Books

Why You Can Still Bet Your Life on Christ
An updated version of Pascal’s wager offers a powerful argument for Christian commitment.
Reach Out—God Is Closer Than You Know
We tend to emphasize his beyond-ness over his nearness. Why that’s a mistake.
Raising Ramona in 21st-Century Portland
What Beverly Cleary taught me about childhood worries.
Cancer, Where Is Your Sting?
A neurosurgeon discovers hope and healing in the face of a terminal diagnosis.
The Church’s Law-Grace Throwdown: 300 Years and Going Strong
A group of 18th-century Scottish churchmen fought bitterly over the right teaching. How we can we avoid veering toward their extremes?
Reading Esther in the Shadow of ISIS
A Jewish philosopher’s perspective on how God delivers his people from radical evil.
Christian Parents: Your Children Need More Than a Bomb Shelter
An excerpt from 'You Are What You Love.'
Why We Still Need Kierkegaard
Evangelicals shouldn’t forget his mission to make faith more ‘difficult.’
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How John Piper Knows the Bible Is True
His latest book makes Scripture's case for itself.
Why We Shouldn’t Remove God from the Pledge of Allegiance
What we really need, says Kevin Seamus Hasson, is a different understanding of the ‘God’ our nation is under.
New & Noteworthy Books
Compiled by Matt Reynolds.
Died: Gary Smalley, Author Who Helped Christians Make Love Last Forever
Speaker was one of Focus on the Family's favorite experts on marriage and relationships.
The Overlooked Hope for Narnia’s Susan Pevensie
Even in the pages of C. S. Lewis, the best is yet to come.
God’s Love Isn’t Neat and Tidy
Why we shouldn’t seek an airtight explanation for the problem of evil.
God Has a Confusing Plan for Your Life
The believer's call is never to certainty, but to faith.
You Were Never Made to Be 'Productive'
Why rest is at the center of God's design.
How Victims of Sexual Abuse Can Get the Better of Satan
A Christian therapist shares lessons from 25 years of counseling survivors.
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New & Noteworthy Books
My Top 5 Books to Make the Church Less Culturally Relevant
Mark Sayers recommends readings that help the church look less like the surrounding culture.
What It's Like to Be Shane Claiborne-Again
The activist converted me and my husband to a radical, simple Christian obedience. Why didn't our friends and family follow suit?

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