Controversial Books for JamesBaird

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

Standard Deviation Average Rating Your Rating Title
1.538 2.98 A Divine Revelation Of Hell by Mary K. Baxter
1.319 3.67 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey
1.314 3.62 Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health by Dr. Caroline Leaf
1.289 3.54 The Bondage Breaker: Overcoming Negative Thoughts, Irrational Feelings, Habitual Sins by Neil T. Anderson
1.275 3.19 The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life by Bruce H. Wilkinson
1.272 3.47 The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
1.249 2.91 Approaching Hoofbeats: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Billy Graham
1.235 3.91 One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp
1.224 4.02 The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life by Emmet Fox
1.201 3.65 Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional by Jim Belcher
1.194 3.77 Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament by Joseph Thayer
1.192 4.21 The Expositor's Bible commentary : Matthew, Mark, Luke, with the New international version of the Holy Bible (Expositor's Bible commentary, Vol.8) by Frank E. Gaebelein
1.19 3.25 An Emergent Manifesto of Hope by Doug Pagitt
1.187 3.4 The Epistles to the Colossians, to Philemon, and to the Ephesians by Bruce,F. F.
1.181 3.61 Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge
1.179 3.75 The New Revelations: A Conversation with God by Neale Donald Walsch
1.175 3.18 Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together by Mark Driscoll
1.171 3.78 Why Men Hate Going to Church by David Murrow
1.168 3.59 The Making of a Leader: Recognizing the Lessons and Stages of Leadership Development by Robert Clinton
1.16 4.16 The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation by Richard Rohr
1.158 3.81 Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John Eldredge
1.144 3.66 Every Young Man's Battle: Strategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation by Stephen Arterburn
1.142 4 The New Bible Dictionary by J. D. Douglas
1.134 3.81 The Bait of Satan, 20th Anniversary Edition: Living Free from the Deadly Trap of Offense by John Bevere
1.127 3.52 Leaders Who Last by Dave Kraft
1.124 3.2 Letting Go by Maya Banks
1.12 3.73 In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon
1.12 3.64 Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches by Christian A. Schwarz
1.115 3.65 The Seduction of Christianity: Spiritual Discernment in the Last Days by Dave Hunt
1.111 3.77 The Fight: A Practical Handbook to Christian Living by John White
1.104 4.09 Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud
1.104 3.81 What In the World Is Going On?: 10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore by David Jeremiah
1.102 3.82 Changes That Heal by Henry Cloud
1.095 3.96 The Bible Knowledge Commentary: The New Testament by John F. Walvoord
1.087 3.85 The Case for Christ: A Journalist's Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus by Lee Strobel
1.08 3.98 A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey by Brian D. McLaren
1.074 3.82 The Relationship Cure by John Gottman
1.069 3.59 Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures by Eddie Gibbs
1.069 3.79 For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men by Shaunti Feldhahn
1.061 3.64 When Skeptics Ask: A Handbook on Christian Evidences by Norman L. Geisler
1.055 3.51 Angels: God's Secret Agents by Billy Graham
1.054 3.75 Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
1.052 3.45 Creating Community: Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture by Andy Stanley
1.05 3.93 Every Man's Marriage: An Every Man's Guide to Winning the Heart of a Woman (previously released as Every Woman's Desire) by Stephen Arterburn
1.045 3.83 Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t by Simon Sinek
1.042 3.33 Tyndale New Testament Commentaries: Letter to the Hebrews by Donald Guthrie
1.037 4.19 Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 1: Genesis 1-15 by Gordon J. Wenham
1.036 3.76 The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists by Ravi Zacharias
1.036 3.61 The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done by Piers Steel
1.032 4.02 The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live by Larry Crabb
1.03 3.78 The Gospel According to John (The New International Commentary on the New Testament) by Leon Morris
1.03 3.52 Breakout Churches: Discover How To Make The Leap by Thom S. Rainer
1.029 4.1 The Imitation of Christ by Thomas : von Kempen
1.028 4 The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
1.026 3.75 Inside Out by Larry Crabb
1.026 3.52 25 Ways to Win with People: How to Make Others Feel Like a Million Bucks by John C. Maxwell
1.021 4.03 Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud
1.018 3.77 Bad Girls of the Bible and What We Can Learn From Them by Liz Curtis Higgs
1.017 3.8 The Safest Place On Earth by Larry Crabb
1.017 4.05 Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics (Baker Reference Library) by Norman L. Geisler
1.017 4.04 Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No, To Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud
1.015 3.79 Rick Warren's Bible Study Methods by Rick Warren
1.015 3.89 The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
1.015 3.77 The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team by John C. Maxwell
1.014 3.58 Telling Yourself the Truth by William Backus
1.011 3.64 Romans: Tyndale New Testament Commentaries by Bruce,F. F.
1.01 4.03 The Letters of John (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) by John R. W. Stott
1.004 3.92 Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: And How You Can Make Yours Last by John Gottman
1.003 4.06 Esther: A Woman of Strength & Dignity by Charles R. Swindoll
0.999 3.31 Unger's Bible Handbook by Merrill F. Unger
0.995 3.54 A Notorious Proposition by Adele Ashworth
0.994 3.5 The Ancient Near East, Volume 1: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures by James B. Pritchard
0.992 4.03 The Jerusalem Bible: Reader's Edition by Alexander Jones
0.991 3.69 Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People do Differently by John C. Maxwell
0.99 3.93 Crossing the Threshold of Hope by John Paul II
0.99 3.96 Tomorrow's God: Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge by Neale Donald Walsch
0.988 3.64 Know Why You Believe by Paul E. Little
0.987 3.86 Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders
0.982 4.09 Can Man Live Without God? by Ravi Zacharias
0.981 4.02 The Grace Awakening by Charles R. Swindoll
0.981 3.88 Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 36: John by George R. Beasley-Murray
0.98 4.04 Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: A Reader by Ralph D. Winter
0.979 4.19 Living by the Book by Howard G. Hendricks
0.978 4 The Marriage Builder by Larry Crabb
0.978 3.79 unChristian by David Kinnaman
0.973 4.02 Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper
0.972 3.57 Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America by Cullen Murphy
0.971 4.06 Athanasius : The Life of Antony and the Letter To Marcellinus by Athanasius
0.967 3.92 Victory Over the Darkness: Realizing the Power of Your Identity in Christ by Neil T. Anderson
0.965 3.77 The Book of Revelation by Robert H. Mounce
0.964 3.97 The Five Love Languages by Gary D. Chapman
0.961 3.65 The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make by Hans Finzel
0.957 4 Mysticism by Evelyn Underhill
0.957 3.79 The Fear of the Lord by John Bevere
0.954 3.63 Ethics for a Brave New World by John S. Feinberg
0.953 4.04 Catholicism and Fundamentalism: The Attack on "Romanism" by "Bible Christians" by Karl Keating
0.949 4.07 Soul Survivor: How Thirteen Unlikely Mentors Helped My Faith Survive the Church by Philip Yancey
0.943 3.91 The Message of Ephesians (Bible Speaks Today) by John R. W. Stott
0.936 4.11 The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives by Dallas Willard
0.936 4.17 Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God's Unfailing Love by Jerry Bridges
0.934 3.9 Things I Wish I'd Known Before We Got Married by Gary D. Chapman
0.934 4.08 Evangelical Theology: An Introduction by Karl Barth
0.933 3.8 Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing? by Philip Yancey
0.932 4.02 Be Joyful by Warren W. Wiersbe
0.93 4.02 David: A Man of Passion & Destiny by Charles R. Swindoll
0.928 4.02 Christian Apologetics by Norman L. Geisler
0.926 3.6 Hand Me Another Brick by Charles R. Swindoll
0.924 3.69 Inerrancy by Norman L. Geisler
0.92 3.91 Please Understand Me: Character & Temperament Types by David Keirsey
0.913 3.81 Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Original Greek Words with their Precise Meanings for English Readers by W. E. Vine
0.913 4.02 Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey
0.913 4.07 Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging by Brennan Manning
0.912 3.79 Friendship Factor: How to Get Closer to the People You Care for by Alan Loy McGinnis
0.911 4.26 Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
0.91 3.85 You: The Owner's Manual by Michael F. Roizen
0.909 4.23 Teaching to Change Lives: Seven Proven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive by Howard Hendricks
0.907 4.21 Grace Walk by Steve McVey
0.906 3.54 Acid Row by Minette Walters
0.906 3.84 Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature by Peter Scazzero
0.905 4 Bold Love by Dan B. Allender
0.904 3.88 Proverbs: An Introduction & Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries #15) by Derek Kidner
0.901 3.69 The Lotus and the Cross: Jesus Talks with Buddha by Ravi Zacharias
0.896 4.19 God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew
0.895 4.14 Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster
0.894 3.9 Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Kerry Patterson
0.893 3.74 The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Follow by John C. Maxwell
0.892 4.35 Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist by John Piper
0.891 3.98 How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee
0.891 3.88 The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer to the Heart of God by Brent Curtis
0.89 4.04 With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray
0.888 3.86 The Mind of God : The Scientific Basis for a Rational World by Paul Davies
0.887 3.76 Boundaries in Marriage by Henry Cloud
0.885 3.96 The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment by Tim Challies
0.884 4.28 Safe People: How to Find Relationships That Are Good for You and Avoid Those That Aren't by Henry Cloud
0.883 4.09 Moses: A Man of Selfless Dedication (Great Lives from God's Word) by Charles R. Swindoll
0.883 4.16 What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey
0.883 4.2 The Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges
0.882 4.28 Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
0.882 3.96 Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend by Andy Stanley
0.881 3.62 Saving Your Marriage before It Starts: Seven Questions to Ask before (and after) You Marry by Les Parrott
0.88 4.25 The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
0.877 4.24 The Prophecy of Isaiah: An Introduction & Commentary by J. Alec Motyer
0.877 3.85 Faith Alone: The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification by R. C. Sproul
0.873 3.87 Healing for Damaged Emotions by David A. Seamands
0.868 3.88 The lost art of disciple making by LeRoy Eims
0.867 3.74 David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell
0.866 4.24 Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families & Churches by Russell D. Moore
0.865 3.59 The Elements of New Testament Greek by J. W. Wenham
0.863 4.02 The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
0.863 3.92 Word Studies in the Greek New Testament Collection by Kenneth S. Wuest
0.86 4.01 Visioneering: God's Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Personal Vision by Andy Stanley
0.859 4.24 Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 44: Colossians, Philemon by Peter T. O'Brien
0.856 4.05 The Practice of Godliness by Jerry Bridges
0.854 4.44 The Gospel according to John (The Pillar New Testament Commentary (PNTC)) by D. A. Carson
0.85 4.01 Reaching for the Invisible God by Philip Yancey
0.848 4.49 The Sovereignty of God by Arthur W. Pink
0.845 4.16 Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy by Gary L. Thomas
0.845 4.43 The Justification of God: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Romans 9:1-23 by John Piper
0.843 4.23 Exegetical Fallacies by D. A. Carson
0.841 4.1 The Genesee Diary by Henri J. M. Nouwen
0.839 4.45 Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament by R. Laird Harris
0.837 3.96 In Search of the Source by Neil Anderson
0.835 4.07 The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Mark A. Noll
0.835 3.93 What Good Is God?: In Search of a Faith That Matters by Philip Yancey
0.834 3.86 For Men Only: A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women by Shaunti Feldhahn
0.832 4.18 Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure by John Piper
0.827 4.31 Shattered Dreams: God's Unexpected Path to Joy by Larry Crabb
0.825 3.54 When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth? by David Feldman
0.823 4.08 Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? by Philip Yancey
0.822 4.28 Joseph: A Man of Integrity and Forgiveness by Charles R. Swindoll
0.821 3.35 Honest to God? by Bill Hybels
0.814 4.12 True Spirituality by Francis A. Schaeffer
0.813 4.28 Voyager by Diana Gabaldon
0.813 4.19 The Message of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7 : Christian Counter-Culture) by John R. W. Stott
0.811 3.76 Handbook of Today's Religions by Josh McDowell
0.81 3.69 The Gospel According to St. Luke: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) by Leon Morris
0.806 4 Commentary on the Old Testament by C. F. Keil
0.805 4.09 The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate by John H. Walton
0.805 4.45 Knowing God by J. I. Packer
0.798 3.84 Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters by N. T. Wright
0.797 4.11 I, Isaac, Take Thee, Rebekah: Moving from Romance to Lasting Love by Ravi Zacharias
0.796 4.46 A Call to Spiritual Reformation by D. A. Carson
0.796 4.13 Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home by Richard J. Foster
0.79 4.19 Bruchko by Bruce Olson
0.788 4.34 Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate by Jerry Bridges
0.784 4.06 Soul Talk: The Language God Longs for Us to Speak by Larry Crabb
0.783 3.9 A History of the Christian Church by Williston Walker
0.778 3.68 Acts (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries) by I. Howard Marshall
0.778 4.17 The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, Having the Guts to Respond by Bill Hybels
0.772 4.49 The Pleasures of God: Meditations on God's Delight in Being God by John Piper
0.771 4.08 Where Is God When It Hurts? by Philip Yancey
0.77 3.96 The Emotionally Healthy Church by Peter Scazzero
0.756 3.63 The Power of Vision by George Barna
0.753 4.07 Walking from East to West: God in the Shadows by Ravi Zacharias
0.745 3.98 Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: The Paradox of Personal Dysfunction by Gary L. McIntosh
0.744 4.27 The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges
0.742 4.17 Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination by Eugene H. Peterson
0.74 4.29 Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon by Bryan Chapell
0.74 3.78 The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity by Philip Jenkins
0.739 4.54 Studies in the Sermon on the Mount by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
0.736 3.89 The Grand Weaver: How God Shapes Us Through the Events of Our Lives by Ravi Zacharias
0.709 4.15 The Myth of Certainty: The Reflective Christian & the Risk of Commitment by Daniel Taylor
0.698 3.57 Love is a Choice : Recovery from Codependent Relationships DVD by Robert Hemfelt
0.694 4.21 The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery by David G. Benner
0.686 4.26 Finding God by Larry Crabb
0.685 4.33 How To Listen To God by Charles F. Stanley
0.67 4.16 The Joy of Fearing God by Jerry Bridges
0.662 3.76 Connecting by Larry Crabb
0.657 3.82 The Body: Being Light in Darkness by Charles Colson
0.643 4.5 Showing the Spirit: A Theological Exposition of 1 Corinthians, 12-14 by D. A. Carson
0.636 4.21 Your God Is Too Safe by Mark Buchanan
0.633 4.4 The Intolerance of Tolerance by D. A. Carson
0.619 4.38 Three Philosophies of Life: Ecclesiastes--Life as Vanity, Job--Life as Suffering, Song of Songs--Life as Love by Peter Kreeft
0.608 4 The Crisis of Caring: Recovering the Meaning of True Fellowship by Jerry Bridges
0.569 3.92 Answering Islam: The Crescent in the Light of the Cross by Norman L. Geisler