The Shadow And Night
5 best books like The Shadow And Night (Chris Walley): Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, A Natural History of Dragons, Piercing the Darkness, Reflections on the Psalms, How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
Author | Eric Metaxas |
ISBN | 1595551387 |
As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside. One of these was Dietrich Bonhoeffer--a pastor and author, known as much for such spiritual...
A Natural History of Dragons
Author | Marie Brennan |
ISBN | 0765331969 |
You, dear reader, continue at your own risk. It is not for the faint of heart—no more so than the study of dragons itself. But such study offers rewards beyond compare: to stand in a dragon's presence, even for the briefest of moments—even at the risk of one's life—is a delight that, once experienced,...
Author | Frank E. Peretti |
ISBN | 1581345275 |
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5 (ESV)
It all begins in Bacon's Corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate . . . An attempted murder, a case of mistaken-or is it covered up?-identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling...
Reflections on the Psalms
Some of my favorite things about this wonderful little book by my favorite author:
1. Right away, he takes on the difficult, hard-to-stomach psalms, the ones about such things as dashing the Babylonian babies against the stones. Hard stuff. I'm sure I would have avoided it.
2. This...
How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
Author | Alan Jacobs |
ISBN | 0451499603 |
How to Think is a contrarian treatise on why we're not as good at thinking as we assume - but how recovering this lost art can rescue our inner lives from the chaos of modern life.
As a celebrated cultural critic and a writer for national publications like The Atlantic and Harper's, Alan Jacobs...