Joy Clarkson peels back the veil of overfamiliarity from commonplace expressions and images.

Aslan is fictional, but the real Lion of Judah reminds us that we’re forgiven.

When it comes to defending the faith, local congregations have long been the first line of defense.

How a romance author journeyed with God through an unwanted divorce.

Nijay Gupta helps us rediscover the compelling strangeness of the earliest Christians.

Like the disciples, we need to learn the difference between trust in Jesus and spiritual cockiness.

Anna Broadway’s survey of global singleness challenges a marriage status hierarchy within the church.

Preston Sprinkle’s Exiles is a bracing call to return to Scripture, but some of his specific political applications are dubious.

Abigail Shrier’s critique of childhood therapy mixes a needful corrective with ideological hyperbole.

Drawing from their long experience in the Islamic world, evangelical novelists pen fiction to help Muslims and Americans better see Jesus.

Journalist Jason Kirk discusses his new novel, turn-of-the-century evangelicalism, and deconstruction.

An excerpt on doubt, despair, and restoration from Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found.

A theologian articulates an Augustinian alternative to the reigning perspectives on nature and culture.

A children’s ministry veteran explains where kids’ Bibles tend to go wrong—and highlights a few that get it right.

God’s Word has oral and textual dimensions, and we shouldn’t pit them against one another.

For believers, pursuing a philosophical life is the opposite of having your head in the clouds.

An experienced evangelical educator sees challenges ahead—but opportunities too.

Chosen by Jamie Lapeyrolerie, writer and editor for WaterBrook and Multomah.

Chosen by Anna Meade Harris, author of ‘God’s Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for Single Parent Families and the Churches That Seek to Love Them Well.’