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A business guide to Tim LaHaye's other series.

The story of forgotten missionary hero William Sheppard is finally told

A Christian relief worker talks about the terror inside the war-ravaged country and his prayers for change

Bedside reading for the anniversary of 9/11.

The author of the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music and a Lutheran seminary professor says the genre deserves more respect

A new book by Richard Mouw argues that we can glory in even unredeemed creation

Does God only take delight in saving souls?

"Robert Bellah's career shows the promise, and limits, of the scholarship he made so accessible to the church"

"Excerpts from Prisoners of Hope, the book by Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer with Stacy Mattingly"

Community, family, religion, and country according to sociologist Robert Bellah

Did an author's business arrangement blind him to important questions about Christian publishing?

Are Christians prepared for ministry after modernism's failure?

"An insider's look at how Christian books are agented, acquired, packaged, branded, and sold in today's marketplace."

"Here are the books our judges—200 pastors, scholars, and church leaders—considered the worthiest this year."

"In the realm of mental balance and personal peace, Sigmund Freud had nothing on C. S. Lewis."

Both Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis were emotionally wounded as boys and struggled with depression as men. But a worldview can make a tremendous difference.

"Introductions to theological thinking need not be dry, bloated, or inaccessible."