The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love
By: James Bryan Smith
3.71
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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1. Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
By: Gary L. Thomas
4.25
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Happy is good. Holy is better. Your marriage is more than a sacred covenant with another person. I… read more
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"Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit."-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
"Heloise learned to love Abelard solely for who he was. That forbidden love brought her nothing but pain, but she would rather have shame and pain with Abelard than peace and happiness without him."-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
"Contempt is born when we fixate on our spouse’s weaknesses. Every spouse has these sore points. If you want to find them, without a doubt you will. If you want to obsess about them, they’ll grow – bu…"-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
"The mature response, however, is not to leave; it's to change -- ourselves. Whenever marital dissatisfaction rears its head in my marriage -- as it does in virtually every marriage -- I simply check …"-Gary L. Thomas, Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy?
2. Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity (The Pastoral series, #2)
By: Eugene H. Peterson
4.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eugene Peterson issues a provocative call for pastors to abandon their preoccupation with image and… read more
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3. Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World
By: Mike Cosper
4.49
Format: None pages,
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4. Untamed: Reactivating a Missional Form of Discipleship
By: Alan Hirsch
3.69
Format: 320 pages,
Discipleship is costly. Are we willing to critique and even challenge much we've been taught for th… read more
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5. The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need
By: Daniel H. Pink
3.50
Format: 31 pages, Paperback
View the animated video for The Adventures of Johnny Bunkoand check out popular books for the new g… read more
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6. The Good and Beautiful Community: Following the Spirit, Extending Grace, Demonstrating Love
By: James Bryan Smith
3.71
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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7. 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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"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
8. Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ
By: Eugene H. Peterson , Dallas Willard
3.43
Format: 375 pages,
Renovation of the Heartexplains the common misunderstandings about human nature and the discipleshi… read more
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9. When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself
By: Steve Corbett , Brian Fikkert , None
4.00
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, r… read more
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10. Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships
By: Curt Thompson
4.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompso… read more
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11. Reflections on the Psalms
By: C.S. Lewis
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms… read more
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12. Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good
By: Steven Garber
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
Foreword Review's 17th Annual INDIEFAB Book of the Year Finalist (Religion) 12th Annual Outreach Re… read more
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13. Life Together in Christ: Experiencing Transformation in Community
By: Ruth Haley Barton
4.57
Format: 102 pages, Hardcover
2014 Best Book of Spiritual Formation, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore Have you joine… read more
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14. Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
By: Priscilla Shirer
4.45
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
You have an enemy . . . and he’s dead set on destroying all you hold dear and keeping you from expe… read more
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15. Reading Backwards: Figural Christology and the Fourfold Gospel Witness
By: Richard B. Hays
3.19
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
In Reading Backwards Richard B. Hays maps the shocking ways the four Gospel writers interpreted Isr… read more
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16. Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God
By: Dallas Willard
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
"God spoke to me." "The Spirit spoke to my heart." "God revealed the idea to me." Being close to Go… read more
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17. 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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18. The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: The Four Disciplines at the Heart of Making Any Organization World Class
By: Patrick Lencioni
4.34
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning follow-up to his best-selling book, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Patrick Lencion… read more
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19. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
By: Eugene H. Peterson
3.50
Format: 424 pages,
This world is no friend to grace. God has given us some resources, however. As we grow in character… read more
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20. Jesus and the Disinherited
By: Vincent Harding , Howard Thurman
4.57
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
In this classic theological treatise, the acclaimed theologian and religious leader Howard Thurman … read more
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21. Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business
By: Gino Wickman
3.00
Format: None pages,
Do you have a grip on your business, or does your business have a grip on you? Don't let common pro… read more
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22. The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation
By: Michel Hendricks
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Could brain science be the key to spiritual formation? Why does true Christian transformation seem … read more
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23. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did
By: John Mark Comer
4.63
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more
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24. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away
By: Emily P. Freeman
4.01
Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more
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25. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
By: Tyler Staton
4.60
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more
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26. Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
By: Tish Harrison Warren
4.63
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
ECPA Christian Book of the YearChristianity Today Book of the YearForeword INDIES Book of the Year … read more
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"Voor christenen is slaap een belichaamde manier om te belijden dat we erop vertrouwen dat het werk van God niet van ons afhangt."-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Bescherm wie blij zijn. In dit gebed erkennen we de kwetsbaarheid van vreugde. We vragen God om mensen die blij zijn te beschermen, om dat deel in ons te beschermen dat moedig genoeg is om te geloven…"-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Hoewel de statistieken laten zien dat hier in het Westen met name jonge mensen afdwalen naar ongeloof, deels vanwege het probleem van het kwaad, lijkt onze welvaart veel meer twijfel te veroorzaken d…"-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Het profetisch getuigenis van de kerk in een woedecultuur is om mensen te zijn die weten hoe we samen moeten huilen over de pijn en onrechtvaardigheid in de wereld en over de realiteit van onze eigen…"-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
27. The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death
By: Lee Strobel
4.36
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling and award-winning author Lee Strobel interviews experts about the evidence for the afte… read more
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"A church leader studied the history of architecture in New Zealand and found that before World War II, homes were built with verandas, where people would sit in the evenings with their family to gree…"-Lee Strobel, The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death
"A church leader studied the history of architecture in New Zealand and found that before World War II, homes were built with verandas, where people would sit in the evenings with their family to grea…"-Lee Strobel, The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death
28. On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living
By: Alan Noble
4.33
Format: 108 pages, Hardcover
We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is. For the majority of people, sorro… read more
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29. An Unlikely Advent: Extraordinary People of the Christmas Story
By: Rachel Billups
4.10
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
Expect the unexpected this Christmas.This four-week Advent study focuses on the experiences of four… read more
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30. Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice
By: Eric Mason
4.03
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
“ Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest pos… read more
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31. Start with Hello: (And Other Simple Ways to Live as Neighbors)
By: Shannan Martin
4.03
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A simple path to a more deeply connected life You want more. You want to belong to a community tha… read more
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