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Christian Spiritual Growth Books


59490: 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life 90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life
By Don Piper with Cecil Murphey / Baker

After a devastating car accident, Baptist minister Don Piper is pronounced dead at the scene. During the next 90 minutes, he remembers hearing beautiful music, meeting those who had a spiritual impact in his life, and experiences deep peace--until suddenly he is brought back to "real life" through another minister's prayer in this amazing true story.

836979: Life with God: Reading the Bible for Spiritual Transformation Life with God: Reading the Bible for Spiritual Transformation
By Richard J. Foster / HarperOne

Many of us read the Bible like we're at a fast-food restaurant--we want nourishment quickly and read only to satisfy the gnawing hunger. We want the Bible to meet our needs, and it does, but-- what if we the read the Bible like a five-course meal, pausing to savor and enjoy, allowing the experience to settle and transform us. In "Life with God," Richard Foster introduces you to the "with-God life," showing you how to experience the Scriptures in a deeper way. Allow the truth of Scripture not only to meet your needs, but transform you into the image of Christ.

46952: The Life You"ve Always Wanted, Expanded Edition The Life You've Always Wanted, Expanded Edition
By John Ortberg / Zondervan

The heart of Christianity is transformation---a relationship with God that impacts not just our "spiritual lives," but every aspect of living. John Ortberg calls you back to the dynamic heartbeat of Christianity---God's power to bring change and growth---and reveals both the how and why of transformation.

With a new chapter on prayer and added discussion questions, this expanded edition of The Life You've Always Wanted offers modern perspectives on the ancient path of the spiritual disciplines. But this is more than just a book about things to do to be a good Christian. It's a road map toward true transformation that starts not with the individual but with the object of the journey---Jesus Christ.

As with a marathon runner, the secret to winning the race lies not in trying harder, but in training consistently---training with the spiritual disciplines. The disciplines are neither taskmasters nor an end in themselves. Rather they are exercises that build strength and endurance for the road of growth. The fruit of the Spirit are the signposts along the way.

Paved with humor and sparkling anecdotes, The Life You've Always Wanted is an encouraging and challenging approach to a Christian life that's worth living---a life on the edge that fills an ordinary world with new meaning, hope, change, and joy.


60157: The Pursuit of God The Pursuit of God
By A.W. Tozer / Wingspread Publishers

In the muddle of day-to-day life, have you somehow forgotten that Christianity is a living, vibrant relationship with a personal God? In this classic bestseller and recipient of both the ECPA Gold and Platinum Book Awards, The Pursuit of God reminds and challenges you to renew your relationship with your loving God. In each of the 10 chapters, Tozer explains one aspect of hungering for God and ends with a prayer.

074037: Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, Hardcover Gift Edition: Finding Intimacy with God Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, Hardcover Gift Edition: Finding Intimacy with God
By Joanna Weaver / Waterbrook Press

The life of a woman today isn't really all that different from that of Mary and Martha in the New Testament. Like Mary, you long to sit at the Lord's feet, but the daily demands of a busy world just won't leave you alone. Like Martha, you love Jesus and really want to serve Him, yet you struggle with weariness, resentment and feelings of inadequacy. Using this familair story Weaver shows you how to find a balance of spending time with Jesus and how that can flow into a life of loving service. This gift edition includes a study guide for individual or group use. 272 pages, hardcover from Waterbrook Press.

919592: Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of  24 Little Hours Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Little Hours
By Max Lucado / Thomas Nelson

When lounging in a tropical paradise, closing an advantageous business deal, receiving an A on an exam, or welcoming your first child into the world, it's easy to affirm, "This is the day the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" (Psalm 118:24, NKJV). But what about the other days? Days when traffic's snarled for hours, your spouse isn't speaking to you, the mortgage is late, or the doctor bears heartbreaking news. Can these be days the LORD has made? Max Lucado says "Yes, every day." Drawing stories from daily life and the Bible, he prescribes a formula for rejoicing in the midst of your very worst days. By saturating your day in grace, entrusting it to God's oversight, and accepting His direction (G-O-D), you can upgrade your day from shame-filled, anxious, purposeless---you name it---to blue-ribbon status.

1650X: Knowing God: 20th Anniversary Edition Knowing God: 20th Anniversary Edition
By J.I. Packer / Inter-varsity Press

J. I. Packer's Knowing God has become a classic of the Christian faith. Why? While it gives us information about God with clarity and grace, it does much more---it aids us in actually knowing him, in building our relationship with him, and helps draw us closer to him in love and worship. This 20th anniversary edition of Packer's classic has new Americanized text, reader-friendly type, and a new preface. Study guide not included.

79422: Heaven Heaven
By Randy Alcorn / Tyndale House

As the years pass and we watch more and more of our family, friends and mentors pass away, it is only natural to ask questions about heaven. However, our understanding of heaven is often limited to a few half-forgotten Sunday school lessons and the insubstantial images provided by popular movies and T.V. Fortunately, in Heaven Randy Alcorn provides us with a thoroughly researched and biblically definitive description of heaven. As Alcorn addresses our most serious questions about heaven, including the nature of judgment, and answers a few of our less serious questions as well, including the accessibility of cafe mochas the sweet by and by, we will develop a deeper understanding of our eternal destination and will find the courage to strive for heaven while we're living on earth.

90174X: Hidden in Plain Sight: The Secret of More Hidden in Plain Sight: The Secret of More
By Mark Buchanan / W Publishing

In Hidden in Plain Sight, pastor and author Mark Buchanan introduces you to an age-old antidote to modern ills---the pursuit of virtue. Virtue at first may seem, as it did to Buchanan, an obsolete, restrictive, and fusty idea. "I still have moments where I think the good life is seeking my own pleasure at my own convenience, so the very thought of practicing virtue chafed me," he writes. He never imagined that it was actually the path to living life to the full, but that's what he's discovering: "a world vast, and beautiful and holy---that all along has been hidden in plain sight."

Hidden in Plain Sight invites you to consider what it truly means to live the "good life." Buchanan offers a course in living with holy vigor, based on the seven virtues recommended by the apostle Peter: goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love.


75515: A Man"s Guide to the Spiritual Disciplines: 12 Habits  to Strengthen Your Walk with Christ A Man's Guide to the Spiritual Disciplines: 12 Habits to Strengthen Your Walk with Christ
By Patrick Morley / Moody Publishers

For every ten men in church, nine will have children who leave the church. Eight will not find their jobs satisfying. Six will pay only the monthly minimum on their credit card balances. Five will have a major problem with pornography. Four will get divorced (affecting one million children per year). Only one will have a biblical worldview, and all ten will wrestle to balance work and family. With these kinds of issues facing men today, we need more than an annual men's gathering and regular church attendance to keep our faith strong. It takes discipline and determination to stand against the tide.

A Man's Guide to the Spiritual Disciplines gives you the tools you need to reflect Christ in the context of marriage, family, and the daily grind. Morley highlights twelve habits that will strengthen your walk with Christ, including:

  • Experiencing God in creation
  • Letting the Bible change your life
  • Learning the power of prayer
  • Grasping God's greatness through worship
  • Gaining strength through Sabbath
  • Thriving because of fellowship
  • Succeeding through wise counsel
  • And more
By presenting each discipline with a concise overview, several examples, and application ideas to get you going, this guidebook will help you develop the maturity every man of God was designed to reflect.

072476: Having a Mary Spirit: Allowing God to Change Us from the Inside Out Having a Mary Spirit: Allowing God to Change Us from the Inside Out
By Joanna Weaver / Random House, Inc

We long to serve God with grace and strength, to reflect Christ in every word and action. Yet we find ourselves continually struggling to bring that vision to life in our daily walk. At the very core, every one of us is a "twisted sister" within whom the flesh and spirit battle constantly for control. We are afflicted with spiritual schizophrenia, the disconnect between our "good girl" desire to put Jesus first and our "bad girl" realities that crowd our thoughts and push him out of the way.

In Having a Mary Spirit, Weaver, author of the bestseller Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, directs your gaze past your own shortcomings to the God who stands ready, willing, and able to make a new woman out of you. She equips you with biblical insights and practical tools to partner with Christ, inviting him into the hidden places of your soul and giving him full permission to redeem and renovate. Drawing on the stories of biblical Marys and others whose experience with God transformed their lives, Weaver shows how you can find the hope, healing, wholeness, and joy your heart longs for. Includes a 12-week Bible study for both individual reflection and group discussion.


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