonfiction
  • theology

5. The Loveliness Of Christ

By: Samuel Rutherford

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Leather Bound

This beautiful gift book is full of short extracts of some of Samuel Rutherford's most helpful thou… read more

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6. An Irish Country Doctor (Irish Country #1)

By: Patrick Taylor

3.75

Format: None pages,

De jonge dokter Barry Laverty kan Ballybucklebo, een schilderachtig dorpje in Noord-Ierland, nauwel… read more

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7. The Path of Loneliness: Finding Your Way Through the Wilderness to God

By: Elisabeth Elliot

3.79

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

Elliot lost her first husband to murder in the South American jungle and her second to the ravages … read more

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8. 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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  • christianity
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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

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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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"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

10. 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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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. Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure

By: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

3.50

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

This enduring collection of twenty-one sermons by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, each originally delivered … read more

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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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  • discipleship
  • theology
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
"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. Hinds' Feet on High Places

By: Hannah Hurnard

3.67

Format: 220 pages,

Hinds' Feet on High Placesis one of Hannah Hurnard's best known and best loved books. This book is … read more

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15. Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love

By: Edward T. Welch

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

Practical Guidance for Loving Others Well Everyone needs help from time to time, especially in the … 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. 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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  • christian living
  • nonfiction
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"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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18. 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

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19. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

By: Carl R. Trueman

4.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court … read more

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  • nonfiction
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"[I]n the work of the New Left one finds philosophical justification for what are now intuitive commonplaces of our culture: to be free is to be sexually liberated; to be happy is to be affirmed in th…"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

"The expressive individual is now the sexually expressive individual. And education and socialization are to be marked not by the cultivation of traditional sexual interdicts and taboos but rather by …"

-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution

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20. The (Not-So-Secret) Secret to Reaching the Next Generation

By: Kevin DeYoung

4.57

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

5 Christlike Ways to Inspire the Next Generation for Christ Church leaders are continuously concern… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian living
  • theology
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21. A Heart for God

By: Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.43

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A Heart for God is written out of the conviction that the world's greatest need, and the contempora… read more

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10 Top nonfiction books like A Heart for God by Sinclair B. Ferguson

Transform Your Habits

12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

John Piper , Tony Reinke

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Name Above All Names

Alistair Begg , Sinclair B. Ferguson

3.83

Transform Your Habits

Studies in the Sermon on the Mount

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

4.00

Transform Your Habits

The Practice of the Presence of God

Brother Lawrence

4.32

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14 must-read nonfiction books like Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop

Transform Your Habits

When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

Edward T. Welch

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Good and Angry: Redeeming Anger, Irritation, Complaining, and Bitterness

David A. Powlison

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Resources for Changing Lives)

Paul David Tripp

4.37

Transform Your Habits

Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God

Tim Challies

4.80

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