A new year brings with it a whole lot of new reads! We don’t know about you, but sometimes we get completely overwhelmed with just how many incredible Christian books there are out there. Which is why we thought we’d round up some of the books we think might excite our readers this year. This is a list combining books we’re sure you might have heard of, with some lesser-known reads we also think might be notable.
Now, believe us, it was very hard to limit ourselves to just ten books, so if you are looking for a full list of the great books we have coming soon, click here.
Whether you want a book to inspire, a book to help you grow in your faith, or a book to help break bad habits – these are the books we think you should look out for in 2019…
The Bright Life by Jen Wise
Releases January 8, 2019
To the woman who feels her all is never enough, The Bright Life is your invitation to a new start. You were created to be healthy, strong, vibrant, and to rest in the unforced rhythms of grace Jesus so lovingly makes available to us all. Come along and learn how to avoid habits that seem smart but are deceptively self-sabotaging, pick up habits of wholeness that actually stick, and try surprising ways to practice kindness toward yourself and generosity toward loved ones. The Bright Life extends a daily invitation with striking insights, tips to reclaim your energy, and a three-part practice of looking inward, upward, and outward as you step into a brighter way. This 40-day reset weaves story and Scripture together to cultivate a peaceful place where, through the attentive love of Jesus, you can experience the unforced rhythms of grace.
Brave Love by Lisa Leonard
Releases January 29, 2019
Women today feel pressure to be the best wife, mom, and professional possible – often at the expense of their own identity. In Brave Love, the founder of the multi-million dollar company Lisa Leonard Designs inspires women to find themselves again amidst the noise and competing demands of real life. Brave Love is about what it means to be human, how it feels to be broken and afraid, and what happens when we dare to love deeply. Join Lisa on a journey where you will discover you are worthy and lovable just as you are. You don’t have to try harder or be better. You don’t have to prove yourself and you don’t have to make others okay. In this freedom you will find more peace and more joy. Most importantly, you will learn that as you stop trying to be everything to everyone, you will love others better.
Taste & See by Margaret Feinberg
Releases January 22, 2019
This groundbreaking book by Margaret Feinberg provides a culinary exploration of Scripture. You’ll descend 400 feet below ground into the frosty white caverns of a salt mine, fish on the Sea of Galilee, bake fresh matzo at Yale University, ferry to a remote island in Croatia to harvest olives, spend time with a Texas butcher known as “the meat apostle,” and wander a California farm with one of the world’s premier fig farmers. With each visit, Margaret asks, “How do you read these Scriptures, not as theologians, but in light of what you do every day?” Their answers will forever change the way you read the Bible – and approach every meal. Taste and See is a delicious read that includes dozens of recipes for those who, like Margaret, believe some of life’s richest moments are spent savoring a meal with those you love.
How the Bible Actually Works by Peter Enns
Releases February 19, 2019
Peter Enns, the controversial evangelical Bible scholar, popular blogger, podcast host, and author of The Bible Tells Me So and The Sin of Certainty explains that the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book – but a powerful learning tool that nurtures our spiritual growth by refusing to provide us with easy answers but instead forces us to acquire wisdom. How the Bible Actually Works makes clear that there is no one right way to read the Bible. Moving us beyond the damaging idea that “being right” is the most important measure of faith, Enns’s freeing approach to Bible study helps us to instead focus on pursuing enlightenment and building our relationship with God—which is exactly what the Bible was designed to do.
Keep Showing Up by Karen Ehman
Releases February 26, 2019
It is true that opposites attract–for a while. But often as the years go by in our marriages, opposites may also begin to attack. The habits and characteristics we once found endearing about our significant other are the exact things that drive us crazy years later! Whether you and your spouse disagree about finances, parenting, or how to load the dishwasher, your differences don’t need to divide you. They can actually bring you closer together–and closer to God. In Keep Showing Up, Ehman will show you how to play to each other’s strengths, find magic in the mundane and so much more. She also offers helpful ides to implement in your marriage, such as powerful statements to speak to your spouse, and date night suggestions. Discover how your “incompatibility” can become the strength of your marital team!
9 Common Lies Christians Believe by Shane Pruitt
Releases February 19, 2019
God won’t give you more than you can handle. Really? Do you cringe whenever you hear someone speak a cliche like that? If so, this is the book for you! Pastor and speaker Shane Pruitt guides readers in identifying the Christian cliches we’ve all heard that are actually unbiblical lies keeping believers stuck in spiritual immaturity. In 9 Common Lies Christians Believe, Pruitt counters these cliches with the truths about God as presented in the Bible.The truths that bring encouragement and freedom to all of our lives. This is a book that will help you to get real about Scripture and live honestly before God and others so that you can experience the peace that passes understanding.
Don’t Give Up by Kyle Idleman
Releases March 5, 2019
The parent with the wayward child. The couple whose marriage is in jeopardy. The man who is out of work. The woman stuck in crushing debt. People hanging by a thread, losing faith and short on strength. What do they all need to hear? Don’t give up. Our lives are minefields of challenges that take their toll on our courage, our conviction, and even our faith. But God whispers to the weary, Don’t give up. Drawing from inspiring biblical stories and first-person testimonies of perseverance, bestselling author and pastor Kyle Idleman encourages readers to cast their concerns on God, trust in his love and timing, pray for patience and strength, and seek out support in the family of God. Don’t Give Up is a book for the believer that needs a little courage to keep on going through tough times.
Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
Releases March 12, 2019
Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women not living into their full potential. They feel a tugging on their hearts for something more, but they’re afraid of embarrassment, of falling short of perfection, of not being enough. In Girl, Stop Apologizing, Rachel Hollis sounds a wake-up call. She knows that many women have been taught to define themselves in light of other people—whether as wife, mother, daughter, or employee—instead of learning how to own who they are and what they want. In Girl, Stop Apologizing, she delivers a bracing challenge for women everywhere: stop apologizing for your desires, hopes, and ambitions – and go after them with passion and confidence. Learn to break the crippling habit of letting others define you. Instead, remember who you are – and become who you are meant to be!
Transformed by Remi Adeleke
Releases April 16, 2019
What are the odds? Statistics tell us that African American males who grow up in a single-parent household are nine times more likely to drop out of high school and twenty times more likely to end up in prison than any other demographic. But what would it take for one young man not only to rise above those statistics but also become a Navy SEAL, actor, entrepreneur, writer, and person of faith?In Transformed, Remi Adeleke delves into being raised by a single mother in the Bronx and doesn’t shy away from the illegal activities that threatened to derail his future. How could a person with this past end up where he is now? Having gone through times of intense struggle, pressure, and failure, Adeleke answers those questions in his inspiring story of overcoming the odds.
Fish Sandwiches by Troy Schmidt
Releases April 1, 2019
We all have this in common: We get hungry. Inevitably, we eventually notice something we lack, and we wonder how we’re going to get our needs met. And then sometimes we notice that someone else has already taken care of our needs. And then sometimes we notice that the One who is taking care of our needs is God. This warm and down-to-earth book invites you to sit in on one of the most miraculous moments of human history, when one Man took a few fish and a couple of loaves of bread and fed an entire village. In Fish Sandwiches, you’ll meet the Jesus who dares you to ask Him to give you each day your daily bread, who makes promises and keeps them, and who does immeasurably more than you can ask or imagine on a regular basis.
Are you a fiction lover? Keep an eye out for an upcoming post about the most anticipated Christian fiction books coming in 2019!
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