My Students Are Reading John Mark Comer, and Now I Know Why
The popular pastor’s latest works inhabit a fruitful tension between inheriting church tradition and rebuilding it for today’s world.
Frederick Buechner, the Reverend of Oz
At 70, Frederick Buechner looks back on his ministry in letters. (From 1997)
Martha: Busy Hostess or Dragon Slayer?
The Gospel of John and medieval legend show Mary’s sister to value theology and hospitality.
Taste and See That the Lord’s Supper Is Good
A biblical understanding of food whets our appetite for the fullness of the Lord’s Supper on Maundy Thursday.
What We’re Really Debating This Campaign Season
It’s time to acknowledge America’s ideals and failures.
God Has a Confusing Plan for Your Life
The believer’s call is never to certainty, but to faith.
Wide-Eyed with Wonder
No one wants a preacher who’s a know-it-all, or just going through the motions. The antidote is something to marvel about.
Coming Soon to a Bookshelf Near You
History volumes made a good showing in the annual Christianity Today book awards.
2008 Christianity Today Book Awards
This year, 49 publishers nominated 359 titles published in 2007. CT editors selected the top books in each category, and then panels of judges — one panel per category — voted. In the end, we chose 10 winners and gave 11 awards of merit to the books that best shed light on people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission. Selections from judges’ comments are below.
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.