The Precious Things of God
By: Octavius Winslow
4.52
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanne…
Want to Read $ 0.99"God would make is happy, but He can only make us happy by making us holy...Sin is the parent of all misery; holiness is the root of all happiness."-Octavius Winslow, The Precious Things of God
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1. Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.35
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God and The Songs of Jesus and a nationally… read more
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"The true god of your heart is what your thoughts effortlessly go to when there is nothing else demanding your attention."-Timothy J. Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
"When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's."-Timothy J. Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
"People "at the top" are eager to attribute their position to their own intellect, savvy, and hard work. The reality is much more complicated. Personal connections, family environment, and what appear…"-Timothy J. Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
"When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually worshiping. When such a thing is threatened, your anger is …"-Timothy J. Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
2. Song of Solomon
By: Toni Morrison
4.14
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain… read more
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"Her passions were narrow but deep."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"He can't value you more than you value yourself."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
"You got a life? Live it! Live the motherfuckin' life!"-Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon
3. The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
By: Timothy J. Keller , Kathy Keller
4.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Renowned pastor of New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church and author of The Songs of Jesus, Timoth… read more
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"Like a surgeon, friends cut you in order to heal you."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Real love, the Bible says, instinctively desires permanence."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"A common vision can unite people of very different temperaments."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
"Friends become wiser together through a healthy clash of viewpoints."-Timothy J. Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
4. The Illustrated Man
By: Ray Bradbury
4.13
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
That The Illustrated Man has remained in print since being published in 1951 is fair testimony to … read more
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"Oh, death in space was most humorous."-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"I shall remain on Mars and read a book."-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"Did all dying people feel this way, as if they had never lived?"-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
"Nothing ever likes to die--not even a room. (p.23 --> The Veldt)"-Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man
5. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.51
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more
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"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
6. 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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7. Safely Home
By: Randy Alcorn
3.78
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
2002 Gold Medallion Award winner! Fans of Randy Alcorn will applaud this soul-stirring story of two… read more
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8. Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full color on a full color ebook device, and in rich … read more
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"The help will come,"-C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
"I don't want to hold you hand!"-C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
"Things never happen the same way twice."-C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
"And the feasts on the poop and the musicians."-C.S. Lewis, Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
9. The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
By: None , Arthur Bennett
4.53
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
The strength of Puritan character and life lay in prayer and meditation. In this practice the spiri… read more
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"O God, make me worthy of this calling, that the name of Jesus may be glorified in me and I in him."-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
"Oh God, it is amazing that men can talk so much about man's creaturely power and goodness, when, if thou didst not hold us back every moment, we should be devils incarnate."-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
"Work in me more profound and abiding repentance; Give me the fullness of godly grief, that trembles and fears, yet ever trust and loves, which is ever powerful, and ever confident; Grant through the …"-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
"O MY FORGETFUL SOUL, Awake from thy wandering dream; turn from chasing vanities, look inward, forward, upward, view thyself, reflect upon thyself, who and what thou art, why here, what thou must soon…"-None, The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
10. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
By: Jeremiah Burroughs
4.33
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Jeremiah Burroughs is worthily reckoned as belonging to the front rank of English puritan preachers… read more
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"So be satisfied and quiet, be contented with your contentment. I lack certain things that others have, but blessed be God, I have a contented heart which others have not."-Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
"Christian, how did you enjoy comfort before? Was the creature anything to you but a conduit, a pipe, that conveyed God's goodness to you? 'The pipe is cut off,' says God, 'come to me, the fountain, a…"-Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
"In a clock, stop but one wheel and you stop every wheel, because they are dependent upon one other. So when God has ordered a thing for the present to be thus and thus, how do you know how many thing…"-Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment
11. Letters from Father Christmas
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Baillie Tolkien
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R. Tolkien's ch… read more
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12. The Holy Bible: English Standard Version
By: Anonymous
3.91
Format: 241 pages,
Now the complete ESV Bible comes alive in audio format! The new ESVHear the Word Audio Bibleprovide… read more
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13. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
By: Carson McCullers
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
With the publication of her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers, all of twe… read more
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14. Death Comes for the Archbishop
By: Willa Cather
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
There is something epic--and almost mythic--about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, al… read more
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15. The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.91
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta … read more
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"Do not dare not to dare."-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
"No one can teach riding so well as a horse"-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
"Onward and Upward! To Narnia and the North!"-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
"Even a walk will get us somewhere sometime."-C.S. Lewis, The Horse and His Boy (Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
16. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
By: C.S. Lewis
4.00
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more
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"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"It is not for nothing that you are named Ransom,"-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"The joy came from finding at last what hatred was made for."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
17. 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
18. Providence
By: John Piper
4.70
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
New from Bestselling Author John Piper From Genesis to Revelation, the providence of God directs th… read more
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19. True Friendship
By: Vaughan Roberts
4.15
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
In a culture where online communications and communities can be set up in seconds, it is striking t… read more
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20. Competing Spectacles: Treasuring Christ in the Media Age
By: Tony Reinke
4.23
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
“Thirty years after Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death , this book takes the impact-analysis… read more
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- theology
"Our world says that seeing is believing, but for us to behold the deep glory of the cross, we must see as God sees rather than as man sees. We treasure what is invisible and that is perhaps the great…"-Tony Reinke, Competing Spectacles: Treasuring Christ in the Media Age
21. The Precious Things of God
By: Octavius Winslow
4.52
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanne… read more
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"God would make is happy, but He can only make us happy by making us holy...Sin is the parent of all misery; holiness is the root of all happiness."-Octavius Winslow, The Precious Things of God
