19 Books like Timothy Keller

50 People Every Christian Should Know

by Warren W. Wiersbe • 2009

Fifty spiritual giants, fifty lessons: the preaching and leadership wisdom no degree confers.

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🧱 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 📋 Ministry Principles 🗣️ Preaching Wisdom 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

50 People Every Christian Should Know Summary

50 People Every Christian Should Know 97%

Fifty spiritual giants, fifty lessons: the preaching and leadership wisdom no degree confers.

by Warren W. Wiersbe 2009

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧱 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 📋 Ministry Principles 🗣️ Preaching Wisdom 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

R. C. Sproul

by Stephen J. Nichols • 2021

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

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✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Biography 🎙️ Expository Preaching

R. C. Sproul 96%

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

by Stephen J. Nichols 2021

4.56

1k+ ratings

✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Biography 🎙️ Expository Preaching

Twelve Ordinary Men

by John F. MacArthur Jr. • 2002

No scholars. No elites. Twelve fishermen and outcasts became the church. The method still works.

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🕊️ Biblical Discipleship 📖 Biblical Biography 🌱 Spiritual Formation ✝️ Evangelical Theology ⛪ Apostolic Ministry

Twelve Ordinary Men 96%

No scholars. No elites. Twelve fishermen and outcasts became the church. The method still works.

by John F. MacArthur Jr. 2002

4.24

8k+ ratings

🕊️ Biblical Discipleship 📖 Biblical Biography 🌱 Spiritual Formation ✝️ Evangelical Theology ⛪ Apostolic Ministry

The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon

by Steven J. Lawson • 2012

Spurgeon held that Calvinism and evangelism fuel each other. The most published preacher proves it.

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🏛️ Reformed Theology 📖 Gospel Preaching ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🔥 Evangelistic Zeal 🎯 Pastoral Ministry

The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon Summary

The Gospel Focus of Charles Spurgeon 96%

Spurgeon held that Calvinism and evangelism fuel each other. The most published preacher proves it.

by Steven J. Lawson 2012

4.31

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Reformed Theology 📖 Gospel Preaching ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🔥 Evangelistic Zeal 🎯 Pastoral Ministry

Seven More Men

by Eric Metaxas • 2020

Seven men who changed the world refused fame and fortune. Here is what they chased instead.

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🕊️ Christian Biography 👑 Spiritual Leadership 🦸 Christian Heroes ⛪ Protestant History ✝️ Evangelical Christianity

Seven More Men 96%

Seven men who changed the world refused fame and fortune. Here is what they chased instead.

by Eric Metaxas 2020

4.46

602 ratings

🕊️ Christian Biography 👑 Spiritual Leadership 🦸 Christian Heroes ⛪ Protestant History ✝️ Evangelical Christianity

Charles Spurgeon

by John Piper • 2015

Spurgeon's secret to preaching through depression, illness, and attack for 38 years.

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📖 Christian Biography ⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🎤 Preaching ✝️ Soul-Winning 🕊️ Adversity And Suffering

Charles Spurgeon 96%

Spurgeon's secret to preaching through depression, illness, and attack for 38 years.

by John Piper 2015

4.40

157 ratings

📖 Christian Biography ⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🎤 Preaching ✝️ Soul-Winning 🕊️ Adversity And Suffering

7 Men

by Eric Metaxas • 2013

A Nixon enforcer went to prison and found his calling. Six other lives, one surrender.

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📖 Christian Biography 🙏 Faith-Based Leadership 🔄 Redemption Stories 🛠️ Servant Leadership 🔁 Second Acts

7 Men 95%

A Nixon enforcer went to prison and found his calling. Six other lives, one surrender.

by Eric Metaxas 2013

4.23

7k+ ratings

📖 Christian Biography 🙏 Faith-Based Leadership 🔄 Redemption Stories 🛠️ Servant Leadership 🔁 Second Acts

Loving the City

by Timothy J. Keller • 2016

Four ways the church engages culture. Each is half-right, each is dangerous. The center is ancient.

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🏙️ Cultural Engagement 🏗️ Urban Ministry 🌍 Post-Christian Society 🖼️ Image Of God 🌐 Missional Theology

Loving the City 95%

Four ways the church engages culture. Each is half-right, each is dangerous. The center is ancient.

by Timothy J. Keller 2016

4.28

242 ratings

🏙️ Cultural Engagement 🏗️ Urban Ministry 🌍 Post-Christian Society 🖼️ Image Of God 🌐 Missional Theology

Church Shift Revolutionizing Your Faith Church, and Life for the 21st Century

by Sunday Adelaja • 2008

Your church isn't a sanctuary; it's a launchpad. The manual for taking your faith outside.

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🎨 Faith And Culture ⛪️ Missional Church 👑 Kingdom Theology 🧭 Vocational Calling ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Church Shift Revolutionizing Your Faith Church, and Life for the 21st Century Summary

Church Shift Revolutionizing Your Faith Church, and Life for the 21st Century 95%

Your church isn't a sanctuary; it's a launchpad. The manual for taking your faith outside.

by Sunday Adelaja 2008

4.37

144 ratings

🎨 Faith And Culture ⛪️ Missional Church 👑 Kingdom Theology 🧭 Vocational Calling ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Growing Young

by Kara Powell • 2016

Six shifts that fill a church with young adults, proven across hundreds of congregations.

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🧒 Youth Ministry ⛪ Church Leadership 🔄 Congregational Renewal 👵 Intergenerational Church 🌱 Faith Formation

Growing Young 95%

Six shifts that fill a church with young adults, proven across hundreds of congregations.

by Kara Powell 2016

4.14

1k+ ratings

🧒 Youth Ministry ⛪ Church Leadership 🔄 Congregational Renewal 👵 Intergenerational Church 🌱 Faith Formation

Defining Moments

by Bill Johnson • 2015

Wesley, Finney, and Moody were spiritual nobodies. One God-encounter later, they rewrote history.

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✝️ Heroes Of The Faith 🔥 Revival History 🕊️ Holy Spirit Encounters 🙌 Surrender And Obedience 🙏 Hunger For God

Defining Moments 95%

Wesley, Finney, and Moody were spiritual nobodies. One God-encounter later, they rewrote history.

by Bill Johnson 2015

4.37

211 ratings

✝️ Heroes Of The Faith 🔥 Revival History 🕊️ Holy Spirit Encounters 🙌 Surrender And Obedience 🙏 Hunger For God

Spiritual Leadership

by J. Oswald Sanders • 1994

Spiritual leadership costs more than secular leadership, and the price begins in private.

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🏛️ Christian Leadership 🧎 Servant Leadership 🌱 Discipleship 🛐 Spiritual Disciplines 🪨 Character Formation

Spiritual Leadership 94%

Spiritual leadership costs more than secular leadership, and the price begins in private.

by J. Oswald Sanders 1994

4.18

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Christian Leadership 🧎 Servant Leadership 🌱 Discipleship 🛐 Spiritual Disciplines 🪨 Character Formation

The Cross and Christian Ministry

by D.A. Carson • 1993

The Corinthians chased celebrity leaders; Paul gave them a cross and called it power.

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📖 New Testament Exegesis 🐑 Pastoral Leadership ✝️ Gospel Centrality 🧎 Servant Leadership 👁️ Spiritual Discernment

The Cross and Christian Ministry Summary

The Cross and Christian Ministry 94%

The Corinthians chased celebrity leaders; Paul gave them a cross and called it power.

by D.A. Carson 1993

4.31

1k+ ratings

📖 New Testament Exegesis 🐑 Pastoral Leadership ✝️ Gospel Centrality 🧎 Servant Leadership 👁️ Spiritual Discernment

The Faithful Preacher

by Thabiti M. Anyabwile • 2007

Three forgotten black pastors built ministry on character, not noise. Their words still confront.

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⛪ Black Church Tradition 📖 Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Christian Character 📣 Biblical Preaching 🤝 Racial Reconciliation

The Faithful Preacher 94%

Three forgotten black pastors built ministry on character, not noise. Their words still confront.

by Thabiti M. Anyabwile 2007

4.25

163 ratings

⛪ Black Church Tradition 📖 Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Christian Character 📣 Biblical Preaching 🤝 Racial Reconciliation

On Pastoring

by H.B. Charles Jr. • 2016

A pastor's survival manual: how to guard your soul, your family, and your calling.

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⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🧭 Church Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation 🕊️ Personal Holiness 📞 Pastoral Calling

On Pastoring 94%

A pastor's survival manual: how to guard your soul, your family, and your calling.

by H.B. Charles Jr. 2016

4.46

412 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🧭 Church Leadership 🙏 Spiritual Formation 🕊️ Personal Holiness 📞 Pastoral Calling

15 Success Habits of Bishop David Oyedepo

by Daniel C. Okpara • 2016

15 habits from a Nigerian bishop: built a 50,000-seat church debt-free, no borrowing, no shortcuts.

4.48

🧑‍🏫 Pentecostal Leadership 🌍 African Christianity 📖 Spiritual Biographies 💸 Debt-Free Living 🔁 Habit Design

15 Success Habits of Bishop David Oyedepo Summary

15 Success Habits of Bishop David Oyedepo 94%

15 habits from a Nigerian bishop: built a 50,000-seat church debt-free, no borrowing, no shortcuts.

by Daniel C. Okpara 2016

4.48

44 ratings

🧑‍🏫 Pentecostal Leadership 🌍 African Christianity 📖 Spiritual Biographies 💸 Debt-Free Living 🔁 Habit Design

The Purpose Driven Church

by Rick Warren • 1995

Five purposes beat endless programs: a church blueprint that grows from living room to movement.

3.99

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🏛️ Church Leadership 📈 Church Growth 🚪 Seeker-Sensitive Ministry 🌱 Intentional Discipleship 📊 Church Growth Movement

The Purpose Driven Church 94%

Five purposes beat endless programs: a church blueprint that grows from living room to movement.

by Rick Warren 1995

3.99

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Church Leadership 📈 Church Growth 🚪 Seeker-Sensitive Ministry 🌱 Intentional Discipleship 📊 Church Growth Movement

Preaching

by Timothy J. Keller • 2015

How to preach grace to skeptics: faithful exposition that offers Christ, not good advice.

4.48

4k+

📖 Homiletics ⛪ Pastoral Theology 📜 Biblical Interpretation ✝️ Grace-Centered Faith 🌍 Faith And Culture

Preaching 94%

How to preach grace to skeptics: faithful exposition that offers Christ, not good advice.

by Timothy J. Keller 2015

4.48

4k+ ratings

📖 Homiletics ⛪ Pastoral Theology 📜 Biblical Interpretation ✝️ Grace-Centered Faith 🌍 Faith And Culture

The Cross and the Switchblade

by David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

4.27

60k+

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

The Cross and the Switchblade 94%

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

by David Wilkerson 1963

4.27

60k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

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