Books

New & Noteworthy Books

Chosen by Matt Reynolds.

Crowned with Glory: How Proclaiming the Truth of Black Dignity Has Shaped American History

Jasmine L. Holmes (Baker Books)

During the Jim Crow era, leading Black educators wrote history textbooks meant to elevate Black experiences that other textbooks ignored or obscured. Jasmine L. Holmes, a writer with an extensive teaching background, pursues a similar goal in Crowned with Glory, which uplifts a range of Black Americans who bore witness to God’s image in all people. As she explains, “I have written of Black Christians who understood their rights came from the Word of God, defended those rights in word and deed, and forged citizenship for themselves in a country that claimed to be founded on them.”

Love the Ones Who Drive You Crazy: Eight Truths for Pursuing Unity in Your Church

Jamie Dunlop (Crossway)

Conflict within churches over matters of politics and personality can sometimes signal a failure of gospel unity. But the good news, argues Jamie Dunlop, a pastor in Washington, DC, is that such conflicts offer valuable opportunities to affirm and live out the centrality of Christ. In Love the Ones Who Drive You Crazy, Dunlop turns to the later chapters of Romans for wisdom on bearing patiently with fellow believers. As he observes, “the glory [God] receives in your church’s unity is greater in disagreement and difference than if everyone were in the same place to begin with.”

C. S. Lewis in America: Readings and Reception, 1935–1947

Mark A. Noll (IVP Academic)

C. S. Lewis became a household name in America on the strength of his Narnia novels and his most famous work of apologetics, Mere Christianity. But even in the years preceding The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (1950), his star was already rising. In this volume, adapted from lectures given at Wheaton College’s Marion E. Wade Center (and responses from Wheaton faculty), historian Mark A. Noll tracks the early attention to Lewis among Catholics, Protestants, and secular commentators. He writes, “By bringing together what Lewis wrote and what Americans wrote about Lewis, we gain deeper insight into both Lewis and America.”

Also in this issue

Our cover story this month looks at the complexity of the immigration crisis through a different lens. Rather than focusing on politics or policy, “One Christian’s Quest to Change the Way We See Immigration” profiles one particular border ministry and its vision for a specific piece of land and the stories it tells. Also in this issue: new life for a Deadhead, Jesus’ take on thrift, insights from medieval Christian spirituality, and lessons in unheroic aid from the Good Samaritan.

Cover Story

One Christian’s Quest to Change the Way We See Immigration

Blessed Are the Thrifty?

Indian Church Draws Strength from Ostracism

American Evangelicals Divide over Ukraine

Trump-Era Controversies Had a Measurable Effect on Church Attendance

Abolitionist Bible to Go on Public Display

Why Prison Ministries Are Growing

Dying to Our Selfies

A Person by Any Other Pronoun

The Border Is a Complex Place. Jesus Is There.

Why I’m a ‘Bible Thumping Fundamentalist’

Excerpt

There Is an Edge to Living on the Edge

I Stumbled in the Steps of the Good Samaritan

Review

The Law Can’t Always ‘Love’ You

Testimony

I Was a Disenchanted Deadhead Who Found Christ on a Greyhound Bus

Our Divided Age Needs More Talk of Enemies

Paul’s View on Death Changed Mine

The Black Church Models a Different Conversation About ‘Gender Roles’

Mystics, Monastics, and the Moderns Who Need Them

Review

Secular Figures Are Giving Faith a Second Look

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Our Latest

High Time for an Honest Conversation about THC

Legal cannabis may be here to stay, but the Christian conversation is just getting started.

The National Guard Debate Needs a Dose of Honesty

Criticizing federal overreach while remaining silent about local failures does not serve the cause of justice.

News

Saudi Arabian Prison Frees Kenyan After ‘Blood Money’ Payout

A Christian mother relied on the Muslim practice of “diyat” to bring her son home alive.

Why Fans Trust Forrest Frank

The enormously popular Christian artist says he experienced miraculous healing. His parasocial friends say “amen.”

How a Missionary Family in Lebanon Produced an American Hero

Bill Eddy’s Arabic acumen served US interests and forged Middle East ties.

Eight Divine Names in One Glorious Passage

Hebrew terms for God appear across the Old Testament. The prophet Isaiah brings them all together.

The Bulletin

Venezuelan Boat Attack, Payday Loans, and USAID Fire Sale

The Bulletin discusses the attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, predatory lending, and the destruction of items from cancelled USAID projects.

Why an Early American Missionary Family Was Beloved in Lebanon

Over five decades of multigenerational ministry, the Eddys pioneered health and educational outreach.

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