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- Christianity Today’s 2024 Book Awards
Image: Illustration by Miriam MartincicOur picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture. - God Thwarted the Tower of Babel. But Its Spirit Lives On.
Image: Illustration by Miriam MartincicFrom the builders of Genesis 11 to the architects of the modern world, we've forgotten who makes our name great.
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Billy Graham Preached at His Crusades. His Singers Believed They Were Preaching Too.A late historian explores how crusade hymns told both the classic story of gospel salvation and the evolving story of evangelical worship music.
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Care for the Environment Is Biblical. It’s Also a Witness to Environmentalists.Do activists often invest their work with religious significance? All the more reason for Christians to be discerning co-laborers.
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You Can’t Reach People for Christ While Holding Their Culture at Arm’s LengthA veteran missiologist shares a lifetime of lessons on bringing the gospel into unfamiliar settings.
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Biblical Literacy in a Postliterate AgeWe must always be people of the Word, but we’ll have to reimagine deep engagement with Scripture.简体中文繁體中文
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Finding an Uncontainable God Within Finite Poetic SpacesEastern Orthodox poet Scott Cairns reflects on his new collection, his journey of faith, and poetry’s capacity to apprehend inexhaustible realities.Français
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What We Can Offer If We Uncircle the WagonsTwo new memoirs, Troubled and Between Two Trailers, make a powerful—if unintentional—case for the Christian ethos of family and community.
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Our Faith Is Not Too Fragile for ScienceAn excerpt from The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith.
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The Church Loses When Our Arts Communities DieChristian writers and artists need communities of like-minded creatives so we can best serve both the church and the world.Français
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The Bible’s Development Is a Messy Story, but It Can Bolster Our FaithIf anything, the historical details are even messier than Susan Lim’s new account allows.
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Faith Deconstruction Can Be a Search for Answers or a Search for ExitsChristians should encourage doubters’ questions. They should also discern what those questions might be seeking.
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How Can a Christian Perfectionist Find Rest?An excerpt from Peace over Perfection on the command to “be perfect,” the exhaustion of scrupulosity, and rest in Christ.
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A Theologian’s Vision of ‘Peasant’ Politics Is Surprisingly Lordly in ScopeEphraim Radner’s “narrow” concern for protecting the mundane goods of earthly life isn’t so narrow after all.
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The Myth Behind the Meaning of Paul’s Words on Women and ChildbearingSandra Glahn studies the record of an Ephesian goddess to aid our reading of a challenging passage.Français简体中文繁體中文
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Honey, We Shrunk the FamilyTimothy P. Carney’s Family Unfriendly explores plunging American fertility and how to get out of the baby bust.
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Metaphors Have a Power That’s More Than MetaphoricalJoy Clarkson peels back the veil of overfamiliarity from commonplace expressions and images.
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The Sentence from C.S. Lewis That Could Change Your LifeAslan is fictional, but the real Lion of Judah reminds us that we’re forgiven.
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Churches Shouldn’t Outsource Apologetics to Slick ConferencesWhen it comes to defending the faith, local congregations have long been the first line of defense.
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She Wrote Love Stories. Then Her Marriage Ended.How a romance author journeyed with God through an unwanted divorce.
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Confronting the 21st-Century Church with the First-Century ChurchNijay Gupta helps us rediscover the compelling strangeness of the earliest Christians.
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O Ye of Overconfident FaithLike the disciples, we need to learn the difference between trust in Jesus and spiritual cockiness.
News & Reporting
- Make American Politics Hopeful AgainHow the call to “carry one another’s burdens” breaks down partisan stalemates.
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