50 Books like Talking Back to Purity Culture

Non-Toxic Masculinity

by Zachary Wagner • 2023

Purity culture delivered shame, not great sex. A path back to healthy sexuality, modeled on Christ.

4.27

412

🤍 Purity Culture ⛪ Christian Sexuality 💔 Sexual Shame 💪 Healthy Masculinity 👥 Gender Roles

Non-Toxic Masculinity 97%

Purity culture delivered shame, not great sex. A path back to healthy sexuality, modeled on Christ.

by Zachary Wagner 2023

4.27

412 ratings

🤍 Purity Culture ⛪ Christian Sexuality 💔 Sexual Shame 💪 Healthy Masculinity 👥 Gender Roles

Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot

by Mo Isom • 2018

The church stayed silent on sex. Reclaim purity, heal brokenness, and embrace God's original design.

4.23

2k+

✝️ Sex And Spirituality 🤍 Sexual Purity 🔒 Purity Culture 🛡️ Guarding Your Heart 🚧 Dating Boundaries

Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot Summary

Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot 96%

The church stayed silent on sex. Reclaim purity, heal brokenness, and embrace God's original design.

by Mo Isom 2018

4.23

2k+ ratings

✝️ Sex And Spirituality 🤍 Sexual Purity 🔒 Purity Culture 🛡️ Guarding Your Heart 🚧 Dating Boundaries

Sex, Dating, And Relationships

by Gerald L. Hiestand • 2012

The boyfriend label creates an illusion of commitment. Only a proposal makes it real.

4.12

677

💞 Christian Dating 💐 Courtship ✝️ Sexual Ethics 🕊️ Purity Culture 🧍 Singleness

Sex, Dating, And Relationships 96%

The boyfriend label creates an illusion of commitment. Only a proposal makes it real.

by Gerald L. Hiestand 2012

4.12

677 ratings

💞 Christian Dating 💐 Courtship ✝️ Sexual Ethics 🕊️ Purity Culture 🧍 Singleness

Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is)

by Joshua Harris • 2003

The real battle is in your heart. A plan for purity that depends on grace, not willpower.

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3k+

🕊️ Sexual Purity ⛪ Purity Culture 📜 Sexual Ethics 🌱 Spiritual Disciplines 🧠 Thought Life

Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is) Summary

Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is) 96%

The real battle is in your heart. A plan for purity that depends on grace, not willpower.

by Joshua Harris 2003

4.00

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Sexual Purity ⛪ Purity Culture 📜 Sexual Ethics 🌱 Spiritual Disciplines 🧠 Thought Life

Real Marriage

by Mark Driscoll • 2012

A pastor's explicit guide to a lasting marriage through friendship, great sex, and daily repentance.

3.68

6k+

🕊️ Christian Marriage ⛪ Complementarian Theology 🔥 Christian Sexuality 🛡️ Pornography Recovery 🤝 Marriage Friendship

Real Marriage 96%

A pastor's explicit guide to a lasting marriage through friendship, great sex, and daily repentance.

by Mark Driscoll 2012

3.68

6k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Marriage ⛪ Complementarian Theology 🔥 Christian Sexuality 🛡️ Pornography Recovery 🤝 Marriage Friendship

The Great Sex Rescue

by Sheila Wray Gregoire • 2021

Christian sex advice promised better marriages. Research on 20,000 women says it did the opposite.

4.54

7k+

✝️ Christian Marriage 💫 Female Sexual Pleasure 📋 Purity Culture Critique 🤝 Marital Consent 📊 Sex Research

The Great Sex Rescue 96%

Christian sex advice promised better marriages. Research on 20,000 women says it did the opposite.

by Sheila Wray Gregoire 2021

4.54

7k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Marriage 💫 Female Sexual Pleasure 📋 Purity Culture Critique 🤝 Marital Consent 📊 Sex Research

The Sexually Confident Wife

by Shannon Ethridge • 2008

Pleasure is not a concession. How Christian wives can shed shame and own desire in marriage.

3.99

219

💒 Christian Marriage 💑 Married Sexuality 🕊️ Purity Culture Recovery 🌸 Female Sexual Pleasure 💃 Body Confidence

The Sexually Confident Wife 96%

Pleasure is not a concession. How Christian wives can shed shame and own desire in marriage.

by Shannon Ethridge 2008

3.99

219 ratings

💒 Christian Marriage 💑 Married Sexuality 🕊️ Purity Culture Recovery 🌸 Female Sexual Pleasure 💃 Body Confidence

25 Questions You're Afraid to Ask About Love, Sex, and Intimacy

by Juli Slattery • 2015

25 frank Christian answers about sex: your bedroom and your faith are not separate things.

4.34

185

✝️ Christian Sexuality 💒 Biblical Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy 🩹 Sexual Healing 😔 Sexual Shame

25 Questions You're Afraid to Ask About Love, Sex, and Intimacy Summary

25 Questions You're Afraid to Ask About Love, Sex, and Intimacy 95%

25 frank Christian answers about sex: your bedroom and your faith are not separate things.

by Juli Slattery 2015

4.34

185 ratings

✝️ Christian Sexuality 💒 Biblical Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy 🩹 Sexual Healing 😔 Sexual Shame

Unwanted

by Jay Stringer • 2018

A therapist's survey found one thing that multiplies pornography use by 300. It isn't lust.

4.60

3k+

🕊️ Christian Counseling 🔗 Sex Addiction Recovery 💔 Shame And Trauma 🏠 Family Of Origin Work ⛓️ Purity Culture Critique

Unwanted 95%

A therapist's survey found one thing that multiplies pornography use by 300. It isn't lust.

by Jay Stringer 2018

4.60

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Counseling 🔗 Sex Addiction Recovery 💔 Shame And Trauma 🏠 Family Of Origin Work ⛓️ Purity Culture Critique

Sensual Faith

by Lyvonne Briggs • 2023

Religion taught you your body was sinful. A pastor's guide to reclaiming it as sacred ground.

4.17

174

🏛️ Purity Culture Critique 🧘🏾 Embodied Spirituality ✝️ Womanist Theology 💔 Religious Deconstruction 🔥 Sacred Sexuality

Sensual Faith 95%

Religion taught you your body was sinful. A pastor's guide to reclaiming it as sacred ground.

by Lyvonne Briggs 2023

4.17

174 ratings

🏛️ Purity Culture Critique 🧘🏾 Embodied Spirituality ✝️ Womanist Theology 💔 Religious Deconstruction 🔥 Sacred Sexuality

Sex God

by Rob Bell • 2007

Sex is never just sex. It mirrors divine love. Get the reflection wrong, and emptiness follows.

3.76

13k+

✝️ Christian Spirituality 🔥 Sex And Spirituality 🕊️ Theology Of The Body 😔 Unsatisfying Desire 💔 Vulnerability In Love

Sex God 95%

Sex is never just sex. It mirrors divine love. Get the reflection wrong, and emptiness follows.

by Rob Bell 2007

3.76

13k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Spirituality 🔥 Sex And Spirituality 🕊️ Theology Of The Body 😔 Unsatisfying Desire 💔 Vulnerability In Love

Every Young Man's Battle Every Young Man's Battle Every Young Man's Battle

by Waterbrook Press • 2002

A tactical plan for young Christian men to guard their eyes and mind against sexual compromise.

3.86

2k+

🛡️ Sexual Purity ✝️ Christian Men ⚔️ Lust And Temptation 🤝 Accountability 🧠 Mental Discipline

Every Young Man's Battle Every Young Man's Battle Every Young Man's Battle Summary

Every Young Man's Battle Every Young Man's Battle Every Young Man's Battle 94%

A tactical plan for young Christian men to guard their eyes and mind against sexual compromise.

by Waterbrook Press 2002

3.86

2k+ ratings

🛡️ Sexual Purity ✝️ Christian Men ⚔️ Lust And Temptation 🤝 Accountability 🧠 Mental Discipline

Sacred Sex Sacred Sex

by Tim Alan Gardner • 2002

Why your marriage bed is holy ground: sex that starts with the soul, not the body.

4.15

143

🕊️ Christian Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy 📖 Biblical Sexuality 🤝 Sexual Oneness 🩹 Sexual Healing

Sacred Sex Sacred Sex 94%

Why your marriage bed is holy ground: sex that starts with the soul, not the body.

by Tim Alan Gardner 2002

4.15

143 ratings

🕊️ Christian Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy 📖 Biblical Sexuality 🤝 Sexual Oneness 🩹 Sexual Healing

God, Sex, and Your Marriage

by Juli Slattery • 2022

Sex as covenant metaphor: what most Christian couples were never taught about intimacy and pleasure.

4.51

353

⛪ Christian Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy 📖 Biblical Sexuality 🩹 Sexual Healing ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

God, Sex, and Your Marriage 94%

Sex as covenant metaphor: what most Christian couples were never taught about intimacy and pleasure.

by Juli Slattery 2022

4.51

353 ratings

⛪ Christian Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy 📖 Biblical Sexuality 🩹 Sexual Healing ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Confronting Christianity

by Rebecca McLaughlin • 2019

Why Christianity is more diverse, more scientific, and more feminist than its critics claim.

4.29

7k+

🧬 Christian Apologetics 🌍 Global Christianity 🔬 Faith And Science 📊 Religion And Flourishing 💒 Christian Sexual Ethics

Confronting Christianity 94%

Why Christianity is more diverse, more scientific, and more feminist than its critics claim.

by Rebecca McLaughlin 2019

4.29

7k+ ratings

🧬 Christian Apologetics 🌍 Global Christianity 🔬 Faith And Science 📊 Religion And Flourishing 💒 Christian Sexual Ethics

Jesus > Religion

by Jefferson Bethke • 2013

What if the exhausting, rule-based faith you know has nothing to do with Jesus?

4.20

8k+

🕊️ Grace Theology 💥 Radical Grace 📖 Christian Living 💔 Church Hurt 🔓 Deconstructing Legalism

Jesus > Religion 94%

What if the exhausting, rule-based faith you know has nothing to do with Jesus?

by Jefferson Bethke 2013

4.20

8k+ ratings

🕊️ Grace Theology 💥 Radical Grace 📖 Christian Living 💔 Church Hurt 🔓 Deconstructing Legalism

Sheet Music

by Kevin Leman • 2002

The bedroom conversation Christian couples avoid: what your spouse needs and why it matters.

4.07

8k+

🏠 Christian Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy 💬 Sexual Communication 📖 Biblical Sexuality ✝️ Christian Counseling

Sheet Music 94%

The bedroom conversation Christian couples avoid: what your spouse needs and why it matters.

by Kevin Leman 2002

4.07

8k+ ratings

🏠 Christian Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy 💬 Sexual Communication 📖 Biblical Sexuality ✝️ Christian Counseling

A Better Way to Teach Kids about Sex

by Laura M. Padilla-Walker • 2018

Move beyond 'the talk': a shame-free Christian roadmap for raising sexually healthy kids.

4.40

184

✝️ Christian Parenting 📚 Sex Education 🙏 Christian Sexuality 💪 Body Positivity 🗣️ The Sex Talk

A Better Way to Teach Kids about Sex Summary

A Better Way to Teach Kids about Sex 94%

Move beyond 'the talk': a shame-free Christian roadmap for raising sexually healthy kids.

by Laura M. Padilla-Walker 2018

4.40

184 ratings

✝️ Christian Parenting 📚 Sex Education 🙏 Christian Sexuality 💪 Body Positivity 🗣️ The Sex Talk

On Marriage

by Timothy J. Keller • 2020

Your marriage was never meant to complete you. It was designed to point beyond you.

4.40

732

💒 Christian Marriage ✝️ Gospel-Centered Marriage 👫 Complementarianism 🔒 Christian Sexual Ethics 📜 Reformed Theology

On Marriage 94%

Your marriage was never meant to complete you. It was designed to point beyond you.

by Timothy J. Keller 2020

4.40

732 ratings

💒 Christian Marriage ✝️ Gospel-Centered Marriage 👫 Complementarianism 🔒 Christian Sexual Ethics 📜 Reformed Theology

Shame Interrupted

by Edward T. Welch • 2012

Shame tells you to hide. God's answer offers cleansing and a new identity you didn't earn.

4.26

1k+

📜 Biblical Counseling ❤️‍🩹 Healing Shame ✝️ Identity In Christ 🌊 Grace And Redemption 🐑 Pastoral Care

Shame Interrupted 94%

Shame tells you to hide. God's answer offers cleansing and a new identity you didn't earn.

by Edward T. Welch 2012

4.26

1k+ ratings

📜 Biblical Counseling ❤️‍🩹 Healing Shame ✝️ Identity In Christ 🌊 Grace And Redemption 🐑 Pastoral Care

Healing the Wounded Heart

by Dan B. Allender • 2016

The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.

4.45

577

🫂 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Body-Based Trauma 🎭 Shame Healing 🔁 Trauma Cycles

Healing the Wounded Heart 94%

The body stores sexual abuse; shame repeats it. Healing requires something beyond willpower.

by Dan B. Allender 2016

4.45

577 ratings

🫂 Sexual Abuse Recovery ✝️ Christian Counseling 🧠 Body-Based Trauma 🎭 Shame Healing 🔁 Trauma Cycles

Faithfully Different

by Natasha Crain • 2022

Secularism is a religion, not neutral space. The tools to think clearly and hold a coherent faith.

4.58

1k+

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🌐 Cultural Engagement 📖 Biblical Worldview 🏛️ Secularism Critique 💭 Faith Deconstruction

Faithfully Different 94%

Secularism is a religion, not neutral space. The tools to think clearly and hold a coherent faith.

by Natasha Crain 2022

4.58

1k+ ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🌐 Cultural Engagement 📖 Biblical Worldview 🏛️ Secularism Critique 💭 Faith Deconstruction

The Meaning of Marriage in 30 Minutes

by Garamond Press • 2013

Marriage is not a hunt for a soul mate; it is a forge for character, fueled by grace.

3.75

🕊️ Christian Marriage 💍 Marriage Advice 📖 Biblical Relationships ✝️ Evangelical Christianity 💔 Soul Mate Critique

The Meaning of Marriage in 30 Minutes Summary

The Meaning of Marriage in 30 Minutes 94%

Marriage is not a hunt for a soul mate; it is a forge for character, fueled by grace.

by Garamond Press 2013

3.75

4 ratings

🕊️ Christian Marriage 💍 Marriage Advice 📖 Biblical Relationships ✝️ Evangelical Christianity 💔 Soul Mate Critique

Unpunishable

by Danny Silk • 2019

Christians preach grace but reach for punishment when someone fails. There is a different road.

4.46

428

🏛️ Church Discipline 🔄 Restorative Practices 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🕊️ Forgiveness 💔 Shame And Vulnerability

Unpunishable 94%

Christians preach grace but reach for punishment when someone fails. There is a different road.

by Danny Silk 2019

4.46

428 ratings

🏛️ Church Discipline 🔄 Restorative Practices 🤝 Conflict Resolution 🕊️ Forgiveness 💔 Shame And Vulnerability

The Day God Saw Me as Black

by D. Danyelle Thomas • 2024

She learned to hide her queerness in the pews. Now she demands a Black, queer God.

4.41

469

📖 Womanist Theology 📝 Spiritual Memoir 🔒 Purity Culture 🌈 Queer Theology 🌍 Decolonizing Faith

The Day God Saw Me as Black 94%

She learned to hide her queerness in the pews. Now she demands a Black, queer God.

by D. Danyelle Thomas 2024

4.41

469 ratings

📖 Womanist Theology 📝 Spiritual Memoir 🔒 Purity Culture 🌈 Queer Theology 🌍 Decolonizing Faith

Wait

by DeVon Franklin • 2015

Why pressing pause on sex is the fastest way to see who someone really is.

4.19

3k+

✝️ Christian Dating 🤍 Sexual Purity 🎯 Intentional Dating 🔄 Ending Harmful Cycles ⏳ Waiting On God

Wait 94%

Why pressing pause on sex is the fastest way to see who someone really is.

by DeVon Franklin 2015

4.19

3k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Dating 🤍 Sexual Purity 🎯 Intentional Dating 🔄 Ending Harmful Cycles ⏳ Waiting On God

God and the Gay Christian

by Matthew Vines • 2014

The Bible doesn't condemn gay couples. A verse-by-verse case from Scripture.

4.02

4k+

📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚔️ Clobber Passages 🌈 Queer Theology 🫂 Affirming Theology ✝️ Gay Christians

God and the Gay Christian 94%

The Bible doesn't condemn gay couples. A verse-by-verse case from Scripture.

by Matthew Vines 2014

4.02

4k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚔️ Clobber Passages 🌈 Queer Theology 🫂 Affirming Theology ✝️ Gay Christians

The Death of Porn

by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. • 2021

Porn steals dignity from everyone it touches. Reclaiming yours begins with brotherhood and a King.

4.52

1k+

📿 Sexual Integrity 👑 Biblical Manhood 🔗 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Accountability Groups 💎 Human Dignity

The Death of Porn 94%

Porn steals dignity from everyone it touches. Reclaiming yours begins with brotherhood and a King.

by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. 2021

4.52

1k+ ratings

📿 Sexual Integrity 👑 Biblical Manhood 🔗 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Accountability Groups 💎 Human Dignity

Every Man's Battle

by Stephen F. Arterburn • 2000

One reflex feeds the cycle of lust. Retrain it over six weeks, and the fight shifts.

3.89

7k+

🕊️ Sexual Purity 🛡️ Christian Manhood 📱 Pornography Addiction 💍 Married Men 📖 Biblical Manhood

Every Man's Battle 94%

One reflex feeds the cycle of lust. Retrain it over six weeks, and the fight shifts.

by Stephen F. Arterburn 2000

3.89

7k+ ratings

🕊️ Sexual Purity 🛡️ Christian Manhood 📱 Pornography Addiction 💍 Married Men 📖 Biblical Manhood

Boy Meets Girl

by Joshua Harris • 2000

Courtship is more than rules: honoring God through patience, community, and purity at every stage.

3.71

16k+

💒 Christian Dating 💍 Courtship Practices 🕊️ Purity Ethics 🛡️ Godly Masculinity ✅ Premarital Readiness

Boy Meets Girl 93%

Courtship is more than rules: honoring God through patience, community, and purity at every stage.

by Joshua Harris 2000

3.71

16k+ ratings

💒 Christian Dating 💍 Courtship Practices 🕊️ Purity Ethics 🛡️ Godly Masculinity ✅ Premarital Readiness

Through a Man's Eyes

by Shaunti Feldhahn • 2015

His first glance is involuntary. Understanding that rewires a marriage from suspicion to safety.

3.75

274

⛪ Christian Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy ⚔️ Sexual Temptation 🧠 Neuroscience Of Desire 🛡️ Emotional Safety

Through a Man's Eyes 93%

His first glance is involuntary. Understanding that rewires a marriage from suspicion to safety.

by Shaunti Feldhahn 2015

3.75

274 ratings

⛪ Christian Marriage 💑 Marital Intimacy ⚔️ Sexual Temptation 🧠 Neuroscience Of Desire 🛡️ Emotional Safety

Why the Catholic Church Must Change

by Margaret Nutting Ralph • 2013

One in three Catholics has left. The way back, a theologian argues, is reform not rigidity.

3.96

🕊️ Catholic Reform 🫂 Pastoral Care 💭 Primacy Of Conscience ⚖️ Sexual Ethics 👩 Women In Religion

Why the Catholic Church Must Change Summary

Why the Catholic Church Must Change 93%

One in three Catholics has left. The way back, a theologian argues, is reform not rigidity.

by Margaret Nutting Ralph 2013

3.96

28 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Reform 🫂 Pastoral Care 💭 Primacy Of Conscience ⚖️ Sexual Ethics 👩 Women In Religion

The Deeply Formed Life

by Rich Villodas • 2020

Hurry is a spiritual problem. The rhythms that slow you down and anchor you in Christ.

4.21

5k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🧘 Contemplative Prayer 🛐 Sabbath Practice 🤝 Racial Reconciliation ❤️ Emotional Health

The Deeply Formed Life 93%

Hurry is a spiritual problem. The rhythms that slow you down and anchor you in Christ.

by Rich Villodas 2020

4.21

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 🧘 Contemplative Prayer 🛐 Sabbath Practice 🤝 Racial Reconciliation ❤️ Emotional Health

Real Men Don't Text

by Ruthie Dean • 2013

Phone calls, not texts: one dating rule that screens out casual interest and attracts commitment.

3.93

167

🕊️ Christian Dating 🤍 Purity Culture 💍 Waiting For Marriage 📋 Dating Standards 🚩 Relationship Red Flags

Real Men Don't Text 93%

Phone calls, not texts: one dating rule that screens out casual interest and attracts commitment.

by Ruthie Dean 2013

3.93

167 ratings

🕊️ Christian Dating 🤍 Purity Culture 💍 Waiting For Marriage 📋 Dating Standards 🚩 Relationship Red Flags

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The

by David R. Johnson • 1991

Spiritual abuse: when faith leaders control, not serve. How to recognize it, leave it, and rebuild.

4.40

988

⚠️ Spiritual Abuse 💔 Religious Trauma 🔒 High-Control Religion 🕊️ Grace Theology 🪞 Shame And Identity

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The Summary

Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, The 93%

Spiritual abuse: when faith leaders control, not serve. How to recognize it, leave it, and rebuild.

by David R. Johnson 1991

4.40

988 ratings

⚠️ Spiritual Abuse 💔 Religious Trauma 🔒 High-Control Religion 🕊️ Grace Theology 🪞 Shame And Identity

Born Standing Up

by Steve Martin • 2007

Faith feels empty because you traded a relationship for a recipe. The problem is the recipe.

3.88

108k+

💞 Relational Theology 🕊️ Grace Vs Legalism 📖 Narrative Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Hollow Religion

Born Standing Up 93%

Faith feels empty because you traded a relationship for a recipe. The problem is the recipe.

by Steve Martin 2007

3.88

108k+ ratings

💞 Relational Theology 🕊️ Grace Vs Legalism 📖 Narrative Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Hollow Religion

A Chicken's Guide to Talking Turkey with Your Kids About Sex

by Kevin Leman • 2004

The talk is a myth. Real sex ed is a thousand small conversations, and this is the script.

4.21

200

🕊️ Christian Parenting 📚 Sex Education 💬 Open Communication 🌱 Puberty Guidance 🧠 Cultural Discernment

A Chicken's Guide to Talking Turkey with Your Kids About Sex Summary

A Chicken's Guide to Talking Turkey with Your Kids About Sex 93%

The talk is a myth. Real sex ed is a thousand small conversations, and this is the script.

by Kevin Leman 2004

4.21

200 ratings

🕊️ Christian Parenting 📚 Sex Education 💬 Open Communication 🌱 Puberty Guidance 🧠 Cultural Discernment

Inspired

by Rachel Held Evans • 2018

The Bible is a library of warring ancient texts, and that is why it's worth loving.

4.39

18k+

🧩 Biblical Interpretation 🌈 Progressive Christianity 🤼 Wrestling With Scripture ❓ Doubt And Faith ✊ Liberation Theology

Inspired 93%

The Bible is a library of warring ancient texts, and that is why it's worth loving.

by Rachel Held Evans 2018

4.39

18k+ ratings

🧩 Biblical Interpretation 🌈 Progressive Christianity 🤼 Wrestling With Scripture ❓ Doubt And Faith ✊ Liberation Theology

A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography

by David Platt • 2015

The gospel has a position on abortion, trafficking, race, and marriage. Comfort is not it.

4.15

4k+

🌍 Cultural Engagement 👣 Costly Discipleship 🛡️ Pro-Life Advocacy ⛓️ Human Trafficking 💍 Sexual Ethics

A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography 93%

The gospel has a position on abortion, trafficking, race, and marriage. Comfort is not it.

by David Platt 2015

4.15

4k+ ratings

🌍 Cultural Engagement 👣 Costly Discipleship 🛡️ Pro-Life Advocacy ⛓️ Human Trafficking 💍 Sexual Ethics

God, Marriage, and Family

by Andreas J. Köstenberger • 2004

Marriage is a covenant, not a contract. That one shift changes everything from headship to divorce.

4.24

1k+

🏛️ Marriage Theology ⚖️ Complementarianism 🤝 Covenant Marriage 👨‍👩‍👧 Biblical Parenthood 💟 Sexual Ethics

God, Marriage, and Family 93%

Marriage is a covenant, not a contract. That one shift changes everything from headship to divorce.

by Andreas J. Köstenberger 2004

4.24

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Marriage Theology ⚖️ Complementarianism 🤝 Covenant Marriage 👨‍👩‍👧 Biblical Parenthood 💟 Sexual Ethics

I Kissed Dating Goodbye

by Joshua Harris • 1997

Dating is broken. The fix: friendship, boundaries, and bringing your community into the huddle.

3.49

21k+

🕊️ Christian Dating 💍 Courtship Model ⚪ Purity Culture 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🛡️ Premarital Abstinence

I Kissed Dating Goodbye 93%

Dating is broken. The fix: friendship, boundaries, and bringing your community into the huddle.

by Joshua Harris 1997

3.49

21k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Dating 💍 Courtship Model ⚪ Purity Culture 🚧 Emotional Boundaries 🛡️ Premarital Abstinence

Strange New World

by Carl R. Trueman • 2022

The creed of inner feelings has a genealogy, and the sexual revolution made it law.

4.47

5k+

🪧 Sexual Revolution 📚 Intellectual History 🪪 Modern Identity 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ✝️ Reformed Theology

Strange New World 93%

The creed of inner feelings has a genealogy, and the sexual revolution made it law.

by Carl R. Trueman 2022

4.47

5k+ ratings

🪧 Sexual Revolution 📚 Intellectual History 🪪 Modern Identity 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ✝️ Reformed Theology

If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk

by John Pavlovitz • 2021

Lose the tribalism, keep the Jesus. A pastor's roadmap back from a faith that makes you cruel.

4.37

2k+

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 🌍 Inclusive Theology ✊ Spiritual Activism ☣️ Toxic Religion

If God Is Love, Don't Be a Jerk 93%

Lose the tribalism, keep the Jesus. A pastor's roadmap back from a faith that makes you cruel.

by John Pavlovitz 2021

4.37

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🧱 Faith Deconstruction 🌍 Inclusive Theology ✊ Spiritual Activism ☣️ Toxic Religion

How People Grow

by Henry Cloud • 2001

Trying harder never worked. The Bible's growth plan begins with admitting defeat.

4.26

3k+

📖 Spiritual Formation ✝️ Biblical Counseling 🕊️ Grace Vs Law 🔥 Sin And Sanctification 🌱 Gospel-Centered Growth

How People Grow 93%

Trying harder never worked. The Bible's growth plan begins with admitting defeat.

by Henry Cloud 2001

4.26

3k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Formation ✝️ Biblical Counseling 🕊️ Grace Vs Law 🔥 Sin And Sanctification 🌱 Gospel-Centered Growth

Breaking Free from Body Shame

by Jess Connolly • 2021

Real freedom from body shame doesn't come from fixing yourself. It starts when you worship instead.

4.39

4k+

✝️ Christian Body Image 🙏 Women's Spirituality 🕊️ Grace Theology 😔 Body Shame 🤲 Embodied Faith

Breaking Free from Body Shame 93%

Real freedom from body shame doesn't come from fixing yourself. It starts when you worship instead.

by Jess Connolly 2021

4.39

4k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Body Image 🙏 Women's Spirituality 🕊️ Grace Theology 😔 Body Shame 🤲 Embodied Faith

Competent to Counsel

by Jay E. Adams • 1970

Psychiatry promised cures it could not deliver. The biblical alternative for lasting change.

3.99

2k+

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Psychiatry promised cures it could not deliver. The biblical alternative for lasting change.

by Jay E. Adams 1970

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Godliness takes sweat. The disciplines that train a man's mind, marriage, work, and soul.

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Disciplines of a Godly Man 93%

Godliness takes sweat. The disciplines that train a man's mind, marriage, work, and soul.

by R. Kent Hughes 1991

4.20

7k+ ratings

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The implosion of the evangelical church is not a disaster; it's an act of grace.

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Losing Our Religion 93%

The implosion of the evangelical church is not a disaster; it's an act of grace.

by Russell D. Moore 2023

4.31

3k+ ratings

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by Ben Stuart • 2017

A stage-by-stage map that ends the anxiety of not knowing where a relationship is headed.

4.44

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Single, Dating, Engaged, Married 93%

A stage-by-stage map that ends the anxiety of not knowing where a relationship is headed.

by Ben Stuart 2017

4.44

12k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Relationships 🎯 Dating With Purpose 🗺️ Relationship Stages 💬 Clarity In Relationships 🔍 Character Assessment

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by Frank Turek • 2008

Same-sex marriage wasn't about rights. It sought endorsement, and children pay the price.

3.30

334

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 💍 Marriage Policy ⚖️ Sexual Ethics 📜 Natural Law Ethics 🗳️ Culture War Politics

Correct, Not Politically Correct Summary

Correct, Not Politically Correct 93%

Same-sex marriage wasn't about rights. It sought endorsement, and children pay the price.

by Frank Turek 2008

3.30

334 ratings

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