Books

New & Noteworthy Books

Compiled by Matt Reynolds.

Blood and Fire: Revival Movements That Transformed Culture and Society

Nigel Scotland (Cascade Books)

From Northampton, Massachusetts, to Lowestoft, England, the locations where revivals erupt can feel as unpredictable as the Spirit who kindles them. In Blood and Fire, religion scholar Nigel Scotland explores 10 revivals that occurred in the United States and Great Britain, touching on familiar episodes and more obscure events alike. As Scotland explains, studying these spiritual outpourings can furnish us with a “deeper awareness of [God’s] concern and compassion for the world and its peoples.”

Theology That Sticks: The Life-Changing Power of Exceptional Hymns

Chris Anderson (Church Works media)

When it comes to varying styles of church music, Chris Anderson, a self-described “music junkie,” might check the box for “all of the above.” His great passion, though, is for hymns—he’s written dozens—and in Theology That Sticks, he unpacks their virtues. “Great Christian music,” writes Anderson, “is a means of grace. It helps you grow in your faith, delight in your God, and even combat your sin.”

Redeeming Vision: A Christian Guide to Looking at and Learning from Art

Elissa Yukiko Weichbrodt (Baker Academic)

Looking at art, for some, counts as a highbrow hobby. But even those who disclaim the artsy label are deeply shaped by an array of images, from the mundane to the sublime. Weichbrodt, an art history professor at Covenant College, writes Redeeming Vision “for the museumgoers, yes, but also for the Instagram scrollers, the meme gatherers, the magazine readers, the ad watchers, the graphic novel lovers, the coffee table book flippers, and the cell phone photo editors.” The book walks believers through various tools for seeing and grappling with the world of artwork around them.

Also in this issue

What does ministry look like when every day might be one’s last? Our cover story details the ongoing work of several Ukrainian pastors who’ve led scattered and traumatized congregations through a year of war. Also in this issue: ministry to moms and babies in post-Dobbs Mississippi, what the tower of Babel really means, and Chinese ministries that use tea to bridge generational divides.

Cover Story

Ministers in Ukraine Are ‘Ready to Meet God at Any Moment’

The Bono Interview: Plaudits and Problems

News

Church Planting After the Fall (of the Berlin Wall)

God’s Yoke for the Decision Fatigued

Let’s Rethink the Evangelical Gender Wars

Divine Abundance Is More Than a Charismatic Hobbyhorse

Testimony

I Was the Proverbial, Drug-Fueled Rock and Roller

6 Ways to Parent Your Kids for the New Creation

The Stage or the Cross?

Our March Issue: Illumination and Illusion

‘Why Church?’ Is the Wrong Question

I Don’t Want to Be a Universalist

News

Mississippi Evangelicals Prepare to Welcome Dobbs Babies

News

Evangelicals Outgrow Catholics in Central America

News

Israeli Academics Question Archaeological Discoveries

News

With Gossip of the Gospel, the Church Grows in Nepal

Words Are Holy. So Why Don’t We Talk Like They Are?

Beware Our Tower of Babel

Can Bubble Tea Bring Gen Z into the Chinese Church?

David Platt: We Take the Gospel to the Nations, as the Nations

Review

All the World’s Not a Stage

Review

What Women Miss When They Go Missing from Church

Excerpt

The Bible Gives Investors Like Me a New Perspective on Risk

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The Bulletin

Young Republican Texts, Anglican Split, and George Santos Released

Controversial Republican texts, Anglican Communion splits, and George Santos’s sentence is commuted.

Review

Do Evangelical Political Errors Rise to the Level of Heresy?

A Lutheran pastor identifies five false teachings that threaten to corrupt the church’s public witness.

Highlights and Lowlights of 1957

In its first full year of publication, CT looked at Civil Rights, Cold War satellites, artificial insemination, and carefully planned evangelism.

News

Will There Be a Christian Super Bowl Halftime Show?

Conservatives suggest country and Christian artist alternatives for game day.

News

As Madagascar’s Government Topples, Pastors Call for Peace

Gen Z–led protests on the African island nation led to a military takeover.

News

Amid Fragile Cease-Fire, Limited Aid Reaches Gazans

Locals see the price of flour rise and fall as truce is strained and some borders remain closed.

News

Federal Job Cuts Hit Home as Virginia Picks Its Next Governor

Meanwhile, the GOP candidate draws from Trump’s playbook to focus on transgender issues in schools. 

Religious OCD and Me

Scrupulosity latches onto the thing we hold most dear—our relationship with God.

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