New & Noteworthy 2023

Seven books we’re looking forward to this year.

The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

Karen Swallow Prior (Brazos Press)

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways

Dorcas Cheng-Tozun (Broadleaf Books)

Why Evangelical Theology Needs the Global Church

Stephen T. Pardue (Baker Academic)

A Burning House: Redeeming American Evangelicalism by Examining its History, Mission, and Message

Brandon Washington (Zondervan)

Not a Hopeless Case: 6 Vital Questions from Young Adults for a Church in Crisis

Halee Gray Scott (Zondervan)

The Doctrine of Good Works: Reclaiming a Neglected Protestant Teaching

Thomas H. McCall, Caleb T. Friedeman, and Matt T. Friedeman (Baker Academic)

Elisabeth Elliot: A Life

Lucy S. R. Austen (Crossway)

This article appeared in the January/February, 2023 issue of Christianity Today as "New & Noteworthy 2023".

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Also in this issue

Books take center stage in this issue, which features CT’s annual Book Awards, along with excerpts from a handful of books chosen as finalists in various awards categories. It also includes three pieces exploring the way books are made and the debates they inspire: a profile of the poet and priest Malcolm Guite, a report on Christian librarians navigating political and communal tensions over controversial titles, and a look at how Christian publishers are wrestling with questions of author “platform.”

Christianity Today January/February, 2023

Cover Story

Christianity Today’s 2023 Book Awards

News

In Church Planting, More Money Means More People

A Poet for ‘Bruised Evangelicals’

Read Like Nicodemus

God Is the Good Samaritan

The Church Was Meant to Enjoy Its Diversity, Not Wish It Away.

Helen Lee and Michelle Ami Reyes

Why Are There So Many Angry Theologians?

Our Jan/Feb Issue: The Reading Life in a Tweeting Age

In Christian Publishing, ‘Platform’ Is Being Weighed and Found Wanting

Testimony

I Wanted to Die for Allah. Now I Live for Jesus.

Libraries Aren’t Safe, But They Are Good

News

Christian Fiction Queen Says Goodbye to Hallmark, Hello to Karen Kingsbury Productions

Daniel Silliman

Excerpt

The Image of God in ‘Invisible Man’

News

How We Read the Bible Now

Daniel Silliman

News

Nicaraguan President Closes Christian Nonprofits

Daniel Silliman

When Life Is Cut Short—Or Prolonged

The Relatable Zeal of Puritan Women

Interview by Catherine Parks

Review

Naming Names in the Abortion Debate

5 Theology Books from the Global Church

Geethanjali Tupps

Excerpt

Go Ahead, Waste Your Time Reading

Apathy Used to Be a Virtue. But It’s Our Culture’s Hidden Vice.

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News

Northern Seminary Presidential Installation Goes Awry

Haleluya Hadero

It’s unclear whether Joy Moore resigned her leadership at the suburban Chicago school.

A still from The Chosen Adventures showing Jesus teaching two children.

‘The Chosen Adventures’ Educates Our Smallest Bible Scholars

The animated spinoff on the adult show is a heady attempt to disciple kids on the life of Jesus.

A woman holds a pill bottle in a manila envelope in a mail room.

News

How Abortion Pills Change the Fight for Life

Texas pregnancy centers adjust their services as women increasingly access mifepristone by mail.

The book cover on a yellow background.

Review

Suffering Comes in Many Forms. So Does Theodicy.

Justin R. Hawkins

Scripture attests to God’s distinct plans to wipe individual tears from individual eyes.

The Bulletin

Hamas Crackdown, Rural Hospitals, and Why Brides Wear White

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll, Russell Moore

Hamas punishes political enemies, the importance of rural hospitals, and how purity culture influences modern weddings.

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How ‘Christianity Today’ Reported News and Offered Views, 1956–2026

A new series: Walking Through 70 Years.

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Naomi Raine Isn’t Playing Games

Interview by Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

The founding member of Maverick City Music is releasing new songs as a solo artist with an impressive roster of guests.

One of the Palestinian prisoners released in the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

News

Shrinking Palestinian Christian Population Wary of Cease-Fire

Heather M. Surls

“As people, we can live together … because this is what Jesus asked us to do.”