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July 4, 2009 | Vol. 24, No. 13

Book of the Year

Marvin Olasky | It’s based on the best-selling book of all time, but WORLD’s 2009 winner takes Bible study to new levels


FEATURES

Marvin Olasky | Our contest for the best last lines of books drew some great entries

Rusty Leonard | Christian ministries believe the gospel is the key to Middle East peace

News to watch in the weeks to come

Marvin Olasky | A 500th birthday biography of Calvin shows a complex man with a singular belief who delivered the church from medievalism

Nancy M. Tischler | Novelists who make Him the main character find many ways to answer the question, "Who do you say that I am?

Marvin Olasky | When Sally Lloyd-Jones lost her job, her career as an author began

Susan Olasky | Self-publishing is the bright spot in a gloomy bookselling environment.

Warren Cole Smith | Technological innovations plus economic uncertainty equal transitions in Christian book market

Mindy Belz | Tehran protests show no less driving force than the freedom movements that felled the Berlin Wall and ushered in U.S.

Edward E. Plowman | Mission pioneer Ralph Winter saw clearly what seemed to others impossible

John Piper | The personal pervasiveness of God's sovereignty

Jamie Dean | With North Korea, despite UN resolve, it will be hard


CULTURE
Books

Independence Day reading

Two views of America and some worthwhile investigations of John Calvin
 
FILM & TV

Movie with a message

Filmmakers hope Soraya M. prompts soul-searching and action

Impractical magic

The Proposal asks for too much suspension of disbelief

One to forget

Year One is caveman drama best left in the Stone Age

Trying to heal

Away We Go has the ethos of a post-tradition society
Video

Evolving humor

DVD shows the growth of funnyman Dennis Miller
Notable CDs

Notable CDs

Four noteworthy new CDs reviewed by Arsenio Orteza