Shaeffer's 1981 manifesto was meant to be a Christian response to The Communist Manifesto of 1848 and the Humanist Manifesto, and literally calls Christians to be the salt of culture and history-makers by returning to faith in Jesus Christ and the Western Judeo-Christian values.
C. S. Lewis in his 1940 classic The Problem of Pain attempts to reconcile God's goodness and power with the reality of pain, suffering and evil in the world—tackling human sinfulness, animal suffering and the existence of hell—and rejecting these as reasons for disbelief in God.
The Return of the Prodigal Son is one of Henri Nouwen's most popular books and was written after the theologian encountered and meditated upon the Rembrandt painting of the same name; the book illuminates all aspects of the famous Biblical parable for fresh understanding by readers.
The Letter from Birmingham Jail is an open letter written on April 16, 1963 as a response to a letter Martin Luther King, Jr., received from critics, fellow clergymen who asked him to drop his campaign for non-violent action—the letter, which famously stated, "injustice anywhere is a threat to ...
Billy Graham is known by many as the most prominent preach of the 20th century, with the gospel message reaching hundreds of millions and even billions of people through his rallies and media. In his classic book Peace with God, Billy Graham shares how every person can receive inner peace from God ...
Other than the Bible, the Philokalia has been referred to as the principle spiritual text for the Eastern Orthodox Church, written by spiritual masters between the 4th and the 15th centuries and compiled by St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Makarios of Corinth in the 18th century. The ...
Hinds' Feet on High Places is a successful allegorical tale published in 1955 about a symbolic character searching for God's wisdom and guidance to leader her to a higher place.
In this letter Pope Francis calls all Christians and all humans to dialogue about our common home and focuses on consumerism, development, degradation, and the gospel message as viewed through creation.
The Normal Christian Life, a book by Watchman Nee that originated as a series of addresses which later became magazine articles, presents the path of faith and spiritual principles in simplicity as foundations for Christian life.
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist guides readers through arguments, examinations and investigations of several aspects of the Christian faith, a thought-provoking resource for both skeptics about Christianity as well as for Christians hoping to better articulate the faith.
Matthew Fox, an influential leader within the Creation Spirituality movement, in this work focuses on the Original Blessing man received from God—as contrasting with the Original Sin, the fall of man—and God's creative and spiritual energy expressed in humans.
A leader for the Human Genome Project advocates in The Language of God for theistic evolution—logically correlating faith and science and presenting evidence for belief while expressing wonder at God's creation.