The Mission of the Body of Christ (Retelling the Story, #3)
By: Russ Ramsey
4.42
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
"God had not just sent his Messiah into the world. He had sent him to them. They were known. In all…
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1. 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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2. Gilead (Gilead, #1)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.85
Format: 247 pages, Paperback
Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three gener… read more
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"How I wish you could have known me in my strength."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"When something ought to be true then it proves to be a very powerful truth."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
"That is to say, I pray for you. And there's an intimacy in it. That's the truth."-Marilynne Robinson, Gilead (Gilead, #1)
3. 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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4. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1)
By: Laurie R. King
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. H… read more
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5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
By: John Mark Comer
4.53
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
"Who am I becoming?" That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he… read more
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"Hurry is violence on the soul."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"In the cruciform kingdom, only the bad things die: image and status and bragging rights, all vanity."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"The point of a trellis isn’t to make the vines stand up straight in neat rows, but rather to attain a rich, deep glass of wine. It’s to create space for the vine to grow and bear fruit."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"The Hebrew word Shabbat means ‘to stop.’ But it can also be translated ‘to delight.’ It has this dual idea of stopping and also of joying in God and our lives in his world. The Sabbath is an entire d…"-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
9. 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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10. The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
By: Trenton Lee Stewart
4.20
Format: 497 pages, Kindle Edition
"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?"When this peculiar ad appears in the new… read more
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"Poor Kate,"-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
"Remember the White Knight."-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
"Children are capable of such open rudeness."-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
"Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know."-Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)
11. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
By: Beth Moore
4.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more
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"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
12. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
By: Tyler Staton
4.60
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more
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13. Digital Liturgies: Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age
By: Samuel James
4.44
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
How the Habitat of Internet Technology Undermines Christian Wisdom With advancements in internet te… read more
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14. The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done
By: Kendra Adachi
4.13
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Being a Lazy Genius isn't about doing more or doing less. It's about doing what matters to you. "I… read more
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15. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
By: Esau McCaulley
4.62
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more
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"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South
16. The Library of Borrowed Hearts
By: Lucy Gilmore
3.87
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A.J. Fikry meets The Bookish Life of Nina Hill in this charming, hilarious, and moving novel about … read more
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17. Covenant and God's Purpose for the World (Short Studies in Biblical Theology)
By: Thomas R. Schreiner
4.38
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.” Genesis 1… read more
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18. The Ten Commandments: What They Mean, Why They Matter, and Why We Should Obey Them (Foundational Tools for Our Faith)
By: Kevin DeYoung
4.41
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
The Ten Commandments were foundational to the lives of the ancient Israelites, but many Christians … read more
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19. The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross (Short Studies in Biblical Theology)
By: Patrick Schreiner
4.21
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The kingdom of God is more than just the rule and reign of God over all things. It undergirds the e… read more
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20. As I Recall: Discovering the Place of Memories in Our Spiritual Life
By: Casey Tygrett
4.31
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
What if our memories are like shells we gather on a beach? According to pastor and spiritual dir… read more
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"Any process of change requires a form of dying"-Casey Tygrett, As I Recall: Discovering the Place of Memories in Our Spiritual Life
"Without grace, our failures cannot become wisdom."-Casey Tygrett, As I Recall: Discovering the Place of Memories in Our Spiritual Life
"We cannot experience and memorize the stories of Jesus without seeing his radical inclusion - taking those who were left on the edges of society, left to their own solitude, and bringing them into hi…"-Casey Tygrett, As I Recall: Discovering the Place of Memories in Our Spiritual Life
"The destructive quality of spiritual amnesia is that we forget the promise in light of the problem, and we also forget the times when the provision was made for us and we found ourselves standing saf…"-Casey Tygrett, As I Recall: Discovering the Place of Memories in Our Spiritual Life
21. The Mission of the Body of Christ (Retelling the Story, #3)
By: Russ Ramsey
4.42
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
"God had not just sent his Messiah into the world. He had sent him to them. They were known. In all… read more
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