Piety And Virtue Books | Summaries & Audio

Back to Virtue

by Peter Kreeft • 1986

Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.

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🏛️ Virtue Ethics 📜 Moral Theology 🐍 Seven Deadly Sins

Back to Virtue 90%

Modern ethics is broken. The cure is ancient: the seven deadly sins and the Beatitudes.

by Peter Kreeft 1986

4.29

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🏛️ Virtue Ethics 📜 Moral Theology 🐍 Seven Deadly Sins

Introducing Moral Theology

by William C. Mattison III • 2008

Morality isn't a rulebook: it's the craft of becoming someone who truly thrives.

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🏛️ Virtue Ethics ⛪ Moral Theology 🧱 Character Formation

Introducing Moral Theology 89%

Morality isn't a rulebook: it's the craft of becoming someone who truly thrives.

by William C. Mattison III 2008

3.78

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🏛️ Virtue Ethics ⛪ Moral Theology 🧱 Character Formation

Happiness and Contemplation

by Josef Pieper • 1957

We were made for contemplation: everything else, from work to politics, is just preparation.

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🏛️ Thomism 🙏 Christian Contemplation 📖 Philosophical Theology

Happiness and Contemplation 89%

We were made for contemplation: everything else, from work to politics, is just preparation.

by Josef Pieper 1957

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🏛️ Thomism 🙏 Christian Contemplation 📖 Philosophical Theology

Edwards on the Christian Life

by Dane C. Ortlund • 2014

Edwards on the Christian life: not grim duty but delight, waking to a beauty that remakes the soul.

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🏛️ Puritan Theology 🕯️ Spiritual Formation ✨ Divine Beauty

Edwards on the Christian Life 89%

Edwards on the Christian life: not grim duty but delight, waking to a beauty that remakes the soul.

by Dane C. Ortlund 2014

4.41

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🏛️ Puritan Theology 🕯️ Spiritual Formation ✨ Divine Beauty

The Practice of Godliness

by Jerry Bridges • 1983

A training plan for godliness: Christian character that grows from inner devotion, not moralism.

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✝️ Christian Living 🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📖 Spiritual Disciplines

The Practice of Godliness 89%

A training plan for godliness: Christian character that grows from inner devotion, not moralism.

by Jerry Bridges 1983

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✝️ Christian Living 🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📖 Spiritual Disciplines

The Godly Man's Picture

by Thomas Watson • 1987

A Puritan master lists the marks of genuine godliness, and hypocrisy fails every one of them.

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📜 Puritan Theology 🙏 Christian Devotion 🔥 Sanctification

The Godly Man's Picture 89%

A Puritan master lists the marks of genuine godliness, and hypocrisy fails every one of them.

by Thomas Watson 1987

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📜 Puritan Theology 🙏 Christian Devotion 🔥 Sanctification

A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life

by William Law • 1728

Six days of worldly living cannot be redeemed by one hour of Sunday prayers.

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⛪ Anglican Spirituality 🕯️ Holy Living 📿 Spiritual Discipline

A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life Summary

A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life 89%

Six days of worldly living cannot be redeemed by one hour of Sunday prayers.

by William Law 1728

4.04

722 ratings

⛪ Anglican Spirituality 🕯️ Holy Living 📿 Spiritual Discipline

The Pursuit of Holiness

by Jerry Bridges • 1978

God commands holiness. Good intentions will not get you there. This is the training regimen.

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🕊️ Personal Holiness 🏋️ Spiritual Disciplines ⚔️ Mortification Of Sin

The Pursuit of Holiness 89%

God commands holiness. Good intentions will not get you there. This is the training regimen.

by Jerry Bridges 1978

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🕊️ Personal Holiness 🏋️ Spiritual Disciplines ⚔️ Mortification Of Sin

The Nature of True Virtue

by Jonathan Edwards • 1960

Natural moral instincts are counterfeits unless they spring from universal love, grounded in God.

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⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✝️ Christian Ethics 📖 Reformed Theology

The Nature of True Virtue 89%

Natural moral instincts are counterfeits unless they spring from universal love, grounded in God.

by Jonathan Edwards 1960

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⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✝️ Christian Ethics 📖 Reformed Theology

Holy Bible

by Anonymous • 1985

Pleasure is hollow, wisdom stalls, and death erases the score. One path outlasts them all.

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📜 Old Testament 📖 Wisdom Literature 🙏 Fear Of God

Holy Bible 89%

Pleasure is hollow, wisdom stalls, and death erases the score. One path outlasts them all.

by Anonymous 1985

4.63

98k+ ratings

📜 Old Testament 📖 Wisdom Literature 🙏 Fear Of God

The Content of Character

by Al-Amin bin Ali Mazrui • 2005

What Muhammad taught about character, and the method scholars used to verify it.

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🕌 Hadith Studies ☪️ Islamic Ethics 🌱 Character Development

The Content of Character 89%

What Muhammad taught about character, and the method scholars used to verify it.

by Al-Amin bin Ali Mazrui 2005

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201 ratings

🕌 Hadith Studies ☪️ Islamic Ethics 🌱 Character Development

On the Shoulders of Hobbits

by Louis A. Markos • 2012

The seven classical and theological virtues, taught not by lecture but by hobbit, faun, and wizard.

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🏛️ Virtue Ethics 🐉 Fantasy And Faith 🌱 Moral Formation

On the Shoulders of Hobbits 89%

The seven classical and theological virtues, taught not by lecture but by hobbit, faun, and wizard.

by Louis A. Markos 2012

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713 ratings

🏛️ Virtue Ethics 🐉 Fantasy And Faith 🌱 Moral Formation

God's Wisdom for Navigating Life

by Timothy J. Keller • 2017

365 days in Proverbs: what ancient wisdom does to your speech, your spending, and your ambition.

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🗓️ Daily Devotionals 📖 Biblical Wisdom 🗣️ Wise Speech

God's Wisdom for Navigating Life Summary

God's Wisdom for Navigating Life 89%

365 days in Proverbs: what ancient wisdom does to your speech, your spending, and your ambition.

by Timothy J. Keller 2017

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2k+ ratings

🗓️ Daily Devotionals 📖 Biblical Wisdom 🗣️ Wise Speech

On the Duties of Brotherhood

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali • 2016

Al-Ghazali's manual for a brotherhood stronger than blood, where help arrives without being asked.

📜 Islamic Ethics 🤝 Islamic Brotherhood 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Spiritual Friendship

On the Duties of Brotherhood 89%

Al-Ghazali's manual for a brotherhood stronger than blood, where help arrives without being asked.

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 2016

📜 Islamic Ethics 🤝 Islamic Brotherhood 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Spiritual Friendship

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

by Jeremiah Burroughs • 1648

Contentment is needing less, not getting more: a 1648 Puritan guide to the quiet heart.

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⛪ Puritan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Discipline 👁️ Providence

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment Summary

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment 89%

Contentment is needing less, not getting more: a 1648 Puritan guide to the quiet heart.

by Jeremiah Burroughs 1648

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⛪ Puritan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Discipline 👁️ Providence

The Lost Art of True Beauty

by Leslie Ludy • 2010

True beauty doesn't start with a mirror. Scripture's pattern: self-forgetfulness, not self-esteem.

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🕊️ Biblical Womanhood 💎 Inner Beauty 👗 Christian Modesty

The Lost Art of True Beauty 89%

True beauty doesn't start with a mirror. Scripture's pattern: self-forgetfulness, not self-esteem.

by Leslie Ludy 2010

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529 ratings

🕊️ Biblical Womanhood 💎 Inner Beauty 👗 Christian Modesty

The Imitation of Christ

by Thomas à Kempis • 1427

The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.

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🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality

The Imitation of Christ 89%

The reward for wanting nothing is peace. Getting what you want only postpones the restlessness.

by Thomas à Kempis 1427

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🕯️ Christian Devotion 🏠 Interior Life ⛪ Monastic Spirituality

Overcoming Sin and Temptation

by John Owen • 1656

Sin within you is a hostile, living law. Willpower fails; only daily, Spirit-led execution works.

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📜 Puritan Theology ✝️ Mortification Of Sin ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Overcoming Sin and Temptation 89%

Sin within you is a hostile, living law. Willpower fails; only daily, Spirit-led execution works.

by John Owen 1656

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📜 Puritan Theology ✝️ Mortification Of Sin ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

On Temptation and the Mortification of Sin in Believers

by John Owen • 2013

Why indwelling sin doesn't weaken with time, and what actually kills it.

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📜 Puritan Theology 🕊️ Reformed Spirituality 🔥 Sin And Sanctification

On Temptation and the Mortification of Sin in Believers Summary

On Temptation and the Mortification of Sin in Believers 89%

Why indwelling sin doesn't weaken with time, and what actually kills it.

by John Owen 2013

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103 ratings

📜 Puritan Theology 🕊️ Reformed Spirituality 🔥 Sin And Sanctification

Living for God's Glory

by Joel R. Beeke • 2008

Beyond predestination: Calvinism's comprehensive piety for work, marriage, and public life.

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📖 Reformed Theology ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🙏 Reformed Spirituality

Living for God's Glory 89%

Beyond predestination: Calvinism's comprehensive piety for work, marriage, and public life.

by Joel R. Beeke 2008

4.44

376 ratings

📖 Reformed Theology ✝️ Doctrines Of Grace 🙏 Reformed Spirituality

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis

by Theophan the Recluse • 1869

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

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☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis Summary

The Path to Salvation, A Concise Outline of Christian Ascesis 89%

The soul's ascent: from first zeal, through inner war, to the stillness of union with God.

by Theophan the Recluse 1869

4.69

150 ratings

☦️ Eastern Orthodoxy 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🏋️ Ascetic Practice

Praying the Bible

by Donald S. Whitney • 2015

The Psalms are a prayer book in plain sight. When your words run dry, theirs never do.

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🙏 Prayer Practices 🕯️ Spiritual Disciplines 📖 Praying The Psalms

Praying the Bible 89%

The Psalms are a prayer book in plain sight. When your words run dry, theirs never do.

by Donald S. Whitney 2015

4.48

9k+ ratings

🙏 Prayer Practices 🕯️ Spiritual Disciplines 📖 Praying The Psalms

The Cost of Discipleship

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer • 1937

When Christ calls, he asks for all of it. Grace without surrender is not grace.

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✝️ Discipleship 🏔️ Sermon On The Mount 🕊️ Grace Theology

The Cost of Discipleship 88%

When Christ calls, he asks for all of it. Grace without surrender is not grace.

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1937

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✝️ Discipleship 🏔️ Sermon On The Mount 🕊️ Grace Theology

Happy are You Poor

by Thomas Dubay • 1981

Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.

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🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🌾 Christian Simplicity

Happy are You Poor 88%

Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.

by Thomas Dubay 1981

4.39

727 ratings

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🌾 Christian Simplicity

Holy Envy

by Barbara Brown Taylor • 2019

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

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☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

Holy Envy 88%

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019

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6k+ ratings

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir

Practical Theology

by Peter Kreeft • 2014

The most abstract theologian in history left us the most practical guide to joy.

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🏛️ Thomistic Theology ⛪ Catholic Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Direction

Practical Theology 88%

The most abstract theologian in history left us the most practical guide to joy.

by Peter Kreeft 2014

4.52

210 ratings

🏛️ Thomistic Theology ⛪ Catholic Spirituality 🧭 Spiritual Direction

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection

by John Wesley • 1844

Sin purged entirely from the heart in this life: the doctrine that founded a movement.

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🏛️ Methodist Theology 🔥 Sanctification 💛 Perfect Love

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection Summary

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection 88%

Sin purged entirely from the heart in this life: the doctrine that founded a movement.

by John Wesley 1844

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🏛️ Methodist Theology 🔥 Sanctification 💛 Perfect Love

The Blessing of Humility

by Jerry Bridges • 2016

Nine statements Jesus made about blessing contain a roadmap to humility that effort cannot produce.

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🏔️ Beatitudes ✝️ Gospel-Centered Living 🧎 Christian Humility

The Blessing of Humility 88%

Nine statements Jesus made about blessing contain a roadmap to humility that effort cannot produce.

by Jerry Bridges 2016

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🏔️ Beatitudes ✝️ Gospel-Centered Living 🧎 Christian Humility

Briefly

by David Mills Daniel • 2007

The only moral absolute is love, and it decides what is right in every situation.

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🧠 Situation Ethics ✝️ Christian Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy

Briefly 88%

The only moral absolute is love, and it decides what is right in every situation.

by David Mills Daniel 2007

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🧠 Situation Ethics ✝️ Christian Ethics 📚 Moral Philosophy

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life Study Guide

by Donald S. Whitney • 1994

Eight spiritual practices that train the soul, and why the first one matters most.

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📖 Spiritual Disciplines ✝️ Protestant Spirituality 📚 Bible Study

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life Study Guide Summary

Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life Study Guide 88%

Eight spiritual practices that train the soul, and why the first one matters most.

by Donald S. Whitney 1994

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📖 Spiritual Disciplines ✝️ Protestant Spirituality 📚 Bible Study

The Spirit of Our Politics

by Michael Wear • 2024

Politics is a soul problem, not a strategy problem. The case for spiritual formation as the fix.

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🧘 Spiritual Formation 🏛️ Public Discipleship 👑 Kingdom Ethics

The Spirit of Our Politics 88%

Politics is a soul problem, not a strategy problem. The case for spiritual formation as the fix.

by Michael Wear 2024

4.19

290 ratings

🧘 Spiritual Formation 🏛️ Public Discipleship 👑 Kingdom Ethics

In Search of Wisdom

by Joyce Meyer • 2021

You've read Proverbs. Now close the gap between admiring the wisdom and actually living it.

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📖 Biblical Wisdom ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🛠️ Practical Theology

In Search of Wisdom 88%

You've read Proverbs. Now close the gap between admiring the wisdom and actually living it.

by Joyce Meyer 2021

4.40

588 ratings

📖 Biblical Wisdom ✝️ Christian Self-Help 🛠️ Practical Theology

Twelve Extraordinary Women

by John F. MacArthur Jr. • 2005

Twelve biblical women, one pattern: how God uses flawed lives for his purposes, and yours.

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🕊️ Biblical Women 📖 Bible Biography 🙏 Devotional Studies

Twelve Extraordinary Women 88%

Twelve biblical women, one pattern: how God uses flawed lives for his purposes, and yours.

by John F. MacArthur Jr. 2005

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🕊️ Biblical Women 📖 Bible Biography 🙏 Devotional Studies

Studies in the Sermon on the Mount

by Oswald Chambers • 1960

The Sermon on the Mount defeats anyone who tries to imitate it. That's exactly what Jesus intended.

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📖 Biblical Commentary 🙏 Devotional Theology ⛰️ Sermon On The Mount

Studies in the Sermon on the Mount Summary

Studies in the Sermon on the Mount 88%

The Sermon on the Mount defeats anyone who tries to imitate it. That's exactly what Jesus intended.

by Oswald Chambers 1960

4.39

545 ratings

📖 Biblical Commentary 🙏 Devotional Theology ⛰️ Sermon On The Mount

Saints Who Battled Satan

by Paul Thigpen • 2015

Seventeen saints who treated the devil as real, and the spiritual weapons that still work.

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🛡️ Spiritual Warfare ✝️ Catholic Spirituality 📜 Saint Biographies

Saints Who Battled Satan 88%

Seventeen saints who treated the devil as real, and the spiritual weapons that still work.

by Paul Thigpen 2015

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🛡️ Spiritual Warfare ✝️ Catholic Spirituality 📜 Saint Biographies

Gentle and Lowly

by Dane C. Ortlund • 2020

When Jesus revealed his deepest heart, he didn't name holiness or power. He named tenderness.

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🥺 Christ'S Compassion 📜 Puritan Theology ✝️ Sin And Grace

Gentle and Lowly 88%

When Jesus revealed his deepest heart, he didn't name holiness or power. He named tenderness.

by Dane C. Ortlund 2020

4.49

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🥺 Christ'S Compassion 📜 Puritan Theology ✝️ Sin And Grace

R. C. Sproul

by Stephen J. Nichols • 2021

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

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✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics

R. C. Sproul 88%

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

by Stephen J. Nichols 2021

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✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics

The Christian Life

by Sinclair B. Ferguson • 1981

Christian living fails without Christian doctrine. A short guide to the truths that sustain it.

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📜 Reformed Theology 📚 Systematic Theology 🕊️ Sanctification

The Christian Life 88%

Christian living fails without Christian doctrine. A short guide to the truths that sustain it.

by Sinclair B. Ferguson 1981

4.40

742 ratings

📜 Reformed Theology 📚 Systematic Theology 🕊️ Sanctification

Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls

by Coleman M. Ford • 2024

Modern ministry cribs from the CEO playbook. The church fathers offer a more durable way.

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🐑 Pastoral Ministry ⛪ Church Fathers 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls Summary

Ancient Wisdom for the Care of Souls 88%

Modern ministry cribs from the CEO playbook. The church fathers offer a more durable way.

by Coleman M. Ford 2024

3.99

239 ratings

🐑 Pastoral Ministry ⛪ Church Fathers 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Prayer

by Timothy J. Keller • 2014

Prayer is a conversation, not a ritual. Scripture shapes it; the aim is communion, not performance.

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🙏 Prayer Practice ✝️ Reformed Theology 📖 Biblical Meditation

Prayer 88%

Prayer is a conversation, not a ritual. Scripture shapes it; the aim is communion, not performance.

by Timothy J. Keller 2014

4.38

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🙏 Prayer Practice ✝️ Reformed Theology 📖 Biblical Meditation

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali • 1990

Why hunger is a spiritual technology and desire a discipline, from Islam's great psychologist.

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🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📜 Classical Islam 🧠 Moral Psychology

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires Summary

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires 88%

Why hunger is a spiritual technology and desire a discipline, from Islam's great psychologist.

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 1990

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639 ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📜 Classical Islam 🧠 Moral Psychology

No Greater Love

by Mother Teresa • 1997

Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.

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🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🫴 Voluntary Poverty

No Greater Love 88%

Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.

by Mother Teresa 1997

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🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🫴 Voluntary Poverty

It Happens After Prayer

by H.B. Charles Jr. • 2013

Prayer is a command and a privilege. How to keep praying when nothing seems to happen.

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🙏 Christian Prayer 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 👑 God'S Sovereignty

It Happens After Prayer 88%

Prayer is a command and a privilege. How to keep praying when nothing seems to happen.

by H.B. Charles Jr. 2013

4.29

251 ratings

🙏 Christian Prayer 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 👑 God'S Sovereignty

Catholics in Exile

by Scott Hahn • 2023

Exile redefines everything: heaven breaks in through worship and the slow, patient work of love.

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🧱 Biblical Theology 🙏 Liturgical Theology 🏛️ Post-Christendom

Catholics in Exile 88%

Exile redefines everything: heaven breaks in through worship and the slow, patient work of love.

by Scott Hahn 2023

4.45

114 ratings

🧱 Biblical Theology 🙏 Liturgical Theology 🏛️ Post-Christendom

The Necessity of Prayer

by E.M. Bounds • 1984

Prayer that gets answers isn't a gentle request; it's persistence, holy living, and a heart on fire.

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🕊️ Christian Living 🙏 Prayer And Devotion 📖 Spiritual Disciplines

The Necessity of Prayer 88%

Prayer that gets answers isn't a gentle request; it's persistence, holy living, and a heart on fire.

by E.M. Bounds 1984

4.20

661 ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 🙏 Prayer And Devotion 📖 Spiritual Disciplines

My Religion - What I Believe

by Leo Tolstoy • 1884

Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.

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🏴 Christian Anarchism ✋ Nonviolence 📜 Christian Ethics

My Religion - What I Believe 88%

Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.

by Leo Tolstoy 1884

4.08

812 ratings

🏴 Christian Anarchism ✋ Nonviolence 📜 Christian Ethics

The Spirit of the Disciplines

by Dallas Willard • 1988

You can't think your way into Christlikeness. The body must be trained, and here is how.

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🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 🙌 Embodied Spirituality

The Spirit of the Disciplines 88%

You can't think your way into Christlikeness. The body must be trained, and here is how.

by Dallas Willard 1988

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🕊️ Spiritual Formation 📖 Spiritual Disciplines 🙌 Embodied Spirituality

Graven Images

by Dietrich von Hildebrand • 1957

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

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🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes

Graven Images 88%

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

by Dietrich von Hildebrand 1957

4.17

12 ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes

Proverbs

by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. • 2012

Ancient proverbs, practical results: a guide to competence in speech, money, work, and anger.

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🏛️ Old Testament Wisdom 🙏 Christian Living 🧭 Practical Wisdom

Proverbs 88%

Ancient proverbs, practical results: a guide to competence in speech, money, work, and anger.

by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr. 2012

4.47

285 ratings

🏛️ Old Testament Wisdom 🙏 Christian Living 🧭 Practical Wisdom

Thirty Steps to Heaven

by Vassilios Papavassiliou • 2013

An ancient monk's thirty-rung ladder to divine love, built for the monastery, now made for everyone.

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🕯️ Orthodox Spirituality 🏜️ Desert Fathers 📿 Monastic Wisdom

Thirty Steps to Heaven 88%

An ancient monk's thirty-rung ladder to divine love, built for the monastery, now made for everyone.

by Vassilios Papavassiliou 2013

4.64

301 ratings

🕯️ Orthodox Spirituality 🏜️ Desert Fathers 📿 Monastic Wisdom

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