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Outrageous Love Sheila Walsh
Unknown, 2004
A dynamic speaker and vocalist, Sheila Walsh has developed a strong following through her appearances on The 700 Club and Women of Faith conferences. Her latest book, Outrageous Love , invites readers to look at the bold choices that God has made to draw us to Him and the lavish ways that He cares for us each day. As we acknowledge and respond to His outrageous love, we enter into a joy that ...
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The Pursuit of God: The Human Thirst for the Divine 23 reviews A. W. Tozer
WingSpread Publishers, 2007
An awesome Christian book.
+ Best Devotional Book + This is a real keeper + Thought Provoking and Convicting
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Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God 33 reviews J. I. Packer
InterVarsity Press, 1991
Nothing Is Excluded From God's Sovereign Rule
+ Nice work on the Great Commission + Mission Active + A must read for the evangelist + Great treament of touchy subject
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Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics) Dostoevsky
Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2000
Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts, is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder. From that moment on, we share his conflicting feelings of ...
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Disappointment with God 76 reviews Philip Yancey
Zondervan, 1997
If you think God is unfair, hidden, or silent, then you need to read this book
+ post modern presentation of Biblically sound faith struggle + Delivers substantive answers to tough questions + After the Bible, One of the Most Important Books I Have Read + Disappointment Explored
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Space Trilogy 3 Book Set Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra & That Hideous Strength C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis
Scribner Book Company, 2003
1) Out of the Silent Planet, Space Trilogy Series
This book begins the adventures of the remarkable Dr. Ransom. Here, that estimable man is abducted by a megalomaniacal physicist and his accomplice and taken via spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra. The two men are in need of a human sacrifice, and Dr. Ransom would seem to fit the bill. Once on the planet, however, Ransom eludes his ...
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Forgotten Spurgeon 12 reviews Iain H. Murray
Banner of Truth, 1972
A Great Work!
+ Remembering the Spurgeon that many have forgotten + Not the best, but not terrible either + A Good Read on the Challenges Spurgeon Experienced
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The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition 35 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 2005
A Classic in Every Way
+ Convenient + Awesome book in a sturdy printing... + This is what all authors should strive to be + Excellent! Simply Perfect!
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Surprised by Joy 68 reviews C. S. Lewis
Fount/harpercollins, 1998
How Myth Became Fact for Lewis
+ Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life + Excellent! + Fascinating peak into C. S. Lewis's soul
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The Gospel in a Pluralist Society 19 reviews Lesslie Newbigin
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989
must reading !!!
+ Profound and eye-opening + Excellent theology. + A Needed Challenge for Western Christianity + "Truth" and Missions
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Les Miserables (Everyman's Library) 12 reviews Victor Hugo
Everyman's Library, 1998
An Inspiring Masterpiece
+ Excellent classic translation, but other good ones also exist + An absolute must... + Incredible + Gravestone Translation
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The Great Divorce 221 reviews C. S. Lewis
HarperOne, 2001
One way ride to forever
+ My Favorite Lewis Book! + redeeming qualities + Great insight into the Great Divorce + Outstanding book.
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The Grace Awakening: Believing in Grace is One Thing. Living it is Another. 33 reviews Charles R. Swindoll, 2003
Free
+ On the right track + Grace
I've studied everything from Bonhoeffer, Lewis, Chambers, Voltaire, Aristotle, Homer, and in between. I don't even remember how I stumbled across this book. All I know is that I finally understand what GRACE means. I feel like the weight of forty years has fallen off of my shoulders, like I can ...
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The Hobbit 1623 reviews J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 2002
The Hobbit
+ Fast delivery, product as discribed + Childhood memories galore + Fantastic book and an excellent paperback edition... + I went there and back again...and back again.
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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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The Pilgrim's Progress (Oxford World's Classics) 8 reviews John Bunyan
Oxford University Press, USA, 2003
The very complete introduction by W. R. Owens did the job for me
+ The classic spiritual allegory + A Bible Study for Parents & Their Kids + wonderful
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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold 189 reviews C.S. Lewis
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1980
C.S. Lewis's Masterpiece
+ I love this book + Beyond Excellent + I've Lived In It + The Best of Paganism
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Mere Christianity 77 reviews C. S. Lewis
Touchstone Books, 1996
The Journey Starts Here, But . . .
+ MERE CHRISTIANITY by C. S. Lewis + Maybe the best defense of Christianity in the last 200 years + Solid, consistent and enjoyable
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The Green Mile (Read a Great Movie) 694 reviews Stephen King
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2005
The memorable story of Paul Edgecombe and John Coffey
+ Powerful book. + Some allegory, lots of suspense + Even better than the movie + This is Easily King's Best Novel of the Nineties
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The World's Last Night: And Other Essays 4 reviews C.S. Lewis
Harvest Books, 2002
Seven finely crafted essays
+ I Really Liked the Book + Why I Like Lewis
This book is a collection of various essays that C.S. Lewis authored and published a few years before his death. The titles are "The Efficacy of Prayer" (that discusses what practical, if any, effect our prayers have), "On Obstinacy in Belief" (exploring the reasons why people cling to a ...
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