Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
10 best books like Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity (Mark A. Noll): On the Incarnation, Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther, Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God, Church History in Plain Language, The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: The Early Church to the Reformation, Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook, The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day, Disruptive Witness, Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just, The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited
| Author | Athanasius of Alexandria |
| ISBN | 0913836400 |
I was pleased to find On the Incarnation remarkably fresh and engaging, still fierce and still passionate too. Such is rarely the case with works of theology, particularly when orthodoxy has robbed them even of the novelty of heresy, for dry-as-dust disquisitions on settled questions often summon...
Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther
| Author | Roland H. Bainton |
| ISBN | 0452011469 |
It's funny to think that the Protestant religion - today, at least, a moderate and forward-looking religion - is based on the writings of this man, one of the evilest human beings that ever lived. He was also the acknowledged inspiration for the Nazi party which should tell you plenty of his sentiments...
Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God
If God is in control of everything, can Christians sit back and not bother to evangelize? Or does active evangelism imply that God is not really sovereign at all? J.I. Packer shows in this classic study how both of these attitudes are false. In a careful review of the biblical evidence, he shows how a right...
Church History in Plain Language
| Author | Bruce L. Shelley |
| ISBN | 0849938619 |
I'll begin by saying that this is probably one of the most easily readable church history books available. The writing style is straightforward and non-academic. The chapter lengths are perfect for daily reading. For a survey of the last 2000 years, Shelley manages to put in a lot of detail without getting...
| Author | Justo L. González |
| ISBN | 0060633158 |
For a very general introduction to the early history of the Church up until the Protestant Reformation, I would recommend this book. But only as a primary introduction.
Its chief virtues are that it is highly readable (high school reading level) and easy to understand; the chapters are brief...
| Author | William D. Mounce |
| ISBN | 0310250862 |
New, updated editions of the best-selling and most widely accepted textbook and workbook for learning biblical Greek William D. Mounce's Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar and its companion tool Basics of Biblical Greek Workbook are by far the best-selling and most widely accepted textbooks for learning...
The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
| Author | Justo L. González |
| ISBN | 0060633166 |
Another excellent survey of Christian history from the Reformation up to the early 21st century. As in his previous volume, Gonzalez is attentive to those voices who have been unrepresented in the Christian narrative, especially women and the Third World. Gonzalez paints a more positive picture...
We live in a distracted, secular age. These two trends define life in Western society today. We are increasingly addicted to habits―and devices―that distract and "buffer" us from substantive reflection and deep engagement with the world. And we live in what Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor...
Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just
| Author | Timothy J. Keller |
| ISBN | 0525951903 |
Author of the New York Times bestseller The Reason for God and nationally renowned pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church Timothy Keller with his most provocative and illuminating message yet.
It is commonly thought in secular society that the Bible is one of the greatest hindrances to doing...
The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited
Contemporary evangelicals have built a "salvation culture" but not a "gospel culture." Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. This book makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. The book stands on four arguments: that...
Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice
| Author | Eric Mason |
| ISBN | 0802416985 |
“Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference.” –Frederick Douglass, 1845
The prophets of old were not easy to listen to because they did not flatter. They did not cajole. They spoke hard words that often chafed...
Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical
| Author | Timothy J. Keller |
| ISBN | 0525954155 |
Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical, is a prequel to The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.
We live in an age of skepticism. Our society places such faith in empirical reason, historical progress, and heartfelt emotion that it’s easy to wonder: Why should anyone...
Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
| Author | E. Randolph Richards |
| ISBN | 0830837825 |
What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultural distance between the biblical world and our contemporary setting, we often bring modern Western biases to the text. For example:
When Western readers hear Paul exhorting women to "dress modestly,"...
