The 2014 Christianity Today Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
Weblog Links: Praying for a Critic’s Death
Plus: CT freelancer Brad Greenberg gets Forwarded, changes at some key religion blogs, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Congregation Gets Protesters, Then Cops’ Bill
Plus: Methodist locale loses tax exemption over gay ceremony stand, bad grades for Oxford’s Christian schools, Dobson nixes Thompson again, and hundreds of other stories from online sources around the world.
Day of Reckoning
Chuck Smith and Calvary Chapel face an uncertain future.
Focus Praises NAE’s ‘Broader Social Agenda’
Plus: The evangelicals at the center of the U.S. attorneys firing fight, Time‘s cover story on the Bible in public schools, Colo. becomes another center of the Anglican wars, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Lebanon Bus Bombs Target Christians
Plus: Rumor prompts Egyptian Muslims to attack Copts; Anglicans and Presbyterians prepare for splits; TV station criticized after pastor’s suicide; and other stories from online sources around the world.
Poland Bishop Crisis Likely to Worsen
Plus: The clergy abuse scandal at five years, the latest on Judas Iscariot, ex-gay sheep, and other stories from online sources around the world.
No Church? No Problem
George Barna wants commitment to the local congregation to sink lower than ever.
Jesus Didn’t Walk on Water, Judas Was a Hero, Evolution ‘Proved,’ Prayer Doesn’t Work …
The week’s top hyperboles, plus links to more than 350 religion news and opinion stories from online sources from around the world.
Federal Marriage Amendment Doesn’t Even Make It to a Senate Vote
Religious activist groups respond. Plus: Clive Calver resigns as World Relief president, and other stories from online sources around the world.