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Becoming a True Spiritual Community

by Larry Crabb • 1999

Your church runs on programs. Souls stay hidden. The way out is turning toward one another.

4.05

220

🏛️ Church Community 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🤝 Authentic Community 🧭 Spiritual Direction ⚔️ Flesh Vs Spirit

Becoming a True Spiritual Community

Your church runs on programs. Souls stay hidden. The way out is turning toward one another.

by Larry Crabb 1999 256 pages

4.05

220 ratings

🏛️ Church Community 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🤝 Authentic Community 🧭 Spiritual Direction ⚔️ Flesh Vs Spirit

My Body Is Not a Prayer Request

by Amy Kenny • 2022

God kept his scars after the resurrection. The church should learn why.

4.16

2k+

♿️ Disability Theology 🌍 Social Model Of Disability ✝️ Faith Healing Critique 🤲 Embodied Faith 🚪 Church Accessibility

My Body Is Not a Prayer Request

God kept his scars after the resurrection. The church should learn why.

by Amy Kenny 2022 208 pages

4.16

2k+ ratings

♿️ Disability Theology 🌍 Social Model Of Disability ✝️ Faith Healing Critique 🤲 Embodied Faith 🚪 Church Accessibility

Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 1

by Herman Bavinck • 2003

Christian certainty rests not on argument but on the Spirit's inner testimony to Scripture.

4.68

500+

📚 Systematic Theology ✝️ Reformed Theology 🔍 Theological Method 📜 Doctrine Of Scripture 💡 Revelation

Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 1

Christian certainty rests not on argument but on the Spirit's inner testimony to Scripture.

by Herman Bavinck 2003 688 pages

4.68

500+ ratings

📚 Systematic Theology ✝️ Reformed Theology 🔍 Theological Method 📜 Doctrine Of Scripture 💡 Revelation

Job

by Christopher Ash • 2014

The oldest bet in Scripture: does anyone love God for nothing? Job's answer rewrites everything.

4.65

286

🏛️ Biblical Commentary 🕯️ Christ-Centered Reading 🩹 The Problem Of Suffering 😢 Biblical Lament ✝️ Reformed Theology

Job

The oldest bet in Scripture: does anyone love God for nothing? Job's answer rewrites everything.

by Christopher Ash 2014 496 pages

4.65

286 ratings

🏛️ Biblical Commentary 🕯️ Christ-Centered Reading 🩹 The Problem Of Suffering 😢 Biblical Lament ✝️ Reformed Theology

Ten Lies the Church Tells Women

by J. Lee Grady • 2000

Ten evangelical doctrines that silenced women, refuted by the same scriptures used to impose them.

4.13

261

⚖️ Christian Egalitarianism ⛪ Women In Ministry 🚫 Spiritual Abuse 🏛️ Religious Patriarchy 👩‍🦰 Women In Scripture

Ten Lies the Church Tells Women

Ten evangelical doctrines that silenced women, refuted by the same scriptures used to impose them.

by J. Lee Grady 2000 240 pages

4.13

261 ratings

⚖️ Christian Egalitarianism ⛪ Women In Ministry 🚫 Spiritual Abuse 🏛️ Religious Patriarchy 👩‍🦰 Women In Scripture

Beyond Betrayal

by Phil Waldrep • 2020

Why forgiveness doesn't mean trusting again, and how to build boundaries that let you heal.

4.14

173

💔 Betrayal Trauma ✝️ Christian Psychology 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice 🔨 Trust Rebuilding 🧱 Boundary Setting

Beyond Betrayal

Why forgiveness doesn't mean trusting again, and how to build boundaries that let you heal.

by Phil Waldrep 2020 224 pages

4.14

173 ratings

💔 Betrayal Trauma ✝️ Christian Psychology 🕊️ Forgiveness Practice 🔨 Trust Rebuilding 🧱 Boundary Setting

You Are Your Own

by Jamie Lee Finch • 2019

Evangelical trauma lives in the body. Talk therapy and deconstruction alone won't reach it.

4.03

1k+

💔 Religious Trauma 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Purity Culture 🧱 Deconstruction ⛪ Exvangelical

You Are Your Own

Evangelical trauma lives in the body. Talk therapy and deconstruction alone won't reach it.

by Jamie Lee Finch 2019 82 pages

4.03

1k+ ratings

💔 Religious Trauma 🧘 Somatic Healing 🔒 Purity Culture 🧱 Deconstruction ⛪ Exvangelical

Lewis on the Christian Life

by Joe Rigney • 2018

C.S. Lewis mapped the Christian life as a descent into joy, not an ascent into virtue.

4.36

286

🛐 Practical Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🔺 Trinitarian Spirituality ✨ Joy And Longing 💔 Love And Idolatry

Lewis on the Christian Life

C.S. Lewis mapped the Christian life as a descent into joy, not an ascent into virtue.

by Joe Rigney 2018 320 pages

4.36

286 ratings

🛐 Practical Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🔺 Trinitarian Spirituality ✨ Joy And Longing 💔 Love And Idolatry

The Shortest History of England

by James Hawes • 2019

England's North-South divide predates England. It explains the Romans, the Civil War, and Brexit.

3.70

3k+

🗺️ English History 🧭 North South Divide 🏛️ Class Analysis 🔄 Cultural Replacement 👑 Elite Formation

The Shortest History of England

England's North-South divide predates England. It explains the Romans, the Civil War, and Brexit.

by James Hawes 2019 272 pages

3.70

3k+ ratings

🗺️ English History 🧭 North South Divide 🏛️ Class Analysis 🔄 Cultural Replacement 👑 Elite Formation

The Life We're Looking For

by Andy Crouch • 2022

We traded being known for being profiled, and the bargain is destroying our capacity for love.

4.04

2k+

🛠️ Technology Criticism ✝️ Christian Ethics 📱 Digital Detox 🏛️ Idolatry Of Technology 🏘️ Intentional Community

The Life We're Looking For

We traded being known for being profiled, and the bargain is destroying our capacity for love.

by Andy Crouch 2022 240 pages

4.04

2k+ ratings

🛠️ Technology Criticism ✝️ Christian Ethics 📱 Digital Detox 🏛️ Idolatry Of Technology 🏘️ Intentional Community

A Message of Hope from the Angels

by Lorna Byrne • 2012

You outrank every angel. What the angels waiting for your request can do for your life.

4.29

1k+

👼 Angel Communication ✨ Healing Energy 🙏 Prayer Practice 🪷 Everyday Spirituality 🔮 Soul Purpose

A Message of Hope from the Angels

You outrank every angel. What the angels waiting for your request can do for your life.

by Lorna Byrne 2012 192 pages

4.29

1k+ ratings

👼 Angel Communication ✨ Healing Energy 🙏 Prayer Practice 🪷 Everyday Spirituality 🔮 Soul Purpose

Angels in My Hair

by Lorna Byrne • 2008

Angels crowd her hair, every bus, every deathbed. Since infancy. They wait to be asked.

4.18

6k+

👼 Angel Encounters 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🛡️ Guardian Angels ✝️ Catholic Mysticism 🌅 Life After Death

Angels in My Hair

Angels crowd her hair, every bus, every deathbed. Since infancy. They wait to be asked.

by Lorna Byrne 2008 288 pages

4.18

6k+ ratings

👼 Angel Encounters 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🛡️ Guardian Angels ✝️ Catholic Mysticism 🌅 Life After Death

Your Money or Your Life - Abridged

by Vicki Robin • 2009

Money is a political project, a religious act, and a speculative fiction, not a neutral tool.

3.78

500+

👥 Sociology Of Money 🌍 Anthropology Of Money 📜 Monetary History ⛪ Money And Religion 🎨 Money And Art

Your Money or Your Life - Abridged

Money is a political project, a religious act, and a speculative fiction, not a neutral tool.

by Vicki Robin 2009 2 pages

3.78

500+ ratings

👥 Sociology Of Money 🌍 Anthropology Of Money 📜 Monetary History ⛪ Money And Religion 🎨 Money And Art

Reading While Black

by Esau McCaulley • 2020

Orthodoxy and social justice were never enemies. The Black church's Bible reading proves it.

4.42

6k+

✝️ Black Theology 📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚖️ Racial Justice Theology 😢 Lament And Hope 🗳️ Political Witness

Reading While Black

Orthodoxy and social justice were never enemies. The Black church's Bible reading proves it.

by Esau McCaulley 2020 200 pages

4.42

6k+ ratings

✝️ Black Theology 📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚖️ Racial Justice Theology 😢 Lament And Hope 🗳️ Political Witness

Behind Every Good Man

by Sara Goodman Confino • 2024

For wives craving spiritual leadership, pushing shuts doors. Love and respect open them.

4.26

28k+

🕊️ Christian Marriage 🙏 Spiritual Leadership 🤝 Respect In Marriage 💬 Marriage Communication 👰 For Christian Wives

Behind Every Good Man

For wives craving spiritual leadership, pushing shuts doors. Love and respect open them.

by Sara Goodman Confino 2024 339 pages

4.26

28k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Marriage 🙏 Spiritual Leadership 🤝 Respect In Marriage 💬 Marriage Communication 👰 For Christian Wives

Unsettling Truths

by Mark Charles • 2019

A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.

4.35

1k+

🗺️ Settler Colonialism ⛪ Theological Racism 🏚️ Land Dispossession 🌱 Decolonization 🪶 Indigenous Theology

Unsettling Truths

A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.

by Mark Charles 2019 224 pages

4.35

1k+ ratings

🗺️ Settler Colonialism ⛪ Theological Racism 🏚️ Land Dispossession 🌱 Decolonization 🪶 Indigenous Theology

Fire and Blood

by T.R. Fehrenbach • 1973

Mexico's history is one long civilizational war: the Toltecs started it, and it never stopped.

3.93

500+

🇲🇽 Mexican History 🏛️ Mesoamerican History 🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology ⚔️ Spanish Conquest 🏰 Colonial History

Fire and Blood

Mexico's history is one long civilizational war: the Toltecs started it, and it never stopped.

by T.R. Fehrenbach 1973 702 pages

3.93

500+ ratings

🇲🇽 Mexican History 🏛️ Mesoamerican History 🐍 Mesoamerican Mythology ⚔️ Spanish Conquest 🏰 Colonial History

Bhagvat Geeta

by Veda Vyasa

A warrior freezes before battle; his counsel becomes the manual for every human crisis.

4.28

8k+

🕉️ Hindu Scripture 📜 Vedic Philosophy 🔄 Karma And Rebirth ⚔️ Sacred Duty 🙏 Devotional Practice

Bhagvat Geeta

A warrior freezes before battle; his counsel becomes the manual for every human crisis.

by Veda Vyasa

4.28

8k+ ratings

🕉️ Hindu Scripture 📜 Vedic Philosophy 🔄 Karma And Rebirth ⚔️ Sacred Duty 🙏 Devotional Practice

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