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Tactics

by Gregory Koukl • 2000

You're losing arguments you should win. The problem isn't your evidence, it's your approach.

4.35

9k+

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📣 Evangelism Methods ❓ Socratic Method

Tactics

You're losing arguments you should win. The problem isn't your evidence, it's your approach.

by Gregory Koukl 2000 208 pages

4.35

9k+ ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📣 Evangelism Methods ❓ Socratic Method

Jesus, Interrupted

by Bart D. Ehrman • 2009

Thousands of manuscript variants and nineteen false bylines: what actually built the New Testament.

3.99

11k+

🧠 Biblical Criticism ⛪ Early Christianity ✝️ Historical Jesus

Jesus, Interrupted

Thousands of manuscript variants and nineteen false bylines: what actually built the New Testament.

by Bart D. Ehrman 2009 304 pages

3.99

11k+ ratings

🧠 Biblical Criticism ⛪ Early Christianity ✝️ Historical Jesus

The Power Worshippers

by Katherine Stewart • 2020

Christian nationalism isn't a faith movement. It's a political machine, and democracy is the target.

4.26

2k+

⛪ Christian Nationalism 🇺🇸 American Politics ⚖️ Church And State

The Power Worshippers

Christian nationalism isn't a faith movement. It's a political machine, and democracy is the target.

by Katherine Stewart 2020 352 pages

4.26

2k+ ratings

⛪ Christian Nationalism 🇺🇸 American Politics ⚖️ Church And State

A Class With Drucker

by William A. Cohen • 2007

Demons need legal doors. Find them, close them, and drive out the invaders. A step-by-step manual.

3.85

185

🛡️ Spiritual Warfare 🙏 Deliverance Ministry ⛓️ Breaking Strongholds

A Class With Drucker

Demons need legal doors. Find them, close them, and drive out the invaders. A step-by-step manual.

by William A. Cohen 2007 258 pages

3.85

185 ratings

🛡️ Spiritual Warfare 🙏 Deliverance Ministry ⛓️ Breaking Strongholds

Preparing Expository Sermons

by Ramesh Richard • 2001

Seven deliberate steps from ancient text to modern sermon: a craftsman's method for preachers.

4.00

214

🎙️ Homiletics 📖 Expository Preaching 🔍 Biblical Interpretation

Preparing Expository Sermons

Seven deliberate steps from ancient text to modern sermon: a craftsman's method for preachers.

by Ramesh Richard 2001 224 pages

4.00

214 ratings

🎙️ Homiletics 📖 Expository Preaching 🔍 Biblical Interpretation

Praying Backwards

by Bryan Chapell • 2005

Most Christians end prayers with Jesus' name. Start there and prayer stops being about you.

4.16

500+

🕊️ Christian Prayer 📖 Prayer Guides ✝️ God-Centered Prayer

Praying Backwards

Most Christians end prayers with Jesus' name. Start there and prayer stops being about you.

by Bryan Chapell 2005 208 pages

4.16

500+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Prayer 📖 Prayer Guides ✝️ God-Centered Prayer

Lost Scriptures

by Bart D. Ehrman • 2003

These are the scriptures early Christians debated, revered, and ultimately excluded from the Bible.

4.00

2k+

⛪ Early Christianity 🐍 Gnosticism 📜 Apocryphal Writings

Lost Scriptures

These are the scriptures early Christians debated, revered, and ultimately excluded from the Bible.

by Bart D. Ehrman 2003 352 pages

4.00

2k+ ratings

⛪ Early Christianity 🐍 Gnosticism 📜 Apocryphal Writings

What in the World Is Going On?

by David Jeremiah • 2008

Today's headlines were written in prophecy 2,500 years ago. What comes next matters more.

4.18

1k+

🕰️ End Times Prophecy ⛪ Premillennial Theology ☁️ Rapture

What in the World Is Going On?

Today's headlines were written in prophecy 2,500 years ago. What comes next matters more.

by David Jeremiah 2008 257 pages

4.18

1k+ ratings

🕰️ End Times Prophecy ⛪ Premillennial Theology ☁️ Rapture

The Prodigal Son

by Sara Cate • 2025

A closeted country singer and a preacher with a secret past risk everything for a forbidden love.

4.42

8k+

✝️ Religious Trauma 🛑 Conversion Therapy 🤫 Secret Relationship

The Prodigal Son

A closeted country singer and a preacher with a secret past risk everything for a forbidden love.

by Sara Cate 2025 412 pages

4.42

8k+ ratings

✝️ Religious Trauma 🛑 Conversion Therapy 🤫 Secret Relationship

The History of the Church

by Eusebius

Christianity's first historian was a bishop who watched churches burn, then saw an emperor bow.

4.01

4k+

🔔 Church History ⛪ Early Christianity 🏛️ Roman Empire

The History of the Church

Christianity's first historian was a bishop who watched churches burn, then saw an emperor bow.

by Eusebius 435 pages

4.01

4k+ ratings

🔔 Church History ⛪ Early Christianity 🏛️ Roman Empire

Paul the Missionary

by Eckhard J. Schnabel • 2008

Paul's methods have been studied for centuries. They weren't what made his mission work.

4.34

🕊️ Apostle Paul 🌍 Missiology ⛪ Early Church

Paul the Missionary

Paul's methods have been studied for centuries. They weren't what made his mission work.

by Eckhard J. Schnabel 2008 518 pages

4.34

85 ratings

🕊️ Apostle Paul 🌍 Missiology ⛪ Early Church

The Crucifixion of the King of Glory

by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou • 2022

An illegal trial, a political execution, and a paradox: how shame became the center of history.

4.71

412

🕊️ Passion Narratives 🔍 Historical Jesus 📜 Biblical Historicity

The Crucifixion of the King of Glory

An illegal trial, a political execution, and a paradox: how shame became the center of history.

by Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou 2022 446 pages

4.71

412 ratings

🕊️ Passion Narratives 🔍 Historical Jesus 📜 Biblical Historicity

The Potter's Promise

by Leighton Flowers • 2015

What if predestination names the blessings believers inherit, not who becomes a believer?

4.28

500+

✝️ Arminian Theology ⚔️ Calvinism Debate 📜 Divine Election

The Potter's Promise

What if predestination names the blessings believers inherit, not who becomes a believer?

by Leighton Flowers 2015 183 pages

4.28

500+ ratings

✝️ Arminian Theology ⚔️ Calvinism Debate 📜 Divine Election

The Apocrypha

by Anonymous • 1938

Wisdom, resistance, and apocalyptic vision: the contested books between the Testaments.

3.84

378

📜 Wisdom Literature 📖 Ancient Scripture ⚖️ Divine Justice

The Apocrypha

Wisdom, resistance, and apocalyptic vision: the contested books between the Testaments.

by Anonymous 1938 528 pages

3.84

378 ratings

📜 Wisdom Literature 📖 Ancient Scripture ⚖️ Divine Justice

How Jesus Became Christian by Barrie Wilson

by Barrie Wilson • 2008

Paul's faith buried Jesus's Jewish teachings. That cover-up is the root of anti-Semitism.

3.77

236

🏛️ Early Christianity ✝️ Historical Jesus 📜 Pauline Christianity

How Jesus Became Christian by Barrie Wilson

Paul's faith buried Jesus's Jewish teachings. That cover-up is the root of anti-Semitism.

by Barrie Wilson 2008

3.77

236 ratings

🏛️ Early Christianity ✝️ Historical Jesus 📜 Pauline Christianity

The Gospel in a Pluralist Society

by Lesslie Newbigin • 1989

The gospel is public truth, not private preference. The real evidence is a congregation living it.

4.17

2k+

🗺️ Missiology 📖 Gospel And Culture 🕉️ Religious Pluralism

The Gospel in a Pluralist Society

The gospel is public truth, not private preference. The real evidence is a congregation living it.

by Lesslie Newbigin 1989 264 pages

4.17

2k+ ratings

🗺️ Missiology 📖 Gospel And Culture 🕉️ Religious Pluralism

The Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit

by Photius • 1983

The Filioque gives the Spirit two causes. Photius shows why that fractures the Trinity from within.

4.07

🕊️ Trinitarian Theology ☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🏛️ Greek Fathers

The Mystagogy of the Holy Spirit

The Filioque gives the Spirit two causes. Photius shows why that fractures the Trinity from within.

by Photius 1983 120 pages

4.07

74 ratings

🕊️ Trinitarian Theology ☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🏛️ Greek Fathers

The Infinite Atonement

by Tad R. Callister • 2000

Infinite in reach, singular in necessity: the Atonement is the event on which every soul depends.

4.65

6k+

🏛️ Lds Theology ✝️ Atonement ✨ Divine Grace

The Infinite Atonement

Infinite in reach, singular in necessity: the Atonement is the event on which every soul depends.

by Tad R. Callister 2000 356 pages

4.65

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Lds Theology ✝️ Atonement ✨ Divine Grace

Adam's Deep Sleep

by James Mawdsley • 2022

From Adam's rib to Jonah's whale, the Old Testament's strangest moments were previews of the Cross.

4.68

🏛️ Biblical Typology 📖 Catholic Theology ✝️ Paschal Mystery

Adam's Deep Sleep

From Adam's rib to Jonah's whale, the Old Testament's strangest moments were previews of the Cross.

by James Mawdsley 2022 221 pages

4.68

65 ratings

🏛️ Biblical Typology 📖 Catholic Theology ✝️ Paschal Mystery

The Words and Works of Jesus Christ

by J. Dwight Pentecost • 1981

The Gospels are the story of a kingdom offered to Israel, then refused, then postponed.

4.13

187

✝️ Christology 📖 Life Of Christ 🏛️ Dispensationalism

The Words and Works of Jesus Christ

The Gospels are the story of a kingdom offered to Israel, then refused, then postponed.

by J. Dwight Pentecost 1981 640 pages

4.13

187 ratings

✝️ Christology 📖 Life Of Christ 🏛️ Dispensationalism

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