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Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling
Andy Crouch
IVP Books, 2008
Challenging and groundbreaking
This is a must-read book for those of us who are tired of talking and ready for action. Crouch works through the story of humans as presented in the Bible to show God's work in developing human culture, whether it be words, omelets, art, government, or relationships.
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Too Busy Not to Pray: Slowing Down to Be With God
Bill Hybels, Lavonne Neff, ...
IVP Books, 2008
The numbers of people attending church on Sunday is dwindling year after year
The numbers of people attending church on Sunday is dwindling year after year. "Too Busy Not to Pray" urges Christians around the globe to reconsider this act of cutting God's time when their own world is too busy. "Too Busy Not to Pray" also offers insightful advice ...
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Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals
Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
IVP Books, 2008
"Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do." --from the Introduction Activists Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove show how prayer and action must go together. Their exposition of key Bible passages provides concrete examples of how a life ...
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Basic Christianity (IVP Classics)
John R. W. Stott
IVP Books, 2007
pleasure to read
This book is excellent for a new beginner. The book itself is well-written and the points and evidence Stott uses are at times refreshing and other times reinforcing. As with all books I would read it with an open-mind because there are a few places where his ...
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Evil And the Justice of God
N. T. Wright
IVP Books, 2006
Refreshing take on problem of evil
What was great about this book is that I had to stop and reread some chapters. I really liked Wright's approach to evil. It is not just the philosophers mystery, but it is something that we all face each and every day in all sorts of ways and shapes. I had always ...
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The God Conversation: Using Stories and Illustrations to Explain Your Faith
J. P. Moreland, Tim Muehlhoff
IVP Books, 2007
The God Conversation
Great Book! Taking part in a Bible Study and this book has been a tremendous help. Lots of great ideas on how to speak with someone concerning God without making them feel that you are "shoving religion" down their throats.
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In Search of a Confident Faith: Overcoming Barriers to Trusting in God
J. P. Moreland, Klaus Issler
IVP Books, 2008
Thought provoking
This is an excellent book written by two college professors, but it doesn't have the feel of one written by scholars. While their research and scholarship is evident, the book is neither difficult to read or dry. One of the most thought-provoking truths presented is ...
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Journaling as a Spiritual Practice: Encountering God Through Attentive Writing
Helen Cepero
IVP Books, 2008
Contemplative Journalling
This is a wonderful book--both for people who have not journalled before, and those more grounded in the practice. The author weaves simple and lovely exercises through a text rich with personal anecdotes--so the book and the journalling processes are very ...
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Just Courage: God's Great Expedition for the Restless Christian
Gary A. Haugen
IVP Books, 2008
Just Read It (Just Courage)!
This is one of the best books I've read this year. It is concise, well written, and challenging.
I bought multiple copies to help stir conversations about the 27 million in human tracking today.
I read the book in two days (literally)-- it was that good.
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The Dawkins Delusion?: Atheist Fundamentalism and the Denial of the Divine
Alister E. McGrath, Joanna Collicutt Mcgrath
IVP Books, 2007
Accomplishes what the author set out to do
Alister McGrath's _The Dawkins Delusion_ is a short book with one aim: to introduce readers to the flaws in Dawkins' _The God Delusion_. The book's introduction explains that this is neither a full treatment of philosophy of religion, nor even a point-by-point ...
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Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels
Craig A. Evans
IVP Books, 2006
Fabricating Jesus
One of the best researched,well written,profound,enlightening, timely and relevant books that I have read on this subject. A must read for anyone that wishes to know the "truth".
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Breaking the Idols of Your Heart: How to Navigate the Temptations of Life
Dan B. Allender, Tremper, III Longman
IVP Books, 2007
Great for Bible study or small group
I highly recommend this book. It is broken up in 7 chapters. Each chapter has a fiction vignette style intro to ease you into the subject. The chapters then dive into scripture. Questions at the end of each chapter are very thought and discussion provoking. Not ...
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Soul Repair: Rebuilding Your Spiritual Life
Jeff Vanvonderen, Dale Ryan, ...
IVP Books, 2008
Do you fear that God is angry with you? Do you wonder if God is really for you? if God really loves you? Deep down many of us believe that we are not good enough, and never will be good enough, to have a meaningful relationship with God. This is because we have been spiritually trained in ways that have left us with distorted and inadequate ...
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Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
Ruth Haley Barton
IVP Books, 2008
Refreshment for the Leader's Soul
"Strengthening the soul of our leadership is an invitation that begins, continues and ends with seeking God in the crucible of ministry." These words from the final chapter summarize the central theme of the book. The chapters leading up to it paint a compelling ...
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The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things
Leighton Ford
IVP Books, 2008
Excellent!
This book is for the spiritual seeker. I didn't want the book to end...I read it outside, to be "closer" to God...I actually got my copy from the library but will purchase it because I want it in MY library, to be read again and again...Your spirit will draw closer to ...
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