The Weekly Newsletter of Christianity Today International
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Last week we featured the Top Ten Stories of 2007 chosen by the editors of Christianity Today magazine. This week we're bringing you our top picks of the year in books and music.
First, John Wilson, our Books & Culture editor, shares his Favorite Books of 2007, and his list features a few excellent picks straight from Russia.
Then visit our music channel and check out the diverse list of albums we chose as the Best Christian Albums of 2007, and find out how our readers voted in the 2007 Readers' Choice Christian Music Awards.
And as always, be sure to look through the rest of our featured articles in the right-hand column of this newsletter and on ChristianityToday.com.
May God bless you in the new year!
Kim Tobey, Newsletter Editor
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Favorite Books of 2007
The Russians are coming, again.
By John Wilson
Yes, it's time again for end-of-the year lists. Sunday's Book Review in the Times featured The Ten Best Books of 2007 (the list had been posted earlier on the web), and many others have appeared or will follow soon. My own list, as I've said in years past, is in no way definitive, comprehensive, or systematic. What you get here are simply the books that came most readily to mind as outstanding among the many I read this year.Click to continue.
The Best Christian Albums of 2007
Quite possibly our most eclectic and unusual list yet, calling attention to artists both familiar and unfamiliar who have most creatively expressed their faith through music.
There's a sense among this year's panel that 2007 will go down as one of our most interesting lists of top Christian albums (released between December 2006 and November 2007). It could be because there was no obvious front-runner going in, and though we generally agreed on the same initial nominations, the finalists all placed within mere points of each other. The list also reflects the way Christian music has splintered from its established industry into the mainstream as well as independent music circles—hence why you'll find some unfamiliar breakout artists alongside the bigger names.Click to continue.
2007 Readers' Choice Christian Music Awards
Skillet, Jeremy, Skillet, Rebecca, and more Skillet ... plus your picks for Best Album and Best New Artist.
The readers have spoken—and the fan clubs have spoken even louder! Once again we've provided an opportunity to vote for your favorites in Christian music. And once again, with more than 3,000 participants, the favorites are the usual suspects.Click to continue.
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 Jim and Casper Go to Church
The true journey of a Christian and an atheist who visit
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 The Altar and the Door, CD
Even with 12 Dove Awards and a Grammy to their credit,
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 Flywheel: Director's Cut, DVD
A dishonest used car salesman learns to honor God with his
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One Sunday I was attending my brother's Catholic church. During one part of the mass, the altar server began ringing hand bells. Suddenly, the solemn moment was interrupted by a wide-eyed little boy's breathless announcement: "Daddy, the ice cream man is here!"
—Kathleen Donnelly, San Jose, California
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Remembering Benazir
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Hour of Decision
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When Opportunity Knocks
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Loving My Neighbors
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Interview: Deeply Immersed
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Interview: Making History Exciting
The sequel to the hugely popular National Treasure, like the original, brings history alive for kids and families—and star actor Nicolas Cage likes being a part of that.
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Have you made a New Year's resolution?Vote here, and see how your answer compares to others'.
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Which event most shaped evangelical life, thought, and mission in 2007?- Anglican Communion fractures over Scripture, homosexuality: 18%
- Atheism tops the bestseller charts: 14%
- Supreme Court upholds 2003 federal partial-birth abortion ban: 14%
- Jerry Falwell and D. James Kennedy, Lions of the Religious Right pass away: 11%
- Presidential campaigns start early, with some faith surprises: 10%
- Other: 10%
- Taliban takes Korean short-term mission team hostage, killing two: 8%
- Ruth Graham promoted to glory: 7%
- Three Christians tortured and killed in eastern Turkey: 5%
- Campaign to oust NAE's Richard Cizik fails: 2%
- Francis Beckwith returns to Catholicism: 2%
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