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CULTURE
Vol. 39, No. 16
A second act

TRENDING | Popular retelling of the Gospel stories won’t end with the Resurrection

Disenchantment and truth

BOOKS | Rod Dreher highlights the failures of our secular age

Uncovering truth and error: eight books

BOOKS | Fiction, criminology, religious history, and more

Beauty and brokenness

BOOKS | How artists use great suffering to create

A justice’s life

BOOKS | Conservative upbringing, liberal policies

Golden songs and promises

BOOKS | Reflective moments for families preparing for Christmas celebrations

A medley of middle grade reads

CHILDREN’S BOOKS | Daring adventures and a classic reimagined

History as guide to past, present, and future

QUEST | Four books that shaped my thinking

Conclave

MOVIE | Masterful performances and an unsatisfying plot twist in a psychological drama about church polity

Moonflower Murders

TELEVISION | New PBS series features three mysteries in one

Stolen Time

DOCUMENTARY | A needed examination of nursing home abuse focuses too much on the victims’ attorney

Coming soon
Coming soon

MOVIES | A look at upcoming November releases

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

MOVIE | The inspiring true story of a boy who survived the wilderness

Songs born from a crisis of faith

MUSIC | Josh Lovelace’s music grows up

New and noteworthy

MUSIC | Reviews of four albums

Disparate albums with a common core

MUSIC | New releases from Nick Cave and Laurie Anderson

New and singable CCM

MUSIC | Four offerings from Christian musicians

Overwhelmed by the pain of this world

MASTERWORKS | Lessons from Laocoön and His Sons

Digestible doctrine

BOOKS | Kevin DeYoung offers an accessible guide to Reformed systematic theology

Unearthing the roots of critical theory

BOOKS | Carl Trueman investigates the thinkers behind an un-Biblical philosophy

Baptizing Hollywood

BOOKS | Films for All Seasons attempts to integrate movie watching into the church calendar