Picks from John Ortberg, author of 'Faith and Doubt.'

Stories can help us visualize the new shape of world Christianity.

Behind the sometimes heart-stopping recovery story.

"Where Heaven and Earth Meet," "The Making of Evangelicalism," and "The Double Comfort Safari Club."

Historian Vinson Synan reflects personally on the Pentecostal movement.

How biblical faith can help us discover who we are in an age of self obsession.

'Against the Tide,' 'The History of the Medieval World,' and 'Rouault-Fujimura.'

Picks from Richard Lamb, author of The Pursuit of God in the Company of Friends.

Still, says Charles Swindoll, the best sermons are wrapped in stories.

In 'Wired for Intimacy,' William Struthers says there's a chemical reason why pornography is addicting.

Short reviews of recent books worth considering.

Allegiance to Christ in an age of rivals.

'Raised With Christ' highlights the neglected central event of our faith.

Old Testament professor Gary Anderson explains how sin came to be seen as a debt rather than a weight—and how that shaped Christianity.

Death is not the enemy, says cancer-stricken Walt Wangerin, but a chance for Jesus to shine.

Brian McLaren's 'new' Christianity is not so much revolutionary as evolutionary.

John Calvin has given the Pulitzer Prize-winning author a way of seeing that imbues her novels with the grandeur of God.

Between Relativism and Fundamentalism, Churchill, and The Strange Adventures of Mr. Andrew Hawthorn.

Theology professor Beth Felker Jones suggests Christians should look for hidden messages in the vampire buzz.