Books?

I just started reading The God of New Beginnings. It's incredible.


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Christgirl67 said:

Does anyone have any recommendations for some books for a young christian woman(or just good books for a Christian in general)?I do not have a particular subject area I am looking for,I love to read,but I have not been able to find any good books lately,and would love some books on Christianity.

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I would recommend any of the 'Straight to the heart' series by Phil Moore.

It's hard to make recommendations for someone you don't know, because different authors have somewhat different perspectives on Christianity. I took a look at some of your postings. I think you might like some of the popular works by N T Wright. (He's a scholar, so he also has long and dense technical works. But as a bishop he's interested in helping normal parishoners. Those are the books I'd recommend in the beginning.) Perhaps "Simply Christian," which is intended as a general introduction to Christianity, or if you want to focus on Jesus "Simply Jesus." Wright intends "Simply Christian" as an updated equivalent of C S Lewis "Mere Christianity."

If you're willing to read someone more challenging, Alister Mcgrath's book "Christian Theology: An Introduction" is a text for a semester college course in theology. A briefer version intended for adult Sunday School is "Theology: The Basics." Personally I think someone should have to pass a test on that material before posting in any of the theology groups here...

I'm making these recommendations because I'm assuming from your denominational label that you're interested in traditional Christianity. For a new member in my church (PCUSA) or any other mainline body (Methodist, ELCA, Episcopal, etc) I'd have slightly different recommendations.

Looking back over the books I recommended, in some ways I prefer Mcgrath's "Theology: the Basics" to his longer textbook.

Christgirl67 said:

Does anyone have any recommendations for some books for a young christian woman(or just good books for a Christian in general)?I do not have a particular subject area I am looking for,I love to read,but I have not been able to find any good books lately,and would love some books on Christianity.

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Finished this one. Highly recommend it especially if your hungry for your futurehttps://www.amazon.com/If-Trading-Your-Regrets-Possibilities/dp/0801016053

I warn you about books in general. There seems to be Satan lurking even in our best Christian authors.

Christgirl67 said:

Does anyone have any recommendations for some books for a young christian woman(or just good books for a Christian in general)?I do not have a particular subject area I am looking for,I love to read,but I have not been able to find any good books lately,and would love some books on Christianity.

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The Bible

Christgirl67 said:

Does anyone have any recommendations for some books for a young christian woman(or just good books for a Christian in general)?I do not have a particular subject area I am looking for,I love to read,but I have not been able to find any good books lately,and would love some books on Christianity.

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YES!

Things We Couldn't Say by Diet Eman.
The Autobiography of John G. Paton
Days of Glory, Seasons of Night by Marilee P. Dunker
Double Image by Del Tarr
In Death's Oft by Charles H. S. Green
Unfriend Yourself by Kyle Tennant
Worn Out by Obedience by Bob Russell
My Grace is Sufficient for You by Ghulam Masih Naaman
Mission in the Old Testament by Walter C. Kaiser Jr.
Knowing God by J. I. Packer
A Martyr's Grace by Marvin J. Newell
In Search of the Source by Neil Anderson
Erromanga the Martyr Isle by H. A. Robertson
The Overcoming Life by D. L. Moody
In the Name of Jesus by Henri J. M. Nouwen
Miracles by Eric Metaxas
What the New Testament Authors Really Cared About by Kenneth Berding and Matt Williams
Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper
The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel
Letters from the South Seas by Margaret Paton
The Autobiography of Charles Finney
The Autobiography of George Muller
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Hind's Feet on High Places by Hannah Hunnard
Jesus Freaks by DC Talk and the Voice of the Martyrs
The New Foxe's Book of Martyrs by John Foxe, Harold Chadwick and John Actes


Some of these are obscure old books and some are kind of like textbooks, but I found all of them to be very engaging in different ways.

For fictional books by Christian authors, in the past I enjoyed the Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis ("Voyage of the Dawn Treader" was my favorite), The Timebenders series by Jim Denney (especially "Invasion of the Time Troopers"), a futuristic book I can't remember the title about a poor Christian man who is put to sleep and made to fight virtual battles (anyone remember this?), the Passages series by Paul McCusker, and A Mouse in Solomon's House by Mack Thomas and Normand Chartier.

Most of those are older and definitely geared toward children, but they were good enough that I have gone back to them occasionally just to enjoy the pictures and stories again.

Oh! I also always that Nova's Ark by David Kirk was fascinating, but that's only loosely based on the Biblical story and I'm not sure if the author is a Christian or not...

Oh! And I also recommend Bruchko like someone else mentioned. I knew I forgot something...

The Mantra of Jabez by Douglas M. Jones is another good one I just remembered. It's a play on The Prayer of Jabez and had me cracking up, even though I don't know much about the original book. We need more Christian parodies like that.

Hannah Hurnard's "Hinds Feet on High Places."

Miles J. Stanford's "The Green Letters."

Christgirl67 said:

Does anyone have any recommendations for some books for a young christian woman(or just good books for a Christian in general)?I do not have a particular subject area I am looking for,I love to read,but I have not been able to find any good books lately,and would love some books on Christianity.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin.
I haven't read it personally, I've only heard good things.

From what I hear, there is a lot of Christian hints in that book that portrays how a Christian ought to act and believe.

In peace

St_Worm2 said:

Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan (The 2nd most published book. The Bible is #1 of course. Free to read online at the link provided .. which I also believe happens to be the best edition of the book too)

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This, great for children...and adults too. There is a sequel where Pilgrim takes his wife and children as well.