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 Prolific Deceivers at the Heart of ‘Roe v. Wade’A journalist pieces together the messy lives of Norma McCorvey, her family, and other central figures from the case.
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5 Ways Nonbelievers Are Drawn to God Without Knowing ItHow the Bible’s doctrine of humanity gives us hope for reaching even the hardest of hearts.
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A Requiem for the Disappearing Christians of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and GazaTheir plight moved a (mostly prayerless) war correspondent to prayer and mourning.
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Disowning ‘Evangelical’ Is a Denial of ResponsibilityIf our movement is carrying reputational baggage, then we have no choice but to own it.
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D Is for Discipleship. E Is for Eschaton.It’s a new golden age of children’s books filled to the brim with theology—and imagination.
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She Walks in Beauty Like a PrayerChristopher Stokes on how the Romantic poets propelled a new view of personal devotion.
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像读诗一样去读神的话语，而不是当作使用手册马修·穆林斯 (Matthew Mullins）说，《圣经》教导我们，但它的教导方法所蕴含的不仅仅是信息和指导。EnglishespañolFrançais繁體中文
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像讀詩一樣去讀神的話語，而不是當作使用手冊馬修·穆林斯 (Matthew Mullins）說，《聖經》教導我們，但它的教導方法所蘊含的不僅僅是信息和指導。EnglishespañolFrançais简体中文
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Prohibition: A Movement of Prudish Killjoys or Righteous Revolutionaries?A new book reenvisions temperance as a global struggle on behalf of the oppressed and exploited.
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The Contentious Literary Family That Explains Global AnglicanismHow the dilemmas driving "The Brothers Karamazov" resemble those confronting the world’s third-largest Christian communion.
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The Paradox of PlayfulnessChristians can engage in whimsy not because life is easy, but because life is difficult.
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New & Noteworthy BooksCompiled by Matt Reynolds.
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The Inhuman Consequences of Satan’s Oldest LieAlan Noble analyzes the unbearable burdens that result from believing we belong to ourselves.
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God Loves a Persistent Pray-erHe’s not offended when we ask, ask, and ask some more.Indonesian
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The Great Commission’s Greatest HitsAlice T. Ott identifies the pivotal moments in Christianity’s global expansion.
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You Can’t Slay the Giant Anxiety with Mere WillpowerIgnore the exhortations to just “Stop it,” and lean on God’s unshakeable promises.
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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.
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.”
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Release after seven weeks of captivity comes as Christian Aid Ministries starts three days of prayer and fasting.
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