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A Place for You: Reflections on Heaven
Jon Courson
Word for Today, 2003
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The God Delusion 1283 reviews
Richard Dawkins
Houghton Mifflin, 2006
An Atheist Handbook
+ A Waving Banner of Human Thought
+ Not for a light reading
+ Must read!
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series, No. 17)109 reviews
Joseph Campbell
Princeton University Press, 1972
Very Helpful
+ A journey blending modern psychology with comparative mythology
+ The Hero with a Thousand Faces
+ A must read for everyone
+ A Book with a capital "B."
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Fabricating Jesus: How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels 27 reviews
Craig A. Evans
IVP Books, 2006
Evangelical Scholarship is underrated in Catholic circles
+ A Great Treatment of Silly Theories about Jesus
+ Good Popular Level Discussion of Theories on Jesus.
This is a great rebuttal of some of the more esoteric attacks on Jesus, like the writings of the Jesus Seminar, or Michael Baigant, and other weirdos. Even if one isn't familiar with the modern, less known attacks on Jesus, it is still a wonderful defense of the historicity of the gospels. It is ...
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The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion 299 reviews
Robert Spencer
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006
Kinder then I would be...
+ The Hypocrisy of Muslim Apologists is Showing . . .
+ Can you face the truth?
+ Muhammad
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Jon Courson's Application Commentary: Old Testament, Volume I (Genesis-Job) (Jon Courson's Application ... 11 reviews
Jon Courson
Nelson Reference, 2006
Edifying, instructing and uplifting
+ Jon Courson's Application Commentary, Old Testament, Volume I
+ This is a must for serious Christians
+ Excellent for Daily Study or Reference
+ AMAZING INSIGHT
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The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way15 reviews
Eugene H. Peterson
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2007
Spiritual Portraits and the Purification of Means
+ Life Changing Freshness!
+ Never read a book that has moved me like this one has
+ The Jesus Way
+ An insightful and timely book.
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The Bible Answer Book23 reviews
Hank Hanegraaff
Thomas Nelson, 2004
Insight Into God's Word
+ Excellent Reference for REAL Biblical Questions
+ Love it!
+ A wonderful little book
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God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything805 reviews
Christopher Hitchens
Twelve Books, Hachette Book Group, 2007
essential DISCLAIMER
+ logical, but superficial to some extent
Staffers for an organization called Campus Crusade for Christ are responsible for allegations that I (Lucifer) and Christopher Hitchens are in cahoots; and that no one -- not even a born-again evangelical Christian -- can read either Hitchens' GOD IS NOT GREAT or Lucifer's TRUE HISTORY OF ...
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)498 reviews
Robert Spencer
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2005
Inform yourself and be prepared!
+ An insightful read but not everything about it is correct
+ Smithy's take
This is a truly scary book. One of the cover credits titled "praise for the author on RevivingIslam.com" reads as follows: "May Allah rip out his spine from his back and split his brains in two, and then put them both back, and then do it over and over again. Amen." The biography on the back ...
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The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church63 reviews
Gregory A. Boyd
Zondervan, 2007
The Myth of a Christian America
+ Myth Busted!!
+ Not a politician
+ Whoa! What a message!
+ A Must Read!
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The Apocalypse Code: Find Out What the Bible REALLY Says About the End Times . . . and Why It Matters Today73 reviews
Hank Hanegraaff
Thomas Nelson, 2007
Finally, something that makes sense
+ The Old Testament as Code to Unlocking Revelation
For years I've been confused by what I'd heard people say when it came to the book of Revelation. It seemed to me that for all the confidence they exhuded as they spoke, it all sounded like a lot of dancing around, trying to make the events occuring in our world fit with prophecy from Revelation. I ...
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The Power of Myth130 reviews
Joseph Campbell
Anchor, 1991
Thought-provoking
+ the Power of Myth
+ Resonates with the song of the universe deep inside us.
+ Outstanding
+ A fitting Introduction
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The Kingdom of the Cults132 reviews
Walter Ralston Martin
Bethany, 2002
kingdom of the cults review
+ Wonderful Resource
+ Great book to learn about how cults were created and work
+ A must buy
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The Illustrated World's Religions: A Guide to Our Wisdom Traditions26 reviews
Huston Smith
HarperOne, 1995
A Beautiful Book!
+ Original edition text cut in half
+ The Illus. World's Religions Guide to Our Wisdom Tradition
This is an excellent overview of the world's major religions, well researched and clearly written so that even a novice can understand. Lush photographs, color and black & white, appear on almost every page, illustrating interesting and unique specifics of each religion - i.e., gods, body ...
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Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith730 reviews
Jon Krakauer
Anchor, 2004
Scary and enlightening
+ Compelling
+ Excellent book, difficult subject matter
+ morbid and fascinating
+ Absolutely brutal, but very informative.
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Letter to a Christian Nation621 reviews
Sam Harris
Knopf, 2006
this guy has it right
+ Sam Harris' "Letter" adds fuel to the current fire.
i really enjoyed this book. i had read his other book, the end of faith, and it was ok but this one hits it right on.
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Counterfeit Revival107 reviews
Hank Hanegraaff
Thomas Nelson, 2001
Well written & helpful
+ Every Pentecostal should read Hank Hanagraaff's Counterfeit Revival.
Hank has written a great book here addressing some challenging issues. He presents the material fairly, citing very many original sources throughout. This book helped me exercise discernment in pursuit of truth. I would recommend this book to anyone as it was definitely worth it for me!
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The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything 143 reviews
Brian D. McLaren
Thomas Nelson, 2006
Why didn't we get this sooner?
+ Great Introduction to the Kingdom of God
Brian McLaren's goal in this book is a part of his journey to better understand Jesus, His message and His Kingdom. McLaren is curious, he is a learner, an explorer, an excavator, an observer, a discoverer, a thinker and a truth seeker. In this book McLaren explores three areas, Jesus and his ...
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Jon Courson's Application Commentary: New Testament22 reviews
Jon Courson
Thomas Nelson, 2004
enjoy this commentary
+ Amazing, life changing!
+ Wonderful
+ Apply
+ good but test it to the word...also not fully detailed like some
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