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BooksTheologyDaniel K. WilliamsJournalSummer 2026

“To Shew the Truth Of the Evangelical Historie”: The Apologetics of Nathaniel Lardner

Lardner treated skeptical questions seriously and respectfully, and unlike many previous Christian apologists, he never resorted to invective or denigration when debating his skeptical opponents.

BooksCultureFamilyVika PecherskyJournalSummer 2026

Bringing Up Nietzsche

We desperately need popular-level engagement with skepticism, especially the Nietzschean kind, in our churches. 'The Devil Reads Nietzsche' is a timely resource for many Christians, who might feel beaten down by the skepticism and even nihilism of our times. 

Agnes HowardBooksFamilySummer 2026Journal

Constructing a Common Good

My confidence about families in the future is fueled not so much by political reform or the normalizing of gender-neutral chore spreadsheets, but because I have seen so many astonishing young people who understand themselves as making together the life they value together.

Griffin GoochFormationBooks

Why You Should Read Josef Pieper

Pieper offers a generation inundated by irony, anxiety, productivity-obsession, and cynicism a unique account of joy that owes less to mindless optimism than the rational consequences of recognizing the goodness of reality.

Health and MedicineBooksCultureAmy Mantravadi

When Therapy Culture Comes to Church

Loftus's critique of therapeutic culture is not academic analysis as much as personal. He desires genuine healing precisely because of his close experience with sickness.

BooksChurchMichael Niebauer

Why Your Church Should Use a Lectionary

Churches that choose to utilize a lectionary will discover an ancient, faithful encounter with God’s word that highlights the rich harmonic interconnectedness of Old Testament, New Testament, liturgy, and the life of the people of God

Kirsten SandersThe MagpieBooks

The Magpie #6: Wilderness

Readers seem less interested in the subject matter than in having their own prior opinions endorsed. But what good nonfiction needs is the integrity of an author who knows what she thinks and takes ownership of it.

Emily McArthurBibleBooksTheology

Snakes, Gods, and Heroes: Greek Myth in Acts 27-28

Sophocles cannot rectify the tragic suffering of his hero without imagining a savior who momentarily intervenes.

Patrick SchreinerBooks

What the Four Senses of Scripture Are, and What They Are Not

The four senses remind us that Scripture was never meant to be read merely as an ancient text to be analyzed. It is God's Word that reveals Christ, forms disciples, and directs our hope toward the coming kingdom.

Joshua HeavinThe HeronBooksTheology

The Heron #2: Forthcoming Theology Books

Featuring books from Malcolm Guite, Michael C. Legaspi, Matthew Emerson, and Alexander Pierce amongst others

Kirsten SandersBooks

The Genetics of Vice

Though she has stumbled exactly onto the Christian question, unfortunately, Harden hasn’t given enough credit to the Christian answer.

Elizabeth SticeBooks

All the Way Home

In most books about loneliness, we receive recommendations for restoring institutions and communities. Yet Corbin looks beyond church membership and bowling leagues, to virtuous friendship and primordial experiences.