12 Best theology books like The Mute Christian, Under the Smarting Rod: With Sovereign Antidotes Against the Most Miserable Exigents: Or, a Christian with an Olive Leaf in His Mouth by Thomas Brooks

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The Mute Christian, Under the Smarting Rod: With Sovereign Antidotes Against the Most Miserable Exigents: Or, a Christian with an Olive Leaf in His Mouth

By: Thomas Brooks

4.72

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

To all afflicted and distressed, dissatisfied, disquieted and discomposed Christians throughout the…

If you liked the theology plot in The Mute Christian, Under the Smarting Rod: With Sovereign Antidotes Against the Most Miserable Exigents: Or, a Christian with an Olive Leaf in His Mouth by Thomas Brooks , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. On the Road

By: Jack Kerouac

3.61

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more

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"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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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

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3. Communion with God

By: John Owen , R.J.K. Law

4.08

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

In 1657, John Owen produced one of his finest devotional treatises (probably originating from the s… read more

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4. 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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5. The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.37

Format: 796 pages, Paperback

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more

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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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6. The Death of Ivan Ilych

By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude

4.13

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more

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"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

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7. Mere Christianity

By: C.S. Lewis

4.36

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more

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"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."

-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

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8. The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

4.06

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more

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"Follow your heart"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

9. The Christ of the Covenants

By: O. Palmer Robertson

3.36

Format: None pages,

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10. Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

By: Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Christians know that God loves them, but often think that he is perpetually disappointed and frustr… read more

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"Looking inside ourselves, we can anticipate only harshness from heaven. Looking out to Christ, we can anticipate only gentleness."

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"The fall also entrenched in our minds dark thoughts of God, thoughts that are only dug out over multiple exposures to the gospel over many years. Perhaps Satan’s greatest victory in your life today i…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"John's point in 13:1 is that in going to the cross, Jesus did not retain something for himself, the way we tend to do when we seek to love others sacrificially. He does not love like us. We love unti…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"It is one thing, as a child, to be told your father loves you. You believe him. You take him at his word. But it is another thing, unutterably more real, to be swept up in his embrace, to feel the wa…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

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11. Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation

By: Collin Hansen

4.56

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Timothy Keller takes readers behind the scenes to meet the people and understand the events that fo… read more

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12. Suffering is Never for Nothing

By: Elisabeth Elliot

4.68

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has t… read more

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"Faith is not a feeling. Faith is willed obedience in action."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

"The love of God is not a sentiment. It is a willed and inexorable love that will command nothing less than the very best for us. The love of God wills our joy. I think of the love of God as being syn…"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

"It’s He who was the Word before the foundation of the world, suffering as a lamb slain. And He has a lot up His sleeve that you and I haven’t the slightest idea about now. He’s told us enough so that…"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

"We are not adrift in chaos. To me that is the most fortifying, the most stabilizing, the most peace-giving thing that I know about anything in the universe. Every time that things have seemingly fall…"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

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13. Humble Calvinism

By: J.A. Medders

4.52

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Humble Calvinism is both a helpful summary of what Calvinism is, and a helpful challenge to those w… read more

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14. George Whitefield: God's Anointed Servant in the Great Revival of the Eighteenth Century

By: Arnold A. Dallimore

4.29

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

God's accomplishments through George Whitefield are to this day virtually unparalleled. Even during… read more

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15. Human Nature in Its Fourfold State

By: Thomas Boston

4.52

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

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16. The Mute Christian, Under the Smarting Rod: With Sovereign Antidotes Against the Most Miserable Exigents: Or, a Christian with an Olive Leaf in His Mouth

By: Thomas Brooks

4.72

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

To all afflicted and distressed, dissatisfied, disquieted and discomposed Christians throughout the… read more

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12 Best christian books like The Mute Christian, Under the Smarting Rod: With Sovereign Antidotes Against the Most Miserable Exigents: Or, a Christian with an Olive Leaf in His Mouth by Thomas Brooks

Transform Your Habits

Christianity and Liberalism

J. Gresham Machen

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Communion with God

John Owen , R.J.K. Law

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Confessions

Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Mere Christianity

C.S. Lewis

4.36

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14 Best religion books like Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

Transform Your Habits

90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life

Don Piper , Cecil Murphey

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Cross and the Switchblade

David Wilkerson , John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill

4.26

Transform Your Habits

Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind

Joyce Meyer

4.31

Transform Your Habits

The Case for Christ

Lee Strobel

4.37

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