23 must-read christian books like Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney

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Praying the Bible

By: Donald S. Whitney

4.49

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

All Christians know they should pray, but sometimes it’s hard to know how—especially if the minutes…

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1. Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

By: Kevin DeYoung

4.10

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

We've all heard it. We've all said it. All too often, busyness gets the best of us. Just one loo… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
"We will have to work hard to rest."

-Kevin DeYoung, Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

"Effective love is rarely efficient."

-Kevin DeYoung, Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

"I can turn every "is" into "ought "."

-Kevin DeYoung, Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

"Battling busyness is a community response."

-Kevin DeYoung, Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem

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2. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • prayer
  • nonfiction
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3. One-to-One Bible Reading: A Simple Guide for Every Christian

By: David R. Helm

4.16

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Can you think of people in your life that you would like to see progress spiritually--perhaps a non… read more

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  • discipleship
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
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4. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.51

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more

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  • christian non fiction
"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

5. 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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6. Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds

By: Jen Wilkin

4.51

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Many Christian women find great encouragement and joy in and through women's Bible studies. However… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
"It matters that women teach women, and that they do so with excellence."

-Jen Wilkin, Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds

"We will not wake up ten years from now and find we have passively taken on the character of God."

-Jen Wilkin, Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds

"Shaping someone's understanding of the things of God is a huge responsiblity, and it is not to be taken lightly."

-Jen Wilkin, Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds

"The Word is living and active. It will conform you by dividing you. And in the dividing, miracle of miracles, it will render you whole."

-Jen Wilkin, Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible with Both Our Hearts and Our Minds

7. Thoughts for Young Men

By: J.C. Ryle

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

J.C. Ryle's handbook for young men, replete with warnings, exhortations, and instruction about this… read more

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8. Do More Better: A Practical Guide to Productivity

By: Tim Challies

4.03

Format: 208 pages,

Don't try to do it all. Do more good. Better. I am no productivity guru. I am a writer, a church le… read more

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9. 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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10. Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Resources for Changing Lives)

By: Paul David Tripp

4.37

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

Paul David Tripp’s masterpiece on ministry will transform how you view yourself and engage with oth… read more

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  • discipleship
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
"Sin makes us moral quadriplegics."

-Paul David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Resources for Changing Lives)

"We rarely do anything with on single motive."

-Paul David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Resources for Changing Lives)

"The Bible says that our core problem, the fundamental reason we do what we do, is sin."

-Paul David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Resources for Changing Lives)

"Foolishness is more than being stupid, that deadly combination of arrogance and ignorance."

-Paul David Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Resources for Changing Lives)

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11. Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

By: J.I. Packer

4.35

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

If God is in control of everything, can Christians sit back and not bother to evangelize? Or does a… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
"It is the nature of love to be enterprising."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

"Our are speculations are not the measure of our God."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

"Creatures are not entitled to register complaints about their Creator."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

"What we do every time we pray is to confess our impotence and God's sovereignty."

-J.I. Packer, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God

12. Church History 101: The Highlights of Twenty Centuries

By: Joel R. Beeke , Sinclair B. Ferguson , Michael A.G. Azad Haykin

3.79

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Church history is important because it shows us how God's faithful dealings with His people in the … read more

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13. Praying the Bible

By: Donald S. Whitney

4.49

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

All Christians know they should pray, but sometimes it’s hard to know how—especially if the minutes… read more

Similar categories in Donald S. Whitney's Praying the Bible book and Donald S. Whitney's Praying the Bible

  • discipleship
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • prayer
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
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14. 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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  • discipleship
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"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

15. A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23

By: W. Phillip Keller

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want..." Travel the shepherd's path to the green pastur… read more

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16. 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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17. Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today

By: David R. Helm

3.71

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

What makes for good preaching? In this accessible volume--written for preachers and preachers in tr… read more

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18. Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms

By: John Ramirez

4.28

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

If there's one spiritual weapon Satan doesn't want you to use, it's prayer. This book will show you… read more

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  • faith
  • religion
  • christian
"We see the pain and the misery around the world and what the demonic kingdom and the devil and demons have done to mankind."

-John Ramirez, Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms

"Because he that lacks knowledge about his enemy will find himself sitting in total defeat where bondage and misery reigns and rules."

-John Ramirez, Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms

"Before you pray these prayers, you must first be in right standing with Jesus Christ. In other words, you must truly be a born-again believer, sanctified and washed in the blood of Jesus Christ."

-John Ramirez, Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms

"Renunciation is the spiritual scissors or act that cuts things to the root out of your life, in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. It’s time to shame the devil and make Jesus Christ proud."

-John Ramirez, Fire Prayers: Building Arsenals That Destroy Satanic Kingdoms

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19. 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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  • christian
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  • religion
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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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20. Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Moms

By: Tim Challies

4.53

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Women shaped the men who changed the world. History tells of women whose love for the Bible shaped… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
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21. 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
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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22. Finding the Right Hills to Die on: The Case for Theological Triage

By: Gavin Ortlund

4.34

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

In theology, just as in battle, some hills are worth dying on. But how do we know which ones? When … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
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23. You Are a Theologian: An Invitation to Know and Love God Well

By: Jen Wilkin

4.54

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Theology can be intimidating. Perhaps questions like these have kept you from engaging with it: “Wh… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction

24. Do You Pray?

By: J.C. Ryle

4.62

Format: 50 pages, Paperback

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • prayer
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
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25. Spiritual Gifts: What They Are and Why They Matter

By: Thomas R. Schreiner

4.18

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

What are the spiritual gifts? Do all Christians have them? Have the miraculous gifts ceased? The… read more

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  • christian
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  • christianity
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  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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26. Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years

By: Ellen Vaughn

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a remote Amazonian indigenous pe… read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
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  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
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27. Missions: How the Local Church Goes Global (9marks: Building Healthy Churches)

By: Andy Johnson

4.47

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Every local church should be engaged with global missions, even if most individuals in the church a… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
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28. How to Memorize Scripture for Life: From One Verse to Entire Books

By: Andrew M. Davis

4.40

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A Simple, Proven Method for Memorizing Long Passages of Scripture When God’s word abides in believe… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • christian non fiction
Cover of Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time by Kevin DeYoung

29. Impossible Christianity: Why Following Jesus Does Not Mean You Have to Change the World, Be an Expert in Everything, Accept Spiritual Failure, and Feel Miserable Pretty Much All the Time

By: Kevin DeYoung

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling Author Kevin DeYoung Offers Hope for Those Who Feel Like Christianity Has Become Hopele… read more

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  • discipleship
  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
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30. Prayer: How Praying Together Shapes the Church (9marks: Building Healthy Churches)

By: John Onwuchekwa

4.41

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body--but it often doesn't com… read more

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  • christian
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  • christian living
  • prayer
  • nonfiction
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31. Secrets of a Prayer Warrior

By: Derek Prince

4.55

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

One of the most personal and powerful acts a Christian can engage in is prayer. Yet many believers … read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • prayer
  • religion
  • nonfiction
"There are only two alternatives about prayer: Either God answers prayer, or He does not. If He does not answer prayer, it is foolish to pray. And if He does answer prayer, it is foolish not to pray."

-Derek Prince, Secrets of a Prayer Warrior

"If you are praying in unbelief, you probably say, 'I've been praying for ten years and nothing has happened.' But if you're praying in faith, you say, 'The answer is ten years nearer than when I star…"

-Derek Prince, Secrets of a Prayer Warrior

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4.37

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