13 must-read nonfiction books like Giving Is the Good Life: The Unexpected Path to Purpose and Joy by Randy Alcorn

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Giving Is the Good Life: The Unexpected Path to Purpose and Joy

By: Randy Alcorn

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

ECPA 2020 Christian Book Award Finalist! Wouldn’t it be great if we could do what pleases God, hel…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Giving Is the Good Life: The Unexpected Path to Purpose and Joy by Randy Alcorn , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. 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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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction
"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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2. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more

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  • christian
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3. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.51

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction
"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

4. When the Soul Listens: Finding Rest and Direction in Contemplative Prayer

By: Jan Johnson

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

Do you long for depth and authenticity in your relationship with God? Do you want purpose and daily… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction

5. The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship

By: Dallas Willard

3.93

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The last command Jesus gave the church before he ascended to heaven was the Great Commission, the c… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
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6. The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

By: None , Arthur Bennett

4.53

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

The strength of Puritan character and life lay in prayer and meditation. In this practice the spiri… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction
"O God, make me worthy of this calling, that the name of Jesus may be glorified in me and I in him."

-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

"​Oh God, it is amazing that men can talk so much about man's creaturely power and goodness, when, if thou didst not hold us back every moment, we should be devils incar​​nate."

-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

"Work in me more profound and abiding repentance; Give me the fullness of godly grief, that trembles and fears, yet ever trust and loves, which is ever powerful, and ever confident; Grant through the …"

-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

"O MY FORGETFUL SOUL, Awake from thy wandering dream; turn from chasing vanities, look inward, forward, upward, view thyself, reflect upon thyself, who and what thou art, why here, what thou must soon…"

-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions

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7. The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

3.94

Format: 489 pages, Paperback

Henry J.M. Nouwen, one of the greatest of all spiritual writers, invites us to search deeply for th… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • nonfiction

8. George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)

By: Janet Benge , Geoff Benge

4.23

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

This series chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men … read more

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9. Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World

By: Richard J. Foster

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A revised and updated edition of the manifesto that shows how simplicity is not merely having less … read more

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10. Same Kind of Different as Me

By: Lynn Vincent , Ron Hall , Denver Moore

3.18

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

Meet Denver, a man raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana in the 1960s; a man who escap… read more

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11. Loveology: God. Love. Marriage. Sex. And the never-ending story of male and female.

By: John Mark Comer

3.00

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In the beginning, God created Adam. Then he made Eve. And ever since we've been picking up the piec… read more

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12. The Harbinger: The Ancient Mystery that Holds the Secret of America's Future

By: Jonathan Cahn

3.91

Format: None pages, Paperback

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13. God Has a Name

By: John Mark Comer

4.67

Format: 523 pages,

Many of us ache for relationship with God, yet feel distant and disconnected from him. As if he's m… read more

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14. 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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  • christian
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Gospel Comes with a House Key

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangel… read more

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  • christian
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. 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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  • christian
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God

By: Strahan Coleman

4.54

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Move from a  transactional  experience with God to a  transformational  friendship with Him through… read more

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  • faith
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies

By: Hillary Morgan Ferrer

4.38

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

*Foreword written by Nancy Pearcey* #RoarLikeAMother The problem with lies is they don’t of… read more

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  • christian
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. Becoming Elisabeth Elliot

By: Ellen Vaughn

4.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savage… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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20. 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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  • christian
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Giving Is the Good Life: The Unexpected Path to Purpose and Joy by Randy Alcorn

21. Giving Is the Good Life: The Unexpected Path to Purpose and Joy

By: Randy Alcorn

4.22

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

ECPA 2020 Christian Book Award Finalist! Wouldn’t it be great if we could do what pleases God, hel… read more

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  • christian
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

7 Best audiobook books like Giving Is the Good Life: The Unexpected Path to Purpose and Joy by Randy Alcorn

Transform Your Habits

Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

The Gospel Comes with a House Key

Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

Tyler Staton

4.60

Transform Your Habits

Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God

Strahan Coleman

4.54

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12 Best audiobook books like Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

Transform Your Habits

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

Jennie Allen

4.24

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