24 Best nonfiction books like Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God by John F. Kilner

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Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God

By: John F. Kilner

4.16

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Misunderstandings about what it means for humans to be created in God's image have wreaked devastat…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God by John F. Kilner , here is a list of 24 books like this:

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1. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

By: Dallas Willard , Richard J. Foster

4.22

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The Divine Conspiracy has revolutionized how we think about the true meaning of discipleship. In th… read more

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"Genius, it is said, is the ability to scrutinize the obvious."

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

"The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said."

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

"Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him."

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

"(God's) nature, identity, and overarching purposes are no doubt unchanging. But his intentions with regard to many particular matters that concern individual human beings are not. This does not dimin…"

-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

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2. Christianity and Liberalism

By: J. Gresham Machen

4.33

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Machen's classic defense of orthodox Christianity establishes the importance of scriptural doctrine… read more

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"The truth is that if Jesus be merely an example, He is not a worthy example; for He claimed to be far more."

-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism

"According to modern liberalism, in other words, Jesus was the Founder of Christianity because He was the first Christian, and Christianity consists in maintenance of the religious life which Jesus in…"

-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism

"When we come to see that it was no mere man who suffered on Calvary but the Lord of Glory, then we shall be willing to say that one drop of the precious blood of Jesus is of more value, for our own s…"

-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism

"The sage of Nazareth may satisfy those who have never faced the problem of evil in their own lives; but to talk about an ideal to those who are under the thralldom of sin is a cruel mockery. Yet if J…"

-J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism

Cover of Grasping God's Word: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible by J. Scott Duvall, J. Daniel Hays

3. Grasping God's Word: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible

By: J. Scott Duvall , J. Daniel Hays

4.43

Format: 320 pages,

Grasping God's Word has proven itself in classrooms across the country as an invaluable help to stu… read more

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Cover of You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K.A. Smith

4. 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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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. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation

By: James K.A. Smith

2.00

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our t… read more

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7. Praying the Bible

By: Donald S. Whitney

4.49

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

All Christians know they should pray, but sometimes it’s hard to know how—especially if the minutes… read more

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Cover of Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality by Nancy R. Pearcey

8. Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality

By: Nancy R. Pearcey

4.59

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Are transgender people discovering their authentic self? Is the hookup culture really liberating? D… read more

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Cover of How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told by Harrison Scott Key

9. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

By: Harrison Scott Key

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more

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"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."

-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told

Cover of Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin  Kobes Du Mez

10. 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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Cover of The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution by Carl R. Trueman

11. 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

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12. 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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Cover of Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms by Justin Whitmel Earley

13. Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms

By: Justin Whitmel Earley

4.61

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond t… read more

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Cover of The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell

14. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

By: Malcolm Gladwell

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An exploration of how technology and best intentions collide in the heat of war In The Bomber Ma… read more

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"Revolutions are birthed in conversation, argument, validation, proximity, and the look in your listener’s eye that tells you you’re on to something."

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"I'm drawn again and again to obsessives. I like them. I like the idea that someone could push away all the concerns and details that make up everyday life and just zero in on one thing - the thing th…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

"The more you invest in a set of beliefs - the greater the sacrifice you make in the service of that conviction - the more resistant you will be to evidence that suggests that you are mistaken. You do…"

-Malcolm Gladwell, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

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15. 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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Cover of Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire by Preston M. Sprinkle

16. Exiles: The Church in the Shadow of Empire

By: Preston M. Sprinkle

4.45

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

A thoughtful exploration of the intersection of faith and politics, Exiles What if we considered o… read more

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Cover of Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America by Russell D. Moore

17. Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America

By: Russell D. Moore

4.31

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Former Southern Baptist pastor and Christianity Today editor-in-chief Russell Moore calls for repen… read more

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Cover of From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks

18. From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

By: Arthur C. Brooks

3.94

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard p… read more

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Cover of Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture by Christopher Watkin

19. Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture

By: Christopher Watkin

4.55

Format: 672 pages, Hardcover

*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a wa… read more

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Cover of Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies by N.T. Wright

20. 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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Cover of The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory by Abigail Rine Favale

21. 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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Cover of What God Has to Say about Our Bodies: How the Gospel Is Good News for Our Physical Selves by Sam Allberry

22. What God Has to Say about Our Bodies: How the Gospel Is Good News for Our Physical Selves

By: Sam Allberry

4.27

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"God's eternal plan for us involves our body. We can't write off our physical life as spiritually i… read more

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Cover of A Praying Church: Becoming a People of Hope in a Discouraging World by Paul E. Miller

23. A Praying Church: Becoming a People of Hope in a Discouraging World

By: Paul E. Miller

4.23

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Paul Miller, Bestselling Author of A Praying Life, on the Transforming Power of Praying Together … read more

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Cover of Cultural Apologetics: Renewing the Christian Voice, Conscience, and Imagination in a Disenchanted World by Paul M. Gould

24. Cultural Apologetics: Renewing the Christian Voice, Conscience, and Imagination in a Disenchanted World

By: Paul M. Gould

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Renewing the Christian voice, conscience, and imagination so that we can become compelling witnesse… read more

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

25. 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 Reformed Ethics : Volume 1: Created, Fallen, and Converted Humanity by Herman Bavinck

26. Reformed Ethics : Volume 1: Created, Fallen, and Converted Humanity

By: Herman Bavinck

4.65

Format: 540 pages, Kindle Edition

Herman Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics is one of the most important theological works of t… read more

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Cover of Political Gospel: Public Witness in a Politically Crazy World by Patrick Schreiner

27. 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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Cover of God's Many-Splendored Image: Theological Anthropology for Christian Formation by Nonna Verna Harrison

28. God's Many-Splendored Image: Theological Anthropology for Christian Formation

By: Nonna Verna Harrison

3.87

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be a human being made in the image of God? This book makes the case that the d… read more

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29. Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God

By: John F. Kilner

4.16

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Misunderstandings about what it means for humans to be created in God's image have wreaked devastat… read more

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Cover of What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church by Gavin Ortlund

30. What It Means to Be Protestant: The Case for an Always-Reforming Church

By: Gavin Ortlund

4.66

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

These days many evangelicals are exploring the more sacramental, liturgical, and historically-consc… read more

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Cover of ReSourcing Theological Anthropology: A Constructive Account of Humanity in the Light of Christ by Marc Cortez

31. ReSourcing Theological Anthropology: A Constructive Account of Humanity in the Light of Christ

By: Marc Cortez

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Theologians working in theological anthropology often claim that Jesus reveals what it means to be … read more

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25 best-selling christian books like Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God by John F. Kilner

Transform Your Habits

The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God

Dallas Willard , Richard J. Foster

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Christianity and Liberalism

J. Gresham Machen

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Grasping God's Word: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible

J. Scott Duvall , J. Daniel Hays

4.43

Transform Your Habits

You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit

James K.A. Smith

3.63

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Consequences of Ideas

R.C. Sproul

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age

Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.54

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Humility: The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness

Gavin Ortlund

4.55

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Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

Collin Hansen

4.56

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