23 must-read christianity books like Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community by Tim Chester, Steve Timmis

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Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community

By: Tim Chester , Steve Timmis

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

"Church is not a meeting you attend or a place you enter," write pastors Tim Chester and Steve Timm…

If you liked the christianity plot in Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community by Tim Chester, Steve Timmis , here is a list of 23 books like this:

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1. Radical Together

By: David Platt

4.14

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times bestsellerNew York Times bestselling author David Platt challenges us to unite aroun… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • church
  • nonfiction
"The purpose of God's Word is to transform people in every country and every century into the image of God."

-David Platt, Radical Together

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2. Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

By: David Platt

4.18

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followe… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
"I had the faith of a sermon, but not the faith of his son. – John Wesley"

-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

"God's revelation in the Gospel not only reveals Who He is, but it also reveals who we are."

-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

"We may have loved the god that we made up in our minds, but the God of the Bible, we hate."

-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

"My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him. "

-David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

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3. The Cost of Discipleship

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

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4. The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men

By: Jerry Bridges , Richard D. Phillips

4.13

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

There is a crying need in the church today for men to be men. But competing visions for what a man … read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"Of all men, Christians should work especially hard, giving more than an honest day's work for a day's wage."

-Jerry Bridges, The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men

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5. Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.43

Format: 395 pages, Hardcover

Many pastors struggle to translate their theological beliefs into fruitful ministry in the places t… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • ecclesiology
  • church
  • nonfiction
"God directs his people not simply to worship but to sing his praises “before the nations."

-Timothy J. Keller, Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

"The weekly worship service can be very effective in evangelism of non-Christians and in edification of Christians if it does not aim at either alone but is gospel centered and in the vernacular."

-Timothy J. Keller, Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

"If we are saved by grace alone, this salvation is a constant source of amazed delight. Nothing is mundane or matter-of-fact about our lives. It is a miracle we are Christians, and the gospel, which c…"

-Timothy J. Keller, Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

"Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the Christians do not live in cultural centers and work in culture-forging fi…"

-Timothy J. Keller, Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

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6. Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author and renowned pastor explores the power of prayer. Christians … read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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7. Gospel Fluency: Speaking the Truths of Jesus Into the Everyday Stuff of Life

By: Jeff Vanderstelt , Jackie Hill Perry

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

flu-en-cy / noun : the ability to speak a language easily and effectively Even if they want to, man… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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8. Fathered by God: Learning What Your Dad Could Never Teach You

By: John Eldredge

3.86

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

There is a path leading to authentic manhood, cut by men who have gone before us, sons following in… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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9. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life In Christ

By: Peter Scazzero

3.65

Format: 135 pages, Hardcover

What Are You Missing? Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you can't be spiritually mature while re… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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10. A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World

By: Paul E. Miller

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Author Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of yo… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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11. The Case for Christ

By: Lee Strobel

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Using the dramatic scenario of an investigative journalist pursuing his story and leads, Lee Strobe… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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12. The Cross of Christ

By: John R.W. Stott

4.37

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The work of a lifetime, from one of the world's most influential thinkers, about the heart of the C… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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13. Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community

By: Tim Chester , Steve Timmis

3.82

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

"Church is not a meeting you attend or a place you enter," write pastors Tim Chester and Steve Timm… read more

Similar categories in Tim Chester's Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community book and Tim Chester's Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community

  • discipleship
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • ecclesiology
  • church
  • nonfiction
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14. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • church
  • nonfiction
"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

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15. Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit

By: Francis Chan , Danae Yankoski

4.12

Format: None pages,

In the name of the Father, the Son, and ... the Holy Spirit. We pray in the name of all three, but … read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
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16. The Gospel & Personal Evangelism

By: Mark Dever

3.68

Format: None pages, Paperback

Evangelism is not only misunderstood, it is often unpracticed. Many Christians want to share the go… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology

17. 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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18. Don't Waste Your Life

By: John Piper

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

John Piper writes, "I will tell you what a tragedy is. I will show you how to waste your life. Cons… read more

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19. Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church

By: Susan Hunt , Keri Folmar , Nancy Guthrie , Gloria Furman , Kathleen B. Nielson , Kristie Anyabwile , None , Ellen Mary Dykas , None , None

3.89

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

The Bible is clear that women as well as men are created in God's image and intended to serve him w… read more

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20. Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family

By: Paul David Tripp

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes parents wish there was a guaranteed formula for raising good kids--a certain list of rule… read more

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21. The Locust Effect: Why the End of Poverty Requires the End of Violence

By: Gary A. Haugen , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When we think of global poverty we usually think of hunger, disease, homelessness. Few of us think … read more

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22. God Is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself

By: John Piper

2.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the … read more

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23. The Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan

4.06

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

This famous story of man's progress through life in search of salvation remains one of the most ent… read more

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  • theology
"Follow your heart"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Dark clouds bring waters, when the bright bring none."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"They are my fears of him, too. But who can hinder that which will be?"

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

"Now, Mr. Great-heart was a strong man, so he was not afraid of a lion."

-John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress

24. Worship by the Book

By: Timothy J. Keller , R. Kent Hughes , Donald Arthur Carson , Mark Ashton

1.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

'What is at stake is authenticity. . . . Sooner or later Christians tire of public meetings that ar… read more

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25. King's Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus

By: Timothy J. Keller

3.00

Format: 18 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author and nationally renowned minister Timothy Keller unlocks new insigh… read more

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26. 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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  • christianity
  • christian
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  • theology
"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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27. Deeper: Real Change for Real Sinners

By: Dane C. Ortlund

4.58

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

“Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” —2 Peter 3:18 How do Chri… read more

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  • discipleship
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
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28. Following God Fully: An Introduction to the Puritans

By: Joel R. Beeke

4.47

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Who are the Puritans? Why are they important for me today? If you have asked questions like these a… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
Cover of Gospel Eldership: Equipping a New Generation of Servant Leaders by Robert H. Thune

29. Gospel Eldership: Equipping a New Generation of Servant Leaders

By: Robert H. Thune

4.31

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

One way or another, leaders emerge in the life of every church. Most pastors want to be intentional read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • ecclesiology
  • church
  • nonfiction
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30. The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World

By: Brett McCracken

4.34

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

We're facing an information overload. With the quick tap of a finger we can access an endless st… read more

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  • discipleship
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • nonfiction
"Jesus doesn't just want a relationship with us on the thought level. He wants us to commune with him, and one another, as embodied beings. He came as an incarnate, flesh-and-blood person who walked a…"

-Brett McCracken, The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World

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31. Upon Waking: 60 Daily Reflections to Discover Ourselves and the God We Were Made For

By: Jackie Hill Perry

4.74

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Upon Waking  is a USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher's Weekly bestseller! Join the thous… read more

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  • christianity
  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • theology
"When our hearts are hard on some level and the sound of God’s voice comes through Scripture, or through the Spirit, or through a person He indwells, we always hide."

-Jackie Hill Perry, Upon Waking: 60 Daily Reflections to Discover Ourselves and the God We Were Made For

22 Best nonfiction books like Total Church: A Radical Reshaping Around Gospel and Community by Tim Chester, Steve Timmis

Transform Your Habits

Radical Together

David Platt

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

David Platt

4.18

Transform Your Habits

The Cost of Discipleship

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.30

Transform Your Habits

The Masculine Mandate: God's Calling to Men

Jerry Bridges , Richard D. Phillips

4.13

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14 best-selling nonfiction books like The Gospel & Personal Evangelism by Mark Dever

Transform Your Habits

Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus (Building Healthy Churches)

Jonathan Leeman , Michael Horton , Michael Scott Horton

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Family Worship: In the Bible, in History & in Your Home

Donald S. Whitney

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Whole Message of the Bible in 16 Words

None , Chris Bruno

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate

Jerry Bridges

3.86

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