12 best-selling christianity books like The Message of Amos (The Bible Speaks Today Series) by J. Alec Motyer

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The Message of Amos (The Bible Speaks Today Series)

By: J. Alec Motyer

4.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"Affluence, exploitation and the profit motive were the most notable features of the society which …

If you liked the christianity plot in The Message of Amos (The Bible Speaks Today Series) by J. Alec Motyer , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. The Pastor's Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry

By: Jared C. Wilson , Mike Ayers

4.56

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Ministry can be brutal. As leaders, we face discouragement, frustration, and exhaustion―and many ti… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
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2. Lectures on Calvinism

By: Abraham Kuyper

4.06

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Kuyper presents Calvinism as a life-system of comprehensive and far-reaching effect, discussing its… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
"God created hand, head, and heart; the hand for the deed, the head for the world, the heart for mysticism."

-Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism

"Free love may try to dissolve, and the concubinate to desecrate, the holiest tie, as it pleases; but, for the vast majority of our race, marriage remains the foundation of human society and the famil…"

-Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism

"Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life. This sover…"

-Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism

"No man has the right to rule over another man, otherwise such a right necessarily, and immediately becomes the right of the strongest. As the tiger in the jungle rules over the defenceless antelope, …"

-Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism

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3. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

By: Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller

4.49

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Renowned pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of The Songs of Jesus, Timoth… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
"Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

"Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

"A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

"Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

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4. Faust: First Part

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Peter Salm

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legenda… read more

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5. The Gospel & Personal Evangelism

By: Mark Dever

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

Evangelism is not only misunderstood, it is often unpracticed. Many Christians want to share the go… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology

6. Why Christian Faith Still Makes Sense: A Response to Contemporary Challenges

By: C. Stephen Evans

3.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

In recent years the Christian faith has been challenged by skeptics, including the New Atheists, wh… read more

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7. Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus

By: Mark Dever

3.33

Format: 161 pages, Hardcover

Before ascending to heaven, Jesus instructed his followers to "make disciples of all nations." But … read more

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8. Disciplines of a Godly Man

By: R. Kent Hughes

4.33

Format: 242 pages,

Beginning with a stirring challenge from 1 Timothy 4:7b, "train yourselves to be godly", Hughes cal… read more

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9. Housekeeping

By: Marilynne Robinson

3.94

Format: 450 pages,

A modern classic, Housekeepingis the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up hap… read more

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10. 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
"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)

11. Peace Like a River

By: Leif Enger

4.09

Format: 315 pages,

Once in a great while, we encounter a novel in our voluminous reading that begs to be read aloud. L… read more

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12. Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

By: J.I. Packer

4.35

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

If God is in control of everything, can Christians sit back and not bother to evangelize? Or does a… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
"It is the nature of love to be enterprising."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

"Our are speculations are not the measure of our God."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

"Creatures are not entitled to register complaints about their Creator."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

"What we do every time we pray is to confess our impotence and God's sovereignty."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

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13. 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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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
"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

14. Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

By: Mark Dever

3.93

Format: 214 pages, Paperback

What makes for a healthy church? A large congregation? Plentiful parking? Vibrant music? You may ha… read more

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15. The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.42

Format: 139 pages, Hardcover

Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a … read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
"If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we need to add hard work to our faith so much as that we haven't truly understood or believed in Jes…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting th…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"The targets of this story are not "wayward sinners" but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not so much with immoral outsiders as with moral insiders. H wants to …"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me throug…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

16. Institutes of the Christian Religion, 2 Vols

By: John Calvin , Ford Lewis Battles , John Thomas McNeill

0.00

Format: 24 pages, ebook

This is the definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian chu… read more

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17. The Case for the Psalms: Why They Are Essential

By: N.T. Wright

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

One of the world's most trusted Bible scholars, N. T. Wright turns his attention to the central col… read more

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18. Tying the Knot: A Premarital Guide to a Strong and Lasting Marriage

By: Rob Green

4.46

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Tying the Knot offers soon-to-be-married couples a practical vision of Christ-centered marriage read more

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19. Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living

By: Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

3.92

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

The Bible admonishes Christians to love God with the mind as well as with the heart. Engaging God's… read more

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20. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

By: David Brooks

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more

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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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21. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

By: Harrison Scott Key

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more

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  • christian
"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

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22. 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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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
"[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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23. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
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24. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

By: Esau McCaulley

4.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more

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  • christian
"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"

-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

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25. A Little Book on the Christian Life

By: John Calvin

4.54

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

For centuries, Christians of all ages have turned to John Calvin’s A Little Book on the Christian L… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
"If everything went according to their own plans, they would never know what it means to follow God."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

"...We should always look to the Lord, that by His care we might be led to whatever lot in life He provides for us."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

"Desire is bridled when we acknowledge that all thing given to us are given in order that we might know their author."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

"So it will be that no matter what kind of cross is placed upon us, we will steadily maintain endurance even through the narrowest straits of the soul."

-John Calvin, A Little Book on the Christian Life

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26. How to Build a Healthy Church: A Practical Guide for Deliberate Leadership

By: Mark Dever

4.50

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A Newly Updated and Rebranded Edition of  The Deliberate Church If churches are the dwelling place … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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27. Little Pilgrim's Big Journey Part II: Christiana & The Celestial City (The Pilgrim's Progress for Kids Book 2)

By: Tyler Van Halteren

4.79

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

The story continues! Follow Christiana and her brothers on a path full of adventure and faith as th… read more

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  • christian
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28. Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Matthew: A Commentary

By: J.C. Ryle

4.56

Format: 373 pages, Kindle Edition

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man w… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • theology
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29. Spurgeon the Pastor: Recovering a Biblical and Theological Vision for Ministry

By: Geoffrey Chang

4.69

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

**Winner of The Gospel Coalition Book Award 2022 for Biography & History**   How would you get more… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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30. The Message of Amos (The Bible Speaks Today Series)

By: J. Alec Motyer

4.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"Affluence, exploitation and the profit motive were the most notable features of the society which … read more

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  • old testament
  • christian
  • theology
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31. The Minor Prophets (2 Volume Set)

By: James Montgomery Boice

4.25

Format: 672 pages, Paperback

A set of two inspirational commentaries on the message of the Minor Prophets. Respected preacher Ja… read more

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19 must-read christian books like The Message of Amos (The Bible Speaks Today Series) by J. Alec Motyer

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Jared C. Wilson , Mike Ayers

4.56

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Abraham Kuyper

4.06

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The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God

Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller

4.49

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Christianity and Liberalism

J. Gresham Machen

4.33

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The Bondage of the Will

J.I. Packer , Martin Luther , O.R. Johnston

3.91

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The Expulsive Power of a New Affection

Thomas Chalmers

3.00

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