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No Perfect People Allowed: Creating a Come-as-You-Are Culture in the Church 18 reviews John Burke
Zondervan, 2007
Fresh look at "doing church"
+ Excellent + Authentic... + Wow!!!
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Light Force: A Stirring Account of the Church Caught in the Middle East Crossfire 10 reviews Baker Publishing Group, Al Janssen
Revell, 2005
A Rarely Seen (Yet Significant) Side to the Middle East Situation
+ A must read! + Thought Provoking + A Revealing Insider's Account of the Church's Struggle in the MIddle East + Terrorists are not Born but Made
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Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ 48 reviews Dallas Willard
NavPress Publishing Group, 2002
A man who walks the talk
+ Soul Changing + Great book! Very deep! + A Transformational Book
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How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture 45 reviews Francis A. Schaeffer
Crossway Books, 1983
Thoughtful review of worldviews
+ A question we all have to ask ourselves + The Misery of Modernity and Post-Modernity
This is a very thoughtful and penetrating book about different worldviews, especially modernism or post-modernism and Christianity. Helpful for helping those influenced by current Western culture.
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The Devotional Bible: Experiencing the Heart of Jesus (New Century Version) 15 reviews
Thomas Nelson, 2003
Good addition to one's study Bibles
+ Great Study Bible + Truly Helps find the Heart of God's Word + Re-acquainted. + This is THE best
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Prophet 69 reviews Frank E. Peretti
Crossway Books, 2004
A Somber But Insightful Novel
+ Another thought provoking novel + Prophetic vision vs. television + Fast-paced, interesting read + Suspenseful, fast-paced read!
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It's a Dance: Moving with the Holy Spirit 4 reviews Patrick Oden
Barclay Press, 2007
Refreshing.
+ Left me speechless yet moved..... + Epiphony + A Needed Perspective
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The Purpose DrivenŽ Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? (Purpose DrivenŽ Life, The) 1098 reviews Rick Warren
Zondervan, 2007
A MUST READ!!! VERY SPIRITUAL & MOTIVATING!!!
+ Best lie-changing book ever! + Wonderful + Purpose Driven Life
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This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness 108 reviews Frank E. Peretti
Crossway Books, 2000
Best Thriller Ever!
+ Fantastic book + product shipment + Prayer Works! + A Page Turner
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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality 459 reviews Donald Miller
Thomas Nelson, 2003
Jazz like me...
Have you ever encountered someone who seems to be on the same wave-length... the second pea in your pod... ? This book was that very experience for me.
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How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals About Personal Growth 20 reviews Henry Cloud, John Townsend
Zondervan, 2004
Important reference work
+ Great tools for growth! + 4 & 1/2 or 5 + how people grow + Growing Up
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What Is Emmaus (Emmaus Library) Stephen D. Bryant
Upper Room Books, 2001
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Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity (Study Guide Edition) 78 reviews Nancy R. Pearcey
Crossway Books, 2005
Absolute MUST HAVE reference on Christian thought!
+ Discover the difference between Conservative thinking and Liberal thinking + A Book Borrowed, Soon to be Bought + Insightful research on a present-day dilemma + A valuable contribution to the importance of Christianity, culturally!
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A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey 154 reviews Brian D. McLaren
Jossey-Bass, 2001
Jaded about Church? Here's an attitude shift.
+ "A New Kind of Christian"
An attitude shift of looking at how we do our Christianity, how we live it, and how it is expressed by us. There are some controversial points in the book however at it's core, it is calling us to be real and doesn't compromise the message of the Bible at all. It calls us to work with a new ...
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Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith 120 reviews Rob Bell
Zondervan, 2006
READ THIS BOOK!!
+ Rob Bell Shows Us More + An Appeal to Think
Before I decided to read this book my friends kept telling me, "If you're comfortable with your faith, don't read this book," to which I replied, "If you're comfortable with your faith then something is wrong." If we don't challenge our faith, then how will we ever develop spiritually?
That's ...
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Every Man's Battle: Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time (The Every Man Series) 163 reviews Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker
WaterBrook Press, 2000
Young to Old
+ book review + helpful with a negative slant
I read Every Young Man's Battle and I wanted to get a deeper perspective, so I read this book. I must say it is a deeper perspective and has an interesting way of showing how bad sexual behavior affects everyone around you.
Sulia Mason III, Abubakarr
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Spiritual Authority 24 reviews Watchman Nee
Christian Fellowship Publishers, 1972
Challenged what I Thought
+ Spiritual Authority + Highly Recommended Book + Excellent reflection on Christ and our walk with Him + Used or new?
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The Screwtape Letters 3 reviews C. S. Lewis
Barbour Publishing, Incorporated, 1990
A small gem from C. S. Lewis
+ THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS by C. S. Lewis + Wonderfully incightfull but in small doses
This small book contains within its pages a powerful example of the authors' penetrating insight into human nature. Although aimed primarily at christians, it provides observations of the human condition useful to any student of moral psychology. These lessons are set in a series of fictional ...
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Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul 18 reviews Erwin Raphael McManus, 2003
Transformation and transparency
+ The Gauntlet: You should go this way. + McManus makes all the pieces fit nicely together in the mind.
Erwin McManus is one of the most compelling Christian authors I've read in a long time. He shares his heart and is transparent about his strengths and weaknesses and how God is changing him. He has a vision for the church today, that we assess what it is we are doing, why, and what we could do to ...
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St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) 47 reviews Saint Augustine
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
Tolle, lege
+ A sinner's guide to Christianity + An amazing look at the life of a spiritual giant
I've long since lost the religious fervor that led me to read Augustine's Confessions for the first time some 40 years ago. But I've never tired of re-reading it, which I do every five years or so. For in addition to being an exquisitely written prayer, it's also a penetrating analysis of the ...
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