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The Surprising Staying Power of Dispensationalism
As a school of theology, it’s in decline. As a cultural and political force, it’s more influential than ever.
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America’s ‘First Evangelical President’ Might Not Have Been a Christian at All
Two new books probe the mysteries of Abraham Lincoln’s public and private relationship to religion.
On Stage and in Theaters, Corrie ten Boom Testifies Again
How Rabbit Room playwright A.S. Peterson adapted ‘The Hiding Place’ for a new generation.
I Write Algorithms for a Living. God Doesn’t Want Me to Quit.
At a moment of career disillusionment, a new book gave me a biblical perspective on the blessings and dangers of big tech.
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Early Americans Read the Bible in a Way That Nearly Destroyed America
Mark Noll surveys the effects of an “independence-first” approach to Scripture.
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Rainn Wilson’s Spiritual Revolution Gets Spirituality Partly Right and Jesus Mostly Wrong
“The Office” star offers a welcome critique of privatized faith. His other ideas are harder to swallow.
Elisabeth Elliot Was a Flawed Figure God Used in Extraordinary Ways
No less than her martyred husband, she could be inspiring and frustrating all at once.
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50 Atheists Found Christ. This Researcher Found Out Why.
Jana Harmon paints a detailed picture of the reasons skeptics come to faith.
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Making Disciples Means Working for Justice
Scripture is clear that both go hand in hand.
5 Books That Help Us Find Rest in Jesus
Chosen by Sarah J. Hauser, author of “All Who Are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You Were Never Meant to Carry.”
New & Noteworthy Fiction
Chosen by Sarah Loudin Thomas, author of “The Right Kind of Fool.”
Died: ‘The Hiding Place’ and ‘The Cross and the Switchblade’ Coauthor Elizabeth Sherrill
“She knew how to tell a story with power.”
How to Stay Hitched When Your Wife Ditches You
Harrison Scott Key’s latest book gives a tragi-comic take on the Christian humility required to stay married.
Become a Shadow of Your Future Self
Manifesting isn’t the answer. Consenting to holiness is.
With Drug Overdoses on the Rise, Churches Need an All-Hands-on-Deck Attitude
Conservative and progressive Christians favor different approaches, and both have their place.
Sola Scripturas: Can Evangelicals Befriend the ‘Protestant Reformers of Islam’?
Interview with scholar of American Salafism finds commonalities—and potential for engagement—between the austere Islamic interpretive movement and the Christian community most wary of them.
J. K. Rowling’s Witch Hunts Put Us on Trial
What our anger towards this controversial cultural figure reveals about us.
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Darwin’s Dirty Secret Lives On
A recent book on evolutionary theory fails to reckon with the social side of natural selection.
Moses Was Bicultural Like Me
God chose a Hebrew raised as an Egyptian to lead his people out of slavery.
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