Revivalism Books | Summaries & Audio

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney

by Charles Grandison Finney • 1876

A lawyer turned preacher whose blunt sermons emptied a factory floor in a single afternoon.

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🔥 American Revivalism 🕊️ Holiness Movement 🙏 Prayer And Intercession 💨 Holy Spirit Theology 🗣️ Plain Preaching

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney Summary

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney 90%

A lawyer turned preacher whose blunt sermons emptied a factory floor in a single afternoon.

by Charles Grandison Finney 1876

3.83

448 ratings

🔥 American Revivalism 🕊️ Holiness Movement 🙏 Prayer And Intercession 💨 Holy Spirit Theology 🗣️ Plain Preaching

There Is More!

by Randy Clark • 2011

The Spirit's gifts transfer. What impartation unlocks, and why the Bible treats it as basic.

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309

🔥 Charismatic Christianity 🎁 Spiritual Gifts 🌊 Revival And Renewal ⚡ Spiritual Empowerment ✨ Faith And Miracles

There Is More! 90%

The Spirit's gifts transfer. What impartation unlocks, and why the Bible treats it as basic.

by Randy Clark 2011

4.31

309 ratings

🔥 Charismatic Christianity 🎁 Spiritual Gifts 🌊 Revival And Renewal ⚡ Spiritual Empowerment ✨ Faith And Miracles

William Branham, A man sent from God

by Gordon Lindsay

In 1949, a skeptical photographer took a preacher's picture and captured a halo of light instead.

4.39

🕊️ Healing Revival ⛪ Pentecostal History 🙏 Faith Healing 📜 Prophetic Biography 👼 Angelic Encounters

William Branham, A man sent from God Summary

William Branham, A man sent from God 89%

In 1949, a skeptical photographer took a preacher's picture and captured a halo of light instead.

by Gordon Lindsay

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46 ratings

🕊️ Healing Revival ⛪ Pentecostal History 🙏 Faith Healing 📜 Prophetic Biography 👼 Angelic Encounters

The Soul Winner

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon • 1895

Spurgeon's manual for evangelism: why your holiness, sincerity, and love matter more than technique.

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👋 Personal Evangelism ⛪️ Evangelistic Preaching 🌟 Spiritual Transformation 🔥 Spiritual Empowerment 📖 Reformed Spirituality

The Soul Winner 89%

Spurgeon's manual for evangelism: why your holiness, sincerity, and love matter more than technique.

by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 1895

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2k+ ratings

👋 Personal Evangelism ⛪️ Evangelistic Preaching 🌟 Spiritual Transformation 🔥 Spiritual Empowerment 📖 Reformed Spirituality

Smith Wigglesworth

by Albert Hibbert • 1982

How a Yorkshire plumber developed a faith that healed thousands, and what it takes.

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🙌 Faith Healing 🔥 Pentecostalism 📖 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Spirit-Filled Living ⚔️ Spiritual Authority

Smith Wigglesworth 89%

How a Yorkshire plumber developed a faith that healed thousands, and what it takes.

by Albert Hibbert 1982

4.46

391 ratings

🙌 Faith Healing 🔥 Pentecostalism 📖 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Spirit-Filled Living ⚔️ Spiritual Authority

Power Through Prayer

by E.M. Bounds • 1910

The missing ingredient in powerless preaching is not more preparation but more time alone with God.

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🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 🙏 Secret Prayer 🔥 Spirit's Empowerment ❤️ Heart Religion ⏳ Importunate Prayer

Power Through Prayer 89%

The missing ingredient in powerless preaching is not more preparation but more time alone with God.

by E.M. Bounds 1910

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2k+ ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 🙏 Secret Prayer 🔥 Spirit's Empowerment ❤️ Heart Religion ⏳ Importunate Prayer

Dynamics of Spiritual Life

by Richard F. Lovelace • 1979

A framework for revival: grace, holiness, the Spirit's filling, and authority over darkness.

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🕊️ Spiritual Renewal 📖 Evangelical Theology ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare ✝️ Gospel Centrality 🤝 Church Unity

Dynamics of Spiritual Life 89%

A framework for revival: grace, holiness, the Spirit's filling, and authority over darkness.

by Richard F. Lovelace 1979

4.31

463 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Renewal 📖 Evangelical Theology ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare ✝️ Gospel Centrality 🤝 Church Unity

Vertical Church

by James MacDonald • 2012

The modern church has lost something: the lived reality of God at work. What brings it back.

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750

⛪ Church Renewal 🔥 God's Presence 🙌 Corporate Worship 📖 Preaching 🌌 Transcendence

Vertical Church 89%

The modern church has lost something: the lived reality of God at work. What brings it back.

by James MacDonald 2012

3.96

750 ratings

⛪ Church Renewal 🔥 God's Presence 🙌 Corporate Worship 📖 Preaching 🌌 Transcendence

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.

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

The Cross and the Switchblade 89%

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

The Religious Affections

by Jonathan Edwards • 1746

Religious feelings can burn bright and still be counterfeit. A Puritan's test for genuine faith.

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📜 Puritan Theology 🔍 Religious Discernment 🌄 Spiritual Experience ❤️ Religious Emotions 🎭 Counterfeit Faith

The Religious Affections 88%

Religious feelings can burn bright and still be counterfeit. A Puritan's test for genuine faith.

by Jonathan Edwards 1746

4.24

6k+ ratings

📜 Puritan Theology 🔍 Religious Discernment 🌄 Spiritual Experience ❤️ Religious Emotions 🎭 Counterfeit Faith

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 88%

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

Alive in the Spirit

by A.W. Tozer • 2016

How the church swapped the Spirit for strategy, and what it takes to get Him back.

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252

🕊️ Holy Spirit 🔥 Spirit-Filled Living 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 👁️ Discernment ⚡ Revival

Alive in the Spirit 88%

How the church swapped the Spirit for strategy, and what it takes to get Him back.

by A.W. Tozer 2016

4.35

252 ratings

🕊️ Holy Spirit 🔥 Spirit-Filled Living 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 👁️ Discernment ⚡ Revival

Smith Wigglesworth

by Stanley H. Frodsham • 1984

A Yorkshire plumber stepped up and the deaf heard. What he knew that critics couldn't explain.

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303

🩹 Faith Healing 🔥 Early Pentecostalism 🙌 Bold Faith 📖 Healing Testimonies ⛪ Pentecostal Pioneers

Smith Wigglesworth 88%

A Yorkshire plumber stepped up and the deaf heard. What he knew that critics couldn't explain.

by Stanley H. Frodsham 1984

4.52

303 ratings

🩹 Faith Healing 🔥 Early Pentecostalism 🙌 Bold Faith 📖 Healing Testimonies ⛪ Pentecostal Pioneers

Ask for the Rain

by Larry Sparks • 2016

Revival is your inheritance; the key is a kind of prayer most churches have abandoned.

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🔥 Charismatic Revival 🍞 Spiritual Hunger 🙏 Intercessory Prayer 🕊️ Charismatic Movement 📖 Pentecostal Theology

Ask for the Rain 88%

Revival is your inheritance; the key is a kind of prayer most churches have abandoned.

by Larry Sparks 2016

4.31

227 ratings

🔥 Charismatic Revival 🍞 Spiritual Hunger 🙏 Intercessory Prayer 🕊️ Charismatic Movement 📖 Pentecostal Theology

Holy Spirit

by Michael Koulianos • 2017

Healing and power are not locked in the past. The Spirit is still here, still working.

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🕊️ Charismatic Christianity 🔥 Holy Spirit 🎁 Spiritual Gifts 💧 Spirit Baptism 🙏 Healing Ministry

Holy Spirit 88%

Healing and power are not locked in the past. The Spirit is still here, still working.

by Michael Koulianos 2017

4.60

230 ratings

🕊️ Charismatic Christianity 🔥 Holy Spirit 🎁 Spiritual Gifts 💧 Spirit Baptism 🙏 Healing Ministry

Joy Unspeakable

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones • 1984

Regeneration and Spirit baptism are not the same. Conflating them has cost the church its power.

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🕊️ Holy Spirit 🔥 Spirit Baptism ⛪ Charismatic Theology ⚡ Spiritual Power 🌊 Revival And Awakening

Joy Unspeakable 88%

Regeneration and Spirit baptism are not the same. Conflating them has cost the church its power.

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1984

4.22

378 ratings

🕊️ Holy Spirit 🔥 Spirit Baptism ⛪ Charismatic Theology ⚡ Spiritual Power 🌊 Revival And Awakening

The Great Dechurching

by Jim Davis • 2023

Forty million Americans left church. They're not who you think. And half would come back.

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🇺🇸 American Christianity 📊 Religious Sociology 📉 Church Decline 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🔄 Faith Transmission

The Great Dechurching 88%

Forty million Americans left church. They're not who you think. And half would come back.

by Jim Davis 2023

3.85

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Christianity 📊 Religious Sociology 📉 Church Decline 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🔄 Faith Transmission

Jesus, Continued...

by J.D. Greear • 2014

When Jesus said leaving was for your benefit, he was not being polite. The Spirit explained.

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🕊️ Holy Spirit 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎁 Spiritual Gifts 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 👂 Hearing God

Jesus, Continued... 88%

When Jesus said leaving was for your benefit, he was not being polite. The Spirit explained.

by J.D. Greear 2014

4.39

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Holy Spirit 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎁 Spiritual Gifts 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 👂 Hearing God

The Thrill of Orthodoxy

by Trevin K. Wax • 2022

Boredom with doctrine, not doubt, is Christianity's real crisis. And the creed is the adventure.

4.25

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🕊️ Mere Christianity 📜 Historic Orthodoxy 🌊 Theological Drift 🌍 Missional Theology 🙅 Countercultural Faith

The Thrill of Orthodoxy 88%

Boredom with doctrine, not doubt, is Christianity's real crisis. And the creed is the adventure.

by Trevin K. Wax 2022

4.25

694 ratings

🕊️ Mere Christianity 📜 Historic Orthodoxy 🌊 Theological Drift 🌍 Missional Theology 🙅 Countercultural Faith

Shaped by the Gospel

by Timothy J. Keller • 2016

Churches default to moralism. The reset is grace received as news you never stop needing.

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⛪ Pastoral Theology 🔄 Church Renewal 📜 Reformed Theology 🕊️ Sanctification ✝️ Justification By Faith

Shaped by the Gospel 88%

Churches default to moralism. The reset is grace received as news you never stop needing.

by Timothy J. Keller 2016

4.36

336 ratings

⛪ Pastoral Theology 🔄 Church Renewal 📜 Reformed Theology 🕊️ Sanctification ✝️ Justification By Faith

The God Chasers

by Tommy Tenney • 1998

The cost of encountering God's presence: why the satisfied miss it and the hungry find it.

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🍞 Spiritual Hunger ✝️ Death To Self 🔥 Intimacy With God 🌊 Revival Pursuit 💔 Brokenness And Humility

The God Chasers 88%

The cost of encountering God's presence: why the satisfied miss it and the hungry find it.

by Tommy Tenney 1998

4.28

9k+ ratings

🍞 Spiritual Hunger ✝️ Death To Self 🔥 Intimacy With God 🌊 Revival Pursuit 💔 Brokenness And Humility

Gospel People

by Michael Reeves • 2022

Evangelicalism was never a cultural tribe. It is a theological commitment to the gospel of Christ.

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📜 Evangelical Identity ✝️ Gospel Centrality 📖 Reformation Theology 🔑 Biblical Authority ⚖️ Justification By Faith

Gospel People 88%

Evangelicalism was never a cultural tribe. It is a theological commitment to the gospel of Christ.

by Michael Reeves 2022

4.33

432 ratings

📜 Evangelical Identity ✝️ Gospel Centrality 📖 Reformation Theology 🔑 Biblical Authority ⚖️ Justification By Faith

The Dangerous Act of Worship

by Mark Labberton • 2007

The test of worship is not the music but the justice that follows. Most congregations fail.

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340

⛪ Liturgical Theology 🔥 Prophetic Imagination 🌿 Sabbath Keeping ✝️ Radical Discipleship ⚖️ Biblical Justice

The Dangerous Act of Worship 88%

The test of worship is not the music but the justice that follows. Most congregations fail.

by Mark Labberton 2007

3.93

340 ratings

⛪ Liturgical Theology 🔥 Prophetic Imagination 🌿 Sabbath Keeping ✝️ Radical Discipleship ⚖️ Biblical Justice

Living for God's Glory

by Joel R. Beeke • 2008

Beyond predestination: Calvinism's comprehensive piety for work, marriage, and public life.

4.44

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📖 Reformed Theology ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🙏 Reformed Spirituality 🏛️ Puritanism 👑 Sovereignty Of God

Living for God's Glory 88%

Beyond predestination: Calvinism's comprehensive piety for work, marriage, and public life.

by Joel R. Beeke 2008

4.44

376 ratings

📖 Reformed Theology ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🙏 Reformed Spirituality 🏛️ Puritanism 👑 Sovereignty Of God

Smith Wigglesworth on Prayer, Power, and Miracles

by Smith Wigglesworth • 2006

Your faith was built for miracles. Here is why it has stayed ordinary.

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🕊️ Pentecostal 🙏 Divine Healing ✨ Supernatural Faith 🔥 Spirit-Filled Living 🛐 Intercessory Prayer

Smith Wigglesworth on Prayer, Power, and Miracles Summary

Smith Wigglesworth on Prayer, Power, and Miracles 88%

Your faith was built for miracles. Here is why it has stayed ordinary.

by Smith Wigglesworth 2006

4.60

117 ratings

🕊️ Pentecostal 🙏 Divine Healing ✨ Supernatural Faith 🔥 Spirit-Filled Living 🛐 Intercessory Prayer

Divine Renovation

by James Mallon • 2014

When maintenance replaces mission, parishes die. A pastor's field guide for reversing the drift.

4.30

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⛪ Parish Renewal 🏛️ Church Leadership 📣 Evangelization 🌍 Missional Church 🐑 Discipleship

Divine Renovation 88%

When maintenance replaces mission, parishes die. A pastor's field guide for reversing the drift.

by James Mallon 2014

4.30

374 ratings

⛪ Parish Renewal 🏛️ Church Leadership 📣 Evangelization 🌍 Missional Church 🐑 Discipleship

The Evangelicals

by Frances FitzGerald • 2017

Evangelicals keep fracturing and reassembling. A 250-year history of America's most restless faith.

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⛪ American Religious History 🏛️ Political History 📜 Fundamentalism ⚔️ Culture Wars ⚖️ Church And State

The Evangelicals 88%

Evangelicals keep fracturing and reassembling. A 250-year history of America's most restless faith.

by Frances FitzGerald 2017

4.16

2k+ ratings

⛪ American Religious History 🏛️ Political History 📜 Fundamentalism ⚔️ Culture Wars ⚖️ Church And State

Crazy for God

by Frank Schaeffer • 2007

Inside the machine: a son of evangelical royalty helps build the religious right, then defects.

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⛪ Evangelical Movement 🐘 Religious Right 🧩 Faith Deconstruction 🏚️ Insular Communities 📜 Fundamentalism

Crazy for God 88%

Inside the machine: a son of evangelical royalty helps build the religious right, then defects.

by Frank Schaeffer 2007

3.68

2k+ ratings

⛪ Evangelical Movement 🐘 Religious Right 🧩 Faith Deconstruction 🏚️ Insular Communities 📜 Fundamentalism

Surprised by the Power of the Spirit

by Jack Deere • 1993

A theologian set out to prove miracles had stopped. The Bible disagreed.

4.30

1k+

🕊️ Charismatic Movement 📖 Continuationism 🎁 Spiritual Gifts ✨ Modern Miracles 🙏 Divine Healing

Surprised by the Power of the Spirit Summary

Surprised by the Power of the Spirit 88%

A theologian set out to prove miracles had stopped. The Bible disagreed.

by Jack Deere 1993

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1k+ ratings

🕊️ Charismatic Movement 📖 Continuationism 🎁 Spiritual Gifts ✨ Modern Miracles 🙏 Divine Healing

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church

by Mark Dever • 1997

A healthy church isn't the biggest in town. The biblical yardstick measures what attendance cannot.

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⛪ Church Health 📚 Ecclesiology 📖 Expositional Preaching ⚖️ Church Discipline 🤝 Church Membership

Nine Marks of a Healthy Church 88%

A healthy church isn't the biggest in town. The biblical yardstick measures what attendance cannot.

by Mark Dever 1997

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5k+ ratings

⛪ Church Health 📚 Ecclesiology 📖 Expositional Preaching ⚖️ Church Discipline 🤝 Church Membership

Faith Under Fire

by Andrew White • 2011

The Christians who suffer most are often the most joyful. A Baghdad vicar explains why.

4.16

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⛪ Middle East Christians ⛓️ Persecuted Church ✨ Miracles And Healing 🕊️ Faith In Suffering ☮️ Interfaith Peacemaking

Faith Under Fire 88%

The Christians who suffer most are often the most joyful. A Baghdad vicar explains why.

by Andrew White 2011

4.16

137 ratings

⛪ Middle East Christians ⛓️ Persecuted Church ✨ Miracles And Healing 🕊️ Faith In Suffering ☮️ Interfaith Peacemaking

Hosting the Presence

by Bill Johnson • 2012

Hosting God's tangible presence: your restored birthright. The pattern for stewarding it daily.

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🔥 Charismatic Christianity 🕊️ Holy Spirit 👑 Kingdom Theology ❤️ Intimacy With God 🙌 Worship

Hosting the Presence 88%

Hosting God's tangible presence: your restored birthright. The pattern for stewarding it daily.

by Bill Johnson 2012

4.50

2k+ ratings

🔥 Charismatic Christianity 🕊️ Holy Spirit 👑 Kingdom Theology ❤️ Intimacy With God 🙌 Worship

Sharing Jesus Without Freaking Out

by D. Scott Hildreth • 2020

What if sharing your faith felt as natural as telling a story about someone you love?

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📢 Evangelism ☕️ Relational Evangelism 🏘️ Missional Living 🚶 Everyday Evangelism 📖 Narrative Evangelism

Sharing Jesus Without Freaking Out Summary

Sharing Jesus Without Freaking Out 88%

What if sharing your faith felt as natural as telling a story about someone you love?

by D. Scott Hildreth 2020

4.23

185 ratings

📢 Evangelism ☕️ Relational Evangelism 🏘️ Missional Living 🚶 Everyday Evangelism 📖 Narrative Evangelism

Naming the Spirit

by W. David O. Taylor • 2025

Art, music, and breath reveal the Spirit far more than doctrine ever could.

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🕊️ Pneumatology 🎨 Theological Aesthetics 👁️ Visual Exegesis 🎵 Theology Of Music ✊ Liberation Theology

Naming the Spirit 88%

Art, music, and breath reveal the Spirit far more than doctrine ever could.

by W. David O. Taylor 2025

4.60

5 ratings

🕊️ Pneumatology 🎨 Theological Aesthetics 👁️ Visual Exegesis 🎵 Theology Of Music ✊ Liberation Theology

Three Simple Rules

by Rueben P. Job • 2007

Three practices that heal division: simple enough to teach a child, costly enough to change a life.

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🏛️ Wesleyan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📜 Rule Of Life 🌿 Spiritual Formation 📖 Practical Theology

Three Simple Rules 88%

Three practices that heal division: simple enough to teach a child, costly enough to change a life.

by Rueben P. Job 2007

4.19

631 ratings

🏛️ Wesleyan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📜 Rule Of Life 🌿 Spiritual Formation 📖 Practical Theology

Encountering God Through Dance

by Saara Taina • 2012

Your body can heal, fight, and worship: the Spirit-led dance that reclaims what the enemy stole.

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💃 Liturgical Dance 🙏 Body Prayer 🎨 Arts Ministry ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare ✨ Divine Healing

Encountering God Through Dance 88%

Your body can heal, fight, and worship: the Spirit-led dance that reclaims what the enemy stole.

by Saara Taina 2012

4.32

68 ratings

💃 Liturgical Dance 🙏 Body Prayer 🎨 Arts Ministry ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare ✨ Divine Healing

The Spirit of Man

by Ana Méndez Ferrell • 2015

A dormant spirit, a twisted soul, a sick body. Rebirth restores them in that order.

4.71

🔥 Charismatic Christianity 💔 Inner Healing ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🙌 Divine Healing 🧬 Tripartite Nature

The Spirit of Man 88%

A dormant spirit, a twisted soul, a sick body. Rebirth restores them in that order.

by Ana Méndez Ferrell 2015

4.71

94 ratings

🔥 Charismatic Christianity 💔 Inner Healing ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🙌 Divine Healing 🧬 Tripartite Nature

Christus Vincit

by Athanasius Schneider • 2019

Modernism emptied the Church of the supernatural. One ancient gesture can bring it back.

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🕊️ Catholic Traditionalism 🛐 Liturgical Restoration 🍞 Eucharistic Reverence 🌹 Fatima Prophecies ⚔️ Anti-Modernism

Christus Vincit 88%

Modernism emptied the Church of the supernatural. One ancient gesture can bring it back.

by Athanasius Schneider 2019

4.69

504 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Traditionalism 🛐 Liturgical Restoration 🍞 Eucharistic Reverence 🌹 Fatima Prophecies ⚔️ Anti-Modernism

Follow Me

by David Platt • 2013

Most churchgoers assume they follow Jesus. The real path demands death, not just belief.

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✝️ Radical Discipleship 📜 Reformed Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📣 Evangelism 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

Follow Me 88%

Most churchgoers assume they follow Jesus. The real path demands death, not just belief.

by David Platt 2013

4.19

8k+ ratings

✝️ Radical Discipleship 📜 Reformed Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📣 Evangelism 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

Deep and Wide

by Andy Stanley • 2012

From the parking lot to the pulpit: the choices that turn unchurched visitors into regulars.

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🏛️ Church Leadership 🎯 Seeker-Sensitive Ministry 🎤 Sermon Design 🏠 Church Hospitality 🔄 Church Revitalization

Deep and Wide 88%

From the parking lot to the pulpit: the choices that turn unchurched visitors into regulars.

by Andy Stanley 2012

4.28

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Church Leadership 🎯 Seeker-Sensitive Ministry 🎤 Sermon Design 🏠 Church Hospitality 🔄 Church Revitalization

Autopsy of a Deceased Church

by Thom S. Rainer • 2014

Churches die from denial, not empty pews. The diagnostic steps to stop the decline.

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🏥 Church Health 📉 Congregational Decline 🎯 Missional Church 🔄 Congregational Change 🧑‍🏫 Pastoral Leadership

Autopsy of a Deceased Church 88%

Churches die from denial, not empty pews. The diagnostic steps to stop the decline.

by Thom S. Rainer 2014

4.17

3k+ ratings

🏥 Church Health 📉 Congregational Decline 🎯 Missional Church 🔄 Congregational Change 🧑‍🏫 Pastoral Leadership

Losing Our Religion

by Russell D. Moore • 2023

The implosion of the evangelical church is not a disaster; it's an act of grace.

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✝️ Evangelicalism 🇺🇸 Christian Nationalism 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🏛️ Politicization Of Faith 🗽 American Church

Losing Our Religion 88%

The implosion of the evangelical church is not a disaster; it's an act of grace.

by Russell D. Moore 2023

4.31

3k+ ratings

✝️ Evangelicalism 🇺🇸 Christian Nationalism 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🏛️ Politicization Of Faith 🗽 American Church

The Great Emergence

by Phyllis Tickle • 2008

Every half-millennium, Christianity implodes, then remakes itself. We are inside the fourth one.

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🏛️ Church History 📊 Sociology Of Religion 🌊 Postmodern Christianity 🎭 Religion And Culture 📖 Biblical Authority

The Great Emergence 88%

Every half-millennium, Christianity implodes, then remakes itself. We are inside the fourth one.

by Phyllis Tickle 2008

3.96

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Church History 📊 Sociology Of Religion 🌊 Postmodern Christianity 🎭 Religion And Culture 📖 Biblical Authority

The Pastor as Public Theologian

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer • 2015

Management replaced theology in the pulpit. The case for reclaiming the pastor's oldest job.

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🐑 Pastoral Theology 🏛️ Public Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌐 Cultural Engagement 📖 Biblical Preaching

The Pastor as Public Theologian 88%

Management replaced theology in the pulpit. The case for reclaiming the pastor's oldest job.

by Kevin J. Vanhoozer 2015

4.09

464 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Theology 🏛️ Public Theology 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌐 Cultural Engagement 📖 Biblical Preaching

Christianity After Religion

by Diana Butler Bass • 2012

Institutional religion is dying, but a global spiritual awakening is rising in its place.

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🏚️ Church Decline 🇺🇸 American Religion 🧘 Spiritual But Not Religious ✝️ Progressive Christianity 🌱 Emerging Church

Christianity After Religion 88%

Institutional religion is dying, but a global spiritual awakening is rising in its place.

by Diana Butler Bass 2012

4.06

1k+ ratings

🏚️ Church Decline 🇺🇸 American Religion 🧘 Spiritual But Not Religious ✝️ Progressive Christianity 🌱 Emerging Church

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

by John Wesley • 1844

Sin purged entirely from the heart in this life: the doctrine that founded a movement.

3.93

576

🏛️ Methodist Theology 🔥 Sanctification 💛 Perfect Love 📖 Practical Theology ✝️ Methodism

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection Summary

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection 88%

Sin purged entirely from the heart in this life: the doctrine that founded a movement.

by John Wesley 1844

3.93

576 ratings

🏛️ Methodist Theology 🔥 Sanctification 💛 Perfect Love 📖 Practical Theology ✝️ Methodism

Immeasurable

by Skye Jethani • 2017

Romanticism, not Scripture, is behind the church's authenticity obsession. The crash is measurable.

4.28

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🏛️ Church Leadership 🔄 Leadership Fads 🌀 Postmodernism 🌿 Romanticism 💡 Enlightenment Thought

Immeasurable 88%

Romanticism, not Scripture, is behind the church's authenticity obsession. The crash is measurable.

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4.28

345 ratings

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3.82

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The Nones 88%

One in four Americans has left religion. Data shows who might return, and why most won't.

by Ryan P. Burge 2021

3.82

381 ratings

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#GOSPEL

by Daniel Rice • 2017

The Gospel for a hashtag generation: why the ancient rescue plan still stands.

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#GOSPEL 88%

The Gospel for a hashtag generation: why the ancient rescue plan still stands.

by Daniel Rice 2017

4.06

172 ratings

🕊️ Evangelical Theology 📖 Gospel Presentation 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🗣️ Evangelism ✝️ Reformed Theology

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by Steve Dawson • 2015

You don't need a theology degree to evangelize: a medal, your story, and a street corner.

4.22

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Catholic Street Evangelization 88%

You don't need a theology degree to evangelize: a medal, your story, and a street corner.

by Steve Dawson 2015

4.22

41 ratings

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