Books

New and Noteworthy Books

Compiled by Matt Reynolds.

Why Did Jesus Live a Perfect Life? The Necessity of Christ’s Obedience for Our Salvation

Brandon D. Crowe (Baker Academic)

Scripture portrays Christ as the Second Adam, whose unblemished record of righteousness undoes the curse introduced through the transgressions of the first. In Why Did Jesus Live a Perfect Life?, Westminster Theological Seminary New Testament professor Brandon Crowe demonstrates that Christ’s sinlessness, far from being a peripheral consideration, stands at the very center of the Bible’s narrative of redemption. “If we downplay or dispense with the idea that perfect obedience is necessary for salvation,” he writes, “we’ll miss one of the key emphases of the New Testament, and thus the necessity and much of the beauty of Christ’s work on our behalf.”

Finding My Father: How the Gospel Heals the Pain of Fatherlessness

Blair Linne (The Good Book Company)

Blair Linne lived a nomadic and often troubled childhood under the care of a devoted mother who struggled to shoulder the parenting load by herself. “My dad’s absence was the cloud that was always hovering in my sky,” she writes in Finding My Father, “sometimes just on the horizon, sometimes blocking the sun, and at other times encompassing me like a fog, blocking me from seeing even an arm’s length in front of me.” Linne—a spoken-word artist, Bible teacher, and wife to Christian hip-hop artist Shai Linne—articulates both the pain of fatherlessness and the joy of discovering her heavenly Father’s boundless love.

A History of Evangelism in North America

Edited by Thomas P. Johnston (Kregel Academic)

You can’t tell the story of evangelicalism in North America without telling the story of the evangelists who labored to spread the gospel there. This volume covers that story from various angles, gathering contributions from a collection of historians, biographers, and other scholars of evangelism. The chapters, running from the American Colonial period down to the present day, feature household names (David Brainerd, Francis Asbury, Bill Bright), shed light on some lesser-known figures (J. Wilbur Chapman, John Mason Peck, Shadrach Meshach Lockridge), and analyze the most consequential evangelistic methods, trends, events, and organizations.

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Our September issue went to press before the stunningly rapid fall of Afghanistan’s government. This month’s cover honors the history of faithful, unseen service in Afghanistan on the part of local believers and Christian aid workers. With US troops largely gone from the country and the Taliban now firmly in control, it’s easy to forget that the church was at work there long before America’s “forever war” began—and will remain at work there, in whatever form it takes, now that the war has ended.

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Ministering to the 9/11 First Responders Who Never Had to Be Told to ‘Never Forget’

God Uses Changing Climates to Change Societies

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Gleanings: September 2021

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Pro-Life Advocates Push Local Resolutions

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I Went to Hollywood to Make My Own Music. Now I Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord.

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The Church Has Helped to Heal Those It Once Hurt

Why Christians Keep Preaching to Themselves

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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Fight for First-Class Citizenship

Well-Intentioned Sin Is Still Sin and Deserves Judgment

Getting High Is (Increasingly) Lawful. Is It Ever Beneficial?

Why Environmental Destruction Is Bad for Worship

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1 out of 3 New Guitars Are Purchased for Worship Music

Populism Poses Dangers to Democracy. It Does the Same to Christian Witness.

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Understanding Autism from the Inside

Where the Great Commission Meets Deportation

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