Discernment of Books
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'Bibles' To Avoid
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Joseph Smith Translation (JST) by Joseph Smith, used by Mormons
New World Translation (NWT) used by Jehovah's Witnesses
Renovare Spiritual Formation Bible by D. Willard, E. Peterson, R. Foster and W. Brueggemann
The Everyday Life Bible by Joyce Meyer
The Message Bible (MSG) by Eugene Peterson
The Mirror Bible by Francois du Toit, used by New Age
The Passion Bible (TPT) by Brian Simmons, used by the NAR
The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey
The Voice Bible by Ecclesia Bible Society
Tony Evans Study Bible by Tony Evans
Books to Avoid (Non-Canonical)
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▶ see also 'Introduction into Non-Canonical Writings'
Books To Avoid
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23 Minutes in Hell by Bill Wiese
90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper
Accidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber
A Discourse On Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A World Waiting to Be Born by M. Scott Peck
Awakened Heart by Gerald May
Become A Better You by Joel Osteen
Being Called, Being Gay by Gregory Millikin
Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins
Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening by Cynthia Bourgeault
Centering Prayer by Basil Pennington
Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
Close Encounters of The God Kind by Jesse Duplantis
Contemplative Prayer by Thomas Merton
Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mark Yaconelli
Convergence by Jon Thompson
Eat This Book by Eugene Peterson
Emergence, the Rebirth of the Sacred by David Spangler
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
Escaping The Matrix by Richard Moore
Evangelism & the Sovereignty of God by J. I. Packer
Everything Belongs: Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr
Finding God by Ken Kaisch
God Calling by A.J. Russell
G-d Is A Black Women by Christena Copeland
God's Joyful Surprise by Sue Monk Kidd
Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling
Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo
Hosting the Presence by Bill Johnson
I Declare War by Levi Lusko
I Don't Believe in Atheists by Chris Hedges
Invitation To Silence and Solitude by Ruth Haley Barton
Jesus Calling by Sarah Young
Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality by Philip St. Romain
Lead Like Jesus by Ken Blanchard
Lord Of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Love Wins by Rob Bell
Magick in Theory and Practice by Aleister Crowley
Morals and Dogma by Albert Pike
Naked Spirituality by Brian McLaren
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
Open Heart, Open Mind by Thomas Keating
Original Blessing by Matthew Fox
Out of Control by Ben Young and Samuel Adams
Practicing the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson
Reimagining Christianity by Alan Jones
Sabbatical Journey by Henri Nouwen
Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas
Sacred Way, The by Tony Jones
Seeds of Peace by William Shannon
Setting the Gospel Free by Brian C. Taylor
Sexual Behavior in the Human (Fe)Male by Alfred Kinsey
Silence on Fire by William Shannon
Soul Feast by Marjorie Thompson
So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore by Jake Colsen
Spiritual Classics by Richard Foster and Emilie Griffin
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Ahlberg
Spiritual Friend by Tilden Edwards
Strange Fire by John Mac Arthur (teaches Cessation of Spiritual Gifts)
Switch on Your Brain by Caroline Leaf
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
The Big Book of Christian Mysticism by Carl McColman
The Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley
The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven by Kevin Malarkey
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Circle Maker by Mark Batterson
The Cloud of Unknowing by Anonymous Monk
The Coming of the Cosmic Christ by Matthew Fox
The Communist Manifesto by Marx & Engels
The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown
The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud
The God of Intimacy and Action by Tony Campolo
The Good and Beautiful God / Community by James Bryan Smith
The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking
The Great Sex Rescue by Sheila Wray Gregoire
The Healing Light by Agnes Sanford
The Heart of Christianity by Marcus Borg
The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine
The Jesus We Never Knew by Marcus Borg
The Life You've Always Wanted by John Ortberg
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Mission of Mysticism by Richard Kirby
The Mystic Heart by Wayne Teasdale
The Naked Now by Richard Rohr
The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis by Alan Jacobs
The Origin of Species, The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
The Other Side of Silence by Morton Kelsey
The Papa Prayer: The Prayer You've Never Prayed by Larry Crabb
The Passover Plot by Hugh Schonfield
The Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger
The Physics of Heaven by J. Franklin, E. Davis, B. Johnson, C. Vallotton
The Power by Rhonda Byrne
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Unknown
The Rest of God by Mark Buchanan
The Sacred Romance by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
The Shack by William Paul Young
The Signature of Jesus by Brennan Manning
The Story Of Reality by Gregoury Koukl
The Listening Life by Adam McHugh
The Power of Positive Thinking by Vincent Peale
The Slumber of Christianity by Ted Dekker
The Soul at Rest by Tricia Rhodes
The Way of the Heart by Henri Nouwen
The Way of the Wild Heart by John Eldredge
Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell
Walking with God by John Eldredge
When the Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd
When the Soul Listens by Jan Johnson
Wild at Heart by John Eldredge
Why Not Women by Loren Cunningham
Your Best Life Now by Joel Osteen
Authors To Avoid
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Brother Lawrence (Catholic Monk)
C. S. Lewis (author of some very good, but also of witchcraft books)
Donald Miller
Don Piper
Doug Pagitt
Eckhardt Tolle
Eugene Peterson (The Message)
Heather Lindsey
Jennie Allen
Jennifer Kennedy Dean
Jennifer Rothschild
Jentezen Franklin
Jill Briscoe
John & Lisa Bevere
J.P. Moreland
Karen Kingsbury
Ken Boa
Keri Wyatt Kent
Lauren Chandler
Leonard Sweet
Loren Cunningham
Michael (Mike) Todd
Kelly Minter
Mark Driscoll
Norman Vincent Peale
Peter Enns
Priscilla Shirer
Rachel Hollis
Richard Moore
Rhonda Byrne
Robert Webber
Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj
Sarah Young
Shane Claiborne
Sharon Hodde Miller
Sheila Walsh
Tim and Beverly LaHaye
Timothy Keller (see details)
Todd Burpo
Walter Brueggemann
Publishers to Avoid
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Other Discernment Ministers
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