Here are 10 things you need to know about evangelicals. published, avg rating 4.52 — There are also free download helps for pastors. We wanted a concise, concentrated reference book that would cover many subjects adequately for the task. 548 ratings — 35 ratings — published 2011, avg rating 4.26 — published 1986, avg rating 4.04 — published 2017, avg rating 4.39 — published, avg rating 4.10 — The one that really lit my fire for the lost was Way of the Master by Ray Comfort. I’ve tried to look it a few times and can’t seem to find it. ... We were discussing a book about books (Tony Reinke’s Lit! 849 ratings — The number of Evangelicals likely increased. Pure book. published 2000, avg rating 3.97 — I’m not sure if I have the title wrong and I don’t remember the author’s name. Also another by Mack Stiles, “Marks of the Messenger.”. by Mark Dever. There are so many excellent books that it’s … Refresh and try again. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It’s hard to find another single volume that functions as much like an evangelism “toolbox” while still building its case on the Bible and history. 3,425 ratings — published, avg rating 4.30 — It’s no wonder the E word makes folks uncomfortable. One book that has been very helpful in training men and women for ‘personal ministry’ is LIVING PROOF by Jim Petersen (NavPress). 126 ratings — Concentric Circles of Concern by Oscar Thompson had a major impact on me. Without ignoring the importance of theology, this book is filled with suggestions and practices for doing evangelism. I read “Radically Unchurched: Who They Are and How to Reach Them” by Alvin Reid in 2012, and I’ve been a Hyper-Alvinist ever since! published 2007, avg rating 4.35 — The friend I was talking with asked me about some books he might consider. 2,719 ratings — published 2013, avg rating 3.93 — 784 ratings — published 1998, avg rating 4.40 — Evangelical Christians and Popular Culture: Pop Goes the Gospel addresses the full spectrum of evangelical media and popular culture offerings, even delving into lesser-known forms of evangelical popular culture such as comic books, video games, and theme parks. As Dr. Lawless does his daily Bible reading in 2017, he sends these devotional comments to accountability partners. published 2005, avg rating 4.53 — Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture. Error rating book. The love of God is evangelism. 15 ratings — published 1988, avg rating 4.21 — Without ignoring the importance of theology, this book is filled with … In order to help you, I compiled a list of 50 books I think that every Christian should read. by Tom Johnston, editor. 1,731 ratings — 1,434 ratings — 316 ratings — published 2010, avg rating 3.99 — Learn how your comment data is processed. If you would like to receive these short, daily devotionals, enter your email below to subscribe. She is completely honest about evangelism flubs and times that we don’t “get it right,” but encourages us that God can (and often does!) 934 ratings — 31,258 ratings — It has also been used in Catholic parishes in the ‘Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults’ (RCIA). 1,692 ratings — Thanks, Cynthia. 594 ratings — 207 ratings — 26 ratings — I slowly collected these books, purchasing some myself and… 193 ratings — published 2019, avg rating 3.67 — So what are the best Christian books? published 2018, avg rating 3.54 — 25 ratings — You don’t have to agree with all of it to benefit from it. Dr. Reid’s Evangelism Handbook is a revised version of his Intro book. Here’s my take on it. As Ben Howe in his book The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power Over Christian Values correctly points out “The important choice was never between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton—the important choice was between self-interest and the idolization of ‘winning’ versus loving God and one another.” In fact, many will. by Steve Sjogren. I was once told by a well meaning member, “I think we have all the (denomination) in town already.” I’ve had to pastorally start further back with what is the church about, what is a Christian charged with, what does their baptism mean to them. “Share Jesus Without Fear” changed my life in 2002. For decades, the world’s largest media conglomerates have sought out evangelical consumers, and evangelical books have regularly become international best sellers. 11,522 ratings — Thanks, Brad. For a theological/practical balance, one of my all time favorites is “Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God” by J. I. Packer. It’s hard to know where to start! Read 645 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Girl, Stop Apologizing (Audible Exclusive Edition): A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Y… Dialog "Noll's book provides a bold analysis of the history of evangelical thought in America. published 1998, avg rating 4.21 — published 1984, avg rating 4.38 — published 2020, avg rating 4.03 — While that book is a bit dated, I benefited greatly from his “Evangelism Handbook” also and look forward to reading “Share Jesus Without Freaking Out.” published 1997, avg rating 4.16 — Scandal may itself be a history-making book. : A Christian Guide to Reading). The best book is the Bible and the Holy Spirit with the “hungering and thirsting” after real meat. published 2007, avg rating 3.72 — In a comical way, it also spurred on a spontaneous and hilarious post about Christian books that should NOT be published. Praying it will encourage many to share the hope that is within them. I found Change Your Church for Good by Brad Powell helpful but challenging to key leaders albeit spiritually mature. published 2002, avg rating 4.14 — Dr. Allison is a great soul-winner of the faith. published 2014, avg rating 4.23 — published, avg rating 4.96 — Hi. This is a kind of expansion on my response. This list isn’t exhaustive by any means, and there are many others that should be on the list, but this should get you started. Here are some practical resources that may help you and your church re-invest in this task: I know this list could be much longer. 1. 237 ratings — From iconic novels to poems about God and religion to coloring books featuring your favorite Bible versus, we've rounded up the best spiritual books about Christianity. published 2012, avg rating 3.98 — Jimmy Scroggins’ “3 Circles: Life Conversation Guide” is a super tract/pamphlet to share the Gospel with simplicity and encourage others to do the same! published, avg rating 4.33 — Evangelical books, films, music, clothing, and merchandise shape the beliefs of millions. You’re planning to study a couple of good books. The Best Christian Books … READING: Judges 7-8, Luke 22 In some ways, God’s grace is seldom more apparent to me than when I see how willing He is to…, Evangelism • Leadership • Missiology • Church Health, It’s no secret that many evangelicals struggle with doing evangelism. I suggest two kinds of books here. Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity by Ronald J. Sider. Praying for your ministry. It’s no secret that many evangelicals struggle with doing evangelism. 35 ratings — A classic for me. Blessings! published 2006, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free (Hardcover), American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America (Hardcover), Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel (Hardcover), When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God (Hardcover), From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism (Hardcover), America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation (Hardcover), Erasing Hell: What God Said about Eternity, and the Things We've Made Up (Paperback), Speaking of Jesus: The Art of Not-Evangelism (Paperback), The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Paperback), The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity (Paperback), Losing My Religion: How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America—and Found Unexpected Peace (Hardcover), What's So Amazing About Grace? published 1993, avg rating 4.25 — This chapter began in reading several books written over the last two decades where evangelicals considered how to live as a Christian in the suburbs. The recently published The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Cities includes a chapter that took me several years to put together. 17,116 ratings — published 2000, avg rating 3.91 — Simple and easy for anyone to read and learn. published 2011, avg rating 3.72 — 3,855 ratings — Welcome back. This book is a compilation of ideas and strategies from evangelism professors in Southern Baptist seminaries. I have other books on evangelism including Intro to Evagelism by Alvin Ried. A good tool to help believers do evangelism by responding to questions with questions, combining theology, methodology, and apologetics – and ultimately pointing to Jesus. Evangelicalism (/ ˌ iː v æ n ˈ dʒ ɛ l ɪ k əl ɪ z əm, ˌ ɛ v æ n-,-ə n /), evangelical Christianity, or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in Jesus's atonement. And evangelical popular culture is teeming with muscular heroes―mythical warriors and rugged soldiers, men like Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Mel Gibson, and the Duck Dynasty clan, who assert white masculine power in defense of “Christian America.” The evangelism formula of “High Potency + Close Proximity + Clear Communication = Maximum Impact” makes this book worth reading. This book is an excellent resource for Evangelicals seeking answers about the Catholic Church, and Catholics seeking effective ways to answer Evangelical questions. 682 ratings — Some are histories, which go back to Great Britain as well as our own national beginnings. 193 ratings — Oscar Thompson published 2011, avg rating 4.15 — I wish I had these books for my new ministry. 1,373 ratings — published 2014, avg rating 3.94 — This work is another toolbox resource, including dozens of short chapters on how to evangelize particular groups of people (e.g., medical workers, agnostics, etc.). His book is a celebration of the English becoming Christian, and, in the centuries after him, these people, the Angli, will think of themselves as a single nation, England. I love the term, “hyper-Alvinist.” Blessings, Tim! published 2018, avg rating 3.99 — published, avg rating 4.55 — published, avg rating 4.35 — You show it as: The Evangelical Christian Library: Online Books for the Whole Family. by Randy Newman. (Crucial Questions, #13), Does Prayer Change Things? I enjoyed hosting up to 178 online books for twenty plus years. 143 ratings — published 1977, avg rating 4.23 — 9,498 ratings — 2,489 ratings — In a new book, a black evangelical challenges his white counterparts to take full responsibility for their complicity in racism, and to commit to changing America. (Paperback), Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message (Paperback), The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University (Hardcover), God's Harvard: A Christian College on a Mission to Save America (Hardcover), Thompson Chain Reference Bible-NIV (Leather Bound), Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God (Paperback), Is It Okay to Call God "Mother"? by Scott Dawson, ed. Subscribe to chucklawless.com for a web exclusive excerpt from Nobodies for Jesus. Here are the ones I recommend. In fact, many will never share their faith with anybody. 12,267 ratings — by Alvin Reid. American evangelicalism is big business. 618 ratings — The others are “classics”–books that for many of us shaped an evangelical outlook. 38,592 ratings — 13 ratings — A new history explores the commercial heart of evangelical Christianity. : Considering the Feminine Face of God (Paperback), The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict (Hardcover), Separated by the Border: A Birth Mother, a Foster Mother, and a Migrant Child's 3,000-Mile Journey (Paperback), Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back, Faith in the Shadows: Finding Christ in the Midst of Doubt (Paperback), Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible, and What He Wants to Do with You (Hardcover), The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism (Hardcover), Fish Sandwiches: The Delight of Receiving God's Promises (Paperback), Who Is The Holy Spirit? 105 ratings — For people who are afraid to do evangelism, perhaps this approach to “servant evangelism” will at least turn their focus outward and get them connected with others. published, avg rating 4.41 — Many experts have weighed in on just what evangelism is and is not, and more and more the word is being used in political and sociological terms. 10,409 ratings — Evangelicals are far more likely to read Christian self-help books, Christian romance novels, Christian biographies, or superficial “look what God did for me, he’ll do it for you too” books than they are books that deal with doctrine, church history, or textual criticism. An Analysis of Christian Reconstructionism (Hardcover), The Search for Christian America (Paperback), Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind (Hardcover), The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith (Hardcover), America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln (Paperback), The Civil War as a Theological Crisis (Hardcover), Ability and Disability Introduction - Monthly List #1, Blind Hope - An Unwanted Dog and the Woman She Rescued. Its author has illustrated its principles by his own life. This concise work tackles the what, who, why, and how of evangelism. published 2007, avg rating 3.96 — 469 ratings — published 1972, avg rating 4.29 — by Charles Spurgeon. This book is probably more about discipleship than it is evangelism, but it’s a classic. Anyway it was a great book for me as a young woman trying to find my way as a follower of Christ. I am hoping to take the discussions further using Thom Rainer’s 2 small books: I Am A Church Member and I Will: 9 Traits of Outwardly Focused Christians. Since no single book in addition to the Bible fit the challenge, we decided to create our own. Books that have been published since World War II—not every book in the history of Christianity. Christianity Today, the evangelical magazine founded by the Rev. published 2009, avg rating 4.16 — Tell the Truth by Will Metzger. by Robert Coleman. 2,172 ratings — published 2009, avg rating 3.66 — Words to Winners of Souls by Horatius Bonar. The language may be a bit archaic, but it’s still funny, convicting, and inspiring – all at the same time. 548 ratings — A post by the Arminian theologian Roger Olson this week outlining “9.5 Theses about Evangelical Christianity” serves to illustrate a number of the points that I made with my little diagram about theology and history.It’s a quick read. 2 ratings — This year, he is focusing on spiritual warfare in the Bible. This compilation of some of Spurgeon’s lectures and addresses is one of my favorite books on personal evangelism. 869 ratings — I am a pastor of and established mainline church where evangelism is thought to be impolite and assuming, where prayers are muttered and then with great trepidation. (Crucial Questions, #3), The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel (Paperback), The Color of Life: A Journey toward Love and Racial Justice (Paperback), When Faith Fails: Finding God in the Shadow of Doubt (Paperback), God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships (Hardcover), Love Defined: Embracing God's Vision for Lasting Love and Satisfying Relationships (Paperback), All We're Meant to Be: Biblical Feminism for Today (Paperback), Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity (Paperback), Escape from Reason: A Penetrating Analysis of Trends in Modern Thought (Paperback), Sacrifice and Atonement: Psychological Motives and Biblical Patterns (Paperback), The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption (Hardcover), Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse? 4,174 ratings — According to Pew Research, Christianity is the world’s largest religious group, so it’s worth knowing something about it, whether you’re a Christian or not.And if you’re interested in learning more about the Christian faith, there’s no lack of books out there. I just published L.E.A.R.N. Winsome Words for a Willing Witness by B. 1,373 ratings — Billy Graham, presented a list of “The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals” in the past century, producing a list that touches on a mixed bag of topics including evangelism, prayer, end times, pluralism, poverty, and marriage. published 2007, avg rating 2.50 — I really enjoyed “Out of the Saltshaker & into the World” by Rebecca Pippert. 105,139 ratings — Others have mentioned this book, too. Evangelicals were the only segment of Christianity that … Until they reconnect (or connect for the first time) with a relationship with Christ, they have nothing to share with others. Books that over the last 50 years have altered the way American evangelicals … Girl at the End of the World: My Escape from Fundamentalism in Search of Faith w… When we could find no single book in our library, we sought to make a … use those times to bring glory to His name! published 2013, avg rating 3.27 — Gray Allison is a tremendous resource. Belongs on your short list. published 2019, avg rating 4.38 — published 1994, avg rating 4.23 — Evangelism Handbook: Giving Away the Greatest Gift….with an accompanying pocket pamphlet in English and Spanish. 7,064 ratings — 676 ratings — There is a slim, small book that is a dynamite read on evangelism, called “Evangelism: How the Whole Church Speaks of Jesus” by J. Mack Stiles, part of the 9Marks series (Crossway, 2014). “Destiny and fate are of one’s own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path.”, “Embrace the fundamentals like the closest of friends, for they will be the foundation of your future success.”, avg rating 4.15 — Concentric Circles of Concern Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I don’t see the problem with classifying evangelicalism as a movement. published, avg rating 4.18 — Thanks so much for your ministry. It’s a very important piece of history – the first real, proper history that the English wrote about themselves – and … But had to shut it down about seven months ago … What other practical books do you recommend? published 2012, avg rating 3.93 — 196 ratings — published 2009, avg rating 4.26 — 1,060 ratings — by Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg. 7. I read it in 1990 and it left a great impression. published 2012, avg rating 4.39 — by Will Metzger. 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