Reviews
Books
- Christianity Today’s 2021 Book Awards
Image: Illustration by Keith NegleyOur picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture. - The Cross Is God’s Answer to Black Rage
How Christ’s death and resurrection speak to the particular suffering of African Americans.
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‘The Chosen One Will Make His Home in Your Heart’The First Nations Version of Ephesians 3-4:16.
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Understanding Autism from the InsideIn a candid account of living on the spectrum, a Taylor University professor invites us to see his “deficiencies” as gifts.
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Fannie Lou Hamer’s Fight for First-Class CitizenshipRemembering a courageous civil rights activist whose name and story are too little known.
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Getting High Is (Increasingly) Lawful. Is It Ever Beneficial?A pastor’s perspective on recreational and medicinal marijuana.
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Well-Intentioned Sin Is Still Sin and Deserves JudgmentWhy a holy God can’t overlook even the smallest offense.
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Grief Can Weigh You Down, but It Doesn’t Have to Pull You UnderShawn Smucker’s latest novel explores the burden of unresolved regret and the healing power of sacrificial love.
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Philip Yancey: My Benediction to the Beloved Storyteller, Walter Wangerin Jr.A tribute to the late author of “The Book of the Dun Cow,” “Jesus: A Novel,” and “Water, Come Down!”
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Will My Lost Neighbor Have Another Chance to Receive Jesus After Death?A theologian considers the fate of the unevangelized and the “pseudoevangelized.”
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Nine Years, 782,000 Words Later, South Carolina Woman Completes Handwritten BibleCaroline Campbell’s project aims to inspire Christians to learn Scripture and see disabilities as a gift to the church.
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Trusting God with Your Illness Is No Prescription for PassivityEarly Americans bore energetic witness to bodily suffering. What can their example teach believers today?español
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What Happens in Left-Behind Places Doesn’t Stay in Left-Behind PlacesOur “culture of transience” has far-reaching social and economic costs—and some that are harder to quantify.
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America Has Tried Three ‘Narratives of Belonging.’ None Worked as Planned.How a sober look at failed projects of nationalism can help Christians envision a better way.
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At Its Best, American Patriotism Is Blessed with Two-Dimensional VisionA healthy love of country looks backward and forward, recognizes triumphs and failures, and flows from the head and the heart alike.
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Meritocracy Is a Betrayal of the Protestant Ethic, not a FulfillmentWhy the “rhetoric of rising” is incompatible with Christian views of grace and the common good.
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Q & A with Matthew Sleeth About Mental Health and SuicideAuthor of Hope Always: How to Be a Force for Life in a Culture of Suicide
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The Story of Same-Sex Marriage, as Told by the VictorsTwo new books approvingly chart the legal and cultural path to Obergefell v. Hodges. What can the losing side learn about battles lost, and battles still to come?
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Having Polio Was a Privilege, Not a PunishmentHow a passage in John’s gospel transformed my perspective on God and suffering.español
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The Bible Doesn’t Come with Instructions. But We Still Need Guidance to Handle It Well.Michael Bird offers a trusty primer on reading and understanding God’s Word.
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Even When Money Is Tight, Churches Have More Resources Than They RealizeHow “redemptive entrepreneurship” can multiply the impact of cash-strapped ministries.
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New & Noteworthy FictionChosen by Davis Bunn, bestselling author and writer in residence at Regent’s Park College, Oxford University.
News & Reporting
- Make American Politics Hopeful AgainHow the call to “carry one another’s burdens” breaks down partisan stalemates.
My Top 5
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- 5 Books That Help Believers Persevere Through DoubtChosen by A. J. Swoboda, author of “After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith without Losing It.”
- 5 Books on the Nature of Human EmotionsChosen by Matthew LaPine, author of “The Logic of the Body: Retrieving Theological Psychology” (Lexham Press).
Top Story September 16, 2021
A campaign to educate campuses about COVID-19 vaccination shifts from persuading the hesitant to making it easier for the willing.
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