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 …
Want to Read $ 13.99"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 Jesus at all."-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 the forgiveness."-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 show them their blindness, narrowness, and self righteousness, and how these things are destroying both their own souls and the lives of the people around them."-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 through. I would be like a taxpayer with rights. I would have done my duty and now I would deserve a certain quality of life. But if it is really true that I am a sinner saved by sheer grace -- at God's infinite cost -- then there's nothing he cannot ask of me."-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith
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1. 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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"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
"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
"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
"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
2. 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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"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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist
By: John Piper
3.85
Format: 220 pages,
Scripture reveals that the great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. In thi… read more
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6. 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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7. 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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8. Mere Christianity
By: C.S. Lewis
4.36
Format: 191 pages, Paperback
In the classic Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explor… read more
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"The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"We do know that no person can be saved except through Christ. We do not know that only those who know Him can be saved by Him."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
"The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose."-C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
9. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
10. The Pursuit of God
By: A.W. Tozer
3.80
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
During a train trip from Chicago to Texas in the late 1940s, A.W. Tozer began to write The Pursuit … read more
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11. The Screwtape Letters
By: C.S. Lewis
4.27
Format: 222 pages, Kindle Edition
A Masterpiece of Satire on Hell’s Latest Novelties and Heaven’s Unanswerable Answer C.S. Lewis’s T… read more
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"It is always the novice who exaggerates."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"For the Present is the point at which time touches eternity."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
"Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience."-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
12. Knowing God
By: J.I. Packer
2.00
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
For over 40 years, J. I. Packer's classic has been an important tool to help Christians around the … read more
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13. 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
14. Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
By: Francis Chan , Danae Yankoski , Chris Tomlin
4.17
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Have you ever wondered if we're missing it? It's crazy, if you think about it. The God of the unive… read more
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"True faith manifests itself through our actions."-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
"We have a God who is a Creator, not a duplicator."-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
"Something is wrong when our lives make sense to unbelievers."-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
"Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God."-Francis Chan, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
15. 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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"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
16. Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation
By: Collin Hansen
4.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Timothy Keller takes readers behind the scenes to meet the people and understand the events that fo… read more
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17. 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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"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
18. 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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19. Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
By: John Eldredge
3.94
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
God designed men to be dangerous, says John Eldredge. Simply look at the dreams and desires written… read more
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"You can't fight a battle you don't think exists."-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
"Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue."-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
"I wasn't mean; I wasn't evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy."-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
"In the case of our fair maiden, we have overlooked two very crucial aspects to that myth. On the one hand, none of us ever really believed the sorcerer was real. We thought we could have the maiden w…"-John Eldredge, Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
20. The Four Loves
By: C.S. Lewis
4.17
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A repackaged edition of the revered author's classic work that examines the four types of human lov… read more
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"All that is not eternal is eternally out of date."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"To know that one is dreaming is to be no longer perfectly asleep."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"El amor empieza a ser un demonio desde el momento en que comienza a ser un dios."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
"People who bore one another should meet seldom; people who interest one another, often."-C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
21. The Problem of Pain
By: C.S. Lewis
4.13
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all: If God is good and all-powerful… read more
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"Man is to be understood only in his relation to God."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
"Nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
"Even if there were pains in Heaven, all who understand would desire them."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
"Now God, who has made us, knows what we are and that our happiness lies in Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain
