The Christian Family
By: Herman Bavinck
4.32
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
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1. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
By: C.S. Lewis , Pauline Baynes
4.09
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
NARNIA... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought out of even … read more
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"Courage, dear heart."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
"Adventures are never fun while you're having them."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
"Extraordinary things only happen to extraordinary people."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
"There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it."-C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
2. 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
3. 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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4. 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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5. The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
By: Andrew Peterson , Justin Gerard
4.69
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
Book Three of The Wingfeather Saga Janner Wingfeather's father was the High King of Anniera. But h… read more
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"Sorry, lass. Ye have to seize the teachable moments, you know. Carry on."-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
"Gnag bends things for breaking, and the Maker makes a flourish! Evil digs a pit, and the Maker makes a well! That is his way."-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
"He means to make his subjects merciful and wise; sorrow and struggle bringeth both. We will, he tells me, grow by grieving, live by dying, love by losing. The heart itself is the field of battle and …"-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
"I'll put her in charge of the puppies. I've twelve this week that need tending. How does that suit you?" Leeli's mouth hung open. She tried to say something but instead crumpled to the floor. She had…"-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)
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. 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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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. Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a full color ebook device, and in rich … read more
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"The help will come,"-C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
"I don't want to hold you hand!"-C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
"Things never happen the same way twice."-C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
"And the feasts on the poop and the musicians."-C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
10. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
By: Jeremiah Burroughs
4.33
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Jeremiah Burroughs is worthily reckoned as belonging to the front rank of English puritan preachers… read more
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"So be satisfied and quiet, be contented with your contentment. I lack certain things that others have, but blessed be God, I have a contented heart which others have not."-Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
"Christian, how did you enjoy comfort before? Was the creature anything to you but a conduit, a pipe, that conveyed God's goodness to you? 'The pipe is cut off,' says God, 'come to me, the fountain, a…"-Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
"In a clock, stop but one wheel and you stop every wheel, because they are dependent upon one other. So when God has ordered a thing for the present to be thus and thus, how do you know how many thing…"-Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
11. 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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12. On the Incarnation
By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more
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13. Thoughts for Young Men
By: J.C. Ryle
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
J.C. Ryle's handbook for young men, replete with warnings, exhortations, and instruction about this… read more
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14. O Pioneers!
By: Willa Cather
3.90
Format: 159 pages, Paperback
O Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged ma… read more
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"Things away from home often look better than they are."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
"Neither Oscar nor Lou has changed much; they have simply, as Alexandra said of them long ago, grown to be more and more like themselves."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
"We come and go, but the land is always here. And the people who love it and understand it are the people who own it -- for a little while."-Willa Cather, O Pioneers!
15. The Wednesday Wars
By: Gary D. Schmidt
2.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero.The Wednesday… read more
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16. Up from Slavery
By: Booker T. Washington , Ishmael Reed
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slaver… read more
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17. The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
By: C.S. Lewis
2.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Hailed as the final memorial to the work of a great scholar and teacher and a wise and noble mind, … read more
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18. Loving the Little Years: Motherhood in the Trenches
By: Rachel Jankovic
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the author: "I didn t write this book because mothering little ones is easy for me. I wrote it… read more
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19. The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)
By: John Owen
4.36
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
In this abridgement of a classic work, the famous Puritan John Owen shows the need for Christians t… read more
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"Let not man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts."-John Owen, The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)
"a sense of the love of Christ in the cross; lie at the bottom of all true spiritual mortification"-John Owen, The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)
"Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls. Live in this, and thou wilt die a conqueror; yea, thou wilt, through the good provi…"-John Owen, The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)
"A man may beat down the bitter fruit from an evil tree until he is weary; while the root abides in strength and vigour, the beating down of the present fruit will not hinder it from bringing forth mo…"-John Owen, The Mortification of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)
20. Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age
By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
4.54
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling Author Rosaria Butterfield Confronts 5 Cultural Lies She Once Believed Modern culture i… read more
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21. 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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"[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
22. It's Good to Be a Man: A Handbook for Godly Masculinity
By: Michael Foster
4.30
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
“Men were made to rule. They always have and always will. Nothing can change that. Nothing will. It… read more
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23. The Household and the War for the Cosmos: Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family
By: C.R. Wiley
4.27
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The household is not just a shelter from a war zone, it is the command center from which we launch … read more
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24. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World
By: Joe Rigney
4.54
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more
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- nonfiction
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"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World
25. How to Read a Book: Advice for Christian Readers
By: Andrew David Naselli
4.56
Format: 106 pages, ebook
When people ask me what I do for a living, sometimes I reply, “I teach people how to read.” My paid… read more
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26. Why Children Matter
By: Douglas Wilson
4.55
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the Garden of Eden, there was only one "No." Everything else was "Yes." In this short book o… read more
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"Liberty is not a middle position between legalism and license; it is another thing entirely. We have a hard time with this. Liberty is not moderate legalism or moderated license. Liberty is stricter …"-Douglas Wilson, Why Children Matter
27. Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church (9marks: Building Healthy Churches)
By: John Onwuchekwa
4.41
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body--but it often doesn't com… read more
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28. Pure in Heart: Sexual Sin and the Promises of God
By: J. Garrett Kell
4.60
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Experience Freedom from Sexual Sin through the Power of the Savior Many women and men trapped in se… read more
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29. The Plurality Principle: How to Build and Maintain a Thriving Church Leadership Team (The Gospel Coalition)
By: Dave Harvey
4.21
Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition
Building and Sustaining a Thriving Leadership Culture Essential to every healthy church is a bibli… read more
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30. The Christian Family
By: Herman Bavinck
4.32
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
A century ago when this book was first published, marriage and the family were already weathering e… read more
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31. Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda
By: Megan Basham
4.37
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
“This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in recent years. It is bo… read more
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