51 Books Every Christian Should Read…
I love books.
Throughout my spiritual journey, books have been my companions.
Books never leave me empty handed. I always end up finding something…
Sometimes it’s a little wisdom. Or much needed light. Other times its hope to believe. Or answers that don’t satisfy.
I’ve found sanity in knowing that I’m not the only one. And understanding for now.
Sometimes all I get is information or knowledge for the journey.
And often I discover encouragement and laughter. Or a reason to cry. Or doubt.
And so much more…
On the following list (in no particular order) are some of the books that have affected my Christian spirituality in some way. While most are written by Christians, some are not. I don’t agree with every word or thought or theology in each of these books. But each of them have brought me something, something that has shaped small parts of my faith in God. Some of these books continue to shape my faith. These are the books that have found me at places in my life when I needed them. Their words have pushed me to keep going, to keep believing, to keep doubting, to keep asking, to keep sharing, and sometimes to keep still…
Perhaps there’s a book on this list that will find you…
Christian Spirituality/Living
What’s So Amazing About Grace?
The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
Grace Walk: What You’ve Always Wanted in the Christian Life
Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire: What Happens When God’s Spirit Invades the Heart of His People
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives
unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity… and Why It Matters
God.com: Extreme Intimacy with an Interactive God
Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters
Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
Objects of His Affection: Coming Alive to the Compelling Love of God
See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity
How Then, Shall We Live?: Four Simple Questions That Reveal the Beauty and Meaning of Our Lives
Theology
Scripture and the Authority of God: How to Read the Bible Today
If Grace Is True: Why God Will Save Every Person
Insurrection: To Believe Is Human To Doubt, Divine
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith
Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices
Spiritual Memoirs
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
Praying for Strangers: An Adventure of the Human Spirit
Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
Christian Classics
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
Valley of Vision: A collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions
Non-Christian Books About Faith
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (fiction)
What are some of the titles that you think every Christian should read?!
Rick Santorum’s latest fear tactic: ‘Obamaville’
Found at Christian Nightmares.
Christian t-shirt of the day!
Church sign of the day!
Sharing ‘Jesus’ with Instagram…
The other day I searched images that were tagged “Jesus” on Instagram.
These are a few of the pictures that I found.
Do you use Instagram to share Jesus?
If you’d like to follow me on Instagram, my username is @MatthewPaulTurner….
Are Christians conspiring against the movie ‘Blue Like Jazz’
That’s what Christianity Today reported yesterday…
The director of Blue Like Jazz, a film based on Don Miller’s popular book, says that the “Christian Movie Establishment … is out to get us.”
That’s what Steve Taylor, director of the film that releases next month, wrote in a provocative blog post this morning at the Blue Like Jazz website, a post that also went out to thousands of subscribers to the film’s e-newsletter. Taylor claimed that the executive producer of Courageous, Fireproof and Facing the Giants has declared that no one who worked on Blue Like Jazz would ever be allowed to work on one of his own movies. Taylor also wrote that a studio exec requested that the Blue Like Jazz trailer not be shown prior to another Christian film opening this weekend.
Taylor wrote that Sherwood Baptist Church executive pastor Jim McBride—a producer on Courageous, Fireproof, and Facing the Giants—had “issued what amounts to a fatwa against Blue Like Jazz when he made it known that nobody who worked on our movie would be allowed to work with them in the future.” He also wrote that this “edict” was issued before Jazz had ever been screened.
CT was unable to verify Taylor’s claim, but Taylor insisted that two of his “trusted associates” had seen the memo from McBride, which Taylor says came out last May. Taylor says he asked his associates to verify the accuracy of his blog post before it went live; he told CT they both said, “Yeah, it’s accurate.” Taylor added, “I wouldn’t write something like that just based on hearsay.”
CT asked Taylor if either of his associates would discuss McBride’s edict; both declined, but he re-affirmed that both confirmed that what Taylor blogged this morning was “absolutely” the truth. Taylor said he didn’t know why the Sherwood team would want to essentially blackball the Blue Like Jazz team. “I would understand if they had seen the movie and did not like it, or if they had seen a screenplay and did not like it, but there’s no way” either of those things happened, he said.
Read the rest of the story here?
Here’s the Blue Like Jazz trailer.
Are you excited for this movie to release? Based on the trailer, think it will be good?
Here’s an interview with Donald Miller and Steve Taylor about the movie.
Christian Celebrities Love Rick Santorum!
The Duggars loves Rick. The whole family got involved and filmed this commercial for Rick. And dang, those kiddies seem to know a lot about energy, Mexico, gun control, jobs, the constitution, economy, and Rick’s morals and values.
Michael W. Smith loves Rick.
And Rick loves Smitty, too.
How about you? Do you love Rick?!
A random act of ‘Jesus’…
‘Hunger Games’ – The Sermon
Hunger Games Sermon from Andrew Ruth on Vimeo.
That was interesting.
Jesus reveals himself to one woman during ‘The Bachelor’…
Why do you think “Jesus sighting” stories are so popular to local news affiliates? It seems to almost be a trend of some kind.
