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CHRISTIANITY TODAY Readers’-choice Awards

Help us choose the winners of this year’s CHRISTIANITY TODAY Book Awards. Below you will find books nominated by publishers in seven categories. Please vote for one book in each category that you believe has had the most significant impact on the Christian community in the past year. In addition, you may write in the title and author of the book you feel transcends its category and should be declared “Book of the Year” (choose from any book on the ballot). Your ballot must arrive before January 1,1992. The results of the ballot as well as the results from our Critics’-choice Awards will be published in our April 6, 1992, issue. Thank you for your participation. Vote today! Tear out the page and mail to:

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Biography And History

□ 101. Adventure in Africa, Charles B. Partee

□ 102. Biography of Bromley G. Oxnam, Robert Moats Miller

□ 103. Community in Paraguay: A Visit to the Bruderhof, Bob wagoner

□ 104. Divine Dramatist, Harry S. Stout

□ 105. Emergence of Liberation Theology: Radical Religion and Social Movement Theory, C. Smith

□ 106. Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven, Uta Ranke-Heinemann

□ 107. Fall of Tyrants, Laszlo Tokes with David Porter

□ 108. Geno: Life/Mission of Geno Baroni, L. M. O’Rourke

□ 109. God, Creation, and Providence in the Thought of Jacob Arminius, Richard A. Mueller

□ 110. In Pursuit of God: Life of A. W. Tozer, J. L. Snyder

□ 111. Liberty of Conscience, Edwin S. Gaustad

□ 112. Making Saints, Kenneth Woodward

□ 113. Making Sense of Your World from a Biblical Viewpoint, W. Gary Phillips and William E. Brown

□ 114. Memoirs in Exile, John Tietjen

□ 115. Middle East Maze, David A. Rausch

□ 116. Modern American Religion, Vol. 2: The Noise of Conflict, 1919–1941, Martin E. Marty

□ 117. My Life: A Guided Tour, Kenneth Taylor with V. Muir

□ 118. On Call, David C. Thompson, M.D.

□ 119. Out of Ashes, Helen Wells Quintela

□ 120. Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe, V. I. J. Flint

□ 121. Sons of Susanna, Gien Williamson

□ 122. Standing on the Promises, W. A. Criswell

□ 123. Stories I Couldn’t Tell While I Was a Pastor, B. Mclver

□ 124. There Is a Balm in Gilead, Lewis Baldwin

□ 125. 30 Days to Understanding Church History, Max E. Anders and Judith A. Lunsford

□ 126. Time of Awakening, Mary Irene Zotti

□ 127. Tom Landry: An Autobiography, Tom Landry/G. Lewis

□ 128. Up from the Rubble, Peter and Elfrieda Dyck

□ 129. Variety of American Evangelicalism, Donald W. Dayton and Robert K. Johnston

□ 130. We Signed Away Our Lives, Kari Malcolm

□ 131. Why I Believe in a Personal God: The Credibility of Faith in a Doubting Culture, George Carey

□ 132. World Shapers: A Treasury of Quotes from Great Missionaries, V. Hampton and C. Plueddemann

Christion Living And Spirituality

□ 201. Caretakers of Creation, Patrick Slattery

□ 202. Changing on the Inside, John White

□ 203. Cry for Myth, Rollo May

□ 204. Decision-Making by the Book, Haddon Robinson

□ 205. Disciplines of a Godly Man, R. Kent Hughes

□ 206. Don’t Just Stand There, Pray Something, R. L. Dunn

□ 207. Encountering Mary: From La Salette to Medjugorje, Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz

□ 208. Faith’s Freedom, Luke Johnson

□ 209. Finding Spiritual Direction, Douglas Webster

□ 210. God Is My Delight, W. Phillip Keller

□ 211. Health, Money, and Love … and Why We Don’t Enjoy Them, Robert Farrar Capon

□ 212. Here All Dwell Free, Gertrud Mueller Nelson

□ 213. How to Be a World-Class Christian, Paul Borthwick

□ 214. Hunger for Significance, R. C. Sproul

□ 215. In the Eye of the Storm, Max Lucado

□ 216. Life’s Bottom Line, Richard Exley

□ 217. Men and Women, Larry Crabb

□ 218. Morning and Evening, Charles Spurgeon

□ 219. Of Human Hands, Gregory Pierce

□ 220. One I Love, Ruth Dourte

□ 221. Passages of Marriage, Minirth/Newman/Hemfelt

□ 222. Prayers of the Martyrs, Duane W. H. Arnold

□ 223. Psalms for Contemplation, Carlos G. Valles

□ 224. Released from Shame, Sandra D. Wilson

□ 225. Remarriage in Midlife, Helen W. Hunter

□ 226. Restoring the Christian Soul Through Healing Prayer, Leanne Payne

□ 227. Revenge Redeemed, Bob Stewart

□ 228. Sandwich Years, Dennis Gibson and Ruth Gibson

□ 229. Secrets of Your Family Tree, David Carter et al.

□ 230. Seeking God, Joni Eareckson Tada

□ 231. Simple Faith, Charles R. Swindoll

□ 232. Storyteller’s Companion to the Bible, M. E. Williams

□ 233. Today for Eternity, Darryl Delhousaye

□ 234. To Pray and to Love, Roberta Bondi

□ 235. Transforming Your Prayer Life, Bob Beltz

□ 236. Upside of Down, Joseph Stowell

□ 237. Wanting to Follow, Forced to Lead, Elizabeth Baker

□ 238. A Western Way of Meditation, David B. Bryan

□ 239. When You Lose Someone You Love, Richard Exley

□ 240. Window to My Heart, Joy Hawkins

Commentaries

□ 301. Amos (Hermenia), Shalom Paul

□ 302. Book of Genesis, Ronald Youngblood

□ 303. Epistle to the Philippians (NIGTC), Peter O’Brien

□ 304. Expositor’s Bible Commentary, Vol. 5, F. Gaebelein

□ 305. Galatians, Richard N. Longenecker

□ 306. Gospel According to John, D. A. Carson

□ 307. Gospel and the End of Time, John Stott

□ 308. Isaiah 1–12, Hans Wildberger

□ 309. Jonah (AB), Jack M. Sasson

□ 310. Matthew (BCBC), Richard B. Gardner

□ 311. Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible

□ 312. New Commentary on the Whole Bible, New Testament Volume, J. D. Douglas, ed.

□ 313. 1 Peter (IVPNTC), I. Howard Marshall

□ 314. Psalms 51–100 (WBC), Marvin Tate

□ 315. Romans: Righteousness from Heaven, R. K. Hughes

□ 316. Romans 1–8 (MNTC), John MacArthur

□ 317. Romans 1–8 (WEC), Douglas Moo

□ 318. With the Word, Warren Wiersbe

Contemporary Issues

□ 401. Addicted to “Love,” Steve Arterburn

□ 402. Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves, Robert Wuthnow

□ 403. And Who Is My Neighbor? Gerald Schlabach

□ 404. Catholic Bishops in American Politics, Timothy Burns

□ 405. Choice in Schooling, David W. Kirkpatrick

□ 406. Choices of the Heart, Douglas D. Webster

□ 407. Cities of Lonesome Fears, Gordon McLean

□ 408. Coming Economic Earthquake, Larry Burkett

□ 409. Coping with Cancer, John E. Packo

□ 410. Culture Wars, James Davison Hunter

□ 411. Dancing in the Dark, Roy Anker et al.

□ 412. Darwin on Trial, Phillip Johnson

□ 413. Dismantling Racism, Joseph Barndt

□ 414. Doing Faithjustice, Fred Kammer

□ 415. Double Life, Sheila Hood

□ 416. Earthkeepers, Art and Jocele Meyer

□ 417. End Times, the Middle East and the New World Order, Ed Hindson

□ 418. First Do No Harm, Bruce Hilton

□ 419. Fundamentalisms Observed, Marty and Appleby, eds.

□ 420. Global Trends, Gordon Aeschliman

□ 421. Going Broke: Bankruptcy, Business Ethics, and the Bible, John R. Sutherland

□ 422. Healing Adult Children of Divorce, Archibald Hart

□ 423. Interpretations of Conflict: Ethics, Pacifism, and the Just-War Tradition, Richard B. Miller

□ 424. Jesus and the Single Mother, B. Rogers-Gardner

□ 425. Keeping Your Head Up When Your Job’s Got You Down, Doug Sherman

□ 426. Love Broke Through, T. Stribling with V. Becker

□ 427. Making Moral Decisions, Paul Jersild

□ 428. Marriage and Divorce: God’s Call, God’s Compassion, M. G. McLuhan

□ 429. Myths of Sex Education, Josh McDowell

□ 430. Naming the Silences, Stanley Hauerwas

□ 431. New World Order, Pat Robertson

□ 432. Nine Great American Myths, Pat Apel

□ 433. Outer Limits of Life, John Medina

□ 434. Overture to Armageddon, M. Rosen with B. Massie

□ 435. Satan’s Underground, Lauren Stratford

□ 436. Secret Shame, Martha Janssen

□ 437. Single Adult Passages, C. Koons and M. Anthony

□ 438. Spiritual Warfare, Timothy Warner

□ 439. Televangelism and American Culture, Q. Schultze

□ 440. Uncovering the Mystery of MPD, James G. Friesen

□ 441. User Friendly Churches, George Barna

□ 442. What Americans Believe, George Barna

□ 443. When There’s No Place Like Home, Noah Snider

□ 444. Why America Doesn’t Work, C. Colson and J. Eckerd

□ 445. Women in Travail and Transition, Maxine Glaz and Jeanne Stevenson Moessner, eds.

Fiction

□ 501. Backwater Blues, Ernest Herndon

□ 502. Beyond the Golden Hills, Anne L. Squire-Buresh

□ 503. The Birth, Gene Edwards

□ 504. Children in the Night, Harold Myra

□ 505. Dead Air, Bob Larson

□ 506. The Dean’s Watch, Elizabeth Goudge

□ 507. Fallen Angel, Roger Elwood

□ 508. Good News from North Haven, Michael L. Lindvall

□ 509. The Hawk and the Dove, Penelope Wilcock

□ 510. Holy Masquerade, Olav Hartman

□ 511. Orphan Train Trilogy, Jane Peart

□ 512. No Clock in the Forest, Paul J. Willis

□ 513. An Ordinary Exodus, Roger Bichelberger

□ 514. An Overture of Light, Calvin Miller

□ 515. The Paradise War, Stephen Lawhead

□ 516. Petals in the Storm, Carole Gift Page

□ 517. Pinnacles of Power, Michael Phillips

□ 518. 2084, Larry W. Poland

□ 519. Wisdom Hunter, Randall Arthur

□ 520. Wise One, Roger Elwood

Reference

□ 601. Archaeology of the Land of the Bible, Amihai Mazar

□ 602. Beginner’s Guide to Reading the Bible, C. Koester

□ 603. Bible Reader’s Companion, Larry Richards

□ 604. Bible Study Tool Kit, Balchin/Field/Longman

□ 605. Biblical Theology of the Old Testament, Roy Zuck

□ 606. Christian Education: Foundations for the Future, Robert Clark et al., eds.

□ 607. Dates with Destiny, Curtis/Lang/Petersen

□ 608. Dictionary of the Ecumenical Movement, G. Wainwright, ed.

□ 609. Faith Seeking Understanding, Daniel L. Migliore

□ 610. Guide to Selecting and Using Bible Commentaries, Douglas Stuart

□ 611. Handbook of Denominations, 9th ed., F. Meade

□ 612. Modern Psychotherapies, Jones and Butman

□ 613. My Father’s Names, Elmer Towns

□ 614. NRSV Concordance Unabridged, John R. Kohlenberger III

□ 615. NRSV Exhaustive Concordance, Metzger

□ 616. New Twentieth-Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, D. Douglas, ed.

□ 617. Religion in the New World, Richard E. Wentz

□ 618. Survey of the Old Testament, Hill and Walton

□ 619. Take Up Your Cross, compiled by Mark Sedio

□ 620. Topical Analysis of the Bible, Walter Elwell, ed.

□ 621. Tree of Life, Roland E. Murphy

□ 622. What is Narrative Criticism? Mark Allan Powell

□ 623. Willmington’s Complete Guide to Bible Knowledge, New Testament People; Life of Christ, Harold Willmington

Theology/Biblical Studies

□ 701. Approaching God, Paul Enns

□ 702. Drudgery Divine, Jonathan Smith

□ 703. Engaging the Enemy, C. Peter Wagner

□ 704. Good and Evil, Edward Farley

□ 705. Gospels in Context, Gerd Thiessen

□ 706. Göttingen Dogmatics, Karl Barth

□ 707. Heaven, W. A. Criswell and Paige Patterson

□ 708. Introduction to the Bible, James Beasley et al.

□ 709. Learning About Theology from the Third World, William A. Dyrness

□ 710. Life in Christ, John Stott

□ 711. Living by the Book, H. Hendricks and W. Hendricks

□ 712. Made in America: The Shaping of Modern Evangelicalism, Michael S. Horton

□ 713. A Marginal Jew, John P. Meier

□ 714. More Hard Sayings of the New Testament, P. Davids

□ 715. Our Idea of God, Thomas V. Morris

□ 716. The Presence and the Power, Gerald Hawthorne

□ 717. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, John Piper and Wayne Grudem, eds.

□ 718. Systematic Theology, Vol. 1, Wolfhart Pannenberg

□ 719. Theological Crossfire, Pinnock and Brown

□ 720. Time and Eternity, Brian Leftow

□ 721. The Word Became Flesh, Millard J. Ericson

□ 722. Walking Through the Darkness, Neil T. Anderson

□ 723. Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth, John H. Gerstner

Book Of The Year

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