Opening to God: Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer
8 best books like Opening to God: Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer (David G. Benner): Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God, Abigail, The Persian Gamble, The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible, Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith, Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading, Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God
| Author | Marcus J. Borg |
| ISBN | 0060609176 |
Of the many recent books on the historical Jesus, none has explored what the latest biblical scholarship means for personal faith. Now, in Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg addresses the yearnings of those who want a fully contemporary faith that welcomes rather than oppresses our...
The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
| Author | Dallas Willard |
| ISBN | 0060693339 |
The Divine Conspiracy has revolutionized how we think about the true meaning of discipleship. In this classic, one of the most brilliant Christian thinkers of our times and author of the acclaimed The Spirit of Disciplines, Dallas Willard, skillfully weaves together biblical teaching, popular...
| Author | Jill Eileen Smith |
| ISBN | 0800733215 |
Abigail's hopes and dreams for the future are wrapped up in her handsome, dark-eyed betrothed, Nabal. But when the long-awaited wedding day arrives, her drunken groom behaves shamefully. Nevertheless, Abigail tries to honor and respect her husband despite his abuse of her.
Meanwhile, Abigail's...
| Author | Joel C. Rosenberg |
| ISBN | 1496406184 |
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kremlin Conspiracy comes this latest international thriller about a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers--Russia, Iran, and North Korea--and the man who must halt their deadly strategy.
Shot out of the air in enemy territory...
The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible
| Author | Scot McKnight |
| ISBN | 0310284880 |
"Why Can’t I Just Be a Christian?”
Parakeets make delightful pets. We cage them or clip their wings to keep them where we want them. Scot McKnight contends that many, conservatives and liberals alike, attempt the same thing with the Bible. We all try to tame it. McKnight’s The Blue Parakeet...
Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith
| Author | Michael Reeves |
| ISBN | 0830839836 |
In this brief and winsome book, Michael Reeves presents an introduction to the Christian faith that is rooted in the triune God. He takes cues from preachers and teachers down through the ages, setting key doctrines of creation, the person and work of Christ, and life in the Spirit into a simple framework...
Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
| Author | Eugene H. Peterson |
| ISBN | 0802829481 |
Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God's revelation, and to live them as we read them. With warmth and wisdom Peterson offers greatly needed, down-to-earth counsel on spiritual reading. In these pages he draws readers into a fascinating conversation on the nature...
Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God
| Author | Dallas Willard |
| ISBN | 0830822267 |
"God spoke to me." "The Spirit spoke to my heart." "God revealed the idea to me." Being close to God means communicating with him--telling him what is on our hearts in prayer and hearing and understanding what he is saying to us. It is this second half of our conversation with God that is so important but...
