20 must-read nonfiction books like Letters to the Church by Francis Chan

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Letters to the Church

By: Francis Chan

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

If God had it His way, what would your church look like?   The New York Times bestselling author of…

"You can’t fully mature without being attacked."

-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

"You can’t fully mature without being attacked."

-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

"You can’t fully mature without being attacked."

-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

"Just because something is said with the wrong attitude doesn’t mean it’s wrong information"

-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Letters to the Church by Francis Chan , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.

By: David Platt , David Platt

4.19

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

What did Jesus really mean when he said, “Follow Me”? In this new book, David Platt, author of t… read more

Similar categories in David Platt's Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live. book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"God grows the Church through holiness in Christians."

-David Platt, Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.

"I could impart excitement, but not urgency. – Francis Chen"

-David Platt, Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.

"Making disciples of Jesus is the overflow of the delight in being disciples of Jesus."

-David Platt, Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.

"The author describes the adoption process in which he and his wife participated as "a paperwork pregnancy"."

-David Platt, Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.

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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
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"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

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3. 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

Similar categories in Tod Bolsinger's Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • church
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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4. 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

Similar categories in Peter Scazzero's Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash a Revolution in Your Life In Christ book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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5. 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

Similar categories in Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • church
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"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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6. Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires

By: Wayne W. Dyer , Esther Hicks , Jerry Hicks

3.50

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

State per scoprire come ogni evento, voluto o no, si verifichi grazie alla piu potente delle leggi … read more

Similar categories in Wayne W. Dyer's Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
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7. The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

By: Rick Warren

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This book will help you understand why you are alive and God's amazing plan for you - both the here… read more

Similar categories in Rick Warren's The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for? book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"You must begin with God."

-Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

"Familiarity breeds complacency."

-Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

"Knowing your purpose focuses your life."

-Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

"God never does anything accidentally..."

-Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

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8. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

By: Kate Bowler

3.80

Format: 178 pages, Hardcover

A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of… read more

Similar categories in Kate Bowler's Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"I was immediately worn out by the tyranny of prescriptive joy."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

"I failed to love what was present and decided to love what was possible instead."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

"They would find something simple and that would be the end of it. I'd just have to schedule my life around a surgery, nothing major."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

"A lot of Christians like to remind me that heaven is my true home, which makes me want to ask them if they would like to go home first."

-Kate Bowler, Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

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9. 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

Similar categories in Dane C. Ortlund's Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"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

Cover of Letters to the Church by Francis Chan

10. Letters to the Church

By: Francis Chan

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

If God had it His way, what would your church look like?   The New York Times bestselling author of… read more

Similar categories in Francis Chan's Letters to the Church book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • church
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"You can’t fully mature without being attacked."

-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

"Just because something is said with the wrong attitude doesn’t mean it’s wrong information"

-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

"While we can’t force people to be devoted, it may be that we have made it too easy for them not to be. By trying to keep everyone interested and excited, we’ve created a cheap substitute for devotion…"

-Francis Chan, Letters to the Church

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11. Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

By: Craig Groeschel

4.32

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

MORE THAN 500,000 COPIES SOLD! Are your thoughts out of control--just like your life? Do you long t… read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"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

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13. 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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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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14. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

By: Mitch Albom

4.32

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

In this enchanting sequel to the #1 bestseller The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch Albom tell… read more

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  • christian
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"If you truly love someone, you'll find a way back."

-Mitch Albom, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

"This is the disarming power of children: their need makes you forget your own."

-Mitch Albom, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

"That the end of loneliness is when someone needs you. And the world is so full of need."

-Mitch Albom, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

"There are touches in your life that identify the person making contact, even if your eyes are closed."

-Mitch Albom, The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

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15. Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace

By: John Mark Comer

4.49

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

We are at war. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial inte… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"Anxious to avoid a repeat of history, Edmund Burke laid out the logic behind the American architecture in a letter from 1791: "Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion to their dispos…"

-John Mark Comer, Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace

Cover of Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer by Tyler Staton

16. 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

Similar categories in Tyler Staton's Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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17. Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage

By: Anne Lamott

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

"Anne Lamott is my Oprah." -Chicago Tribune From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow co… read more

Similar categories in Anne Lamott's Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • faith
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"Look around and see whom you can serve."

-Anne Lamott, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage

"Look around and see whom you can serve. This will fill you."

-Anne Lamott, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage

"…[I] know that the movement of grace in our lives so often begins with desperation and blurt."

-Anne Lamott, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage

"...God's love is not the same as human love. [Our] love...is fraught with conditions, delusion, and judgment."

-Anne Lamott, Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage

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18. The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done

By: Kendra Adachi

4.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Being a Lazy Genius isn't about doing more or doing less. It's about doing what matters to you. "I… read more

Similar categories in Kendra Adachi's The Lazy Genius Way: Embrace What Matters, Ditch What Doesn't, and Get Stuff Done book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Unshakable Hope: Building Our Lives on the Promises of God by Max Lucado

19. Unshakable Hope: Building Our Lives on the Promises of God

By: Max Lucado

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

What feels shaky in your world? Maybe you feel hurt by the past, disappointed by the present, or wo… read more

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  • christian
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
Cover of Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life by Anne Bogel

20. Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life

By: Anne Bogel

3.88

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

We've all been there: stuck in a cycle of what-ifs, plagued by indecision, paralyzed by the fear of… read more

Similar categories in Anne Bogel's Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Hard writing makes easy reading."

-Anne Bogel, Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life

"If you care, you’ll be there. If you don’t, you won’t."

-Anne Bogel, Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life

"With an experiment, there’s no “do it right or do it again"

-Anne Bogel, Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life

"(...) your thoughts can be the enemy, or you can make them your ally."

-Anne Bogel, Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life

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21. The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World

By: Steve Pemberton

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

In this stirring follow-up to his memoir, Steve Pemberton gives practical encouragement for how you… read more

Similar categories in Steve Pemberton's The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World book and Francis Chan's Letters to the Church

  • nonfiction
"That’s what accountability really is—fulfilling a promise to ourselves."

-Steve Pemberton, The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World

"Whenever we take a stand, we invite others who are siting on the sidelines to join us."

-Steve Pemberton, The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World

"Pivoting does not mean changing your goal but rather changing your strategy to realize that goal."

-Steve Pemberton, The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World

"Courage is not only about finding bravery for ourselves. It is also about helping others find theirs."

-Steve Pemberton, The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact in the World

13 best-selling audiobook books like Letters to the Church by Francis Chan

Transform Your Habits

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

Kate Bowler

3.80

Transform Your Habits

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Letters to the Church

Francis Chan

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Winning the War in Your Mind: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life

Craig Groeschel

4.32

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12 Best audiobook books like Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

Transform Your Habits

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

Jennie Allen

4.24

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