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Books like Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts

12 books with a reading profile close to Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts by Jerry Bridges. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.

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Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

by Tish Harrison Warren

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

Tish Harrison Warren examines the spiritual significance of a single, unremarkable day, connecting routine moments to formal Christian rituals.
2

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

by Dane C. Ortlund

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

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Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

by John Mark Comer

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

John Mark Comer argues that modern Christianity has exchanged the rigorous apprenticeship of Jesus for a passive belief system.
4

The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness

by Timothy J. Keller

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

Timothy Keller examines the psychological burden of the human ego by analyzing 1 Corinthians 4.
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The Power of Now Meditation Deck

by Eckhart Tolle

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

The Power of Now Meditation Deck consists of fifty individual cards containing excerpts from Eckhart Tolle’s primary teachings on mindfulness.
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The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

by Timothy J. Keller

Also clear-cut · inspirational, theoretical

Timothy Keller reinterprets the biblical parable of the Prodigal Son by shifting the focus from the runaway younger brother to the elder brother.
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Milton's Secret

by Eckhart Tolle, Robert S. Friedman

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

Milton is a young boy who faces persistent anxiety due to a school bully named Carter.
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Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · inspirational, theoretical

Written during the clandestine operation of the Finkenwalde Seminary, this text details the daily rhythms and theological foundations of a shared religious life.
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My Utmost for His Highest

by Oswald Chambers

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

My Utmost for His Highest is a collection of 366 daily devotionals compiled posthumously from Oswald Chambers’ lectures and talks.
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Jesus Calling: Enjoying Peace in His Presence

by Sarah Young

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

Sarah Young’s 365-day devotional is written from a first-person perspective, where the narrator speaks as the voice of Jesus directly to the reader.
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Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World

by Bob Goff

Also inward-looking and clear-cut · personal growth, inspirational

Bob Goff presents a collection of personal anecdotes that redefine Christian faith as an active verb rather than a static set of beliefs.
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Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

by Rachel Held Evans

Also inward-looking · personal growth, inspirational

Rachel Held Evans uses the framework of seven traditional sacraments—baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, anointing the sick, and marriage—to structure her memoir of religious deconstruction and re…

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