Return to Justice: Six Movements That Reignited Our Contemporary Evangelical Conscience
By: Soong-Chan Rah
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Reclaiming an Evangelical History of Activism In recent years, there has been renewed interest by …
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1. Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity (PC))
By: Randy Woodley
4.37
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
Materialism. Greed. Loneliness. A manic pace. Abuse of the natural world. Inequality. Injustice. Wa… read more
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"In shalom, warring over turf, wealth, or national security are extinct practices. In shalom, family wealth is no longer the point of blessing because living out shalom offers an alternative way for p…"-Randy Woodley, Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity (PC))
"Jesus, properly understood as shalom, coming into the world from the shalom community of the Trinity, is the intention of God’s once-and-for-all mission. That is, the mission of birthing and restorin…"-Randy Woodley, Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision (Prophetic Christianity (PC))
2. Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory
By: Tod Bolsinger
4.25
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific O… read more
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3. A Black Theology of Liberation
By: Robert McAfee Brown , Delores S. Williams , Rosemary Radford Ruether , James H. Cone , None , None , None
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Any message that is not related to the liberation of the poor in a society is not Christ's message… read more
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4. The Great Divorce
By: C.S. Lewis
4.31
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more
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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
5. Strength to Love
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of sermons by this martyred Black American leader which explains his convictions in te… read more
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6. Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
3.99
Format: None pages, Paperback
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of the first successful large-scale application of nonviolence re… read more
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7. Faith-Rooted Organizing: Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World
By: Alexia Salvatierra , None , Peter Heltzel
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
With so many injustices, small and great, across the world and right at our doorstep, what are peop… read more
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8. Jayber Crow
By: Wendell Berry
3.95
Format: 253 pages,
From the simple setting of his own barber shop, Jayber Crow, orphan, seminarian, and native of Port… read more
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9. The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.42
Format: 139 pages, Hardcover
Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a … read more
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"If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we need to add hard work to our faith so much as that we haven't truly understood or believed in Jes…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting th…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"The targets of this story are not "wayward sinners" but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not so much with immoral outsiders as with moral insiders. H wants to …"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
"I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me throug…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
10. 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
11. A Grief Observed
By: C.S. Lewis
4.22
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 … read more
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"Time itself is one more name for death."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"The death of a beloved is an amputation."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
12. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
By: Erik Larson
4.30
Format: 546 pages, ebook
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a f… read more
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13. Peril
By: Bob Woodward
4.09
Format: 512 pages, Kindle Edition
The book covers the end of the Trump presidency and the early months of the Biden presidency. Th… read more
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"Graham said, "I can get an affidavit tomorrow saying the world is flat."-Bob Woodward, Peril
14. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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15. The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
By: Rich Villodas
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
During our chaotic times, discover five forgotten values that can spark internal growth and help us… read more
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"Adam and Eve hid behind a tree, naked and conquered by shame. But Jesus hung on a tree, naked, and conquered shame. In Jesus, shame doesn’t have the last word."-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
"Sabbath is not a reward for hard work. Sabbath is a gift that precedes work and enables us to work. (…) As with God’s Grace, rest is never a reward; it’s a gift."-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
"The reason we are hospitable is to open our hearts to others in the way that God has opened His heart to us. (...) As the theologian Henri Nouwen said, "Hospitality is not to change people, but to of…"-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
"When I get to the portion that says, "Lead us not into temptation," That (...) doesn't mean that God leads us into temptation; rather, (...) It's us essentially saying, "Lord, (...) I'm vulnerable. D…"-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
16. The Water Dancer
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.06
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here and here. Young Hiram Walker was bo… read more
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"...it was never the costume that made the Quality, but how the lady wore it."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer
"It's like summer wear the world out, and by October everyone is just ready for a nap"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer
"The tree of our family was parted - branches here, roots there - parted for their lumber."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer
"And by then, I well knew what would be done upon that land, how the sin of theft would be multiplied by the sin of bondage."-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Water Dancer
17. Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
By: Mark Charles
4.38
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
You cannot discover lands already inhabited. Injustice has plagued American society for centurie… read more
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"We have embraced the stories of success and exceptionalism rather than engaging the narrative of suffering and oppression."-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
"The fact that America calls what Columbus did 'discovery' reveals the implicit racial bias of the country - that Native Americans are not fully human."-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
"The captivity to individualism in the West leads many to reject the possibility of institutions and systems inflicting social harm that requires a social response."-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
"The myth of redemptive violence allows Americans to see themselves as having superior intellect and value and therefore the ability to handle weapons capable of incredible violence in an appropriate …"-Mark Charles, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery
18. Unmasking the Male Soul: Power and Gender Trap for Women in Leadership
By: Wilmer G. Villacorta
4.55
Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition
Unmasking the Male Soul is about freedom that confronts the innate and enslaving obsession for powe… read more
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19. If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
By: John Pavlovitz
4.40
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
Thou Shalt Not Be Horrible. Imagine for a moment what the world might look like if we as people … read more
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"The Good Book makes a really lousy hammer."-John Pavlovitz, If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
"A God our brains and buildings can fully hold just isn’t big enough to be truly God. The moment we imagine a rigid box adequately capable of containing the who, what, how, and why of everything that …"-John Pavlovitz, If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk: Finding a Faith That Makes Us Better Humans
20. Urban Apologetics: Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel
By: Eric Mason
4.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Urban Apologetics examines the legitimate issues that Black communities have with Western Christian… read more
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21. Return to Justice: Six Movements That Reignited Our Contemporary Evangelical Conscience
By: Soong-Chan Rah
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Reclaiming an Evangelical History of Activism In recent years, there has been renewed interest by … read more
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22. Healing What’s Within: Coming Home to Yourself--and to God--When You're Wounded, Weary, and Wandering
By: Chuck DeGroat
4.86
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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