21 Top christian books like The Dorean Principle: A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity by Conley Owens

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The Dorean Principle: A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity

By: Conley Owens

4.24

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Billions of dollars change hands in the name of Christ, but is the gospel at stake?Many rightly con…

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1. When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

By: Edward T. Welch

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

However you put it, the fear of man can be summarized this way: We replace God with people. Instead… read more

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"Fear"

-Edward T. Welch, When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

"Jesus did not die to increase our self-esteem. Rather, Jesus died to bring glory to the Father by redeeming people from the curse of sin."

-Edward T. Welch, When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

"1. We fear people because they can expose and humiliate us. 2. We fear people because they can reject, ridicule, or despise us. 3. We fear people because they can attack, oppress, or threaten us. The…"

-Edward T. Welch, When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

"It is possible that our present-day discussion about needs might be framed more by secular psychological theories than by Scripture. If this is so, we should be careful about saying, "Jesus meets all…"

-Edward T. Welch, When People Are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives)

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2. Simplicity in Preaching

By: J.C. Ryle

4.57

Format: 22 pages, Paperback

'What do you recommend on preaching?' is a frequently asked question that can be answered in a vari… read more

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3. The Attributes of God

By: Arthur W. Pink

4.51

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

This classic work of Arthur W. Pink invites readers to discover the truth about seventeen attribute… read more

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"Grace is that in God which brings into favor one justly in disfavor."

-Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God

"What is wisdom? It is the skill to achieve the perfect means by the perfect ends "

-Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God

"What God made, God loves, because it's inconceivable that God should make anything that He didn't love."

-Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God

"We get the odd notion that God is showing mercy because Jesus died. No. Jesus died because God is showing mercy."

-Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God

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4. 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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5. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.81

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more

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6. The Children of Húrin

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Alan Lee

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

The Children of Hurin is the first complete book by J.R.R.Tolkien since the 1977 publication of The… read more

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7. The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible

By: Scot McKnight

4.82

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

"Why Can't I Just Be a Christian?" Parakeets make delightful pets. We cage them or clip their wings… read more

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8. Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices

By: Thomas Brooks

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Brooks treated the seductive influence and terrible power of Satan in a way 'greatly more full and … read more

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9. 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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10. The Reformed Pastor

By: Richard Baxter

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

One of the best known classics on the work of the Christian ministry. read more

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11. Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines

By: John Piper , David Mathis

4.14

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

Hear his voice. Have his ear. Belong to his body. Three seemingly unremarkable principles shape and… read more

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12. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

By: C.S. Lewis

4.19

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Lifeis a partial autobiography describing Lewis' conversion… read more

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13. The Bruised Reed

By: Richard Sibbes

4.44

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

In this famous exposition of Isaiah 42:3, Sibbes unfolds the tender ministry of Jesus Christ, who i… read more

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"Weakness with watchfulness will stand, when strength with too much confidence fails. Weakness, with acknowledgement of it, is the fittest seat and subject for God to perfect his strength in; for cons…"

-Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed

"Moses, without any mercy, breaks all bruised reeds, and quenches all smoking flax. For the law requires personal, perpetual and perfect obedience from the heart, and that under a most terrible curse,…"

-Richard Sibbes, The Bruised Reed

14. Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery

By: Eric Metaxas

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Amazing Gracetells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce… read more

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15. Theonomy in Christian Ethics

By: Greg L. Bahnsen

3.77

Format: None pages,

The position which has come to be labeled "theonomy" today holds that the word of the Lord is the s… read more

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16. By This Standard: The Authority of God's Law Today

By: Greg L. Bahnsen

2.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

God's Law is Christianity's tool of dominion. This is where any discussion of God's law ultimately … read more

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17. 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)

18. Taking God at His Word: Why the Bible Is Knowable, Necessary, and Enough, and What That Means for You and Me

By: Kevin DeYoung

3.71

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The Bible stands at the heart of the Christian faith, but people disagree about its nature and auth… read more

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19. Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God

By: Tim Challies

4.80

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An honest look at grief and fears, faith and hope. Combining personal narrative, sound theology, an… read more

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"...one of the hardest parts of my loss is that all my feelings of love remain, but there's no way to express them."

-Tim Challies, Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God

"The father instinct that was so strong within me went from abundant to empty. And so while I miss Nick so very deeply, I also miss the part of my life and identity that was wrapped up in being his da…"

-Tim Challies, Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God

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20. 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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21. Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

By: Esau McCaulley

4.43

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

Growing up in the American South, Esau McCaulley knew firsthand the ongoing struggle between despai… read more

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"Prayer for leaders and criticism of their practices are not mutually exclusive ideas. Both have biblical warrant in the same letter."

-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

"While I was at home with much of the theology in evangelicalism, there were real disconnects. First, there was the portrayal of the Black church in these circles. I was told that the social gospel ha…"

-Esau McCaulley, Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope

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22. 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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23. The Gospel Comes with a House Key

By: Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What did God use to draw a radical, committed unbeliever to himself? Did God take her to an evangel… read more

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24. Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture

By: Aaron Renn

4.23

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Learning how to live in today's new social and cultural environment will require examination, trial… read more

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25. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

By: Joe Rigney

4.54

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more

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"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"

-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World

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26. Redeeming Productivity: Getting More Done for the Glory of God

By: Reagan Rose

4.47

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Feeling overwhelmed and unproductive? The answer isn’t to do more.   What image forms in your mind … read more

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"Good works are the content of our productivity."

-Reagan Rose, Redeeming Productivity: Getting More Done for the Glory of God

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27. The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties

By: Christopher Caldwell

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A major American intellectual makes the historical case that the reforms of the 1960s, reforms inte… read more

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28. The Case for Christian Nationalism

By: Stephen Wolfe

3.51

Format: 479 pages, Kindle Edition

Evangelical elites and the progressive media complex want you to think that Christian nationalism i… read more

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Cover of The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology by Leighton Flowers

29. The Potter's Promise: A Biblical Defense of Traditional Soteriology

By: Leighton Flowers

4.24

Format: 183 pages, Kindle Edition

A former Calvinistic Reformed Baptist minister and now Director of Apologetics and Professor of The… read more

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Cover of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community by Bonnie Kristian

30. Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community

By: Bonnie Kristian

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Christianity Today 2023 Award of Merit (Politics & Public Life) Logos 2022 Book of the Year Award (… read more

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"We've spent forty years dramatically increasing how much information the average person encounters daily, then we've made no effort to equip ourselves to handle that shift."

-Bonnie Kristian, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community

"Responsible and humane use of language in public is a skill that requires cultivation. It is not something we are born knowing, nor is it something we are all taught, though it is certainly something…"

-Bonnie Kristian, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community

"If we profess to follow Jesus, we cannot be content with our sin, nor can we withhold forgiveness and ceaselessly hurl shame. Our inclination must always be toward mercy. This isn't because Christian…"

-Bonnie Kristian, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community

"Conspiracism is always epistemic poison. this accusatory, credulous mindset, more than any individual theory, is what contributes to our epistemic crisis. it treats confirmation bias as confirmation,…"

-Bonnie Kristian, Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community

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31. The Dorean Principle: A Biblical Response to the Commercialization of Christianity

By: Conley Owens

4.24

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Billions of dollars change hands in the name of Christ, but is the gospel at stake?Many rightly con… read more

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