 | Making Sense Out of Suffering by Peter Kreeft
Buy new: $10.39 / Used from: $2.15 A profound book on why we "suffer."
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 | How to Love Your Wife by John R. Buri
Buy new: $11.19 / Used from: $8.71 Should be required reading for all men prior to getting married.
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 | The Gospel of John: Ignatius Catholic Study Bible, Revised Standard Version by Scott Hahn
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.17 A helpful study Bible of the Gospel of John that includes commentary, notes, study questions and more. Works great for small-group or individual Bible study.
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 | What's So Great about Christianity by Dinesh D'Souza
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $8.25 A wonderful summary and refutation of the major arguments of atheists.
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 | Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life by Charles J. Chaput
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $4.40 Archbishop Charles Chaput has written a clear book about how one's faith should influence how they vote and become engaged in politics.
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 | The Virtue Driven Life by Benedict J. Groeschel
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $4.24 A simple little book on the virtues and what's happened to them in contemporary culture.
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 | Happy Are You Poor: The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom by Thomas Dubay
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.90 One of the singularly most demanding and memorable books we've ever read as a group. Members of the group still joke that this is the book that "we dare not mention."
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 | Mission of the Messiah: On the Gospel of Luke (Kingdom Studies) by Tim Gray
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $2.77 One of our earliest books, this is a nice Bible study for the Gospel of Luke, along with study questions.
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 | A Guide to the Passion: 100 Questions About The Passion of The Christ by Tom Allen
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $0.01 After seeing "The Passion of the Christ," the men in the book discussion group utilized this book to help answer some of the questions that people had about the film.
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 | Eucharist: The Church's Treasure by Barry Michaels
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $4.06 We used this book, in concert with Pope John Paul II's Encyclical Letter, Ecclesia de Eucharistia (On the Eucharist in its Relationship to the Church). It's a helpful guide, with study questions, for working through the encyclical.
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 | Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics by Daniel Ali
Buy new: $9.59 / Used from: $2.50 An introduction to the beliefs and practices of Muslims.
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 | The Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised As Freedom by David Kupelian
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $7.25 Certainly one of the most non-politically-correct books we've read as a group. Yet, it opened our eyes to how evil is being crammed down our throats and we're told to like it.
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 | The Death of the Grown-Up: How America's Arrested Development Is Bringing Down Western Civilization by Diana West
Buy new: $17.96 / Used from: $2.39 While the author has some good points, she could have made them with less words. We found this book very repetitive. We encouraged members to read chapters 1, 7, 8, and 9 to skip the redundancy.
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 | Father, The Family Protector by James Stenson
Buy new: $8.60 / Used from: $6.60 Great advice for fathers and husbands.
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 | Sex and the Sacred City by Steve Kellmeyer
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $1.61 An introduction to Pope John Paul II's "Theology of the Body," with discussion questions.
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 | Religion, Sex and Politics by David Pence
Buy new: $11.86 / Used from: $5.67 A provocative and insightful look at the assault on patriarchy and fraternity.
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 | Boys To Men: The Transforming Power of Virtue by Tim Gray
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.25 The very first book that we studied together as a group, we've actually read through this book twice. It includes questions to help guide discussion. An excellent book for men's groups, or fathers and sons.
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 | Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words by Rod Bennett
Buy new: $15.34 / Used from: $9.99 A superb book that introduces the reader to some of the early Church Fathers (Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus of Lyons), but in a literary way. Highly recommended!
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 | The Da Vinci Deception by Ted Sri; Mark Shea; Editors of the Catholic Exchange
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 When some of us were getting questions from co-workers about "The Da Vinci Code," this book helped us provide answers.
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 | Easter: Meditations on the Resurrection by Raniero Cantalamessa
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $3.82 A book of meditations on the resurrection that we read as a group over one Easter.
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 | Prayer for Beginners by Peter Kreeft
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.99 A nice primer on prayer. Easy and quick reading.
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 | No More Christian Nice Guy: Why Being Nice-- Instead of Good-- Hurts Men, Women, and Children by Paul Coughlin
Buy used from: $4.91 This was probably the biggest disappointment we've ever had of the books we've studied. Most of us found ourselves disagreeing with several of the author's points.
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 | The Abolition of Man by C. S. Lewis
Buy new: $8.63 / Used from: $3.95 A great, but difficult book for some members of our group. It's Lewis' classic on the problems with modern education.
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 | Deep Conversion/ Deep Prayer by Thomas Dubay
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $6.49 Another book on prayer and conversion that we read together as a group.
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 | Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $7.75 It took us a long time to get through this book, but it was well worth it. In many ways, Pope Benedict's book on Christ is his extended argument against many of the German theologians of his day.
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 | How to Win the Culture War: A Christian Battle Plan for a Society in Crisis by Peter Kreeft
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $4.03 Another fantastic Kreeft book that we read together as a group, and all enjoyed!
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