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Finding God 11 reviews Larry Crabb
Zondervan, 1995
Why does God allow suffering??
+ a wonderful book + SUPER--naturally It's by Larry Crabb! + Finding God + where's the time to read this every month?
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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland 54 reviews Christopher R. Browning
Harper Perennial, 1993
Not for the faint of heart, or the weak of stomach!
+ Ordinary Men is a grisly look at a German killing squad implementing the Final Solution in Poland + Frightfully banal + Excellent
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Goforth of China 1 review Rosalind Goforth
Bethany House Pub, 1969
Interested in China, missions, or revival? Read it!
A moving biography of the most successful individual missionary to China, Jonathan Goforth. They could make a movie out of the Goforth's amazing and hair-raising escape from the Boxers alone. The couple saw much, suffered much, and accomplished much, with the help of God. I put the book down ...
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The Knowledge of the Holy: The Attributes of God: Their Meaning in the Christian Life 70 reviews A. W. Tozer
HarperOne, 1978
Anthropomorphic!
+ Succinct but Powerful Book + Daily reading required! + Good + The Knowledge of the Holy, a Must Read for Every Christian
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Confessions of a Theologian 1 review Carl H. Henry
Word Books, 1986
Engrossing
This autobiography is an engrossing look into the world of the beginning days of American evangelicalism. Henry (who has been called the father of Evangelicalism) was a wonderful man of faith, and insisted on a level of honesty in all his dealings that makes him a credible historian of the early ...
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The Holiness of God 57 reviews R. C. Sproul
Tyndale House Publishers, 2000
This is flat out good stuff...
+ The Holy + Drives you to your knees; lifts you to new heights of praise and thankfulness + Transforming! + PLEASE read this book!
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Romans: The Law, Chapter 7: 1 to 8: 4 1 review D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Zondervan Publishing Company, 1974
Sanctification Does Not Come By Keeping the Ten Commandments!
The seventh chapter of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans is among the most difficult and therefore
also among the most controversial passages in the New Testament. The reformed preacher Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones takes here (in his twenty-seven continuous Bible study sermons on this chapter, in ...
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Defending the Faith: J. Gresham Machen and the Crisis of Conservative Protestantism in Modern America 9 reviews D. G. Hart
P & R Publishing, 2003
Exceptional
+ A concise summary + Well done, though more technical than expected + Amazing book about an extraordinary man + A Superb Job
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Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification 27 reviews R. C. Sproul
Baker Books, 1999
Dr. Sproul is an apt teacher
+ The Heart of the Gospel
this is one of the finest introductory books on the historical doctrine that split rome with the reformers... the book is concise and easy to read coming from an apt teacher who always seems to make difficult concepts easy to understand which is the true art of a teacher...this book should be read ...
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A Quest for Godliness: The Puritan Vision of the Christian Life 13 reviews J. I. Packer
Crossway Books, 1994
An Edifying Overview of Puritan Life and Ministry - A Must Read!
+ Puritan Revival! + Packer's Best + A Quest for Godliness + A Giant Redwood Stands Tall
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Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist 109 reviews John Piper
Multnomah Books, 2003
Love the Lord Your God With All Your Heart and All Your Soul
+ So good + Understanding God More + Very deep
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George Whitefield: The Life and Times of the Great Evangelist of the Eighteenth Century - Volume II 9 reviews Arnold A. Dallimore
Banner of Truth, 1980
George Whitefield: An Anointed Ministry, An Impassioned Heart
+ An Amazing Biography + Excellent biography + Completes This Great Biography + This is the standard for history / biography
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Dynamics of Spiritual Life: An Evangelical Theology of Renewal 3 reviews Richard F. Lovelace
IVP Academic, 1979
Thank you, Richard Lovelace
+ A spiritually rejuvenating book + One of Chip's Top Ten (wordsntone.com)
In Dynamics of Spiritual Life, Lovelace gives a scholarly, yet non-technical, analysis of the elements of revival (which Lovelace correctly dubs normal "spiritual life"). The book looks at scriptural principles, examines past revivals, and establishes a theologically sound model for implementing ...
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Pauline Eschatology 2 reviews Geerhardus Vos
P & R Publishing, 1979
The most important Reformed work of the 20th century
+ Of Historical Interest
Vos's The Pauline Eschatology marks a monumental advance in Pauline theology. The fruits of over 40 years of vigorous Biblical scholarship, Pauline Eschatology is the last work we have from Vos's pen; and it is undoubtedly his most substantial contribution--his magnum opus. The most important ...
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The Ragamuffin Gospel 136 reviews Brennan Manning
Multnomah Books, 2000
An Excellent Read
+ A Word of Grace for Church Folks + Great Visuals, Saturated, High Impact + The Ragamuffin Gospel + Martin Luther's rediscovery of grace for the 21st century
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Inside Out 29 reviews Lawrence J. Crabb
Navpress Publishing Group, 1998
Amazing
+ Oh boy... I learned soooo much! + Great book!!!! + Can't I give it more than five stars? + Amazing Insight
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A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide 187 reviews Samantha Power
Harper Perennial, 2003
Thorough Study of Genocide History
+ An important book to read + What About America's own Age of its Genocide?
Samantha Power has produced a history of genocide through the 20th century. She presents an impressive accounts of genocide against Armenians in Turkey, Jews in Holocaust, Tutsi in Rwanda, Kurds in Iraq, and Bosnian Muslims in the Balkan war; the stories are extremely well-written, and the images ...
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John Owen on the Christian Life 1 review Sinclair B. Ferguson
Banner of Truth, 1987
A treat for the earnest Christian
Dr. Ferguson introduced me to John Owen through this work and I have been hooked ever since. If you would like to study a man who epitomized the way scholarship and piety is to be mixed together, then Owen is the one for you. Dr. Ferguson does a noteworthy job of making otherwise difficult ...
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The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England 3 reviews Harry S. Stout
Oxford University Press, USA, 1988
A great book by a brilliant historian
+ Definitive work on Congregationalism + A must-read in colonial American history and culture
This is a great book by a brilliant historian who is deeply revered on both sides of the Atlantic. It will be the definitive work. Christopher Catherwood, author of CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS AND ISLAMIC RAGE (Zondervan, 2003)
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Christianity and Liberalism 23 reviews J. Gresham Machen
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1923
More relevant now than a century ago
+ Must have for serious Christians + A Lucid Explanation of the Difference Between True Christianity and Liberalism + Same problems - 80 years on + Historical church struggles
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