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Are the Arts a Tool, a Temptation, or a Distraction?
In “Discovering God Through the Arts,” Terry Glaspey says Christians haven’t always been suspicious of creative expression.
John Stott’s Global God
The evangelical leader invested resources in Christian leaders around the world. Now those leaders are blessing the Western church.
The Prolific Deceivers at the Heart of ‘Roe v. Wade’
A journalist pieces together the messy lives of Norma McCorvey, her family, and other central figures from the case.
New & Noteworthy Fiction
Chosen by Lisa Wingate, author of “The Book of Lost Friends” and “Before We Were Yours.”
5 Books on the History of Christmas
Chosen by Gerry Bowler, author of “Christmas in the Crosshairs: Two Thousand Years of Denouncing and Defending the World’s Most Celebrated Holiday.”
5 Ways Nonbelievers Are Drawn to God Without Knowing It
How the Bible’s doctrine of humanity gives us hope for reaching even the hardest of hearts.
A Requiem for the Disappearing Christians of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Gaza
Their plight moved a (mostly prayerless) war correspondent to prayer and mourning.
Disowning ‘Evangelical’ Is a Denial of Responsibility
If our movement is carrying reputational baggage, then we have no choice but to own it.
D Is for Discipleship. E Is for Eschaton.
It’s a new golden age of children’s books filled to the brim with theology—and imagination.
She Walks in Beauty Like a Prayer
Christopher Stokes on how the Romantic poets propelled a new view of personal devotion.
Prohibition: A Movement of Prudish Killjoys or Righteous Revolutionaries?
A new book reenvisions temperance as a global struggle on behalf of the oppressed and exploited.
The Contentious Literary Family That Explains Global Anglicanism
How the dilemmas driving "The Brothers Karamazov" resemble those confronting the world’s third-largest Christian communion.
The Paradox of Playfulness
Christians can engage in whimsy not because life is easy, but because life is difficult.
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The Inhuman Consequences of Satan’s Oldest Lie
Alan Noble analyzes the unbearable burdens that result from believing we belong to ourselves.
The Great Commission’s Greatest Hits
Alice T. Ott identifies the pivotal moments in Christianity’s global expansion.
You Can’t Slay the Giant Anxiety with Mere Willpower
Ignore the exhortations to just “Stop it,” and lean on God’s unshakeable promises.
You Can’t Reach Nonbelievers with ‘Passive Congeniality’
Two experts on intercultural evangelism explore the challenge of sharing Christ in a climate of growing indifference.
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