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Christian Lit That Changed Me
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items These are some of the Christian fiction and nonfiction books that have been most formative in my walk with Christ. The titles on this list have challenged and encouraged me, opened my eyes to understand the truth in God's Word more deeply, and stirre...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of a group of Christians who plotted to kill Hitler during WWII with the aim to “drive a spoke into the wheel [of injustice].” He was eventually killed for his role in the plot. While controversial, Bonhoeffer was certainl...
The Cost of Discipleship
This is a must-read for families who want to build faith into every aspect of life together. Justin Whitmel Earley shares practical and realistic rhythms we can introduce into our everyday routines to remind ourselves and our families of what's true ...
Habits of the Household: Practicing God's Story
If you desire to cultivate deeper relationships in your life or want to learn how to be a better friend, this book will challenge and inspire you with a clear vision of how and why God created us for relationship and what it looks like practically to...
Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness
A bad tree cannot bear good fruit. If you were raised in purity culture and/or are raising a daughter (or honestly even a son), this book provides important and research-based insights on how toxic church cultures can devalue and objectify women and ...
She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings
This book will teach you how to preach the gospel to yourself in the midst of your day to day rhythms and equip you to share with others in how the good news of Christ's death and resurrection meet us personally right in the middle of our joys and st...
Gospel Fluency: Speaking Jesus' Truths Daily
Parenting is a hard and sacred calling. This book stirred my sense of calling as a parent, cultivated a deeper compassion for my children, and reframed the way I think about the daily struggles of parenting littles.
Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles + Study Questions
During WWII, Corrie ten Boom and her family were sent to concentration camps as punishment for hiding Jews in their home. This is the story of how she and her sister clung to faith and hope in Christ as they faced unimaginable loss and suffering.
The Hiding Place
As a young Korean Christian, Ahn E. Sook refused to bow before Japanese shrines and was condemned to a life in prison. There, she remained faithful to Christ and shared her faith with fellow prisoners. This book inspired me so much as a teen!
If I Perish
“And here is the part that gets hard to believe: Sima, my mom, read about [Jesus] and became a Christian too. Not just a regular one, who keeps it in their pocket. She fell in love. She wanted everybody to have what she had, to be free, to realize th...
Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story)
Fiction
This beautiful allegory came into my life in a hard season, and Much Afraid’s journey to the High Places was such an encouraging and comforting reminder of Christ’s presence and provision in the valleys and the rocky places in our lives.
Hinds' Feet on High Places (Visual Journey)
Theo of Golden is the sweet story of a man transformed by faith who wants every person he meets to feel seen, known, and loved. If only we all lived a little more like Theo!
Theo of Golden: A Novel
The Mitford series is so wholesome and cozy. These comfort reads follow the life of Father Tim, an Episcopalian rector in a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. I love the way Jan Karon, who came to faith late in life herself, br...
At Home in Mitford: A Novel
The Chronicles of Narnia are childhood favorites that get better as I get older. These fantastic stories will stir your heart and imagination toward what is true and good.
The Chronicles of Narnia 7-Book Box Set
I read The Screwtape Letters in high school, and I found it to be such an imaginative way to consider how spiritual warfare plays out in the mundane moments of our day-to-day lives.
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis