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Best Books to Buy

Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles for Leading a Healthy Congregation of Under 250 by Karl Vaters (978-0802418067)

Lutherans in America: A New History by Mark Granquist (978-1451472288)

Authentic Christianity: How Lutheran Theology Speaks to a Postmodern World by Gene Veith Jr. (978-0758658302)

Tactics, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Gregory Koukl (978-0310101468)

Anatomy of a Revived Church: Seven Findings of How Congregations Avoided Death by Thom S. Rainer (978-1948022170)

Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion by Rebecca McLaughlin (978-1433564239)

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity by Nancy R. Pearcey (978-1581344585)

The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World by Rosaria Butterfield (978-1433557866)

Called to Believe, Teach, and Confess: An Introduction to Doctrinal Theology by Steven P. Mueller (978-1597521437)

A Theology of the Holy Spirit by Frederick D. Bruner (978-1579100940)

Luther Discovers The Gospel by Uuras Saarnivaara (ISBN-13: 978-0758610133)

God's No and God's Yes: The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel by C. F. W. Walther (978-0570035152)

The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God by Timothy Keller (978-1594631870)

The Hammer of God by Bo Giertz (978-0806651309)

Pia Desideria by Philipp Jakob Spener

Risky Gospel: Abandon Fear and Build Something Awesome by Owen Strachen (978-1400205790)

Family Vocation: God's Calling in Marriage, Parenting, and Childhood by Gene Edward Veith Jr. and Mary J. Moerbe (978-1433524066)

God at Work (Redesign): Your Christian Vocation in All of Life by Gene Edward Veith Jr. (978-1433524479)

The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation by Justo L. Gonzalez (978-0061855887)

The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2: The Reformation to the Present Day by Justo L. Gonzalez (978-0061855894)

Sing!: How Worship Transforms Your Life, Family, and Church by Keith Getty and Kristyn Getty (978-1462742660)

A Practical Guide to Culture: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Today’s World by John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle (978-1434711014)

Post-Christian: A Guide to Contemporary Thought and Culture by Gene Edward Veith Jr. (978-1433565786)

Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around and Yours Can, Too by Ed Stetzer and Mike Dodson (978-0805445367)

Planting Missional Churches: Your Guide to Starting Churches that Multiply (Second Edition) by Ed Stetzer and Daniel Im (978-1433692161)

Concordia Commentary from Concordia Publishing House - the best commentary series above the rest