Lies My Preacher Told Me Brent Strawn
Non-Fiction

Lies My Preacher Told Me – Brent Strawn

Oof. In a competition for most provocative title, Lies My Preacher Told Me just might take first place. It’s attention-grabbing (and following the trend of the bestselling Lies My Teacher Told Me), but it’s more […]

U-Turns Tony Evans
Non-Fiction

U-Turns – Tony Evans

Tony Evans has made a name for myself with his preaching, teaching, and writing. He’s been doing it long enough now that when you open a book by him, you pretty much know what you’re […]

Posting Peace Douglas Bursch
Non-Fiction

Posting Peace – Douglas Bursch

I haven’t always been the best on social media. I need to begin this review by admitting that. Ever since about 2015, social media has been divisive. I mean, life has been divisive. Politics have […]

Already Sanctified Don Payne
Academic

Already Sanctified – Don Payne

Sanctification can sometimes be reduced in popular theology to discipleship. Justification is God’s work—we are saved by grace through faith—but sanctification is sometimes perceived as “our part” of salvation. Theologian Don J. Payne tackles that […]

The Weight of Memory Shawn Smucker
Fiction

The Weight of Memory – Shawn Smucker

There is nobody else in Christian fiction who writes the kind of stories Shawn Smucker is writing. Shawn’s stories are ethereal, evocative, full of symbolism and magical realism. The narrative isn’t always straightforward. Not everything […]

Radiant Church
Beyond the Page

Radiant Church: A Conversation with Tara Beth Leach

https://media.blubrry.com/lifeisstory/s3.amazonaws.com/LiS/TaraBethLeachRadiantChurch.mp3Podcast (beyond-the-page): Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSWhen you ask the world about the church, what you hear is often not complimentary. Christians are hypocrites is maybe the most common. In […]