Evangelicals Live in the Suburbs. Do the Suburbs Live in Us?
A new book explores how culture and geography shape faith and practice.
Book Reviews
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Godly Homes Need More Than Godly Routines
Phylicia Masonheimer is right: Household disciplines can encourage faithfulness. But they can also encourage idolatry.
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We Can Debate Women in Ministry. But Not the Historical Facts.
Beth Allison Barr challenges the narrative that women have never exercised church authority.
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Just Say No to Online Church
Michael Huerter’s The Hybrid Congregation is an earnest effort to enrich our worship. It is also naive, superficial, incurious, and wrong.
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Mother Emanuel and the Witness of Black Christian Faith
Book Awards
The Christianity Today Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
Theology Is Not a Waste
Far from being impractical, careful theological study is crucial to ordinary Christian life.
Jesus and My OCD
Christ’s death is the beginning of my relief from mental illness.
‘Evangelical Imagination’ Has Formed Us. But Can We Define It?
Metaphors, images, and stories orient us. But we must understand them first.
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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs in a Spotify Age
A new book says streaming platforms have “broken” how we make and hear music. Can the church model a better way?
The Author Who Pulled Me out of the Doomscroll
Fantasy novelist Guy Gavriel Kay, who helped compile Tolkien’s Silmarillion, grapples with the juxtaposition of love and suffering in Written on the Dark.
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Finally, a Tech Book That Doesn’t Pull Punches
Clare Morell’s The Tech Exit succeeds where so many volumes fail, never flinching at the digital crisis faced by families, schools, and churches today.
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A Spiritual Checkup for Christians in Health Care
Faithful medical professionals need more than practical tips on handling stress or managing schedules.
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To Lead Others to Christ, Get Comfortable with Their Sorrow
In an era defined by failed quests for happiness, our evangelism can offer a consoling presence.
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Has Faith Gone Out of Fashion?
A symposium on Christian Smith’s book Why Religion Went Obsolete.