Culture is in right now for Christians. Engaging it, embracing it, consuming it, and creating it. Many (younger) evangelicals today are actively cultivating an appreciation for aspects of culture previously stigmatized within the church. Things like alcohol, Hollywood's edgier content, plays, art openings, and concerts have moved from being forbidden to being celebrated by believers. But are evangelicals opening their arms too wide in uncritical embrace of culture? How do they engage with culture in ways that are mature, discerning, and edifying rather than reckless, excessive, and harmful? Can there be a healthy, balanced approach--or is that simply wishful thinking? With the same insight and acuity found in his popular Hipster Christianity, Brett McCracken examines some of the hot-button gray areas of Christian cultural consumption, helping to lead Christians to adopt a more thoughtful approach to consuming culture in the complicated middle ground between legalism and license. Readers will learn how to both enrich their own lives and honor God--refining their ability to discern truth, goodness, beauty, and enjoy his creation.

Gray Matters

Religion & Spirituality

Brett McCracken

Christian Books & Bibles

Baker Books

A twentysomething Christian journalist explores why the church today is so preoccupied with being cool, fashionable, trendy, and relevant.

Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide

Product Description 
"I'm deconstructing."\nYet another social-media post announces departure from the Christian faith. The cause could be sex, race, politics, social justice, science, hellor all of the above. For many, Christianity is becoming implausible, even impossible to believe. 
 While it might be tempting to leave the church in order to find answers, Before You Lose Your Faith argues that church should be the best place to deal with doubts. Featuring contributors such as Claude Atcho, Rachel Gilson, Jay Y. Kim, Brett McCracken, Karen Swallow Prior, Derek Rishmawy, and Jared C. Wilson, this book shows deconstructing need not end in unbelief. In fact, deconstructing can be the road toward reconstructingbuilding up a more mature, robust faith that grapples honestly with the deepest questions of life. 
 Review 
"Over the years I've met many younger Christians who aren't sure they can or even should bother any longer with this ancient faith. Some end up leaving the church with a sense of liberation. Others feel as though they're falling with no one to catch them. The church ought to be the place where they feel safe asking hard questions and sharing honest doubts. The distinguished contributors to 
Before You Lose Your Faith write with sympathy and understanding. They can help anxious readers reconstruct a stronger, lasting faith in our trustworthy Savior." 
 -- 
Collin Hansen, vice president of content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition and host of the Gospelbound podcast 
 About the Author 
Ivan Mesa (ThM, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is books editor at The Gospel Coalition. He and his wife, Sarah, have three children and live in eastern Georgia.

Before You Lose Your Faith: Deconstructing Doubt in the Church

Samuel James

Rachel Gilson

Hunter Beaumont

Jared C. Wilson

Thaddeus Williams

Trevin Wax

Ian Harber

Claude Atcho

Jay Y. Kim

Keith Plummer

Karen Swallow Prior

Joshua Ryan Butler

Jeremy Linneman

Derek Rishmawy

The Gospel Coalition

Gray Matters: Navigating the Space between Legalism and Liberty

La pirámide de la sabiduría (Spanish Edition)

Editorial Patmos

For generations, churches and families have used Advent wreaths to help prepare for celebrating the Lord's birth at Christmas. The evergreen wreath symbolizes eternal life and includes four candles―typically three purple and one pink, with a white candle in the middle that symbolizes the purity of Christ. Various traditions assign different topics to each candle, and the candles are usually given names to remind us of the good news of Christ's birth. 
To celebrate this season, TGC's editorial team put together 25 devotional readings that use the Advent wreath as a guide to focus hearts and minds on Christ during the month of December. Structured around traditional Advent themes―hope, peace, joy, love, and faith―these reflections will encourage your heart in this season of celebrating Christ's first coming, and longing for his second.

The Weary World Rejoices: Daily Devotions for Advent

Matt Smethurst

Melissa Kruger

Quina Aragon

Collin Hansen

Winfree Brisley

Megan Hill

Justin Dillehay

Betsy Childs Howard

Courtney Doctor

Ivan Mesa

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Faithful Exiles: Finding Hope in a Hostile World (The Gospel Coalition)

Miguel Núñez

Glen Scrivener

Elliot Clark

Stephen McAlpine

Alex Duke

Keri Folmar

Blair Linne

Ken Mbugua

Shane Morris

Jairo Namnún

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