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Best Christian Bible Study

The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus (Case for ... Series)
Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award and twice nominated for the Christian Book of the Year Award, Strobel’s tough, point-blank questions read like a captivating, fast-paced novel. The new edition includes scores of revisions and additions, including updated material on archaeological and manuscript discoveries, fresh recommendations for further study, and an interview with the author that tells dramatic stories about the book's impact, provides behind-the-scenes information, and responds to critiques of the book by skeptics. Lee Strobel probes with bulldog-like tenacity the evidence for the truth of biblical Christianity.
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"I was raised a Mormon."
"We all come to acceptance or rejection of Jesus as God from different places, and unless we are set in our thinking against the truth of Christian revelation, it seems to me that at least some of Strobel's reasons should prove to be persuasive. I have known people, however, who are so set in their opposition to accepting the divinity of Christ that I doubt this book (or any others) will make a difference. Confirmation of my belief came to me as I encountered Christ though Scripture, prayer, the Church and sacraments (especially the Eucharist), and the community of believers. My now long pilgrimage in seeking to know Christ and understand him has led to deeper faith and a more joyful experience of it."
"Well written and logical."
"As a Christian who grew up not needing faith but just assuming faith, I now have questions as an adult about what I blindly believed."
"I love this book the way Lee Strobel tells it everyone should have a copy of this book and the movie as well."
"A wonderful professionally done book."
"A wonderful read that gives the reader a clear challenge to really consider The Case for Christ as the real and true answer."
"Teens used for book report."
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The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears
According to Pastor Mark Batterson in this expanded edition of The Circle Maker, "Drawing prayer circles around our dreams isn't just a mechanism whereby we accomplish great things for God. Mark’s blog (www.markbatterson.com) and webcast (www.theaterchurch.com) also reach a virtual congregation around the world.
Reviews
"great book...we use it for our nightly devotional...got 2 and gave the other as a gift!"
"I love this book."
"This book helped me to see how small my prayers were and spurred me to take several giant steps forward."
"My coach reccommend this book to read."
"This book is a life-changing read!"
"This book should be a classic Beginning with the Old Testament character, his act and the outcome, have caused many believers to become circle-makers...with some outstanding results."
"one awesome-awesome book."
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Know Your Bible: All 66 Books Explained and Applied (Value Books)
Know Your Bible is a concise, easy-to-understand guide to God's Word-giving you a helpful and memorable overview of all 66 books. Paul Kent is a long-time editor who has also written several books including Know Your Bible, Bible Curiosities, and Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions.
Reviews
"For someone who is not real familiar with the books of the bible, this book is great!"
"There are 1-2 pages dedicated to each book of the Bible. : Since all of this information is contained on 1-2 pages, it stands to reason that each book entry has precious little detail. In each of the seven points there is something specific and unique about that particular book of the Bible. The same type of entries are present for every book of the Bible. It is hard to imagine that much of anything useful could be contained in a small book of 95 total pages that would shed any light on a book so profound as the Bible. It gives you a quick look at the "Who" and "Why" and "Where" of each book of the Bible and allows you to quickly determine if your question's answer might be present in that book."
"After joining a church & becoming actively involved in it last summer, I am a sponge, wanting nothing more than to soak up as much insight as possible to further strengthen my relationship with Christ. If you have not read the Bible cover to cover like me, and want to learn how to study your Bible, you need the basics first."
"Identifies authors of those who are believed to have written the chapter."
"I found this useful and a good immediate update on the books."
"Nice handy book to understand and learn more about the Bible."
"I liked the fact that the author of this book lets the reader know who wrote each book."
"Love the "In ten words or less"."
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Best Christian Bible Study Guides

The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears
According to Pastor Mark Batterson in this expanded edition of The Circle Maker, "Drawing prayer circles around our dreams isn't just a mechanism whereby we accomplish great things for God. Mark’s blog (www.markbatterson.com) and webcast (www.theaterchurch.com) also reach a virtual congregation around the world.
Reviews
"great book...we use it for our nightly devotional...got 2 and gave the other as a gift!"
"Life changing book."
"This book helped me to see how small my prayers were and spurred me to take several giant steps forward."
"My coach reccommend this book to read."
"This book is a life-changing read!"
"This book should be a classic Beginning with the Old Testament character, his act and the outcome, have caused many believers to become circle-makers...with some outstanding results."
"one awesome-awesome book."
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Best Christian New Testament Study

The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments - New King James Version
This Bible is filled with references and study aids to strengthen your Bible reading.
Reviews
"I give this bible 5 stars cause it exposes that the bible has been tampered with... All bible believers must have this bible in their collection..."
"I love this bible!"
"My favorite version for its devotion to accuracy in translation."
"Thank you this wonderful book."
"Love this bible."
"Great print size and of course it's word of God can't get any better."
"While there are free versions available, none of them really had the superior search feature that this one does."
"cheap option for distribution; not too durable but functional."
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Best Christian Old Testament Study

The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments - New King James Version
This Bible is filled with references and study aids to strengthen your Bible reading.
Reviews
"I give this bible 5 stars cause it exposes that the bible has been tampered with... All bible believers must have this bible in their collection..."
"I love this bible!"
"My favorite version for its devotion to accuracy in translation."
"Thank you this wonderful book."
"Love this bible."
"Great print size and of course it's word of God can't get any better."
"While there are free versions available, none of them really had the superior search feature that this one does."
"cheap option for distribution; not too durable but functional."
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Best Amplified Christian Bibles

The Everyday Life Bible: The Power of God's Word for Everyday Living
As one of the world's most recognized and respected Bible teachers, Joyce Meyer's insight on Scripture is an invaluable resource to many students of the Word of God. Her well-researched knowledge of Scripture and her passion for weaving the Word of God into daily life are inspiring companions to the Amplified Version of the Bible. Joyce Meyer has been teaching the Word of God since 1976 and in full time ministry since 1980.
Reviews
"I bought this Bible 9 years ago."
"I'm very pleased with this Bible by Joyce Meyer."
"I love the way it's written in modern English, very easy to read."
"Bought it for my sister who loves it!!"
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Best Christian Hermeneutics

How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Fourth Edition
More than three quarters of a million people have turned to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth to inform their reading of the Bible. Updated language for better readability Scripture references now appear only in brackets at the end of a sentence or paragraph, helping you read the Bible as you would read any book—without the numbers A new authors’ preface Redesigned and updated diagrams Updated list of recommended commentaries and resources. Gordon D. Fee (PhD, University of Southern California) is Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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"If teaching disciples to read the Bible for themselves is the most important task pastors, teachers, churches can perform then I believe most have failed. I grew up in a conservative Southern Baptist church context that taught the innerancy and importance of reading Scripture daily and studying it corporately, but never once had a lesson in exegesis, hermeneutics, biblical theology, etc. The importance and practical application of proper exegesis and hermeneutics are what Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart teach in this book. Reading this book, and others like it which they recommend, is extremely important. The authors have since written a companion book that I hope to read (How to Read the Bible Book by Book) but I'll read D.A. "Reading the Bible with an eye only to its meaning for us can lead to a great deal of nonsense as well as to every imaginable kind of error--because it lacks controls... we believe that God's Word for us today is first of all precisely what his Word was to them. Second, we must learn to hear that same meaning in the variety of new or different contexts of our own day; we call this second task hermeneutics...the original meaning of the text--as much as it is in our power to discern it--is the objective point of control...And this brings us back to our insistence that proper 'hermeneutics' begins with solid 'exegesis.'". "Even the two authors of this book have some disagreements as to what certain texts 'plainly' mean. Yet all of us are reading the same Bible, and we all are trying to be obedient to what the text 'plainly' means. "There are two basic kinds of questions one should ask of every biblical passage: those that relate to context and those that relate to content.The questions of context are also of two kinds: historical and literary...The most important contextual question you will ever ask--and it must be asked over and over of every sentence and every paragraph --is, 'What's the point? Or to put it in a positive way, the true meaning of the biblical text for us is what God originally intended it to mean when it was first spoken. Consulting a commentary should be "the last thing you do" in studying a text or a book. Christians believe that the New Testament authors were inspired by the Holy Spirit and therefore able to write analogies between the Old Testament and the life of Jesus than we are able to today. The Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write about this analogical connection between the Israelites in the desert and life in Christ without following the usual rules about context, intent, style, and wording..." Similarly with Matthew noting Jesus' "fulfillment" of various prophecies, such as being the "son called out of Egypt." OT Narratives, their proper use: "In the biblical story God is the protagonist, Satan (or opposing people/powers) are the antagonists, and God’s people are the agonists. The basic “plot” of the biblical story is that the creator God has created a people for his name — in his own “image” — who as his image bearers were to be his stewards over the earth that he created for their benefit. The plot resolution is the long story of 'redemption,' how God rescues his people from the enemy’s clutches, restores them back into his image, and (finally) will restore them 'in a new heaven and new earth. '”. "As you read the various narratives, be constantly on the lookout for how the inspired narrator discloses the point of view from which you are to understand the story." Errors in interpretation of biblical narratives: Allegorizing - relegating the text to merely reflecting another meaning beyond the text. Redefinition - Example: 2 Chron 7:14-15. "so they tend to ignore the fact that God’s promise that he will “hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land” was about the only earthly land God’s people could ever claim as “theirs,” the Old Testament land of Israel. In the new covenant, God’s people have no earthly country that is “their land” — despite the tendency of some American Christians to think otherwise about the world. "Unless Scripture explicitly tells us we must do something, what is only narrated or described does not function in a normative (i.e. obligatory) way — unless it can be demonstrated on other grounds that the author intended it to function in this way". Trying to look at Acts and the epistles for "how to do church" is problematic. The Gospels: "the major hermeneutical difficulty lies with understanding 'the kingdom of God,'". Authors shaped, and arranged his materials. "Think horizontally". "To think horizontally means that when studying a pericope in any one gospel, it is usually helpful to be aware of the parallels in the other gospels. To be sure, this point must not be overdrawn, since none of the evangelists intended his gospel to be read in parallel with the others. Nonetheless, the fact that God has provided four gospels in the canon means that they cannot be read totally in isolation from one another." The purpose of studying the Gospels in parallel is not to fill out the story in one gospel with details from the others. Usually such a reading of the Gospels tends to harmonize all the details and thus blur the very distinctives in each gospel that the Holy Spirit inspired. "Think vertically". To think vertically means that when reading or studying a narrative or teaching in the Gospels, one should try to be aware of both historical contexts — that of Jesus and that of the evangelist. OT is not our Testament. "unless an Old Testament law is somehow restated or reinforced in the New Testament, it is no longer directly binding on God’s people (cf. While a complete coverage of the categories of Old Testament law would take a book of its own, the portion of laws from the Pentateuch that no longer apply to Christians can be grouped conveniently into two categories: (1) the Israelite civil laws and (2) the Israelite ritual laws. All of the OT is still the word of God for us, even though it is not still God's command to us. Only that which is explicitly renewed from the Old Testament law can be considered part of the New Testament “law of Christ” (cf. Do see the Old Testament law as God’s fully inspired word for you. Don’t see the Old Testament law as God’s direct command to you. 373 – 546; Joachim Jeremias, Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus. read Robert H. Stein’s The Method and Message of Jesus’ Teaching. how to do hermeneutics in the Gospels: "highly recommend" George E. Ladd’s The Presence of the Future (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974). These. The very best introduction to Revelation — how it “works” as a book, its basic point of view, and its theological contribution to the Bible — is by Richard Bauckham, The Theology of the Book of Revelation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993); for an “easy read” commentary intended for the lay reader, you may wish to look at Professor Fee’s Revelation in the New Covenant Commentary Series (2011), The Appendix contains information on how to choose a commentary while offering suggestions for each book and some introductions to OT and NT."
"Not an easy read, but lots of good information."
"This will change the way you read the Bible."
"Fee and Stuart, two of the world's foremost biblical scholars, guide the reader into understanding how to appropriately interpret scripture."
"It does not take a particular demoninational point of view but rather stays focused objectively on biblical interpretation from the text."
"Every teacher and serious student of the Bible should read this several times and apply its principles."
"This book is about Biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, in other words how we can understand texts and apply them to our own contexts."
"It is loaded with practical help, guided tours of the Scriptures, and skilled ease with boiling complicate concepts down to a simple and understandable form."
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Best New Century Christian Bibles

NCV, The Devotional Bible, eBook: Experiencing The Heart of Jesus
Imagine a hope-filled tour of the Bible with the most beloved devotional writer of our time.
Reviews
"I love this devotional bible because it is easy to use cross referencing by topic."
"Great help when your stressed or down."
"Wish I could get the hard copy of this."
"Love the Life Lessons that are included with each page as words to contemplate regarding the devotional verses on the same page."
"I enjoy reading this Bible and lessons reviewed and learned in this format."
"This Bible helped me to understand God's plan."
"Outstanding!!!"
"You cannot go wrong reading anything Max Lucado writes and this is no exception."
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Best Christian Commentaries

Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Truth Behind the Birth of Christ
From pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller comes the perfect gift for the Christmas holiday—a profoundly moving and intellectually provocative examination of the nativity story Even people who are not practicing Christians think they are familiar with the story of the nativity. Keller achieves his pastoral goal of teaching Christmas’ most important message—‘God alone has the life, truth, and joy that we lack and cannot generate ourselves’—and in doing so, provides solace for those who seek it.” —Publishers Weekly. Praise for Timothy Keller and his other books: “Tim Keller’s ministry in New York City is leading a generation of seekers and skeptics toward belief in God. “Fifty years from now, if evangelical Christians are widely known for their love of cities, their commitment to mercy and justice, and their love of their neighbors, Tim Keller will be remembered as a pioneer of the new urban Christians.”. — Christianity Today.
Reviews
"I’ve read a few, not all, of Keller’s books. Hidden Christmas is the gospel presentation you’ve been waiting for."
"Hidden Christmas has all the hallmarks we’ve come to expect from Keller."
"This amalgamation covers the breadth of the Christmas story beginning with its roots in the Old Testament, as the Israelites yearned for the freeing savior King promised to them. And I think that’s really the strength of this book: Keller covers so much that there’s bound to be something in it that will give you pause to consider what Jesus’ birth in a manager means. We take the ability to talk to, to pray to, to approach God ourselves for granted today and the Christmas story should remind us of how incredible this is. Key Quotes: “Such in outline, but even more purposeless, more void of meaning, is the world which science presents for our belief... That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man’s achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the débris of a universe in ruins—all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand. “The [Bible’s] lesson is that the medium is not the message, that we must not ignore uncomfortable truths just because they come through an unimpressive messenger.” (104). “Thy word is like a deep, deep mine;//and jewels rich are rare//are hidden in its mighty depths//for every searcher there.” (107). “The manger at Christmas means that, if you live like Jesus, there won’t be room for you in a lot of inns.” (119)."
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Best Christian Spiritual Growth

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Licensed in over eighty-five languages, The Purpose Driven Life is far more than just a book; it is a guide to a spiritual journey. Living out the purpose you were created for moves you beyond mere survival and success to a life of significance—the life you were meant to live. Rick Warren is often called "America's most influential spiritual leader."
Reviews
"I will update my review once I read it but I am following Pastor Rick on YouTube and absolutely love his sermons so I already know I am going to love this book too!"
"Perfect!"
"Amazing book. I’ll read t over and over all year."
"Awesome book, everyone should read this."
"This is a very good read."
"I bought two of these with the read along book and passed to someone else that I wanted to share the experience with."
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Best New International Christian Bibles

NIV, Holy Bible, eBook
The Bible is the bestselling book in history, and the New International Version (NIV) Bible is the bestselling version year after year. -- Philip Yancey, author How I wish someone had put a book like this into my hands 50 years ago -- N. T. Wright, Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Every line and every word in the Bible comes from a context -- historical, social, cultural, theological -- and speaks into those contexts -- sometimes against that culture, sometimes with that culture, and sometimes to expand that culture. The NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible not only acknowledges this but engages ordinary readers in seeing what it looks like.
Reviews
"I really wanted a bible that would be my permanent bible that I could keep for years and highlight, write, etc in. This bible is it!"
"I love the feel of the textured cover, the colors are perfectly muted and Iam so excited to explore every book's beautiful illustrations."
"it's easier to bring it to Bible Study than a heavy Bible."
"I am really enjoying the new Fire Tablet that my husband gave me as an early Mother's Day gift, and the online versions of the Bible that I am downloading."
"A bible you can understand, easy to read."
"Great bible , bought it for my wife and she can't put it down."
"The New King James Versio & the Holman Christian Standard Version are my favorites but the NIV gives me a perspective that isn't always seen in the other versions."
"The only way I have found to be able to move from one book to another is to go to the menu and choose "front matter" which moves me to the index page--then I have to do the procedure a second time-- menu, choose 'front matter' and THEN it will give the list of OT and NT books from where I can choose the link to a book."
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Best Personal Growth & Christianity

The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Licensed in over eighty-five languages, The Purpose Driven Life is far more than just a book; it is a guide to a spiritual journey. Living out the purpose you were created for moves you beyond mere survival and success to a life of significance—the life you were meant to live. Rick Warren is often called "America's most influential spiritual leader."
Reviews
"Perfect!"
"Amazing book. I’ll read t over and over all year."
"Awesome book, everyone should read this."
"This is a very good read."
"I bought two of these with the read along book and passed to someone else that I wanted to share the experience with."
"Great read it is paper back with didn't bother me at all but great book."
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Best Faith & Spirituality

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
The people in Anne Lamott's real life are like beloved characters in a favorite series for her readers--her friend Pammy, her son, Sam, and the many funny and wise folks who attend her church are all familiar. At once tough, personal, affectionate, wise, and very funny, Traveling Mercies tells in exuberant detail how Anne Lamott learned to shine the light of faith on the darkest part of ordinary life, exposing surprising pockets of meaning and hope. With sharp and bittersweet humor, she recounts a past full of bad relationships with men, with food, with drugs, with alcohol, and worst of all, with herself. She battles her demons thanks to the love of her friends and family and her "lurch of faith" to embrace religion, that "puzzling thing inside me that had begun to tug on my sleeve from time to time, trying to get my attention." Delaney Lamott (Bird by Bird) reads a collection of her autobiographical essays, each a heart-wrenching detailing of a life grown up in a world of obsessions: food, alcohol, drugs and relationships.
Reviews
"This fact also makes the book a great deal more interesting than one might expect of a text about a spiritual journey (for those who aren't wild about that sort of literature in general), because you get to see how Lamott sustains her faith despite a mind with little of the "obedient" nature one generally associates with religious fervor. I read this book maybe a year ago, and was shocked to see it now on the best seller list, since it's really quite liberal, and is not the sort of book I would expect to appeal to a wide range of Americans, given the fact that so many people voted in primaries for the son of George Bush--a man for whom Annie Lamott has never had a good word (to put it MILDLY! For the rest of the reading public, however, this is a taste of Annie Lamott at ALMOST her best--(I do think that "Operating Instructions" is even better, but so few books in my life have been capable of making me laugh OUT LOUD in the New York City subway system during rush hour, that it may be the funniest book about motherhood on the planet--and motherhood is its own unique kind of spiritual journey.)."
"Refreshing to see how God works 'outside our box' to love us where we are but love us enough to not leave us there."
"This book was such an easy read, yet it was packed with so many powerful thoughts."
"Enjoy this author and this book."
"Even though I normally do not read books about religion or spiritual topics; however, I recently read this book (Traveling Mercies: Some thoughts on faith by Anne Lamott) because it seemed interesting. This book focuses on various aspects of the role faith and religion played in her life."
"Purchased this book for a Lenten group study."
"This is a quirky and interesting perspective on faith."
"I first heard of her in one of Michael Yaconelli's books. It's not for those of you who think your perfect but for those of us who have been there and need to know others have learned from their scars and bumps."
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Best Miracles & Spirituality

Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve, and a Network of Miracles
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The extraordinary saga of Mother Angelica--who passed away on Easter, 2016--founder of the multimillion-dollar Eternal Word Television Network and “the most influential Catholic woman in America” according to Time magazine. In 1981, the year after Ted Turner founded CNN, a simple nun, using merely her entrepreneurial instincts and $200, launched what would become the world’ s largest religious media empire in the garage of a Birmingham, Alabama, monastery. Under her guidance, the Eternal Word Television Network grew at a staggering pace, both in viewership and in influence, to where it now reaches over a hundred million viewers in hundreds of countries around the globe. In a comprehensive and engaging biography, Arroyo chronicles the life and faith of Mother Angelica, the nun who almost singlehandedly created a religious media empire through her Catholic cable network, EWTN. The strength of Arroyo's biography is what he calls his "unfettered access" to records, associates and the nun herself; as an anchor and news director for EWTN, he's known her for years. Read this book and believe.” —Nicholas Sparks, New York Times bestselling author “In this dramatic page-turner, Raymond Arroyo has captured the life and lessons of Mother Angelica, a woman who may well be the patron saint of CEOs. The drama of Mother Angelica’s life is a powerful reminder that the extraordinary lies just beyond the ordinary—if we have eyes to see and ears to hear.” —George Weigel, author of Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II.
Reviews
"For some reason, not quite known to me, something about him, arrogance, hubris something about him just annoys the heck out of me and I can't stand to watch him and I don't - except his interview with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. is what enabled him and only him to write this masterpiece of a biography about Mother Angelica. I stopped reading only long enough to get to Church for Saturday vigil Mass and finished it at 4am on Sunday morning. I have not stopped thinking about Mother and God and Jesus since and heaven and common sense since the book has so much to say and teach."
"Her courage in standing for righteousness and truth, her foresight in the leading of the Liberal agenda and the destruction of America if it continued to follow the Libreral lifestyles."
"What a Great Lady Mother Angelica. is. May God grant her. eternal peace and know how much she is loved."
"Far from untouchable and unrelatedable Mother Angelica struck at the heart of America with her bravery."
"Her courage to stand with the Holy Father and NOT give in to the strong liberal forces which seek to destroy the Church founded by St. Peter is to be greatly admired. Predictably, there are those who have read the book who prefer a "cafeteria-style Catholicism" - where they can pick and choose which parts of Catholic Church teaching to follow and/or believe - and these would never relate to this "Bride of Christ" who stood firm against those who were not in agreement with Rome."
"If you need encouragement, a boost to your faith and the courage to do what the Lord is asking you then read this book and you will be renewed in your faith."
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Best Mariology

33 Days to Morning Glory: A Do-It-Yourself Retreat In Preparation for Marian Consecration
Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, comes an extraordinary 33-day journey to Marian consecration with four giants of Marian spirituality: St. Louis de Montfort, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Blessed Pope John Paul II. Fr.Michael E. Gaitley, MIC, is director of Evangelization for the Marian Fathersof the Immaculate Conception and director of Formation for the MarianMissionaries of Divine Mercy.
Reviews
"This is a popular way to consecrate yourself to Jesus through Mary."
"This is a wonderful book."
"I have bought this book to give away and everyone I have given them states of the blessings they obtain by doing this consecration to Our Lady."
"Loved the book."
"Just as the Holy Trinity consecrated the Son to be Mary's child as Emmanuel, "God is with us", so to are we blessed when we consecrate ourselves to Christ through Mary."
"Well worth the read."
"I loved this retreat, I am consecrated to May."
"Good product."
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Best Two-Hour Religion & Spirituality Short Reads

Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis Signature Classics)
Lewis, the most important writer of the 20th century, explores the common ground upon which all of those of Christian faith stand together. In 1943 Great Britain, when hope and the moral fabric of society were threatened by the relentless inhumanity of global war, an Oxford don was invited to give a series of radio lectures addressing the central issues of Christianity. He describes those doctrines that the four major denominations in Britain (Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Roman Catholic) would have in common, e.g., original sin, the transcendent Creator God, and the divinity of Jesus as well as his atonement and bodily resurrection.
Reviews
"It is a timeless classic that is as true today as when it was originally penned by Lewis as a series of talks given in London over the BBC during the challenging days of WW2. As you work through this great book take some time to digest the material in each chapter and reflect upon the material that Lewis covers and the thoroughness of his argument and perspectives."
"He expertly (and extensively) uses metaphor to help mere humans understand the incomprehensible facts about God. Lewis's explanation of Christian doctrine from the ground up helps the Christian fill in the blank parts of their theological understanding."
"Dr. Lewis covers important Christian teachings and avoids getting bogged down with controversies and esoteric theological language."
"Lewis wrote this book, he was oblivious to how couples behaved /dealt with each other as he had not been in a serious relationship or marriage."
"Lewis reaches the real world of the believer in spite of the horrid and disgusting false facade that institutions, organizations and the "so called" smear over the faith."
"This book is a very interesting read for Christians, regardless of your religious background."
"A health issue, which was misdiagnosed, made reading nearly impossible for the last twenty five years, though life has it's own way of taking up time in any case. I didn't know if these were novels, theological texts, apologetic tomes, or... just what to expect."
"Mere Christianity is a GREAT book, but DO NOT BUY THIS VERSION."
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