Controversial Books for UrbanLight

This page shows the most "controversial" books in this library, as measured by the highest standard deviation of members' star ratings.

Standard Deviation Avaliação Média Your Rating Título
1.411 3.22 The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God por Richard Rice
1.398 3.23 God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships por Matthew Vines
1.289 3.54 The Bondage Breaker: Overcoming Negative Thoughts, Irrational Feelings, Habitual Sins por Neil T. Anderson
1.283 3.66 Daniel: The Key to Prophetic Revelation por John F. Walvoord
1.213 3.72 Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology por Gregory A. Boyd
1.207 3.13 Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone por Immanuel Kant
1.204 3.62 Moral Man and Immoral Society: A Study in Ethics and Politics por Reinhold Niebuhr
1.194 3.77 Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament por Joseph Thayer
1.179 3.36 The Purpose-Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message & Mission por Rick Warren
1.174 4.18 The Preaching Life: Celebrating God's Presence in the World por Barbara Brown Taylor
1.142 4 The New Bible Dictionary por J. D. Douglas
1.127 3.85 Resident Aliens por Stanley Hauerwas
1.127 3.97 Experiencing God: How to Live the Full Adventure of Knowing and Doing the Will of God por Henry T. Blackaby
1.115 3.73 Fresh Faith: What Happens When Real Faith Ignites God's People por Jim Cymbala
1.108 3.78 Uncommon: Finding Your Path to Significance por Tony Dungy
1.104 4.1 Theology of Hope por Jürgen Moltmann
1.104 4.09 Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life por Henry Cloud
1.103 3.76 Slaves, Women & Homosexuals: Exploring the Hermeneutics of Cultural Analysis por William J. Webb
1.102 3.84 Changes That Heal por Henry Cloud
1.096 3.55 Introduction to Christian Worship por James F. White
1.094 4.14 Summa Theologiae por Thomas Aquinas
1.087 3.89 The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears por Mark Batterson
1.085 3.86 Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women por Sarah Bessey
1.082 3.42 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself por Olaudah Equiano
1.078 4.11 Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals por Shane Claiborne
1.074 4.07 Being Consumed: Economics and Christian Desire por William T. Cavanaugh
1.065 3.87 The Epistle to the Romans por Karl Barth
1.06 3.78 Courageous Leadership por Bill Hybels
1.06 3.95 City of God por Saint Augustine
1.054 3.94 Confessions por Saint Augustine
1.044 3.64 Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works por St. Anselm
1.041 3.86 A Framework for Understanding Poverty por Ruby K. Payne
1.04 4.04 Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery por Eric Metaxas
1.039 4.17 Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals por Shane Claiborne
1.035 3.87 Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words por W. E. Vine
1.032 4.02 The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live por Larry Crabb
1.031 4.28 Frederick Douglass : Autobiographies : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Library of America) por Frederick Douglass
1.03 4.34 The Interlinear Bible: Hebrew/English (Volumes 1-3) por Jay P. Green
1.027 4.32 The Treasury of David por C. H. Spurgeon
1.026 3.78 Inside Out por Larry Crabb
1.025 3.42 Christian Counseling: A Comprehensive Guide por Gary R. Collins
1.023 3.67 The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything por Brian D. McLaren
1.02 4.03 Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World por Gary A. Haugen
1.02 3.78 The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine por Sue Monk Kidd
1.016 4.3 Paul: A Biography por N. T. Wright
1.009 4.06 The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom por Henri J. M. Nouwen
1.009 4.13 The Way of the Wild Heart: A Map for the Masculine Journey por John Eldredge
1.009 3.82 The Book of God por Walter Wangerin
1.007 3.82 Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God por Brennan Manning
1.004 3.87 Revelations of Divine Love por Julian of Norwich
0.996 3.89 Becoming Human por Jean Vanier
0.996 3.97 An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth por Mahatma Gandhi
0.995 3.85 Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda por Henry T. Blackaby
0.991 3.97 Fundamentalism and American Culture por George M. Marsden
0.989 3.92 Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together por Ron Hall
0.988 3.94 The Seven Storey Mountain por Thomas Merton
0.988 4.06 The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon por Francis Brown
0.978 3.94 Grace-Based Parenting por Tim Kimmel
0.975 3.92 Letter to a Christian Nation por Sam Harris
0.974 3.94 How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour por Gordon D. Fee
0.974 3.83 Fear and Trembling por Søren Kierkegaard
0.971 4.28 Breaking Free: Making Liberty in Christ a Reality in Life por Beth Moore
0.967 3.92 Victory Over the Darkness: Realizing the Power of Your Identity in Christ por Neil T. Anderson
0.965 3.78 Theology for the Community of God por Stanley J. Grenz
0.964 4.01 Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith por Richard J. Foster
0.964 3.9 The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People (Expanded and Adapted for Small Groups) por John Ortberg
0.959 4.29 The Gospel in a Pluralist Society por Lesslie Newbigin
0.955 4.07 The Democratization of American Christianity por Nathan O. Hatch
0.952 4.31 The Religious Affections por Jonathan Edwards
0.945 4.04 The Abolition of Man por C. S. Lewis
0.944 4.1 A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society por Eugene H. Peterson
0.943 3.66 A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies por Bartolomé de las Casas
0.942 4.11 The Crucified God: The Cross of Christ as the Foundation and Criticism of Christian Theology por Jürgen Moltmann
0.94 3.37 Living Faith por Jimmy Carter
0.94 3.86 Christian Theology por Millard J. Erickson
0.939 4.12 The Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast por C. S. Lewis
0.938 4.03 The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows por James Bryan Smith
0.937 3.97 The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life por Os Guinness
0.936 4.03 When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions por Sue Monk Kidd
0.935 4.1 The Screwtape Letters por C. S. Lewis
0.934 4.04 The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament por Craig S. Keener
0.933 4.29 Heaven: Biblical Answers to Common Questions por Randy Alcorn
0.933 4.04 The Didache por The Twelve Apostles
0.932 3.97 Jesus through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture por Jaroslav Pelikan
0.932 3.9 Too Busy Not to Pray por Bill Hybels
0.931 3.95 God Is Red: A Native View of Religion por Jr. Vine Deloria
0.929 4.21 The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming por Henri J. M. Nouwen
0.923 4.13 Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged por Matthew Henry
0.922 3.85 The Great House Of God: A Home for Your Heart por Max Lucado
0.918 4.21 The New Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible: Classic Edition por James Strong
0.917 4.23 God of the Oppressed por James H. Cone
0.915 3.86 Two Treatises of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration por John Locke
0.913 3.61 131 Christians Everyone Should Know (Holman Reference) por Christian History Magazine Editorial Staff
0.913 3.94 Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire por Jim Cymbala
0.913 4.07 Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging por Brennan Manning
0.911 4.26 Mere Christianity por C. S. Lewis
0.911 3.94 The Problem of Pain por C. S. Lewis
0.906 3.85 Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature por Peter Scazzero
0.905 4.17 The Ragamuffin Gospel por Brennan Manning
0.905 3.89 Searching for God Knows What por Donald Miller
0.904 4.09 After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory por Alasdair MacIntyre
0.903 4.29 The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. por Martin Luther King, Jr.
0.902 3.93 Miracles por C. S. Lewis
0.899 4.21 The Francis A. Schaeffer Trilogy: Three Essential Books in One Volume por Francis A. Schaeffer
0.895 3.79 The Christian Theology Reader por Alister E. McGrath
0.895 4.14 Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth por Richard J. Foster
0.893 4.03 The Four Loves por C. S. Lewis
0.892 4.35 Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist por John Piper
0.891 3.98 How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth por Gordon D. Fee
0.891 3.95 Up from Slavery por Booker T. Washington
0.89 3.95 Martin Luther : Selections From His Writings por Martin Luther
0.886 4.16 When helping hurts : how to alleviate poverty without hurting the poor -- and yourself por Steve Corbett
0.885 4.08 The Mind of the Maker por Dorothy L. Sayers
0.884 4.15 A Praying Life: Connecting With God In A Distracting World por Paul E. Miller
0.883 4.16 What's So Amazing About Grace? por Philip Yancey
0.883 3.96 The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society por Henri J. M. Nouwen
0.882 4.04 Texts of Terror: Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narratives por Phyllis Trible
0.882 3.81 Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America por Michael O. Emerson
0.881 4.18 The Sayings of the Desert Fathers por Benedicta Ward
0.88 4.2 The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism por Timothy Keller
0.878 4.4 Concordia Self-Study Bible: Niv por Concordia Publishing House
0.878 4.1 Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense por N. T. Wright
0.876 4.01 Jesus Freaks: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus por DC Talk
0.876 4.03 Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages por Haddon W. Robinson
0.874 4.1 Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading por Eugene H. Peterson
0.872 3.74 Old Testament survey : the message, form, and background of the Old Testament por William Sanford Lasor
0.87 4.12 The Way of the Heart por Henri J. M. Nouwen
0.867 4.17 Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian in Community por Dietrich Bonhoeffer
0.866 4.21 The Great Divorce por C. S. Lewis
0.865 4.21 Center Church: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City por Timothy Keller
0.864 4.34 On the Incarnation: The Treatise De Incarnatione Verbi Dei por Athanasius
0.863 4.02 The Jesus I Never Knew por Philip Yancey
0.861 3.72 Christ and Culture por H. Richard Niebuhr
0.858 4.05 Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity por Lauren F. Winner
0.858 4.02 Christian Theology: An Introduction por Alister E. McGrath
0.857 4.51 Institutes of the Christian Religion por John Calvin
0.857 4.3 The Hauerwas Reader por Stanley Hauerwas
0.854 3.95 Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black por Gregory Howard Williams
0.85 4.01 Reaching for the Invisible God por Philip Yancey
0.847 3.87 Knowing Scripture por R. C. Sproul
0.847 3.92 Ethics por Dietrich Bonhoeffer
0.846 4.28 In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership por Henri J. M. Nouwen
0.846 3.95 Jerusalem: The Biography por Simon Sebag-Montefiore
0.846 4.03 Genesis: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching por Walter Brueggemann
0.844 4.27 The Theology of the Book of Revelation (New Testament Theology) por Richard J. Bauckham
0.843 4.24 Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible por E. Randolph Richards
0.842 4.16 A Grief Observed por C. S. Lewis
0.837 3.17 The City: A Global History por Joel Kotkin
0.837 4.01 Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity por Mark A. Noll
0.836 4.09 Essential Truths of the Christian Faith por R. C. Sproul
0.836 4.09 The Mosaic of Christian Belief por Roger E. Olson
0.835 3.85 Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, New Testament II: Mark (Vol 2) por Thomas C. Oden
0.835 4.07 The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind por Mark A. Noll
0.832 4.03 The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist por Dorothy Day
0.827 4.27 The Autobiography of Malcolm X por Malcolm X
0.821 4.48 Community and Growth por Jean Vanier
0.816 4.06 The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation (Story of Christianity) por Justo L. González
0.814 4.22 New Seeds of Contemplation por Thomas Merton
0.812 4.3 The Cost of Discipleship por Dietrich Bonhoeffer
0.808 4.16 The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction por Eugene H. Peterson
0.806 4.29 The Politics of Jesus por John Howard Yoder
0.806 4 Commentary on the Old Testament por C. F. Keil
0.805 4.45 Knowing God por J. I. Packer
0.801 3.8 An Introduction to the Old Testament: The Canon and Christian Imagination por Walter Brueggemann
0.798 4.2 The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement Is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear por William J. Barber, II
0.798 4.28 Letters and Papers from Prison {original edition} por Dietrich Bonhoeffer
0.798 4.16 Multiply: Disciples Making Disciples por Francis Chan
0.797 4.02 The Story of Christianity: Volume Two - The Reformation to the Present Day por Justo L. González
0.796 4.36 Strength to Love por Martin Luther King, Jr.
0.79 4.3 Let the Nations Be Glad! por John Piper
0.787 4.2 The Prophetic Imagination por Walter Brueggemann
0.784 4.39 The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith por Timothy Keller
0.784 4.27 Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela por Nelson Mandela
0.779 4.02 Ministries of Mercy: The Call of the Jericho Road por Timothy J. Keller
0.774 4.24 The Moral Vision of the New Testament: Community, Cross, New Creation, A Contemporary Introduction to New Testament Ethics por Richard B. Hays
0.765 3.8 Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They Help, And How to Reverse It por Robert D. Lupton
0.765 3.76 Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms por Stanley J. Grenz
0.763 4.47 Delighting in the Trinity: An Introduction to the Christian Faith por Michael Reeves
0.76 3.92 A Little Exercise for Young Theologians por Helmut Thielicke
0.759 4.41 Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God por J. I. Packer
0.758 4.07 Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation (Cultural Liturgies) por James K. A. Smith
0.745 4.45 The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God por Timothy Keller
0.74 4.38 The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church por Gregory A. Boyd
0.74 3.78 The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity por Philip Jenkins
0.739 4.22 You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit por James K. A. Smith
0.732 4.11 The Dialogue por Catherine of Siena
0.732 4.58 The Resurrection of the Son of God por N. T. Wright
0.728 4.2 Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years por Diarmaid MacCulloch
0.728 4.39 Synopsis of the Four Gospels por Kurt Aland
0.722 4.49 The New Testament and the People of God por N. T. Wright
0.717 4.31 Let Justice Roll Down por John M. Perkins
0.715 3.78 Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them por Thom S. Rainer
0.697 4.31 Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship por Lesslie Newbigin
0.696 4.46 The Cross and the Lynching Tree por James H. Cone
0.695 4.47 Jesus and the Disinherited por Howard Thurman
0.694 4.21 The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery por David G. Benner
0.68 4.35 Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters por Timothy Keller
0.667 4.27 The Open Secret: An Introduction to the Theology of Mission por Lesslie Newbigin
0.665 4.33 I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness por Austin Channing Brown
0.653 4.41 Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation por Miroslav Volf
0.652 4.62 Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism por Timothy Keller
0.646 4.43 What Does the Bible Really Teach about Homosexuality? por Kevin DeYoung
0.636 4.21 Your God Is Too Safe por Mark Buchanan
0.607 4.2 Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality por Wesley Hill
0.592 4.58 Jesus and the Victory of God por N. T. Wright
0.574 4.38 Beautiful Outlaw: Experiencing the Playful, Disruptive, Extravagant Personality of Jesus por John Eldredge
0.551 4.86 The ESV Study Bible por ESV Bibles by Crossway
0.547 4.18 Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation por Kristin Kobes Du Mez