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- 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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It’s Never Too Late to Forgive a Flawed Father—or to Ask How He Got His ScarsWhat an attention-starved son learned while reconstructing the life of his distant dad.
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Meet the Conservative Evangelicals Practicing ‘Strategic Hibernation’ in the American NorthwestThey might embrace their marginal status, but they don’t plan on staying marginal forever.
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Jemar Tisby: Three Words Should Guide Our Pursuit of Racial JusticeIn his latest book, the “Color of Compromise” author turns from the lessons of history to the proper Christian response.
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Paul Teamed with Women to Start Churches. So Will We.Why women of color are essential to today’s church-planting movements.
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All Church Buildings Have a Story to Tell—Not Just the Tourist MagnetsAn attempt to examine the church’s history through its architecture suffers from narrow understandings of “church” and “history” alike.
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Tulsa Church Ledger Preserves Stories of Faith After Historic MassacreFor 100th anniversary, the Museum of the Bible restored the “Book of Redemption.”
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20 Truths from 'Madness and Grace' by Matthew S. Stanford"A Practical Guide for Pastoral Care and Serious Mental Illness."
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Twentieth-Century Theology Lost Sight of Something Essential about the TrinityIt’s time to recover the teaching that Father, Son, and Spirit act as one, with no “division of labor” between them.español
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Fear the Lord. No Other Word Will Do the Trick.Even close relatives like “awe” and “reverence” don’t quite capture the passionate intensity of trembling in the presence of a holy God.
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Nominate a Book for the 2022 Christianity Today Book AwardsInstructions for publishers.
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John Piper Goes Further Up and Further Into the Doctrine of God’s ProvidenceHis latest book leans on the Reformed tradition while speaking to 21st-century questions.español简体中文繁體中文
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20 Truths: No Longer Strangers20 Truths from Eugene Cho and Samira Izadi Page's latest release, ‘No Longer Strangers.’
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Makoto Fujimura Sings with God, Carries His Cross, and Awaits the New CreationIn a new book, the renowned Christian artist gathers a lifetime of insights on faith and creativity.
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From Monks and Bells to Apps and NotificationsThe church used to keep the tempo of life. Now Silicon Valley is pushing the pace—and pulling the church along with it.
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New & Noteworthy BooksCompiled by Matt Reynolds.
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It’s Okay to Let Your Mind Wander During PrayerThose distractions aren’t failures of focus, but opportunities to trust God with the deepest truths of our hearts.español
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Michael Lindsay: Our Lives Are Full of ‘Hinge Moments.’ Here’s How We Can Pray and Prepare.The incoming Taylor University president outlines a faith-filled, Spirit-guided approach to life’s biggest transitions.
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Christians Can Learn from Muslims. But There Are Lines We Shouldn’t Cross.One writer’s attempt to relate Islam to her faith yields some lessons along with some stumbles.
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Christians Should Be in the News Cycle, but Not of ItHow believers can stay up on the day’s events without becoming prisoners of the moment.
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Reading God’s Word like a Poem, Not an Instruction ManualThe Bible teaches us, says Matthew Mullins, but its method of teaching always entails more than information and guidance.
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 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 June 17, 2021
Majority declines to revisit rules for religious accommodation, over protests from justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch.
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