Books..

I'm looking for some books to read.. preferably about other Christian's walk with God and stuff if you know any good ones let me know please

[Planetshaker]

I'm a bit of a book freak so there are many many many books i could tell u the names of that are pretty incredible but the first book I would definately recommend is called "The Irresistible Revolution" by Shane Claiborne, it talks about what being a christian is really about and kind of changes your perspective on the world and what following Jesus is really all about, its incredibly inspiring and i loved it!


"Living as an Ordinary Radical

Using unconventional examples from his own life, Shane Claiborne stirs up questions about the church and the world, and challenges readers to truly live out their Christian faith.


Many of us find ourselves caught somewhere between unbelieving activists and inactive believers. We can write a cheque to feed starving children or hold signs in the streets and feel like we've made a difference without ever encountering the faces of the suffering masses. In this book, Shane Claiborne describes an authentic faith rooted in belief, action, and love, inviting us into a movement of the Spirit that begins inside each of us and extends into a broken world. Shane's faith led him:

• to dress the wounds of lepers with Mother Teresa
• visit families in Iraq amidst bombings
• dump $10,000 in coins and bills on Wall Street to redistribute wealth.

Shane lives out this revolution each day in his local neighbourhood, an impoverished community in North Philadelphia, by living among the homeless, helping local kids with homework, and "practicing resurrection" in the forgotten places of our world. Shane's message will comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable. . . but will also invite us into an irresistible revolution. His is a vision for ordinary radicals ready to change the world with little acts of love.
- Publisher. "


here's a short youtube video that gives a bit of insite into it aswell

Other than that here's a list of some books that I love and have inspired or helped me

Blue like jazz - Miller Donald
Captivating - John & Stasi Eldredge
Waking the dead - John Eldredge
Rachel's tears & Rachel Smiles - Nimmo Beth , Scott Darrell , Rabey Steve
True volume 1 *Real stories about God showing up in the lives of teens* - Irene Dunlap
The Barbarian way - Erwin Raphael Mcmanus
Soul cravings - Erwin Raphael Mcmanus
Velvet Elvis - Rob Bell
90 minutes in heaven - Don piper & Cecil Murphey
In the eye of the storm - Max Lucado
pretty much anything by Max Lucado is good lol

hope that helps a bit

Stormie Omartian's book: Stormie is an autobiography, but written in an easy-to-read style. It's about her life as a child and all throughout her teen years, all the pain she endured before God met her where she was at, and turned her suffering into something beautiful.

Other books I would recommend:
Do Hard Things - Alex and Brett Harris
Completely His - Shannon Ethridge

Happy reading! =)

[Jordan9]

Planetshaker, you get 10 billion invisible internet dollars for mentioning Shane Claiborne. That was seriously like my first step to becoming a Christian; that book. No joke. Haha, so I second it.

"From Union Square to Rome" by Dorothy Day is awesome. She was a pro-abortion, Marxist, atheist woman who became Christian. She's definitely one of my heroes.

G K Chesterton's "Orthodoxy," "Heretics" and "The Everlasting Man" are all really good, too. Orthodoxy is sort of a sequel to Heretics; he answered some of the critiques that people had of "Heretics" and also talks a bit more about his own faith.

[Planetshaker]

Originally Posted by Jordan9

Planetshaker, you get 10 billion invisible internet dollars for mentioning Shane Claiborne. That was seriously like my first step to becoming a Christian; that book. No joke. Haha, so I second it.

"From Union Square to Rome" by Dorothy Day is awesome. She was a pro-abortion, Marxist, atheist woman who became Christian. She's definitely one of my heroes.

G K Chesterton's "Orthodoxy," "Heretics" and "The Everlasting Man" are all really good, too. Orthodoxy is sort of a sequel to Heretics; he answered some of the critiques that people had of "Heretics" and also talks a bit more about his own faith.

yay haha but yea totally loved that book, incredible perspective..really eye opening

[hallelujah]

I just read great book titled "Life, Death, and THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN. gOT IT FROM AMAZON

[Seraphotic]

"The shack", it's a nice book about god appearing to a depressed man in a shack and helps him overcome his sadness by conversations with the whole trinity, it's a nice mix of humor, spirituality, and the evils ones mind can come up with. It's really good but ya gotta keep in mind it's fiction.

Two of my favorites; Since Nobodies Perfect, How Good Is Good Enough? and Lord, Save Us From Your Followers..

I'm writing a book too btw

and Sun Stand Still by Steven Furtick, and some of Jentezen Franklin's.

[LivingforGodsince2003]

I really like The Real Me: Becoming the girl God sees

[Jilly81]

I realize that the OP is no longer a member, but this is still a thread that I'd like to post in . I really liked the books by Corrie Ten Boom (The Hiding Place, In My Father's House, and Tramp for the Lord are the ones I've read, though she wrote others). I also loved God's Smuggler to China by brother David (secret work; first name only ). How to live like a King's Kid was a good one also. Many of the books published by the voice of the Martyrs have testimonies in them also...I liked reading "Iran: desperate for God", and "Between two Tigers", and others that VOM published.

[Wycliffe_Erika]

-The purpose driven life - Rick Warren
The most basic question everyone faces in life is Why am I here? What is my purpose? Self-help books suggest that people should look within, at their own desires and dreams, but Rick Warren says the starting place must be with God and his eternal purposes for each life. Real meaning and significance comes from understanding and fulfilling God’s purposes for putting us on earth.

The Purpose-Driven Life takes the groundbreaking message of the award-winning Purpose-Driven Church and goes deeper, applying it to the lifestyle of individual Christians. This book helps readers understand God’s incredible plan for their lives. Warren enables them to see the big picture of what life is all about and begin to live the life God created them to live.

-Basic christianity - John Stott

Eri