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Hello. I'm looking for good insightful edifying Christian books to read. I just got finished reading "The Christian in Complete Armour" by William Gurnall. It's a novella over 400 years old that I ate up last month and found it to be one of the better books I've read on the subject of spiritual warfare. I also read "Desiring God" by John Piper the month before. It was also good. I'm looking for just about any Christian book on just about any Christian subject. Just so long as I can learn something from it, I'm all for it. Let me know about your favorite books. God bless
 

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Try John Owen, The Mortification of Sin. To me, reading that book is like eating food, every time. Also, The Death of Death, in the Death of Christ

Easier reading, but with deep implications would be the Space Trilogy by CS Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength, but anything by CS Lewis is very edifying, and deep, yet relatively easy to read. One of my favorites by him is Till We Have Faces (A fable retold). If you are into Theology, I recommend anything by RC Sproul, John Owen (of course), J.I. Packer, Sinclair Ferguson, Jonathan Edwards, Derek Thomas, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Benjamin Warfield, William S Plumer, Don Kistler, John MacArthur, Kevin DeYoung, BB Warfield, Archibald Alexander, Robert Dabney, Charles Hodge, Louis Berkhof

I would also urge you to watch any debate (YouTube, etc) with Dr James White. Many, many topics.

One great resource, including free reading online and a topical index is — https://reformedbooksonline.com/

EDIT: I wanted to add, most of these authors are strong examples of the fact that the Reformers are as much if not more about dedication, self-discipline, works, love and pursuit of Christ as they are about the mechanics of theology. Particularly, in that, I have to point at John Owen.
 
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Silence by Shūsaku Endō was particularly powerful to me
The Great Divorce, Till We Have Faces, the Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis all very good
Loved what I have read of Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton

Also this, which turned out to be by Mark Twain and not a satire, particularly inspirational
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Recollections_of_Joan_of_Arc

Twain considered this work to be his best and most important. It was fairly well received in 1893, when first published: One newspaper positively reviewed Twain's work. "We meet a dignified, ennobled, hero-worshipping Mark Twain. His language has undergone a startling change. Not flippancy, but pathos, meets us on every page; the sardonic mocking spirit has been conquered by the fair Maid of Orleans, and where aforetime we met laughter, we now meet tears."
 
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Knowing God by John Packer is another great book.
My bad. It is James Innes (J.I) Packer, not John.
And alongside Knowing God, I highly recommend reading his introduction to @Mark Quayle's recommendation, The Death of The Death in The Death of Christ.
You can read it online for free. Truly a theological masterpiece, albeit controversial for some.
Packer - Death of Death Introduction
 
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Watchman Nee, "The Normal Christian Life" and "The Life That Wins". Potential life changers if you let them speak to you.
 
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The Reign of the Servant Kings

https://www.amazon.com/Reign-Servant-Kings-J-Dillow/dp/1564530965

https://www.amazon.com/Reign-Servant-Kings-Eternal-Security-ebook/dp/B007U79V1U
 
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For fiction, Evanjellyfish or Ride Sally Ride by Doug Wilson are awesome.
Will have to look them up. Never heard of them, to my memory. What genre of fiction? Edit: nevermind. I just googled them. Sounds interesting.

Have heard of Doug Wilson, though.
 
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Will have to look them up. Never heard of them, to my memory. What genre of fiction? Edit: nevermind. I just googled them. Sounds interesting.

Have heard of Doug Wilson, though.
They are fun books that drive home points related to issues we face today.
 
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Hi @OP hope your day is going well. I have some really good book recommendations that I think you will find edifying and beneficial:
Pathway to purpose by Katie Brazelton
Fervent by Priscilla Shirer
Unglued by Lysa Terkeurst

All the best and definitely keep up the reading. Blessings to you.
 
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