Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church
10 best books like Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church (Philip Yancey): Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph, All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir, Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God, No Compromise, Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics, Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals, The Furious Longing of God
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
| Author | C.S. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0006280838 |
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is a partial autobiography describing Lewis' conversion to Christianity. The book overall contains less detail concerning specific events than typical autobiographies. This is because his purpose in writing wasn't primarily historical. His aim was...
A Severe Mercy: A Story of Faith, Tragedy and Triumph
| Author | Sheldon Vanauken |
| ISBN | 0060688246 |
A heart-rending love story described by its author as “the spiritual autobiography of a love rather than of the lovers” about the author’s marriage and search for faith.
Vanauken chronicles the birth of a powerful pagan love borne out of the relationship he shares with his...
All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir
| Author | Brennan Manning |
| ISBN | 1434764184 |
It has been over twenty years since the publication of The Ragamuffin Gospel, a book many claim as the shattering of God’s grace into their lives. Since that time, Brennan Manning has been dazzingly faithful in preaching and writing variations on that singular theme – “Yes, Abba is very fond...
Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God
| Author | Brennan Manning |
| ISBN | 0062517767 |
In his sequel to The Ragamuffin Gospel bestselling author Brennan Manning shows how true and radical trust in God can transform our lives.
Manning, beloved author and spiritual teacher, shows us how trust in God can transform our lives and open us up to deeper experiences of grace and love....
| Author | Melody Green |
| ISBN | 0736903194 |
Longtime fans and new listeners can experience the impact of Keith's character, courage, and commitment in this revised and expanded testimony of his extraordinary life. Who better to tell Keith Green's story than the woman who shared his life and mission?his wife, Melody. At the time Keith and two...
Shadow of the Almighty: The Life and Testament of Jim Elliot
Shadow of the Almighty is a modern classic story of faithfulness, obedience, and martyrdom. It is the best-selling account of the martyrdom of Jim Elliot and four other missionaries at the hands of the Huaorani Indians in Ecuador.
Shadow of the Almighty has inspired Christians since its first...
God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics
| Author | C.S. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0802808689 |
"Lewis struck me as the most thoroughly converted man I ever met," observes Walter Hooper in the preface to this collection of essays by C. S. Lewis. "His whole vision of life was such that the natural and the supernatural seemed inseparably combined."It is precisely this pervasive Christianity which...
| Author | Frederick Buechner |
| ISBN | 0060611561 |
Buechner examines the arc of the gospel using the well known genres of tragedy, comedy, and fairy tale--that is, bad news, good news, and transformation or fantasy. He begins with the tragedy of sin and the fallen world, pictured in Christ's shed tears over the death of Lazarus. From there, he movies...
Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals
| Author | Shane Claiborne |
| ISBN | 0830836225 |
"Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do." --from the Introduction Activists Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove show how prayer and action must go together. Their exposition of key Bible passages...
The Furious Longing of God
| Author | Brennan Manning |
| ISBN | 1434767507 |
Imagine a stormy day at sea, your ship yielding to a relentless wind, pummeled by crashing waves, subject to the awesome force of nature. A force that is both fierce and majestic. A power that is nothing short of furious.
Such is God's intense, consuming love for His children. It's a love...
| Author | Paul W. Brand |
| ISBN | 0310221447 |
A WORLD WITHOUT PAIN?
Can such a place exist? It not only can—it does. But it’s no utopia. It’s a colony for leprosy patients: a world where people literally feel no pain, and reap horrifying consequences.
His work with leprosy patients in India and the United States convinced...
Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 and concerns the death of C. S. Lewis's wife, the American-born poet Joy Davidman. In her introduction to this new edition, Madeleine L'Engle writes: "I am grateful to Lewis for having the courage to yell,...
| Author | Lauren F. Winner |
| ISBN | 0812970802 |
The child of a Jewish father and a lapsed Southern Baptist mother, Lauren F. Winner chose to become an Orthodox Jew. But even as she was observing Sabbath rituals and studying Jewish law, Lauren was increasingly drawn to Christianity. Courageously leaving what she loved, she eventually converted....
Rich Mullins: A Devotional Biography: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven
| Author | James Bryan Smith |
| ISBN | 0805426353 |
This book is - without a doubt - the one that has changed my life the most. Since I first stumbled on it maybe eight or nine years ago, I've probably loaned my copy to a dozen people, only to never get it back because it has touched and affected each and every one as much as it did me. I've never had anyone tell me...
Messy Spirituality: God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People
| Author | Michael Yaconelli |
| ISBN | 0310235332 |
'I Guess I'm Not a Very Good Christian . . .'Do you feel like: I don't pray enoughI don't read my Bible enoughI don't share my faith enoughI don't love God enoughI'm not committed enoughI'm not spiritual enoughThen this book is for you. Messy Spiritualtiy was written for the silent majority of us who have...
Ten Women of the Bible: One by One They Changed the World
We don’t even know all their names. Some are referred to only by their nationality. Some are known only by the place where they lived. Some would become queens, while others would live on the fringes of society. One would give birth to a nation, and one would give birth to the Messiah. Their culture often...
"The negative idea of Unselfishness carries with it the suggestion not primarily of securing good things for others, but of going without them ourselves, as if our abstinence and not their happiness was the important point."
I have 44 highlights in the Kindle Book and I reread it regularly....
