The Messiah Comes to Middle-Earth: Images of Christ's Threefold Office in The Lord of the Rings (Hansen Lectureship Series)
By: Philip Graham Ryken
4.14
Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
By: Timothy J. Keller , Katherine Leary Alsdorf
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shows how God calls on eac… read more
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"It (idolatry) means turning a good thing into an ultimate thing."-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
"Two things we want so desperately, glory and relationship, can coexist only in God."-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
"Community service has become a patch for morality. You can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck."-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
"The great danger is to always single out some aspect of God’s good creation and identify it, rather than alien intrusion of sin, as the villain."-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
2. The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness
By: Kevin DeYoung
4.23
Format: 159 pages, Hardcover
The “hole in our holiness” is that evangelicals don’t look particularly holy, and, despite the floo… read more
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"The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart."-Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness
"The irony is that if we make every imperative into a command to believe the gospel more fully, we turn the gospel into one more thing we have to get right, and faith becomes the one thing we need to …"-Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness
3. Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.07
Format: 528 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Golan Trevize, former Councilman of the First Foundation, has chosen the future, and it is Gaia. A … read more
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"The Galaxy seems to be crowded with things I don't understand."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
"Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty?"-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
"There are always individuals who pit their minds against the general modes of thought and who are arrogant enough to feel that they alone are right and that the many are wrong."-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
"Are you truly a robot?" "Truly, sir," said Daneel. Pelorat's face seemed to shine with joy. He said, "There are references to a robot named Daneel in the old legends. Are you named in his honor?" "I …"-Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Earth (Foundation, #5)
4. North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)
By: Andrew Peterson
4.55
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
First they found themselves On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness. Now they must make their way… read more
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"You call that poetry?"-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)
"She poured her heart into the song and filled it with everything she felt"-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)
"Podo and Leeli finally came back to where the others rested, and though her face still bore the weight of her sorrow, Janner could see that is sister was present. Her eyes didn't see stare into nothi…"-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)
"He was only twelve, but he knew enough to realize that the way before him would be hard. Is it worth it? he asked himself. Was it worth losing his old life in order to learn the truth of who he was a…"-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)
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. Address Unknown
By: Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
3.84
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
A rediscovered classic, originally published in 1938 and now an international bestseller.When it fi… read more
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7. The 3D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures
By: Jayson Georges
3.62
Format: 128 pages,
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8. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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9. A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18
By: Joseph Loconte
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J. R. R. Tolki… read more
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10. Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness
By: Eric Metaxas
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In his eagerly anticipated follow-up to the enormously successful Seven Men, New York Timesbest-sel… read more
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11. You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
By: James K.A. Smith
3.63
Format: None pages, Hardcover
You are what you love. But you might not love what you think. In this book, award-winning author Ja… read more
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12. The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry Into the Old Testament
By: Sandra L. Richter
3.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Sandra Richter gives an overview of the Old Testament, organizing our disorderly knowledge of the O… read more
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13. Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.
By: John Mark Comer
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
You've heard people say "Who you are matters more than what you do". Does the Bible really teach th… read more
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14. How to Read and Understand the Biblical Prophets
By: Peter J. Gentry
3.09
Format: None pages,
A Concise Guide to Reading the Prophetic Books The Prophetic Books of the Bible are full of symboli… read more
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15. Reflections on the Psalms
By: C.S. Lewis
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms… read more
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16. Excellence: The Character of God and the Pursuit of Scholarly Virtue
By: Andreas J. Köstenberger
4.27
Format: 67 pages, Paperback
We are called to excellence in all activities of life, not least in our scholarship and ministry. O… read more
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17. The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith
4.01
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more
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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
18. 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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"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)
19. 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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20. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta … read more
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"Do not dare not to dare."-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
"No one can teach riding so well as a horse"-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
"Even a walk will get us somewhere sometime."-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
"Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!"-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
21. The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes
3.96
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch. NARNIA...where owls are wise, where… read more
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"Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"It's expression was solemn, its complexion muddy."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"You would not have called to me unless I had been calling to you," said the Lion."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
"Though under earth, and throneless now I be Yet while I lived all earth was under me."-C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
22. The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.57
Format: 432 pages, Kindle Edition
Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more
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"Do not spoil the wonder with haste!"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)
"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)
"Never is too long a word even for me..."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)
"What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King (Middle Earth, #4)
23. The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)
By: J.R.R. Tolkien
4.49
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
Begin your journey into Middle-earth. The inspiration for the upcoming original series on Prime … read more
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"Yet dawn is ever the hope of men."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)
"Fair speech may hide a foul heart."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)
"Are we riding far tonight, Gandalf?"-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)
"The treacherous are ever distrustful."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers (Middle Earth, #3)
24. 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
25. Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners
By: Dane C. Ortlund
4.58
Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition
“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” —2 Peter 3:18 How do Chri… read more
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26. The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis: How Great Books Shaped a Great Mind
By: Jason M. Baxter
4.51
Format: None pages, Audio CD
C. S. Lewis had one of the great minds of the twentieth century. Many readers know Lewis as an auth… read more
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27. 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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28. Resurrection Hope and the Death of Death (Short Studies in Biblical Theology)
By: Mitchell L. Chase
4.34
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
A Biblical Theology of Resurrection Hope from Genesis to Revelation Death is a powerful and sobe… read more
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29. Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions
By: Philip Yancey
4.44
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
As the world entered the long night of 2020, Philip Yancey turned to John Donne's Devotions, a near… read more
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30. Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament
By: Sandra L. Glahn
4.49
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
Some Christians think Paul's reference to "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that… read more
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31. The Messiah Comes to Middle-Earth: Images of Christ's Threefold Office in The Lord of the Rings (Hansen Lectureship Series)
By: Philip Graham Ryken
4.14
Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition
How can we grasp the significance of what Jesus Christ did for us? Might literature help us as we s… read more
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