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Books
Max Lucado on Compassion: The Best Apologetic
The San Antonio pastor and author explains why he focuses on poverty in his latest book.
Wilson's Bookmarks
Brief reviews of 'Creation Untamed', 'Wayfaring,' and 'Master of Disguises.'
Looking Over the Fence
New research suggests scientists are more like neighbors than enemies of the faith. Andy Crouch reviews 'Science vs. Religion.'
The Abolitionists’ Scandal
William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect founded Sierra Leone, then tolerated a form of slavery there, a new book reveals.
Always Dying, Always Reborn
Exploring the new horizons—and limits—of our perpetual chase for immortality.
Joni Eareckson Tada on Something Greater than Healing
Now facing breast cancer and chronic pain, the author, speaker, and advocate talks about the blessings of suffering.
Q&A: John Piper on 'Think'
Also, why the high-profile pastor and author invited Rick Warren to Desiring God's national conference and how he has been spending his 8-month leave of absence.
Good News Glut
Common English Bible joins the crowd.
Wilson's Bookmarks
Brief reviews of 'Joshua,' 'Making Toast,' and 'The Mind's Eye'
Stop Browbeating
The stats on evangelicalism are much better than you've been led to believe.
Tragic Humanism
Terry Eagleton argues that evil is not as mysterious or as explainable as we think.
The Updated Bible: Moses v. Steve Jobs
How the publishing industry is keeping up with the 21st century as technology changes how we study the Bible.
The Apostle of the Golden Age
Classics scholar Sarah Ruden says extraordinary things happen when you read Paul alongside other ancient literature.
Mary Beth Chapman vs. God
In a new book, Steven Curtis Chapman's wife is brutally honest about her lifelong feud with the Creator, especially after losing their daughter to an accident in 2008.
My Top 5 Books on The Problem of Evil
Picks from John Stackhouse, author of 'Can God Be Trusted?'
Marilynne Robinson Takes on Bad Science Writers
The novelist wades into the religion-and-science debate with 'Absence of Mind.'
Top Story May 1, 2024
Was Paul a Slave?The surprising argument that Saul of Tarsus was born into bondage.
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