The Political Disciple: A Theology of Public Life (Ordinary Theology)
By: Vincent E. Bacote
4.01
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
What might it mean for public and political life to be understood as an important dimension of foll…
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1. Five Views on the Church and Politics (Counterpoints: Bible and Theology)
By: James K.A. Smith , J. Brian Benestad , Amy E. Black , Robert Benne , None , None
3.63
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Few topics can grab headlines and stir passions quite like politics, especially when the church is … read more
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2. Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing
By: Andy Crouch
4.16
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Flourishing people are strong and weak. Two common temptations lure us away from abundant living wi… read more
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3. Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology
By: Neil Postman
3.93
Format: 233 pages, Paperback
In this witty, often terrifying work of cultural criticism, the author of Amusing Ourselves to Deat… read more
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4. When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
By: Steve Corbett , Brian Fikkert , None
4.00
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, r… read more
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5. 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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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. Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good
By: Steven Garber
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
Foreword Review's 17th Annual INDIEFAB Book of the Year Finalist (Religion) 12th Annual Outreach Re… read more
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8. Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction
By: Richard J. Mouw
3.00
Format: 1118 pages, Paperback
Richard Mouw was first drawn to Abraham Kuyper's writings about public life in the turbulent 1960s.… read more
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9. The Knowledge of the Holy
By: A.W. Tozer
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The Knowledge of the Holyby popular evangelical author and Christian mystic A.W. Tozer illuminates … read more
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10. Peace Like a River
By: Leif Enger
4.09
Format: 315 pages,
Once in a great while, we encounter a novel in our voluminous reading that begs to be read aloud. L… read more
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11. The Screwtape Letters
By: C.S. Lewis
4.27
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more
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"It is always the novice who exaggerates."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
12. The Cross and the Lynching Tree
By: James H. Cone
4.51
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more
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"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
13. 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)
14. 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
15. 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
16. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
4.30
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more
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17. 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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18. 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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19. Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
By: John Dickson
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Is the world better off without Christianity? Combining narrative with keen critique of contemporar… read more
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"The explosion of charity in the fourth century is one clear way in which Christ's teaching has impacted the history of western society."-John Dickson, Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
"The temptation of our age is to elevate our particular time and place as the crescendo of human purity and achievement. And that necessarily involves speaking ill of the past."-John Dickson, Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
"The tempration of our age is to elevate our particular time and place as the crescendo of human purity and achievement. And that necessarily involves speaking ill of the past."-John Dickson, Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
20. 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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21. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in t… read more
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"Socially prescribed perfectionism is closely related to anxiety; people who suffer from anxiety are more prone to it. Being a perfectionist also increases your anxiety because you fear the shame of p…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
"Girls in virtual networks are subjected to hundreds of times more social comparison than girls had experienced for all of human evolution. They are exposed to more cruelty and bullying because social…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
22. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
By: Jonathan Haidt
4.24
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely investigation into the campus assault on free speech and what it means for students, educa… read more
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"Virtues become vices when they are carried to an extreme."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Avoiding triggers is a symptom of PTSD, not a treatment for it."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"Practice the virtue of "intellectual humility." Intellectual humility is the recognition that our reasoning is so flawed, so prone to bias, that we can rarely be certain that we are right."-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
"The college admissions process nowadays makes it harder for high school students to enjoy school and pursue intrinsic fulfillment. The process "warps the values of students drawn into a competitive f…"-Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
23. 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
24. 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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25. 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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26. 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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27. The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
By: Kaitlyn Schiess
4.30
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
How do Bible passages written thousands of years ago apply to politics today? What can we learn fro… read more
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"The Bible is not a free-floating book of ageless wisdom, an interesting historical document, or a weapon that can be put in the service of any political goal. The Bible is a gift from God to the chur…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
"What is government? What is the relationship between theology and politics? How should Christians think about their political participation? These questions typically get lost in our conversations. W…"-Kaitlyn Schiess, The Ballot and the Bible: How Scripture Has Been Used and Abused in American Politics and Where We Go from Here
28. Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time
By: Kevin DeYoung
4.36
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling Author Kevin DeYoung Offers Hope for Those Who Feel Like Christianity Has Become Hopele… read more
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29. Political Gospel: Public Witness in a Politically Crazy World
By: Patrick Schreiner
4.17
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Christians are constantly being accused of being too political or not political enough. Often, th… read more
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30. The Political Disciple: A Theology of Public Life (Ordinary Theology)
By: Vincent E. Bacote
4.01
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
What might it mean for public and political life to be understood as an important dimension of foll… read more
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31. Unleashing Opportunity: Why Escaping Poverty Requires a Shared Vision of Justice
By: Michael J. Gerson
3.77
Format: 126 pages, Paperback
There is a perfect storm undermining something important about the opportunity for people born int… read more
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