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Looking for good Christian books and authors
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If you are looking for a unique Christian book, I highly recommend "Corporation YOU: A Business Plan for the Soul." You can purchase it on amazon, or go to corporationyou.com.
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mochagirl
Even so, it is well with my soul.
I know some people have already mentioned some of these, but it's too confusing to go back and check which have been mentioned. 
I am a big Christian fiction fan (some of it, I will admit, isn't the most well-written, lol, but likewise some is very well-written), and I read a lot, so here goes:
More thought-provoking or touching: Francine Rivers (pretty much everything! Mark of the Lion series is good; it's set in the first century)
Karen Kingsbury (When Joy Came To Stay is my favorite by her; it's about a woman struggling with depression; Redemption Series is good)
Lynn Austin (A Civil War series, Refiner's Fire, is good; Eve's Daughters and Hidden Places are very touching)
Historical Fiction: Judith Pella (Daughters of Fortune series is good, set in WWII)
Linda Chaikin (Perhaps not the best writer, but entertaining; her books are always set in exotic places; I like the East of the Sun series set in South Africa/England)
Gilbert, Lynn, and Alan Morris (Gilbert and Lynn have series Cheney Duvall, M.D. set in post-Civil War America; Alan Morris has a series, Guardians of the North, that is set in the Canadian West in the 1870s)
Contemporary, romance/comedy: Liz Curtis Higgs (Mixed Signals is hilarious; she also has a historical series that is a spin-off of Jacob-Rachel-Leah in the Bible that's more serious-natured)
Linda Windsor (funny, light-hearted; she also has a series set in medieval Ireland)
Fantasy: Karen Hancock (Arena is good; on the back cover it says if you like the Matrix and Pilgrim's Process you'll like this book....strangest comparison I'd ever heard, but they were right! The Light Of Eidon is also very good; I read it a couple weeks ago.)
Mystery/Suspense: Terri Blackstock (all books! Cape Refuge series is my current favorite by her)
Dee Henderson (O'Malley family series)
Patricia Rushford (she has a youth series, the Jenny McGrady Mysteries that are good, short reads; The McCallistar Files are good, but have some creepy parts, e.g. the first scene is about a woman getting murdered)
Ted Dekker (I've only read one book by him, Blink, but it was good--made me think about the omniscience of God, and what that means, and how it works.)
On those who questioned Glorianna's openmindedness--isn't it rather narrowminded to say she has to keep an "open mind" about what she chooses to read? It's really no one's business but your own what you choose to read or not to read. Or perhaps my logic differs from yours....
Oh, someone mentioned an author they couldn't remember who wrote The Ishbane something--I've never read it but I believe the author is Randy Alcorn.
Lots of Love and Laughter (and reading)!
I am a big Christian fiction fan (some of it, I will admit, isn't the most well-written, lol, but likewise some is very well-written), and I read a lot, so here goes:
More thought-provoking or touching: Francine Rivers (pretty much everything! Mark of the Lion series is good; it's set in the first century)
Karen Kingsbury (When Joy Came To Stay is my favorite by her; it's about a woman struggling with depression; Redemption Series is good)
Lynn Austin (A Civil War series, Refiner's Fire, is good; Eve's Daughters and Hidden Places are very touching)
Historical Fiction: Judith Pella (Daughters of Fortune series is good, set in WWII)
Linda Chaikin (Perhaps not the best writer, but entertaining; her books are always set in exotic places; I like the East of the Sun series set in South Africa/England)
Gilbert, Lynn, and Alan Morris (Gilbert and Lynn have series Cheney Duvall, M.D. set in post-Civil War America; Alan Morris has a series, Guardians of the North, that is set in the Canadian West in the 1870s)
Contemporary, romance/comedy: Liz Curtis Higgs (Mixed Signals is hilarious; she also has a historical series that is a spin-off of Jacob-Rachel-Leah in the Bible that's more serious-natured)
Linda Windsor (funny, light-hearted; she also has a series set in medieval Ireland)
Fantasy: Karen Hancock (Arena is good; on the back cover it says if you like the Matrix and Pilgrim's Process you'll like this book....strangest comparison I'd ever heard, but they were right! The Light Of Eidon is also very good; I read it a couple weeks ago.)
Mystery/Suspense: Terri Blackstock (all books! Cape Refuge series is my current favorite by her)
Dee Henderson (O'Malley family series)
Patricia Rushford (she has a youth series, the Jenny McGrady Mysteries that are good, short reads; The McCallistar Files are good, but have some creepy parts, e.g. the first scene is about a woman getting murdered)
Ted Dekker (I've only read one book by him, Blink, but it was good--made me think about the omniscience of God, and what that means, and how it works.)
On those who questioned Glorianna's openmindedness--isn't it rather narrowminded to say she has to keep an "open mind" about what she chooses to read? It's really no one's business but your own what you choose to read or not to read.
Or perhaps my logic differs from yours....Oh, someone mentioned an author they couldn't remember who wrote The Ishbane something--I've never read it but I believe the author is Randy Alcorn.
Lots of Love and Laughter (and reading)!
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Thank you so much mochagirl. What a huge list you've given us! You must be an avid reader like I am. 
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Married 5 times by the age of 34! TK Jordan tells her TRUE STORY in this inspirational, life-changing novel. She stands as a BOLD witness, telling others that...
No matter what you've been through,
Nor how bad the storm or rain,
It's time you take control of your life,
With God, you can "Get Past the Pain!
I hope you will enjoy this Excerpt titled "Get Past the Pain. If so please pass it on.
*********Woman at the Well by TK Jordan*****************
********"Woman at the Well" by TK Jordan*********
Excerpt: "Get Past the Pain"
I can’t exactly remember what age I was when I started planning my escape. I mean it’s not like at age 10 I could write out an escape route. But somewhere in my mind I was waiting for an opportunity to get out of that house. My mother is dead, she died when I was fifteen and at the time I couldn’t think of a better place for her. My mother suffered through years of physical abuse. She use to be a Christian, till my father tried to beat it out of her, then one day she just gave up. The beatings always seemed to happen late at night and usually in the kitchen. I guess this is as far as my mother could run from the bedroom before he’d catch her. He’d always catch her. I could hear it all from my bedroom.
Who could sleep through slaps across the face so loud it sounded like symbols clanging together? Who could sleep through furniture being knocked over, the sound bouncing off the wall like thunder? Who could sleep through piercing screams? As I’d lay there in my bed waiting for the time to come for me to go in the kitchen, pick my mother up off the floor and wipe the blood from her face, I’d always wonder if she’d still be breathing when I got there. Quiet. Did he stab her this time? Did he shoot her? Quiet. Is he still there? I can’t hear them fighting anymore. I have to wait for the sound of him slamming the door. Pow! There it is.
Now I rush out of bed and run to my mother’s side. If I go too soon and get in the way he’ll just beat me too. It’s dark in here. SSShhh. Where is she? Oh God I’m scared. What if she’s dead? Will he kill us too? Wait, I see her…Oh my God…she looks like a rag doll, like a crumpled rag doll, laying on the floor in the fetal position.
My thirty plus year old mother looks like a dead baby. I see blood. God I’m scared. Wait. I hear a faint whimper.
Thank you God, he didn’t kill her this time. I slowly approach my mother. I kneel down beside her and extend my hand to her. I love her. We’ve switched roles now, at 10 years old I’ve become the mother and she is the broken, battered child. I lead her to the couch and I sit down first so that she can lay her head in my lap. I stroke her hair. I tell her that its o.k. I wipe the blood from her face as she cries. We both cry. My mother cries because she has been beaten yet again, because she is damaged and hurt. Me, I cried then also but what I did not know is that I wasn’t only crying for my present, I was crying tears for my future as well. I was crying for all the damage that all of these episodes had done to my spirit. Damage done to the spirit of a ten-year-old that would soon grow into a woman, a very damaged woman.
You see, as I sat there time and time again, cleaning up the blood from my mother’s face, or trying to convince him not to beat my mother, or me, or my baby sister, I guess I took a silent oath. Not out loud but in my spirit. I never understood why my mother endured so much grief, so much pain, but I know this, no man was going to do that to me! No man would hurt me like that! No man would control my life, my happiness, and my peace of mind! When I grow up, I’ll do whatever it takes to survive. I’ll do whatever it takes to make it. No, not me! I will not live an unhappy life. My mother lived unhappy and she died unhappy. When she could no longer take the beatings she began to drink to ease the pain. The drinking never eased her pain. Alcohol could not erase the pain that she felt, for a broken spirit who can bear? So she drank until her body ceased to breathe, until her heart ceased to pump. Yet searching for a relief that only Jesus Christ could give her.
That’s the legacy I received from my mother. I learned to do whatever it took to ease my pain. To take whatever exit I had to take in order to not feel the pain, in order to not deal with the pain. And this is how I lived my life until I met a man named Jesus who told me all about myself; a man who told me all the things that I ever did. And he gave me water; living water and I have not thirsted again. I shall not thirst again because this water that He has given me has become a fountain in me, springing up into everlasting life!
We pray you have enjoyed reading this Exclusive excerpt from "Woman at the Well" by TK Jordan. Married 5 times by the age of 34, she stands as a bold witness that no matter what issues we've had to endure, we have the strength to...GET PAST THE PAIN!
***********************************************************************
Please feel free to forward this to your email list. Remember, There is Power in Connecting, Working Together Works!
Author Contact Info: TK Jordan 3655 Classic Road Fayetteville, NC 28306 (910) 425-6310
No matter what you've been through,
Nor how bad the storm or rain,
It's time you take control of your life,
With God, you can "Get Past the Pain!
I hope you will enjoy this Excerpt titled "Get Past the Pain. If so please pass it on.
*********Woman at the Well by TK Jordan*****************
********"Woman at the Well" by TK Jordan*********
Excerpt: "Get Past the Pain"
I can’t exactly remember what age I was when I started planning my escape. I mean it’s not like at age 10 I could write out an escape route. But somewhere in my mind I was waiting for an opportunity to get out of that house. My mother is dead, she died when I was fifteen and at the time I couldn’t think of a better place for her. My mother suffered through years of physical abuse. She use to be a Christian, till my father tried to beat it out of her, then one day she just gave up. The beatings always seemed to happen late at night and usually in the kitchen. I guess this is as far as my mother could run from the bedroom before he’d catch her. He’d always catch her. I could hear it all from my bedroom.
Who could sleep through slaps across the face so loud it sounded like symbols clanging together? Who could sleep through furniture being knocked over, the sound bouncing off the wall like thunder? Who could sleep through piercing screams? As I’d lay there in my bed waiting for the time to come for me to go in the kitchen, pick my mother up off the floor and wipe the blood from her face, I’d always wonder if she’d still be breathing when I got there. Quiet. Did he stab her this time? Did he shoot her? Quiet. Is he still there? I can’t hear them fighting anymore. I have to wait for the sound of him slamming the door. Pow! There it is.
Now I rush out of bed and run to my mother’s side. If I go too soon and get in the way he’ll just beat me too. It’s dark in here. SSShhh. Where is she? Oh God I’m scared. What if she’s dead? Will he kill us too? Wait, I see her…Oh my God…she looks like a rag doll, like a crumpled rag doll, laying on the floor in the fetal position.
My thirty plus year old mother looks like a dead baby. I see blood. God I’m scared. Wait. I hear a faint whimper.
Thank you God, he didn’t kill her this time. I slowly approach my mother. I kneel down beside her and extend my hand to her. I love her. We’ve switched roles now, at 10 years old I’ve become the mother and she is the broken, battered child. I lead her to the couch and I sit down first so that she can lay her head in my lap. I stroke her hair. I tell her that its o.k. I wipe the blood from her face as she cries. We both cry. My mother cries because she has been beaten yet again, because she is damaged and hurt. Me, I cried then also but what I did not know is that I wasn’t only crying for my present, I was crying tears for my future as well. I was crying for all the damage that all of these episodes had done to my spirit. Damage done to the spirit of a ten-year-old that would soon grow into a woman, a very damaged woman.
You see, as I sat there time and time again, cleaning up the blood from my mother’s face, or trying to convince him not to beat my mother, or me, or my baby sister, I guess I took a silent oath. Not out loud but in my spirit. I never understood why my mother endured so much grief, so much pain, but I know this, no man was going to do that to me! No man would hurt me like that! No man would control my life, my happiness, and my peace of mind! When I grow up, I’ll do whatever it takes to survive. I’ll do whatever it takes to make it. No, not me! I will not live an unhappy life. My mother lived unhappy and she died unhappy. When she could no longer take the beatings she began to drink to ease the pain. The drinking never eased her pain. Alcohol could not erase the pain that she felt, for a broken spirit who can bear? So she drank until her body ceased to breathe, until her heart ceased to pump. Yet searching for a relief that only Jesus Christ could give her.
That’s the legacy I received from my mother. I learned to do whatever it took to ease my pain. To take whatever exit I had to take in order to not feel the pain, in order to not deal with the pain. And this is how I lived my life until I met a man named Jesus who told me all about myself; a man who told me all the things that I ever did. And he gave me water; living water and I have not thirsted again. I shall not thirst again because this water that He has given me has become a fountain in me, springing up into everlasting life!
We pray you have enjoyed reading this Exclusive excerpt from "Woman at the Well" by TK Jordan. Married 5 times by the age of 34, she stands as a bold witness that no matter what issues we've had to endure, we have the strength to...GET PAST THE PAIN!
***********************************************************************
Please feel free to forward this to your email list. Remember, There is Power in Connecting, Working Together Works!
Author Contact Info: TK Jordan 3655 Classic Road Fayetteville, NC 28306 (910) 425-6310
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if by amy carmichael
tortured for Christ by richard wurmbrand
shadow of the Almighty by elisabeth elliot
great women of the Christian faith by edith deen
for more contemporary books, i highly recommend anything by eric and leslie ludy. authentic beauty is for young women and is a great read. they have a new book coming out next week called when God writes your life story which i'm sure will be incredible.
happy reading
tortured for Christ by richard wurmbrand
shadow of the Almighty by elisabeth elliot
great women of the Christian faith by edith deen
for more contemporary books, i highly recommend anything by eric and leslie ludy. authentic beauty is for young women and is a great read. they have a new book coming out next week called when God writes your life story which i'm sure will be incredible.
happy reading
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I am suprised no one mentioned anything by Scott Hahn. His books are great reading and good for bible studies. He and his family were Protestant and now are Catholic. I would recommend starting with "Rome Sweet Home" as it goes thru his family's story of coming to be Catholic. Other books by Scott I have read are "Swear To God" and, "The Lambs Supper."
And yes, if you want to compare teachings the CCC (Catechism of The Catholic Church) is a start. I just don't know any on the Protestant side.
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm
And yes, if you want to compare teachings the CCC (Catechism of The Catholic Church) is a start. I just don't know any on the Protestant side.
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm
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I would recommend the Ender's series (especially Speaker for the Dead) by Orson Scott Card, who is an excellent author (although I'm not sure if he's strictly Christian). He also wrote a stand-alone novel entitled Enchantment, which is a re-telling of the Sleeping Beauty story. He's a great writer and has also written several books about women from the Bible.
=) Mandy
Additional: I should also probably add that this author has written a book about the Mormons and in Enchantment, he deals a little in magic (Sleeping Beauty is a bit of a magical story, so it's kinda unavoidable). Also, some of the ideas in the later Ender's books are a bit metaphysical. Regardless, they're all great reads and, as far as I've read, they're all pretty clean. Just thought I should let you guys know that up front.
=) Mandy
Additional: I should also probably add that this author has written a book about the Mormons and in Enchantment, he deals a little in magic (Sleeping Beauty is a bit of a magical story, so it's kinda unavoidable). Also, some of the ideas in the later Ender's books are a bit metaphysical. Regardless, they're all great reads and, as far as I've read, they're all pretty clean. Just thought I should let you guys know that up front.
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Hmm.. Well "The miracle of the Scarlet thread" is an excellent christian book its by Richard Booker
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I would HIGHLY recomend C.S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity." It's just an amazing book packed with tons of information. I'd even suggest reading it a couple of times!
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tryntostay@hisfeet
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Thanks, mochagirl for that list. Sounds like we have common interests. Some of my recommendations (some are repeats)
Francine Rivers- The Mark of the Lion series
Tim LaHaye's newest series- Babylon Rising and The Secret on Ararat (awesome books with a little of mystery)
Randy Alcorn- Lord Foulgrin Letters
L. A. Marqulli- Unholy Deception (and Nephilim)
Dee Henderson's Uncommon Heroes series
That's just a few of the ones I've read recently that I've enjoyed. I hope you find them as enjoyable.
Francine Rivers- The Mark of the Lion series
Tim LaHaye's newest series- Babylon Rising and The Secret on Ararat (awesome books with a little of mystery)
Randy Alcorn- Lord Foulgrin Letters
L. A. Marqulli- Unholy Deception (and Nephilim)
Dee Henderson's Uncommon Heroes series
That's just a few of the ones I've read recently that I've enjoyed. I hope you find them as enjoyable.
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I would HIGHLY recommend Ted Dekker - The Circle Triology (Black, Red, White). I just finished the second book and I can hardly wait to get off work to get the third book. Blink is also a great book by Ted Dekker. I have heard Three is very good and it's now in the process of being made into a movie.
I also recommend Robert Whitlow, it's the same kind of genre as John Grisham, trials, lawyers, mystery, etc. I have read many of his books and am impressed with each one.
Happy Reading!
I also recommend Robert Whitlow, it's the same kind of genre as John Grisham, trials, lawyers, mystery, etc. I have read many of his books and am impressed with each one.
Happy Reading!
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flyin high said:
I would definitely agree with this. Ted Dekker is my favorite author. I've read all of his books except Red and White. They're all so different, yet completely awesome.
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