Cursing with God: The Imprecatory Psalms and the Ethics of Christian Prayer
By: Trevor Laurence
4.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
To the modern ear, the concept of cursing sounds otherworldly, mystical, abhorrent. For some the id…
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1. The Mission of God's People: A Biblical Theology of the Church's Mission
By: Christopher J.H. Wright , Jonathan Lunde
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
Chris Wright's pioneering 2006 book, The Mission of God, revealed that the typical Christian unders… read more
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2. 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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3. Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
By: Richard Adams
3.91
Format: 144 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage an… read more
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4. The Reformed Pastor
By: Richard Baxter
3.62
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
One of the best known classics on the work of the Christian ministry. read more
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5. 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
6. Lament for a Son
By: Nicholas Wolterstorff
5.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
This book was written more than twelve years ago to honor the author's son Eric, who died in a moun… read more
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7. 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
8. Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition Through the Lens of Scripture
By: David A. Powlison
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
Essays by a highly regarded biblical counselor. Some of these pieces exegete Scripture with a couns… read more
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9. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
By: C.S. Lewis
4.00
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more
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"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
10. 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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"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
11. 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
12. Everything Sad Is Untrue
By: Daniel Nayeri
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Da… read more
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"Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"I won't tell you about her yet, because sometimes love has to be kept secret. If other people find out, they will attack it."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, "Yes. That is a thing you're looking at. You haven't lied to yourself."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Maybe there’s a lot more to it---maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
13. 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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"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
14. From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (From a Certain Point of View, #3)
By: Elizabeth Schaefer
3.93
Format: 573 pages, Hardcover
Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless S… read more
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15. Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West
By: Andrew Wilson
4.51
Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition
How 7 Transformational Events in 1776 Paved the Way for Today’s Post-Christian West With dizzyin… read more
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16. I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more
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"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
17. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
By: Nijay K. Gupta
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more
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18. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
By: Abigail Rine Favale
4.59
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more
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19. 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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"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
20. 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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21. You're Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good News
By: Kelly M. Kapic
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Work. Family. Church. Exercise. Sleep. The list of demands on our time seems to be never ending.… read more
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22. Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters
By: Carmen Joy Imes
4.47
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
What does it mean to be human? This timeless question proves critical as we seek to understand our … read more
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23. A Quiet Mind to Suffer With: Mental Illness, Trauma, and the Death of Christ
By: John Andrew Bryant
4.54
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Publishers Weekly starred review “This is a stunning book, so rare and so beautiful. I cannot recom… read more
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24. Honor, Patronage, Kinship & Purity: Unlocking New Testament Culture
By: David A. deSilva
4.35
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Contemporary Western readers may find it surprising that honor and shame, patronage and reciprocity… read more
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25. In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration
By: William Lane Craig
4.00
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
Was Adam a real historical person? And if so, who was he and when did he live? William Lane Craig… read more
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26. Flood and Fury: Old Testament Violence and the Shalom of God
By: Matthew J. Lynch
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
What do we do with a God who sanctions violence? Old Testament violence proves one of the most trou… read more
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27. Abraham's Silence The Binding of Isaac, the Suffering of Job, and How to Talk Back to God
By: J. Richard Middleton
4.43
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
It is traditional to think we should praise Abraham for his willingness to sacrifice his son as pro… read more
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28. The Old Testament Law for the Life of the Church: Reading the Torah in the Light of Christ
By: Richard E. Averbeck
4.27
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
From the early days of the church to the present, the Old Testament Law has been a subject of much … read more
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29. Cursing with God: The Imprecatory Psalms and the Ethics of Christian Prayer
By: Trevor Laurence
4.81
Format: None pages, Hardcover
To the modern ear, the concept of cursing sounds otherworldly, mystical, abhorrent. For some the id… read more
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30. Just Discipleship: Biblical Justice in an Unjust World
By: Michael J. Rhodes
4.67
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Many Christians and churches are rediscovering that God cares deeply about justice, but opinions ab… read more
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31. Basics of Biblical Aramaic, Second Edition: Complete Grammar, Lexicon, and Annotated Text (Zondervan Language Basics Series)
By: Miles V. Van Pelt
4.25
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Most of the Bible's verses that occur in Aramaic are in Ezra and Daniel, a linguistic occurrence th… read more
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