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Books have always been important to Christianity Today. Since our founding almost seven decades ago, CT has prioritized words alongside the Word. Our first issue, published in 1956, included reviews of Ernest White’s Christian Life and the Unconscious, B. B. Warfield’s Calvin and Augustine, and more.
The book industry looks massively different today, of course, but evangelicals are still committed to reading. Here are our most popular book reviews of 2025, ranked in reverse order of what our online audience read most.
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.
Tim Keller Preached the Superiority of Christianity, not Christians
A new book shows how he contended for a faith whose followers are always seeking substitute saviors.
An Atheist Urges Christians to Help Save Democracy
Jonathan Rauch wants the church to act as a “load-bearing wall” in American civic life. But his appeal lacks a clear audience.
The Best Argument for Protestantism Is Its Catholicity
Other traditions accuse the Reformers of ignoring church tradition and frustrating church unity. That gets things backward.
An Unpersuasive Plea for Christians to Swing Left
Phil Christman’s apology for progressive politics ignores points of natural affinity with conservatives.
Don’t Toss Orthodoxy in the Campfire
Cara Meredith wants Christian summer camps to quit evangelism. But her research and theology leave much to be desired.
Wendell Berry’s Grief and Gratitude
They go together in his latest novel, as they will for readers who realize it might be his last.
A New Guide to What the Church Has Always Said About Sex
A book for young adults from Louise Perry explores a third way on sexual ethics that rejects gender ideology and cribs from long-standing Christian teaching.
Dwelling on Heaven Isn’t Escapist
As a new book suggests, keeping eternity in view is a practical way to live faithfully on earth.
We Can Debate Women in Ministry. But Not the Historical Facts.
Beth Allison Barr challenges the narrative that women have never exercised church authority.
