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June 27, 2015 | Vol. 30, No. 13

Mmmm ... four books of the year

Marvin Olasky | A committee of WORLD writers chose these books, spread among four categories, that should be ‘chewed and digested’

June 27, 2015 | Vol. 30, No. 13

Our favorite genre

Marvin Olasky | Readable and insightful history books from the past 12 months

June 27, 2015 | Vol. 30, No. 13

Spreading the words

Angela Lu Fulton | A Taiwanese publishing group is on the lookout for Reformed books to translate into Chinese

FEATURES

Church, Inc.

Emily Belz | As the American church becomes more evangelical, mainline denominations with empty buildings enter the real estate business

DISPATCHES

Dispatches

Looking Ahead

'Favored treatment'

Human Race

Quotables

Quick Takes

CULTURE

Books

Holding the lines

On the marriage and work treadmill

FILM & TV

An Open Secret

Inside Out

Dinosaur camp

<em>Jurassic World</em> isn’t in the same universe as its storied forerunner, but it has the makings of a cult classic

Box Office Top 10

For the weekend of June 5-7, according to Box Office Mojo

Love & Mercy

Music

Mixing match

Recent releases offer very different pop-classical hybrids

Notable CDs

New or recent albums

Q&A

Lynn Vincent: The narrative reversal

A painful early life was preparation to tell other persons’ stories

NOTEBOOK

Technology

Creative construction

Engineer hopes a new type of toy will pry older children from video games

Science

Old and alone

Many in the ‘me generation’ face a lonely future

Houses of God

Firle Beacon hill

Lewes, East Sussex, England

Religion

Legal eagle feathers?

<em>Hobby Lobby</em> decision gives new life to Native American lawsuits

Sports

USA unified

Christian players seek to help teammates win the women’s World Cup

VOICES

Mindy Belz

What's the story?

Janie B. Cheaney

Depravity in our hearts

Joel Belz

The question looms

The Editors

Mailbag

Marvin Olasky

Rolling stones

Andrée Seu Peterson

Beyond pessimism