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Julie’s Favorite Books

Raising Hell: Christianity’s Most Controversial Doctrine Put Under Fire, Julie Ferwerda

The Inescapable Love of God, Thomas Talbott, 1999
At the End of the Ages: The Abolition of Hell, Bob Evely, 2002
Hope Beyond Hell: The Righteous Purpose of God’s Judgment, Gerry Beauchemin, 2007
Christian Universalism: God’s Good News for All People, Eric Stetson, 2008
The Jerome Conspiracy, Michael Wood, 2008

What the Hell: Eternity, Grace, and the Message of Love, Jackson Baer
Son Placing: A Handbook for Warriors, Garrison R. Russell
Confessions of a Bible Thumper: My Homebrewed Quest for a Reasoned Faith, Michael Camp
Spiritual Terrorism: Spiritual Abuse from the Womb to the Tomb, Boyd C. Purcell
Women in High Def, Diane Markins
The History of Hell, Alice Turner
Paul on Homosexuality, Michael Wood
Breaking the Romans Code, Michael Wood
The Hour We Least Expected, Steve Essary
The First Idiot in Heaven, Martin Zender
Listening for the Heartbeat of God, J. Philip Newell
The Practice of Being, Sean Calvin
Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road? Brian McLaren

One Year Bible, NLT (Great for beginners or those who want to engage in reading the Bible daily)
Today’s Parallel Bible (NIV, NASB, KJV, NLT)
The Apostolic Bible, Septuagint (Greek Interlinear of Old and New Testaments—great for studying word themes!)
NASB (New American Standard Bible) is one of the most accurate of modern translations

Hinds’ Feet on High Places: The beloved story of Much-Afraid and her exciting journey to the High Places, Hannah Hurnard, 1975
A Tale of Three Kings: a study in brokenness, Gene Edwards, 1992
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom, John O’Donohue, 1998
God’s Chosen Fast: a spiritual and practical guide to fasting, Arthur Wallis, 1999
Journey of Desire: searching for the life we’ve only dreamed of, John Eldredge, 2000
The Journals of Rachel Scott: a journey of faith at Columbine High, Beth Nimmo, 2001
Blue Like Jazz: nonreligious thoughts on Christian spirituality, Donald Miller, 2003
The Secret Life of God: Discovering the Divine Within You, David Aaron, 2005
The Treasure Principle: unlocking the secret of joyful giving, Randy Alcorn, 2005
In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day: how to survive and thrive when opportunity roars, Mark Batterson, 2006
The Wild Goose Chase: Reclaim the Adventure of Pursuing God, Mark Batterson, 2008
From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of God, Frank Viola, 2009
The Jesus Secret, Michael Wood, 2010

His Needs Her Needs: building an affair-proof marriage, Willard F. Harley, Jr., 1986
Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It, Jerry B. Jenkins, 1989

The Perfect Fit: Piecing together True Love, Julie Ferwerda, 2004
Boy Meets Girl: Say hello to courtship, Joshua Harris, 2000
When Dreams Come True: Discover a love worth waiting for, Eric & Leslie Ludy, 2000

One Million Arrows: Raising your children to change the world, Julie Ferwerda, 2009
Parenting with Love & Logic: Teaching children responsibility, Foster Cline, M.D. & Jim Fay, 1990
Families Where Grace is in Place: Getting free from the burden of pressuring, controlling, and manipulating your spouse and children, Jeff VanVonderen, 1992
Raising Your Children For Christ, Andrew Murray, 1997

Between Two Worlds: The inner lives of children of divorce, Elizabeth Marquardt, 2005
Divorce Poison: Protecting the parent-child bond from a vindictive ex, Richard Warshak, 2003
A Kidnapped Mind: A mother’s heartbreaking story of Parental Alienation Syndrome, Pamela Richardson, 2006

One Million Arrows: raising your children to change the world, Julie Ferwerda, 2009
Hearts of Fire: 8 Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith,” Voice of the Martyrs, 2003
Eyes of the Tail-less Animals: Prison memoirs of a North Korean woman, Soon Ok Lee, 2007
The Torn Veil: The best-selling story of Gulshan Esther, Sister Gulshan Esther and Thelma Sangster, 2004 (a muslim woman in Pakistan who finds faith in Christ when He reveals Himself to her in her prayer time)
God of the Untouchables: A high-caste Hindu turns to Jesus Christ, Dave Hunt, 1976 (this fascinating miracle-filled story features the man who ran the Bible college attended by M.A. Thomas of Hopegivers in Madras, India)
Journals of a Madman: A collection of stories from around the world, by Clayton King, 2006 (the stories in here are unbelievably amazing, miraculous, and full of humor)
Join the Movement: God is calling you to change the world, Alvin Reid, 2007

Page After Page: Discover the confidence & passion you need to start writing & keep writing (no matter what), Heather Sellers, 2005
Chapter After Chapter: Discover the dedication and focus you need to write the book of your dreams, Heather Sellers, 2006
Putting Your Passion Into Print: Get your book published successfully, Arielle Eckstut & David Sterry, 2005
Communicating For A Change, Andy Stanley & Lane Jones, 2006

The Christian in Complete Armour: Daily readings in spiritual warfare, William Gurnall, 1994
My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers, 1992
A Call to Die: A 40 day journey of fasting from the world and feasting on God, David Nasser, 2000

A Heart Like His: Seeking the heart of God through a study of David, Beth Moore, 1996
Breaking Free: Making liberty in Christ a reality in life, Beth Moore, 1999
Creation’s Heartbeat: The Bible’s Entry Code in Genesis 1:1, Dr. Y Fass, 2009 (skip the intro)