Non-Fiction
Begin Again – Max Lucado
Back in March, the very same week that the world went into lockdown amid efforts to curtail COVID, I read through an advance copy of Max Lucado’s book You Are Never Alone. That book took […]
Genre: Theology
Non-Fiction
Companions in the Darkness: Seven Saints Who Struggled with Depression and Doubt – Diana Gruver
Companions in the Darkness shares biographical sketches of seven different faithful Christians who endured long and recurrent periods of depression. The author, Diana Gruver, has struggled with depression herself, but even though she occasionally mentions general […]
Non-Fiction
The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear without Losing Your Soul – Russell Moore
I have greatly enjoyed Russell Moore’s work for years, and this book was no exception. Like his other books, The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear without Losing Your Soul is vivid, biblical, and counter-cultural. […]
Non-Fiction
Rethink Your Self: The Power of Looking Up Before Looking In – Trevin Wax
In Rethink Your Self, Trevin Wax explores different philosophies for self-definition, encouraging his readers to reflect on cultural ideas about being “true to yourself” instead of building their lives on culturally absorbed philosophies that they […]
Non-Fiction
Searching for Christmas – J.D. Greear
In this short, simple book, J.D. Greear explains who Jesus is, using the titles prophesied by Isaiah to show how Jesus is our wonderful counselor, mighty God, prince of peace, and everlasting father. Greear writes […]
Non-Fiction
Ruth For You: Revealing God’s Kindness and Care – Tony Merida
In Ruth For You: Revealing God’s Kindness and Care, pastor and author Tony Merida explores the book of Ruth through expository teaching. He goes through the biblical book from beginning to end, and also includes […]
Non-Fiction
If Only: Finding Contentment in the Face of Lack and Longing – Jennie Pollock
In If Only, Jennie Pollock encourages Christians to find contentment within their hard circumstances, knowing that God is with them, loves them, and has their good in mind. To illustrate this, she shares her personal […]
Non-Fiction
The Sacred Overlap: Learning to Live Faithfully in the Space Between – J.R. Briggs
The Sacred Overlap challenges the tribal mindsets in our culture, helping Christians see the importance of being a “both/and” people, instead of grabbing hold of one particular idea and making it mutually exclusive. J.R. Briggs does […]
Non-Fiction
Talking Back to Purity Culture: Rediscovering Faithful Christian Sexuality – Rachel Joy Welcher
Talking Back to Purity Culture involves so many loaded topics that it is hard for me to know where to begin. I have an immense respect for Rachel Joy Welcher just for taking on the […]
Non-Fiction
Who Will Be A Witness? – Drew Hart
Who Will Be a Witness? is one of those books I’ll come back to time and time again. Deeply theological yet deeply practical, Drew Hart offers an outright manifesto of the church’s need to be […]