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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You Can’t Reach Nonbelievers with ‘Passive Congeniality’Two experts on intercultural evangelism explore the challenge of sharing Christ in a climate of growing indifference.
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Philip Yancey: God Can Love ‘A Cynical Sneak Like Me’An excerpt from the best-selling author’s memoir, “Where the Light Fell.”
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Philip Yancey, as Few Could Have Imagined HimThe writer’s new memoir sheds light on an upbringing steeped in bigotry and a lifetime of “useful” pain.
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Shame Is Often Toxic and Harmful. Sometimes, It’s Just What We Deserve.A Christian philosopher pushes back on attempts to rid ourselves of this unloved emotion.
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I Wasn’t ‘Tough’ Enough for My Street-Fighting Family. God Showed Me I Didn’t Have to Be.How a quiet, bookish kid came to faith while living among rageaholics.
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William Lane Craig Explores the Headwaters of the Human RaceThe philosopher and theologian ventures a new hypothesis on Genesis, human origins, and the historical Adam.简体中文繁體中文
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5 Books That Portray the Priesthood of All BelieversChosen by Cliff Warner, rector of Christ Church Anglican in Austin, Texas.
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New & Noteworthy FictionChosen by H. S. Cross, author of “Wilberforce” and “Grievous.”
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The Harvest Is Plentiful, But the Workers Are DividedBiblical scholars and theologians have different ways of tending their own fields. What can they learn from each other?
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What Comes After the Ex-Gay Movement? The Same Thing That Came Before.Old-school evangelical leaders once knew the value of “care” over “cure.”
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What’s True About Christian Fiction“This Present Darkness” and other bestsellers show us the history of evangelicalism—and how it could be different.
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Gary Chapman Doesn’t Know He’s FamousThe top-selling author’s love language books have transformed millions of lives—except, maybe, for his.
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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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New and Noteworthy BooksCompiled by Matt Reynolds.
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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!”
News & Reporting
- Make American Politics Hopeful AgainHow the call to “carry one another’s burdens” breaks down partisan stalemates.
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- 5 Books That Portray the Priesthood of All BelieversChosen by Cliff Warner, rector of Christ Church Anglican in Austin, Texas.
- 5 Books That Help Believers Persevere Through DoubtChosen by A. J. Swoboda, author of “After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith without Losing It.”
Top Story October 17, 2021
Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries said it is working with the US embassy and praying the gang members responsible would come to repentance.
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