Suggest a book for me?

[webofiron]

I am looking for a book that really challenges the way we live as Christians. I do not want to question beliefs, but how we play out our roll in God's plan. Shake up our complacency, challenge the way that we do things. I am teaching our class next session, and I'm leaning towards calling it 'Rethink Everything'.
I have looked into David Platts book, "Radical", but I want to go beyond living the 'American Dream'. I want to evaluate whether or not we our actually fooling ourselves into believing our own...I guess...'Christian Dream'. Where we believe in our actions, more than our God. I wish you could hear the sincerity in this post, because I am not wanting to doubt our God, just our habits-our practices. I have been writing a lot of my own lessons, but found that I would really like some solid reference, and some guidance from anyone that hears this.
Thank you so much...

 

[Daisy215]

The only one I can think of that's made me challenged my faith was The Shack, by WG Young.

It's challenge is "How can there be a God in a world so cruel and evil?"
It's a page turner from beginning to end.

 

[Scottish Knight]

Have you read "The Cost of Discipleship" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer? That's an excellent and challenging read - I'd highly reccomend it

 

[JasperJackson]

Desiring God - John Piper

 

[billymissouri]

The Seven Wonders That Will Change Your Life
By Glenn Beck and Keith Ablow, M.D.

 

[daydreamergurl15]

The Screwtape Letters-C.S. Lewis

 

[LovesToBless]

A Chance to Die by Amy Carmichael

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 - Keller

written by a modern day shepherd and goes into depth explaining what the things in the psalm are in relation to the life of sheep (such as annointing the head with oil)

Hudson Taylor and Maria


The first and third books are about missionaries and I've found that reading about them can be very challenging to our American Christian viewpoint.

 

[LovesToBless]

Just thought of a even more modern book called

The Heavenly Man - which is a true story of a modern Chinese man who was imprisoned for his faith. By Brother Yun and Paul Hattaway

My husband has read it...I haven't yet. He told me a bit about it and it's unbelievable what this man went through. Inspirational reading!

 

[keith99]

Have you read "The Cost of Discipleship" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer? That's an excellent and challenging read - I'd highly reccomend it

That is the first thing that came to mind for me. If one wants more I'd also reccoment Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Eberhard Bethge (sp). Some of the details of his life are rather inspiring for anyone who can see the subtle things.

In a completely different vein I'd reccoment "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. Some strugle with this one as it is told from Satan's viewpoint. So it is not for everyone. It has some definite advantages for a study group as each chapter is pretty much stand alone. It also deals with more ordinary temptations to fall short, not huge thigns, little things. For me it was a light read, but then I'm a bit of a math geek. (Important side note. This book has been translated into American. Avoid that translation,. it butchers many points. If there are no German Soldiers, if there is Liver and Onions instead of tripe and msot importnat if there is Liberal and Conservative Christianity instead of the High and Low Church you have the American translation. Either throw it out or keep it and contrast it to the original, perhaps with a view that Screwtape himself was involved in the translation).

 

[Jaxy H]

"Don't Waste Your Life" by John Piper - He's an amazing theologian/writer.

"The Wild Goose Chase" by Mark Batterson

 

[Corallary]

Manly Dominion or Womanly Dominion by Mark Chanski. He gives pretty good insight on how modern Christian men and women should live. These two books of his explore the extent to which our society's mores clash with the Biblical principles. I highly recommend them if you are also into learning more about gender identification and roles and marriage, even.

 

[newbee]

I´m reading "They Marched into Sunlight" which is dedicated to commemoration of 64 American soldiers that got killed in action on Oct 17th 1967 of Vietnam War, during "the battle of Ong Thanh"

 

[If Not For Grace]

The Screwtape Letters-C.S. Lewis

Excellent for the "devil's" perpective..

Non-fiction "Battlefield of the Mind" Joyce Meyer

 

[Thinkfaest]

The Threat: A guidebook for the young in faith

you can get a copy @ athreateningbook.com