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Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship With God
Dallas Willard
InterVarsity Press, 1999
Life Enhancing
I'm still reading this but it has already challenged me to surrender all for a closer walk with God. Day by day I'm doing that. And a new and greater intimacy between us is developing.
This is the 3rd book by Dallas Willard I've read in the past year. Each has ...
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Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality
David G. Benner
InterVarsity Press, 2003
Awakening My Heart
This book saved me from so much pain. It re-awakened me to the God who loves me like a father. While the words were easy to read I had to take the time to let them sink in because what he was writing about is so powerful. I would recommend this book to anyone who ...
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Knowing God
J. I. Packer
InterVarsity Press, 1993
Essential Theology
I have bought more than fifty copies of Knowing God for use in teaching the subject. Packer does an excellent job of helping us to have a relationship with the God of the universe rather than just knowing something about Him. I have never found another book that does ...
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Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
Ruth Haley Barton, R. Ruth Barton
InterVarsity Press, 2004
Winner of a Christianity Today 2005 Book Award! To seek to fill a book with words about moving beyond words into solitude and silence is a daunting task; it is laughable really, if one sees the irony in it all. I have found myself . . . drawn to the task and yet somehow strangely resistant. On the one hand, I have been drawn to the task because ...
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A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society
Eugene H. Peterson
InterVarsity Press, 2000
Not if you want a quick fix for spirituality
Peterson's work here is spectacular. In a society that wants everything fast--include the mature fruit of Christianity spent years in the making and gestating--one cannot biggy size this or get it while speeding through the window. There isn't even a toy surprise ...
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Cross-cultural Servanthood: Serving the World in Christlike Humility
Duane Elmer
InterVarsity Press, 2006
Excellent read & great information
This book is a must read for anyone who is going on a short term mission trip. It reveals some things that you would never have thought of and helps you to change your thought process to better minister to others. READ this book.
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Handbook of Christian Apologetics: Hundreds of Answers to Crucial Questions
Peter Kreeft, Ronald K. Tacelli
InterVarsity Press, 1994
Buy. This. Book.
If I could force every one of my students to read one book (absurd start to a sentence, I know) it would be this one. While many do not appreciate Kreeft's matter of fact (and at times sarcastic) tone, it is more conversational and so more accessible. It is ...
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Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
Ruth Haley Barton
InterVarsity Press, 2006
Best book on spiritual transformation I've read recently
To be honest, I've gotten a little weary of books about spiritual disciplines. I always end up feeling guilty that I'm not more disciplined and perpetually struggle with having a consistent quiet time, after many years of being a Christian. Ruth Haley Barton cuts ...
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The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog
James W. Sire
InterVarsity Press, 2004
A Christian analysis of other presuppositions
There are a number of reviewers who are under the impression that the only way to write a world-view catalog is from an objective position which has no bias at all.
This is unfortunate, because the book tries to show us how everyone has a presuppositional bias: there ...
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The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery
David G. Benner
InterVarsity Press, 2004
The title is a bit weak but the book is profound!!!
While this book is relatively thin, don't let the size deceive you! You will want to read this one several times (with a journal in hand). Written by a Christian psychologist it goes deeper than the first glance. Highly recommended especially for anyone who is ...
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The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
John H. Walton, Victor H. Matthews, ...
InterVarsity Press, 2000
Excellent
This book is great for learning the historical context of what each book in the Old Testament is about. It helps to understand the original audience so that you can interpret the Bible accurately.
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Darwin on Trial
Phillip E. Johnson
InterVarsity Press, 1993
This book is even confirmed by its critics
I have finally read this book, after years of reading criticisms of it, and I am amazed at what a good case Johnson actually makes and how woefully inept most of his critics have been.
For those who have not read the book, Johnson argues the following points:
* The ...
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Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World
Gary A. Haugen
InterVarsity Press, 1999
Excellent book
I highly recommend this book. I hope to use parts of it with my college students after we have viewed HOTEL RWANDA. This is a powerful follow-up to a movie that should shake you to your foundations.
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Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God
J. I. Packer
InterVarsity Press, 1991
Nothing Is Excluded From God's Sovereign Rule
There are those who think that if a person believes in 'The Doctrines Of Grace' that this will either be a hindrance to,or completely erode ones evangelistic zeal. In truth it is a defective understanding of 'The Five Points...'(or the inability to comprehend how God ...
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The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is
N. T. Wright
InterVarsity Press, 1999
greatest book on jesus i've ever read
seriously, i haven't read any of the other reviews but there is no book that compares to this one. for some reason before i started reading it i decided that i would hi-lite the "wow" moments. that was a big mistake. everything got hi-lited. wright opens up ...
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