7 Top history books like Between Wittenberg and Geneva: Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation by Robert Kolb

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Between Wittenberg and Geneva: Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation

By: Robert Kolb

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

At the 500th anniversary of the Wittenberg Reformation, two highly regarded scholars compare and co…

If you liked the history plot in Between Wittenberg and Geneva: Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation by Robert Kolb , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

By: Rod Dreher

3.80

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

In a radical new vision for the future of Christianity, NYT bestselling author and conservative col… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
"To rediscover Christian asceticism is urgent for believers who want to train their hearts, and the hearts of their children, to resist the hedonism and consumerism at the core of contemporary culture…"

-Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

"Once, during my Catholic days, I was complaining with a Catholic friend about how terrible the teaching was in parish life. A priest listening to us said that everything we griped about was true, but…"

-Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

"We live liturgically, telling our sacred Story in worship and song. We fast and we feast. We marry and give our children in marriage, and though in exile, we work for the peace of the city. We welcom…"

-Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

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2. Given For You: Reclaiming Calvin’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper

By: Keith A. Mathison

4.40

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

“The primary purpose of this book is to introduce, explain, and defend a particular doctrine of the… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • church history
  • theology
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3. 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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  • christian
  • church history
  • theology
"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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4. The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

By: Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon , Robert Kolb , Timothy J. Wengert

4.26

Format: 999 pages, Hardcover

A new translation with expanded introductions and annotations. read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
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5. Reformed Dogmatics Volume 1 : Prolegomena

By: John Bolt , Herman Bavinck

4.21

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In partnership with the Dutch Reformed Translation Society, Baker Academic is proud to offer the fi… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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6. 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)

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7. The Whole Christ: Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance—Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters

By: Timothy J. Keller , Sinclair B. Ferguson

4.52

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Since the days of the early church, Christians have wrestled with the relationship between the law … read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • church history
  • theology

8. Leonardo da Vinci

By: Walter Isaacson

3.72

Format: 640 pages, Hardcover

A #1 New York Timesbestseller "A powerful story of an exhilarating mind and life...a study in creat… read more

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9. Death Without Company (Walt Longmire, #2)

By: Craig Johnson

3.56

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Walt investigates a death by poison in this gripping novel from theNew York Times bestselling autho… read more

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10. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

By: Eric Metaxas

4.16

Format: 293 pages, Hardcover

As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate t… read more

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11. Ordinary: Sustainable Faith in a Radical, Restless World

By: Michael Scott Horton

3.12

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Radical. Crazy. Transformative and restless. Every word we read these days seems to suggest there's… read more

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12. Holiness

By: J.C. Ryle , Tom Phillips

4.36

Format: 59 pages, Paperback

Ryle calls us to live a life set apart from the world and set our minds on things above. Bishop … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
"Let us never measure our religion by that of others, and think we are doing enough if we have gone beyond our neighbors."

-J.C. Ryle, Holiness

"A true Christian is one who has not only peace of conscience, but war within. He may be known by his warfare as well as by his peace."

-J.C. Ryle, Holiness

"Most men hope to go to heaven when they die; but few, it may be feared, take the trouble to consider whether they would enjoy heaven if they got there. Heaven is essentially a holy place; it's inhabi…"

-J.C. Ryle, Holiness

"Let it never be said that we cannot know whether a Christian really loves Christ. It can be known. It can be discovered. The proof can be seen. You have heard them this very day. Love to the Lord Jes…"

-J.C. Ryle, Holiness

13. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Corrie ten Boom

3.81

Format: None pages,

At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell… read more

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14. 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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  • christian
  • history
  • theology
"[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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15. 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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  • christian
  • theology
"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

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16. Rejoice and Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord

By: Michael Reeves

4.38

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Fear is one of the strongest human emotions, and it is one that often baffles Christians. "The f… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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17. Apology of the Augsburg Confession

By: Philipp Melanchthon

4.46

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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  • history
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18. The Good Life Method: Reasoning Through the Big Questions of Happiness, Faith, and Meaning

By: Meghan Sullivan

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Two Philosophers Ask and Answer the Big Questions About the Search for Faith and Happiness For see… read more

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19. The Smalcald Articles

By: Martin Luther

4.34

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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  • christian
  • history
  • church history
  • theology
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20. A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope

By: Philipp Melanchthon

4.17

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

"A Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope" is part of The Fig Classic Series on Reformation … read more

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21. Between Wittenberg and Geneva: Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation

By: Robert Kolb

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

At the 500th anniversary of the Wittenberg Reformation, two highly regarded scholars compare and co… read more

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12 must-read christian books like Between Wittenberg and Geneva: Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation by Robert Kolb

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The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation

Rod Dreher

3.80

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Keith A. Mathison

4.40

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Christianity and Liberalism

J. Gresham Machen

4.33

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Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon , Robert Kolb , Timothy J. Wengert

4.26

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The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Martin Luther , Philipp Melanchthon , Robert Kolb , Timothy J. Wengert

4.26

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Richard Dawkins

4.16

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John Stuart Mill

4.08

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Martin Luther

3.91

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