23 Best theology books like The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets: Imagining the Minor Prophets' World by John Goldingay

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The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets: Imagining the Minor Prophets' World

By: John Goldingay

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Understand the Prophets Like Never Before with Amazing Insights from One of Today's Foremost Old Te…

If you liked the theology plot in The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets: Imagining the Minor Prophets' World by John Goldingay , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. City of God

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

Format: 1186 pages, Paperback

No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more

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"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

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2. When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers

By: Marcellino D'Ambrosio

4.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

If the word trinityisn't in Scripture, why is it such an important part of our faith? And if the Bi… read more

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3. 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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4. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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5. Surprised by Oxford

By: Carolyn Weber

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

A "girl-meets-God" style memoir of an agnostic who, through her surprising opportunity to study at … read more

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6. The Practice of the Presence of God

By: Brother Lawrence

4.32

Format: 95 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more

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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"

-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God

7. The Cry of the Soul: How Our Emotions Reveal Our Deepset Questions about God

By: Tremper Longman III , Dan B. Allender , Mike Edwards , None

4.25

Format: 131 pages, Paperback

An excerpt from the foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada: -With the book you are holding, you have stumb… read more

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8. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

By: David Brooks

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more

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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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9. Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

By: Charles Duhigg

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593243916. Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the … read more

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"Strong leaders didn't help people align. In fact, groups with a dominant leader had the least amount of neural synchrony."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

"To communicate with someone, we must connect with them. When we absorb what someone is saying and they comprehend what we say, it's because our brains have, to some degree, aligned."

-Charles Duhigg, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

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10. 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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11. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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12. 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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13. Strange Religion: How the First Christians Were Weird, Dangerous, and Compelling

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The first Christians were weird. Just how weird is often lost on today's believers. Within Roman s… read more

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14. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism

By: Tim Alberta

4.45

Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… 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. The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

By: Rich Villodas

4.24

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

During our chaotic times, discover five forgotten values that can spark internal growth and help us… read more

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"Adam and Eve hid behind a tree, naked and con­quered by shame. But Jesus hung on a tree, naked, and conquered shame. In Jesus, shame doesn’t have the last word."

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

"Sabbath is not a reward for hard work. Sabbath is a gift that precedes work and enables us to work. (…) As with God’s Grace, rest is never a reward; it’s a gift."

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

"The reason we are hospitable is to open our hearts to others in the way that God has opened His heart to us. (...) As the theologian Henri Nouwen said, "Hospitality is not to change people, but to of…"

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

"When I get to the portion that says, "Lead us not into temptation," That (...) doesn't mean that God leads us into temptation; rather, (...) It's us essentially saying, "Lord, (...) I'm vulnerable. D…"

-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus

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17. Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship

By: Justin Whitmel Earley

4.47

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Loneliness is the most dangerous and least talked-about epidemic--but Made for People offers a cure… read more

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18. The Lost World of the Flood: Mythology, Theology, and the Deluge Debate (Volume 5) (The Lost World Series)

By: Tremper Longman III

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

"The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it… read more

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Cover of Revealing Revelation: How God's Plans for the Future Can Change Your Life Now by Amir Tsarfati

19. Revealing Revelation: How God's Plans for the Future Can Change Your Life Now

By: Amir Tsarfati

4.68

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Tour the Final Book of the BibleRevelation was written because God wants us to know what the future… read more

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20. The White Darkness

By: David Grann

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Wager, a thrill… read more

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"Passion for something can easily tip into obsession, which is a dangerous thing, especially when those affected are they very people who so loyally stand and wait. -Henry Worsley"

-David Grann, The White Darkness

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21. The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

By: Karen Swallow Prior

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Contemporary American evangelicalism is suffering from an identity crisis--and a lot of bad press. … read more

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"For Hardy and other critics of the evangelical movement, too often the desire for purity encouraged hypocrisy, earnest ideals became mere performance, and the valuation of hard work turned into pursu…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

"The novel [ Pamela ] is also a very powerful early expression of the modern self, one who sees her soul as equal in human worth and dignity to anyone, regardless of social class or power--and this, t…"

-Karen Swallow Prior, The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

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22. Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies

By: N.T. Wright

4.14

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Should Christians be politically withdrawn, avoiding participation in politics to maintain their pr… read more

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23. 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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24. The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?

By: Jim Davis

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history. It is greater … read more

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25. The Nicene Creed: An Introduction

By: Phillip Cary

4.40

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Understand and celebrate what we believeFor centuries, the Nicene Creed has been central to the chu… read more

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Cover of Truth Over Tribe: Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, Not the Donkey or the Elephant by Patrick Keith Miller

26. Truth Over Tribe: Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, Not the Donkey or the Elephant

By: Patrick Keith Miller

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Jesus Can Unify the Left and the Right Political fighting is fracturing families, ending friendship… read more

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"Are your loves in the right order? Does your lover for the lamb transcend your love for the donkey or the elephant?"

-Patrick Keith Miller, Truth Over Tribe: Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, Not the Donkey or the Elephant

"Jesus doesn't support the Democratic platform or the Republican platform. His vision of God's kingdom on Earth doesn't neatly fit into either tribal ideology."

-Patrick Keith Miller, Truth Over Tribe: Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, Not the Donkey or the Elephant

"The cost of allowing your bystander anxiety to silence you is simple: you lose your integrity. Some would rather live as cowards than die with bravery. I get it. But Christians should not be those pe…"

-Patrick Keith Miller, Truth Over Tribe: Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, Not the Donkey or the Elephant

"Jesus tells us to welcome immigrants AND protect the unborn, to pursue radical chastity AND racial justice, to create order AND create art, to ensure both the livelihoods of the poor AND the wealthy,…"

-Patrick Keith Miller, Truth Over Tribe: Pledging Allegiance to the Lamb, Not the Donkey or the Elephant

Cover of Against Liberal Theology: Putting the Brakes on Progressive Christianity by Roger E. Olson

27. Against Liberal Theology: Putting the Brakes on Progressive Christianity

By: Roger E. Olson

3.79

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Liberal Christian theology is a big topic in today's churches and seminaries. But what does liberal… read more

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Cover of How to Preach and Teach the Old Testament for All Its Worth by Christopher J.H. Wright

28. How to Preach and Teach the Old Testament for All Its Worth

By: Christopher J.H. Wright

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Many preachers ignore preaching from the Old Testament because they feel it is outdated in light of… read more

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Cover of How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture by Dan Kimball

29. How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-Women, Anti-Science, Pro-Violence, Pro-Slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture

By: Dan Kimball

4.20

Format: None pages, Audio CD

When Dan Kimball first sat down to meet with a student who was disillusioned by Christianity, he wa… read more

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30. The Lost Letters to the Twelve Prophets: Imagining the Minor Prophets' World

By: John Goldingay

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Understand the Prophets Like Never Before with Amazing Insights from One of Today's Foremost Old Te… read more

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Cover of Richard Dawkins, C. S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life by Alister E. McGrath

31. Richard Dawkins, C. S. Lewis and the Meaning of Life

By: Alister E. McGrath

4.01

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Alister McGrath has written to great acclaim on both Richard Dawkins and C. S. Lewis. Here he bring… read more

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