Academic
On Reading Well – Karen Swallow Prior
I love to read. You might have already gathered that from the fact that I run a book review website as a hobby. I also like to learn from what I read. The best fiction […]
Publisher: Brazos Press
Non-Fiction
Good News for Anxious Christians: 10 Practical Things You Don’t Have to Do – Phillip Cary
Throughout this book, Phillip Cary addresses common evangelical beliefs, showing how mantras like “let go and let God” create unnecessary stress and anxiety for people who believe them. He approaches this topic from his vantage […]
Non-Fiction
Silencing White Noise – Willie Francois III
There have been droves of books on antiracism, both for the general market and specifically designed for the Christian market. Silencing White Noise is the latter, written by Willie Francois III, president of the Black […]
Academic
The Home of God – Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-Linz
In 2019, Miroslav Volf presented the University of Birmingham’s Cadbury Lectures, speaking on the topic of the world as God’s home. That content has been reworked with Ryan McAnnally-Linz into book form and released as […]
Non-Fiction
Abuelita Faith – Kat Armas
I am a white, male American pastor. When I consider my academic training—B.S. in Religion, M.A. in Theological Studies, D.Min. in Ministerial Leadership—and reflect on my professors, they are almost exclusively also white, also male, […]
Non-Fiction
My Body is Not a Prayer Request – Amy Kenny
The goal of a book review is to offer readers an objective overview of a book’s contents and interact with some salient portions the reviewer thinks their audience will find interesting. I’ve written this review […]
Non-Fiction
Reading Black Books – Claude Atcho
I read a lot. Fiction. Non-fiction. Lifeisstory.com was started an outlet for that obsession for stories—real and imagined—and how they effect and change individuals and societies. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more cognizant of […]
Non-Fiction
Low Anthropology: The Unlikely Key to a Gracious View of Others (and Yourself) – David Zahl
In this unique book about grace, David Zahl encourages his readers to embrace a “low anthropology” of human nature. Although this sounds very academic, Zahl wrote this at the popular level, and he defines our […]
Non-Fiction
Celebrities for Jesus – Katelyn Beaty
Growing up, I wanted to be Ravi Zacharias. I read all his books, listened to all of his radio programs, could quote his most quotable quotes, and made plans to one day attend his apologetics […]
Academic
The Evolution of Adam – Peter Enns
It’s been ten years since Peter Enns released The Evolution of Adam, a groundbreaking work that explored the possibility that a faithful reading of Scripture could be aligned with evolutionary theory. Now, in a revised […]