Discovering God through the Arts: How We Can Grow Closer to God by Appreciating Beauty & Creativity
By: Terry W. Glaspey
4.20
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
What does art have to do with faith? For many Christians, paintings, films, music, and other for…
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1. Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
By: Stephen R. Lawhead
4.00
Format: 496 pages, Mass Market Paperback
It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the capture… read more
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"Only a fool demands proof of what he already knows."-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
"I will write: for myself, for those who come after, and for the voices that cry out not to be forgotten."-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
"There cannot be even the smallest grain of falsehood in it or it is not truth. I have discovered the source of all truth; how can I deny what I know?"-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
"The female heart is a world unto itself, incomprehensible to men. Yet I perceive that you have been of a mood today: pensive, contemplative, hesitant, expectant. And you have spent the better part of…"-Stephen R. Lawhead, Taliesin (The Pendragon Cycle #1)
2. Pygmalion
By: George Bernard Shaw
3.89
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and Ne… read more
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"What you are to do without me I cannot imagine."-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
"Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby"-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
"La vida no consiste en buscarse a sí mismo, sino en crearse a sí mismo"-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
"I'm willing to tell you. I'm wanting to tell you. I'm waiting to tell you."-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion
3. Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
By: David Platt
4.18
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followe… read more
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"I had the faith of a sermon, but not the faith of his son. – John Wesley"-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
"God's revelation in the Gospel not only reveals Who He is, but it also reveals who we are."-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
"We may have loved the god that we made up in our minds, but the God of the Bible, we hate."-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
"My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him. "-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
4. Hannah Coulter
By: Wendell Berry
4.38
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry's seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman charac… read more
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"Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
"And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
"Living right on called for nothing out of the ordinary. We made no changes. We only accepted the changes as they came."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
"Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me."-Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter
5. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton
2.67
Format: 166 pages,
G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more
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6. 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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7. Orthodoxy
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more
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8. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.27
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more
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"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
9. Spoon River Anthology
By: Edgar Lee Masters
4.05
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful sca… read more
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"Act well your part, there all the honor lies."-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
"Remember the acorn; It does not devour other acorns."-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
"the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth."-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
"The tongue may be an unruly member-- But silence poisons the soul."-Edgar Lee Masters, Spoon River Anthology
10. Art for God's Sake: A Call to Recover the Arts
By: Philip Graham Ryken
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
The creation sings to us with the visual beauty of God's handiwork. But what of man-made art? Much … read more
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11. Letters from Father Christmas
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Baillie Tolkien
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's ch… read more
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12. Boxers (Boxers & Saints, #1)
By: Gene Luen Yang
4.32
Format: 650 pages, Paperback
China, 1898. Bands of foreign missionaries and soldiers roam the countryside, bullying and robbing … read more
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13. Little Pilgrim's Progress: From John Bunyan's Classic
By: Helen L. Taylor
None
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Fifty-five years ago, Helen L. Taylor took John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and simplified the voca… read more
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14. Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
2.65
Format: 34 pages, Paperback
This volume is a provocative and entertaining collection of works which reveals the diversity of J.… read more
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15. C. S. Lewis: A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet
By: Alister E. McGrath
4.40
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Fifty years after his death, C. S. Lewis continues to inspire and fascinate millions. His legacy re… read more
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16. Home (Gilead, #2)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Home parallels the story told in Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead. It is a moving and heali… read more
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17. Art & the Bible
By: Francis A. Schaeffer
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The lordship of Christ should include an interest in the arts," writes Francis Schaeffer. "A Christ… read more
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18. You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love
By: Allie Beth Stuckey
4.17
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of the sharpest Christian voices of her generation and host of the podcast Relatable comes… read more
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"Our truth is usually Satan's lie."-Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love
"Because the self can't be both the problem and the solution."-Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love
"The self isn't enough---period. The answer to the purposelessness and hollowness we feel is found not in us but outside of us. The solutions to our problems and pain aren't found in self-love, but in…"-Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love
"This is an argument I made in a podcast episode titled "Three Myths Christian Women Believe". The first myth was that you are enough. My counter was this: you're not enough, you'll never be enough, a…"-Allie Beth Stuckey, You're Not Enough (and That's Ok): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love
19. Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church
By: Michael J. Kruger
4.49
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Are churches looking for the wrong kind of leaders? The last decade has witnessed a rising number o… read more
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20. Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
By: Andrew Peterson
4.51
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone. O… read more
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"When we manage to make something pretty, it's only because we are ourselves a flourish on a greater canvas."-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
"[T]he steady resonance of your work might move someone closer to the Kingdom—and compared to a human heart, planets are small potatoes."-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
"There's no doubt in my mind that what's shaped me and my work more than any particular talent on my part has been living out a calling in the midst of a Christ-centered community."-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
"Christian art, then, might be defined as a work that is, like Christ himself, full of grace and truth. Where we go wrong is when we tilt the scales away from grace, or beauty, or excellence, as if tr…"-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
21. Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age
By: Samuel James
4.44
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
How the Habitat of Internet Technology Undermines Christian Wisdom With advancements in internet te… read more
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22. Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
By: Tish Harrison Warren
4.63
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
ECPA Christian Book of the YearChristianity Today Book of the YearForeword INDIES Book of the Year … read more
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"Voor christenen is slaap een belichaamde manier om te belijden dat we erop vertrouwen dat het werk van God niet van ons afhangt."-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Bescherm wie blij zijn. In dit gebed erkennen we de kwetsbaarheid van vreugde. We vragen God om mensen die blij zijn te beschermen, om dat deel in ons te beschermen dat moedig genoeg is om te geloven…"-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Hoewel de statistieken laten zien dat hier in het Westen met name jonge mensen afdwalen naar ongeloof, deels vanwege het probleem van het kwaad, lijkt onze welvaart veel meer twijfel te veroorzaken d…"-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Het profetisch getuigenis van de kerk in een woedecultuur is om mensen te zijn die weten hoe we samen moeten huilen over de pijn en onrechtvaardigheid in de wereld en over de realiteit van onze eigen…"-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
23. Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
By: Russ Ramsey
4.53
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
How do art and faith intersect? How does art help us see our own lives more clearly? What can we un… read more
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"The pattern in Scripture is that of God working through unlikely servants for the glory of his name and the spread of the gospel."-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
"The more we engage with beauty, the more we train our hearts to anticipate finding beauty, until eventually, everywhere we go, we're looking for it."-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
"Many artists took their easels and paints outside and captured what they saw. Vincent wanted to capture what he felt as he tried to remember what he saw."-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
"Vincent didn't see the world as a collection of plain, unaffected objects. He saw the unfolding drama of the human story, which to him was a heartbreaking tale."-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
24. Art and Faith: A Theology of Making
By: Makoto Fujimura
4.29
Format: 167 pages, Hardcover
From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity’s quintessential—and often overlooked—r… read more
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25. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
By: Mary Oliver
4.58
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this defi… read more
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"All I know is that "thank you" should appear somewhere. So just in case I can't find the perfect place- "Thank you, thank you."-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your nones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it …"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"I know someone who kisses the way a flower opens, but more rapidly. Flowers are sweet. They have short, beatific lives. They offer much pleasure. There is nothing in this world that can be said again…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
"A blue preacher flew toward the swamp, in slow motion. On the leafy banks, an old Chinese poet, hunched in the white gown of his wings, was waiting. The water was the kind of dark silk that has silve…"-Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
26. On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living
By: Alan Noble
4.33
Format: 108 pages, Hardcover
We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is. For the majority of people, sorro… read more
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27. 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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28. Taking America Back for God: Christian Nationalism in the United States
By: Andrew L. Whitehead
4.10
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Why do so many conservative Christians continue to support Donald Trump despite his many overt mora… read more
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29. 7 Myths about Singleness
By: Sam Allberry
4.56
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
If marriage shows us the shape of the gospel, singleness shows us its sufficiency. Much of what… read more
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"We need to remind ourselves, daily, that our singleness is not for us but for the Lord."-Sam Allberry, 7 Myths about Singleness
"And having people with whom to do nothing is not necessarily a need [married people are] conscious of."-Sam Allberry, 7 Myths about Singleness
"Some of my friends have said something along the line of “You know where you are and you’re always welcome. Don’t wait for us to invite you."-Sam Allberry, 7 Myths about Singleness
"And singleness isn't actually a bad thing. In the Bible it's good. It's even described as a blessing. In and of itself it's a wonderful gift from God that should be affirmed and celebrated."-Sam Allberry, 7 Myths about Singleness
30. Redeeming Vision: A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning from Art
By: Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
We are formed by the images we view. From classical art to advertisements and from news photos to s… read more
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31. Discovering God through the Arts: How We Can Grow Closer to God by Appreciating Beauty & Creativity
By: Terry W. Glaspey
4.20
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
What does art have to do with faith? For many Christians, paintings, films, music, and other for… read more
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