adult non-fiction
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Adult fictionSincerely, Stoneheart
by Emily Wilson Hussem 2025 / 240 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Gift I can’t find my car keys! Can you relate to this panicked searching? If you don’t…
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Adult non-fictionHow an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes
by Peter Schiff and Andrew Schiff 2014 / 304 pages Economics affects everyone but few people care to learn much about it. All the numbers…
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Adult non-fiction8 Errors Parents Make and How to Avoid Them
by Michael Brock 2024 / 224 pages Climbing the ladder out of the tranquil waters of Middleton beach, my ears were assaulted by an angry…
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Book lists50 “Great Books”
What are the “Great Books”? There is no one list, but the term is meant to describe a compilation of classics from Western Literature. Some…
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Adult non-fictionTransgender to Transformed
by Laura Perry 2019 / 192 pages This may not be a book for everyone. It’s a hard-hitting, at times overly graphic, account of one…
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Adult biographies5 things you might not have known about Pierre Poilievre
Andrew Lawton’s Pierre Poilievre: A political life (2024/212 pages) is a biography of the man who might yet be the next Prime Minister of Canada….
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Adult non-fictionTrusting God
by Jerry Bridges 1988 / 368 pages Since the apostles Peter and Paul, and indeed Jesus, warn the Christian to expect suffering in this life…
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Adult non-fictionDigital Liturgies
Rediscovering Christian Wisdom in an Online Age (with study questions) by Samuel D. James 2023 / 184 pages As I read Digital Liturgies, I kept…
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Adult non-fictionNecessary Endings
Why did my dad’s tomatoes and cucumbers always flourish? I used to think it may have something to do with the tobacco smoke from his…
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Adult non-fictionA Good Old Age: an A to Z of loving and following the Lord Jesus in later years
by Derek Prime 2017 / 184 pages They say not to judge a book by its cover, but how about by its title? “A Good…
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Adult non-fictionseasons of sorrow: the pain of loss and the comfort of God
by Tim Challies 2022 / 199 pages Nick Challies was just 20 years old when he died. He was involved in a dorm activity, playing…
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Book ReviewsDire Dragons: Untold Secrets of Planet Earth
by Vance Nelson 2018 / 180 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give The old adage “never trust a book by its cover” certainly doesn’t apply to this beautiful…
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Adult non-fictionHelp for the anxious and those who struggle with measuring up
Last summer, in an issue of this magazine devoted to the topic of anxiety, I shared my own struggle with burnout and anxiety. I don’t…
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Book ReviewsTiananmen 1989: our shattered hopes
by Lun Zhang, Adrien Gombeaud, and Ameziane 2020 / 115 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Gift I asked my 13 year-old and her friend whether they’d heard about China’s…
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Adult non-fictionCounterfeit Gods
by Timothy Keller 2009 / 240 pages John Calvin once said, “The human heart is an idol factory. ” It makes sense that God’s prohibition of…
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Adult non-fictionThe Grace and Truth Paradox
by Randy Alcorn Multnomah Books 2003 / 92 pages Rating: Good/Great/GIFT I was just chatting with a friend, and we discovered we’ve both been handing…
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Adult non-fictionChristian Economics in One Lesson
by Gary North 2015 / 268 pages Henry Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson is what its title suggests, just one economic lesson explained in the first…
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Adult non-fictionAnglo-Genevan Psalter in Four Part Harmony
compiled by Carl Oosterhoff 2022 / 241 pages Singing songs in harmony is a tradition going back to before the time of the Reformation. The…
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Adult biographiesThe Vow
by Kim and Krickitt Carpenter 2012 / 183 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give This is Exhibit #1 in why you should never judge a book by its movie….
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Book ReviewsRisk is Right: Better to lose your life than to waste it
by John Piper 2013 / 51 pages Rating: GOOD/Great/Give How often do you take risks? If you’re anything like me, it’s not often. I like to…
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Adult non-fictionEconomics in One Lesson
by Henry Hazlitt 1946 / 193 pages Universal basic income, a four-day work week, and government-funded daycare are just a few big-ticket proposals that are…
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Adult non-fictionThe NIV Sola Scriptura Bible Project
2,032 pages (in 4 Volumes) / 2017 (3,500 BC – 90 AD) I received a gift from a dear friend last Christmas and in April…
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Adult non-fictionFree book: The Divine Challenge: on matter, mind, math & meaning
Christians believe the world, the universe, and everything came about by Supernatural means – our God created! Those that deny the supernatural say that the…
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Adult non-fictionIn the Beginning: Listening to Genesis 1 and 2
by Cornelis Van Dam 2021 / 371 pages Dr. C. Van Dam begins his latest book by explicitly laying out his presuppositions. He’s upfront about his…
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Adult biographiesR.C. Sproul: A Life
by Stephen J. Nichols 2021 / 400 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Give Stephen J. Nichols has produced the first biography of Sproul since his death in December…
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Adult non-fictionJust do something
or how to make a decision without dreams, visions, fleeces, impressions, open doors, random Bible verses, casting lots, liver shivers, writing in the sky, etc….
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Adult non-fictionThe Gospel Comes With a House Key: an instructive, inspiring, downright intimidating look at Christian hospitality
by Rosaria Butterfield 2018 / 240 pages This is a scary book. I have heard of several people putting it down after only reading a…
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Adult non-fictionWhat’s your worldview?
by James N. Anderson 112 pages 2014 Rating: Good/Great/GIFT If you’ve got fond memories of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books you’ll really enjoy this adult update. This time…
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Adult non-fictionStill Thinking: more delightful doodles, and deep thoughts
by Jason Bouwman and friends 187 pages / 2019 Rating: Good/Great/GIFT This creative, challenging, accessible, readable, godly book is quite hard to describe. Oh, sure,…
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Adult non-fictionTimothy, Titus & You: a Study Guide for Church Leaders
by George C. Scipione 55 pages / 2018 (originally 1975) Crown and Covenant Publications Many Bible study books are full of questions. Questions can be…
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Adult non-fiction2 to help us understand the Muslim holy book
WHAT EVERY CHRISTIAN NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THE QUR’AN by James R. White 311 pages / 2013 More than ever, Christians need to be equipped…
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Adult non-fictionTwo on depression and joy
SPURGEON’S SORROWS: Realistic hope for those who suffer from depression by Zack Eswine 144 pages / 2014 Drawing on over eighty sermons by C. H….
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Book excerpts7 quotes from “Learning Contentment”
An in depth review is in the works, but in the meantime, here’s a taste of Nancy Wilson’s wonderful and, more to the point, challenging…
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Book excerpts5 quotes from Greg Koukl’s “The Story of Reality”
The following quotes are from Greg Koukl’s new apologetic book “The Story of Reality: How the world began, how it ends, and everything important that happens…
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Adult non-fictionGod has a wonderful plan for your life
by Ray Comfort 128 pages / 2010 Why doesn’t the modern evangelistic message “work”? In this book Comfort is confronting an enormous problem that he…
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Adult non-fictionAlien Intrusion: UFOs and the Evolution Connection
by Gary Bates 2004 / 382 pages Are people actually being abducted by aliens? That’s the question being asked by this book…and the recently released…
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Adult non-fiction4 books on the irreconcilable divide between Creation and Evolution
Four encouraging books to equip the Church in the current Evolution vs. Creation debates, listed by size, smallest to biggest. No Adam, No Gospel: Adam…
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Adult non-fictionUnderstanding Gender Dysphoria
Christian leaders have a new, helpful and thorough resource available to help them respond to the recent phenomenon known as “gender identity disorder” or “gender…
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Adult non-fictionThe Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
by Alex Epstein 209 pages / 2014 Author Alex Epstein challenges society’s negative view of fossil fuels by asking us to also consider the positives….
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Adult non-fictionDebt-proof living
The complete guide to living financially free by Mary Hunt 2014 / 311 pages As a regular reader of financial planning literature, and a fan…
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Adult non-fictionThe Thunder: A novel on John Knox
by Douglas Bond 2012 / 400 pages Rating: Good/Great/GIFT John Knox turns five hundred this year and I can’t think of a better way to…
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Adult non-fictionBusiness for the glory of God
The Bible’s teaching on the moral goodness of business by Wayne Grudem 2003 / 83 pages If you were to tell someone that they should…
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Adult non-fictionTHE DISCIPLINE OF GRACE: God’s Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness
by Jerry Bridges 2006 / 144 pages The title of Discipline of Grace seems to express a contradiction. Isn’t grace a free gift and discipline…
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Adult non-fictionRESPECTABLE SINS: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate
by Jerry Bridges 2007 / 192 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift We’re not into drugs, or pornography; we’re not committing adultery or stealing or beating our children….
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Adult non-fictionProdigal God
by Timothy Keller 2009 / 240 pages Rating: Good/GREAT/Gift My pastor recently concluded a series of sermons on a single 21-verse passage of Scripture. I…