2023 For the Church Book Awards, WinnerSmall town life is quite different from life in a big city. There is not as much traffic. People recognize each other at the grocery store. Local sporting events carry a different cultural weight, and it may not be out of the ordinary to wait behind a tractor or get used to the smell of a nearby factory. These communities are unique, and pastoring here is an extraordinary task.Ronnie Martin and Donnie Griggs are well-a...

A profound exploration of how to hold on to hope when our unchanging faith collides with a changing culture, from two respected Christian storytellers and thought leaders.“Offers neither spin control nor image maintenance for the evangelical tribe, but genuine hope.”—Russell Moore, president of ERLCAs the pressures of health warnings, economic turmoil, and partisan politics continue to rise, the influence of gospel-focused Christians seems ...

The untold story of the people, the books, the lectures, and ultimately the God who formed and shaped the life of the late Timothy Keller—now updated and expanded.Millions have read books and listened to sermons by Timothy Keller. But who impacted his own thinking, and what shaped his spiritual growth and ministry priorities? With access to Keller's personal notes and sermons—as well as interviews with family members and longtime friends—Collin Hansen takes readers...

Southwestern Journal of Theology 2025 Book Award Winner (Worldview and Apologetics); Christianity Today 2025 Book Award Finalist (Apologetics and Evangelism); Rooted 2025 Book Award Honorable Mention (Best New Book for Bible Teaching)Even after Christendom, our culture is fertile ground for gospel renewal. We need apologetics for the whole church tailored to this moment.Since the fall of Christendom, Christians in...

Southwestern Journal of Theology 2025 Book Award Winner (Worldview and Apologetics); Christianity Today 2025 Book Award Finalist (Apologetics and Evangelism); Rooted 2025 Book Award Honorable Mention (Best New Book for Bible Teaching)Even after Christendom, our culture is fertile ground for gospel renewal. We need apologetics for the whole church tailored to this moment.Since the fall of Christendom, Christians in...

Addressing Doubts about God's Justice and Goodness in the Face of EvilIn the face of evil and suffering, many people question God's goodness. Even faithful Christians may struggle to see God's justice when they experience the heartache, pain, and tragedies of our broken world. Why does God seem to remain silent when we need him the most?Collin Hansen's short and accessible guide answers suffering peoples' questions about God's character by explorin...

Christian Wisdom for Our Tech-Saturated AgeThe rapid advance of digital technology is reshaping our world and warping our minds. The onslaught of social media and smartphones has brought an appetite for distraction, an epidemic of loneliness, and increased rates of mental unhealth. For Christians, the digital revolution has profound implications for spiritual formation and mission. How should believers respond to the theological and discipleship challenges of scrol...

Understand the history, core values, and divisions as they've developed within the Evangelical Christian movement.Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalismcompares and contrasts four distinct positions on the current fundamentalist-evangelical spectrum. Each contributor offers their case for one of four primary views:Fundamentalism – defended by Kevin T. BauderConservative/confessional evangelicalism – defended by R. Albert Mohle...

We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history.It is greater than the First and Second Great Awakening and every revival in our country combined...but in the opposite direction. Yet precious little rigorous study has been done on the broad phenomenon of dechurching in America. Jim Davis and Michael Graham have commissioned the largest and most comprehensive study of dechurching in America by renowned sociologists Dr. Ryan Burge ...

Can God stir revival by his Holy Spirit, even in our culture today? Do we really believe he can? In a day of diminished expectations, A God-Sized Vision: Revival Accounts That Stretch and Stir recounts global examples of prior revivals, beginning with the Reformation and the Great Awakenings. It continues with the Welsh and Azusa Street revivals and those that occurred simultaneously in Asia, followed by the East Africa Revival of the 1930s. More recent revivals in North America that insti...

Recent cultural interest in evangelicalism has led to considerable confusion about what the term actually means. Many young Christians are tempted to discard the label altogether. But evangelicalism is not merely a political movement in decline or a sociological phenomenon on the rise, as it has sometimes been portrayed. It is, in fact, a helpful theological profile that manifests itself in beliefs, ethics, and church life.DeYoung and other key twenty- and thirty-something evangeli...

Christians talk a lot about church unity. Unfortunately, however, God's people are often better known for their divisions and disagreements than for a common commitment to the gospel. At the root of this disunity are the blind spots that prevent us from seeing other points of view and reevaluating our own perspectives. In this provocative book, Collin Hansen challenges Christians from various "camps" to view their differences as opportunities to more effectively engage a needy world with t...