ECPA Gold Medallion Book Awards 1999-1996

Gold Medallion Book Awards

1999 GOLD MEDALLION
BOOK AWARDS WINNERS

Bibles
Spiritual Renewal Bible
Stephen Arterburn and David Stoop, General editors,
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Reference Works/Commentaries
Encountering the New Testament
Walter A. Elwell and Robert W. Yarbrough
Baker Books (A division of Baker Book House Co.)

Fiction
The Last Sin Eater
Francine Rivers
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Biography/Autobiography
The C.S. Lewis Readers' Encyclopedia
Jeffrey D. Schultz and John G. West
Zondervan Publishing House

Theology/Doctrine
God's Passion for His Glory
John Piper
Crossway Books/Good News Publishers

Devotional
In His Presence
Lance Wubbels
Emerald Books

Inspirational
Growing Deeper Series (Set of 5)
Eugene H. Peterson, Luci Shaw, Philip Yancey, Walter Wangerin, Jr. and Calvin Miller
Zondervan Publishing House

Christian Living
Streams of Living Water
Richard J. Foster
Harper SanFrancisco

Christianity and Society
Legislating Morality
Norman Geisler and Frank Turek
Bethany House Publishers

Missions/Evangelism
The Case for Christ
Lee Strobel
Zondervan Publishing House

Christian Ministry
Purpose Driven Youth Ministry
Doug Fields
Zondervan Publishing House

Christian Education
The Jesus I Never Knew Curriculum Kit
Philip Yancey
Zondervan Publishing House

Preschool Children
King of the Stable
Melody Carlson
Crossway Books/Good News Publishers

Elementary Children
The Very First Christmas
Paul L. Maier
Concordia Publishing House

Youth
WWJD Today?
Brian Shipman
Broadman & Holman Publishers

Marriage
Loving Solutions
Gary Chapman
Moody Press

Family and Parenting
A Father For All Seasons
Bob Welch
Harvest House Publishers

Gift Book/Poetry
Beyond Words
Ron DiCianni
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Bible Study
Joseph
Dr. Charles Swindoll
Word Publishing

Spanish
Comentario Biblico Mundo Hispano, Tomo 8 (Salmos)
Various Authors
Baptist Spanish Publishing House

1998 Winners:

Bibles
The MacArthur Study Bible, John MacArthur, Word Publishing

Reference Works/Commentaries
Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments, Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids, InterVarsity Press

Fiction
Only the River Runs Free, Bodie & Brock Thoene, Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Biography/Autobiography
Just as I Am, Billy Graham, Zondervan Publishing House and HarperSanFrancisco

Theology/Doctrine
Jesus and the Gospels, Craig L. Blomberg, Broadman & Holman Publishers

Devotional
Experiencing God Day-By-Day, Henry Blackaby and Richard Blackaby, Broadman & Holman Publishers

Inspirational
What's So Amazing About Grace?, Philip Yancey, Zondervan Publishing House

Christian Living
Prayer - The Great Adventure, Dr. David Jeremiah, Multnomah Publishers, Inc.

Christianity and Society
Their Blood Cries Out, Paul Marshall, Word Publishing

Missions/Evangelism
An Unchanging Faith in a Changing World, Kenneth D. Boa and Robert M. Bowman, Jr., Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Christian Ministry
Reaching a Generation for Christ, Richard R. Dunn and Mark H. Senter III, General Editors, Moody Press

Christian Education
Gospel Light's Little Blessings, A Complete Nursery Kit for Loving God's Little Ones, Sheryl Haystead, Editor, Gospel Light

Preschool Children
The Parable Series (Set of 4), Liz Curtis Higgs, Tommy Nelson

Elementary Children
The Jubilee Family Illustrated Bible, Dr. Claude-Bernard Costecalde, Consulting Editor, Jubilee Publishing Group

Youth
It's Time to Be Bold, Michael W. Smith, Word Publishing

Marriage
Men and Sex, Dr. Clifford Penner and Joyce Penner, Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Family and Parenting
Extraordinary Kids, Cheri Fuller and Louise Tucker Jones, Focus on the Family Book Publishing

Gift Book/Poetry
Tell Me the Truth, Joni Eareckson Tada and Ron DiCianni, Crossway Books/Good News Publishers

Bible Study
God's Story, Anne Graham Lotz, Word Publishing

1997 ECPA Gold Medallion Book Award Finalists

Bibles:
Word In Life TM Study Bible
- Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Reference Works/Commentaries:
Evangelical Dictionary Of Biblical Theology - Walter Elwell
- Baker Books (A Division of Baker Book House Co.)

Fiction:
The Book Of God - Walter Wangerin, Jr.
- Zondervan Publishing House

Biography/Autobiography:
C.S. Lewis Companion and Guide - Walter Hooper
- Harper San Francisco

Theology/Doctrine:
The Gagging Of God - D.A. Carson
- Zondervan Publishing House

Devotional:
Quiet Times For Parents - H. Norman Wright
- Harvest House Publishers

Inspirational:
In The Grip Of Grace - Max Lucado
- Word Publishing

Christian Living:
Financially Confident Woman - Mary Hunt
- Broadman & Holman Publishers

Christianity and Society:
Searching For God In America - Hugh Hewitt
- Word Publishing

Missions/Evangelism:
Finding God At Harvard - Kelly Monroe, Editor
- Zondervan Publishing House

Christian Ministry:
Handbook On Counseling Youth - Josh McDowell & Bob Hostetler
- Word Publishing

Christian Education:
The Christian Educator's Handbook On Family Life Education - Kenneth O. Gangel & James C. Wilhoit
- Baker Books (A Division of Baker Book House Co.)

Preschool Children:
Praise And Worship - Ken & Angela Abraham
- Tommy Nelson

Elementary Children:
The Children's Daily Devotional Bible - Robert J. Morgan, General Editor
- Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Youth:
Pure Excitement - Joe White
- Focus On The Family

Marriage:
The Second Half Of Marriage - David & Claudia Arp
- Zondervan Publishing House

Family and Parenting:
The Father Connection - Josh McDowell
- Broadman & Holman Publishers

Gift Book/Poetry
Tell Me The Promises - Joni Eareckson Tada & Ron DiCianni
- Crossway Books/Good News Publishers

Bible Study
The Vision Of His Glory - Anne Graham Lotz
- Word Publishing

Spanish
Ayuda Lexica - Roberto Hanna
- Baptist Spanish Publishing House

1996 Winners:

Bibles
New Geneva Study Bible
Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Reference Works
Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Ronald F. Youngblood, General Editor
Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Fiction
The Oath - Frank Peretti
Word Publishing

Biography/Autobiography
Rebel with a Cause
Franklin Graham
Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Theology Doctrine
Faith Alone
The Evangelical Doctrine of Justification
R.C. Sproul
Baker Books (A Division of Baker Book House Co.)

Commentaries
Word Biblical Commentary vol. 33B: Matthew 14-28
Donald A. Hagner
Word Publishing

Devotional
Abiding in Christ
Cynthia Heald
NavPress Publishing Group

Inspirational
Finding God in Unexpected Places
Philip Yancey
Moorings

Christian Living
Life on the Edge
Dr. James Dobson
Word Publishing

Christianity & Society
Hitler's Cross: The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ Was Used as a Symbol of the Nazi Agenda
Erwin W. Lutzer
Moody Press

Missions/Evangelism
Evangelism That Works
George Barna
Gospel Light/Regal Books

Christian Ministry
The Purpose-Driven Church
Rick Warren
Zondervan Publishing House

Christian Education
The Jesus Expedition Very Exciting Bible School
Debbie Bible, Editor
Cook Communications Ministries

Preschool Children
Mouse in King Solomon's House
Mack Thomas
Questar Publishers, Inc.

Elementary Children
Paw Paw Chuck's Big Ideas in the Bible
Charles R. Swindoll
Word Publishing

Youth
I'm Outta Here! Facing the Tough Choices After High School
Len Woods
Baker Books (A Division of Baker Book House Co.)

Marriage
Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts (3 Vol. Set)
Les Parrott III and Leslie Parrott
Zondervan Publishing House

Family and Parenting
God's Design for Sex Series: (Series of 4)
Stan and Brenna Jones
NavPress Publishing Group

Gift Book/Poetry
Immanuel, God with Us
Robert Doares
Crossway Books/Good News Publishers

Classics
My Utmost for His Highest
Journal Edition
Oswald Chambers
Barbour & Company, Inc.

Bible Study
The Handbook for Bible Study
Lee Gugliotto
Review & Herald Publishing Association

Spanish
Los Evangelicos & La Politica
Jose Luis Martinez
Baptist Spanish Publishing House

Christianity Today Book Awards 2004-2000

Christianity Today Book Awards 2004
We honor 22 titles that bring understanding to people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission.

This year we received 349 nominated titles from 45 publishers. CT staff selected the top five books in each category, and then panels of judges (one panel for each category) determined the winners. In the end, we honor 22 titles that bring understanding to people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission. Our judges comment on the winners:

APOLOGETICS/EVANGELISM
Going Public with Your Faith: Becoming a Spiritual Influence at Work
William Carr Peel and Walt Larimore (Zondervan)
Practical but never programmatic, this book emphasizes that witnessing is more what we are than what we do. It is helpful in delineating the limits and possibilities of workplace evangelism, and it provides a nuanced approach to cultivating relationships.

CHRISTIAN LIVING
My God and I
Lewis B. Smedes (Eerdmans)
The late Lewis B. Smedes's memoir is a compelling window into the messy, plodding process of becoming sanctified. Both accessible and inspiring, Smedes's reflections are central to corporate and individual spiritual life. His own story succeeds in drawing readers into the story of God's redemption in their own lives.

BIBLICAL STUDIES
The Resurrection of the Son of God
N.T. Wright (Fortress Press)
Consummately erudite yet eminently readable, this book magnificently demolishes every objection, ancient and modern, to the doctrine of the bodily resurrection of Christ. Rather than a defense, this is a positive argument for the resurrection—compelling in both its overall scope and its detail.

THE CHURCH/PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations
Dan Kimball (Zondervan)
Relevant, cogent, and practical, this book contains ideas that are fresh and represent a significant thrust forward. The author thinks biblically about the nature of authentic church life—including worship, evangelism, and discipleship—and helps us to understand the church of the next generation.

CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE
Doubts about Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design
Thomas Woodward (Baker)
Combines a well-researched history of the Intelligent Design movement with an analysis of the rhetoric of both evolutionists and design theorists. It is well-organized and accessible. Sympathetic to the design movement, Woodward's treatment of both sides is measured and fair.

FICTION
A Bearer Of Divine Revelation
Lawrence Dorr (Eerdmans)
This collection of stories is powerful and evocative. With taut syntax and precise word choice, Dorr's depictions of evil give rise to a poignant exploration of significant ideas and emotions. The stories are expertly crafted with figurative language and an interweaving of past and present.

HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
Jonathan Edwards: A Life
George M. Marsden (Yale University Press)
The author thoroughly demolishes the stereotype of Edwards as the purveyor of sadistic religion that damns most people to hell. Setting him and his ideas in context like no other, Marsden handles Edwards's complex ideas with brilliant clarity without oversimplifying them.

MISSIONS/GLOBAL AFFAIRS
On Kingdom Business: Transforming Missions Through Entrepreneurial Strategies
Tetsunao Yamamori and Kenneth A. Eldred, eds. (Crossway)
This book offers prescient insight into what 21st century Christianity will require to claim for Christ the world's most resistant populations. The case studies and analytical pieces provide strategic approaches to building and strengthening the church in restricted-access countries.

SPIRITUALITY
Searching For Home: Spirituality for Restless Souls
M. Craig Barnes (Baker/Brazos)
Barnes creatively addresses the theme of drifting nomads searching for sanctuary. The book draws on formal and informal sociological research enlivened by the wisdom of pastoral experience. Weaving his father's story into the framework of Dante's Divine Comedy, Barnes makes the quest relevant, riveting, and prophetic.

THEOLOGY/ETHICS
Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context
Glen H. Stassen and David P. Gushee (InterVarsity Press)
A highly readable textbook on Christian ethics intimately tied to the Sermon on the Mount. By locating ethics within the kingdom of God, with its tensions between present reality and future fulfillment, the authors give practical guidance while holding to the eschatological dimension.

Christianity Today Book Awards 2003
Evangelical leaders in numerous disciplines choose the year's top titles.

Nineteen titles receive honors this year for helping readers understand the people, events, and ideas that shape evangelical life, thought, and mission. CT received 300 nominated titles from 46 publishers. This year's awards, chosen by leaders in a variety of disciplines—including academia, the church, and journalism—honor books from well-known evangelical publishers, academic presses, and mainstream houses.

Apologetics/Evangelism
16 Nominees
Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today
John G. Stackhouse Jr. (Oxford)
Stackhouse, the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology and Culture at Regent College, Vancouver, reflects on how to share Christian faith in a postmodern world.

Biblical Studies
36 Nominees
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language
Eugene Peterson (NavPress)
The prolific author and pastor completes his 12-year project to render the whole of Scripture in modern language—to the acclaim of readers ranging from J. I. Packer to Bono of U2.

Christianity and Culture
51 Nominees
The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
Philip Jenkins (Oxford)
Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Penn State University, explores how 21st-century Christianity in the Southern Hemisphere will be more vibrant, orthodox, and culturally transforming than it usually is in the Northern Hemisphere.

Christian Living
40 Nominees
Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living
Cornelius Plantinga Jr. (Eerdmans)
The president of Calvin Theological Seminary writes on the grand theological themes of Creation, Fall, and Redemption.

The Church/Pastoral Leadership
24 Nominees
The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present
Richard Lischer, ed. (Eerdmans)
Lischer, a professor at Duke University Divinity School, gathers insights on one of the highest forms of verbal communication.

Fiction
25 Nominees
In This Mountain
Jan Karon
(Viking)
The seventh novel in Karon's Mitford series finds Father Tim and Cynthia returning to Mitford, where the Episcopal priest struggles with ennui during his retirement.

History/Biography
30 Nominees
The Question of God: C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life
Armand M. Nicholi Jr.
(Free Press)
Nicholi, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, explains how Lewis's Christianity and Freud's nonbelief affected not just their ideas but also their lives.

Missions/Global Affairs
13 Nominees
The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal & Charismatic Movements
Stanley M. Burgess, ed.
(Zondervan) Weighing in at nearly 1,300 pages, this comprehensive work covers the world of enthusiastic Christianity from Africa, Central, to Zopfi, Jacob.

Spirituality
30 Nominees
Renovation of the Heart: Putting on the Character of Christ
Dallas Willard (NavPress)
Reading for people ready to make spiritual discipline a regular practice in their lives. Sample chapters: "Radical Evil in the Human Soul," "Radical Goodness Restored to the Soul," "Transforming Our Social Dimensions," and "Transforming the Soul."

Theology/Ethics
35 Nominees
Worldview: The History of a Concept
David K. Naugle (Eerdmans)
Naugle, professor of philosophy at Dallas Baptist University, surveys Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant thinkers, and describes how this concept developed in the 19th and 20th centuries.

CT Book Awards 2002
Here are the books our judges—200 pastors, scholars, and church leaders—considered the worthiest this year.
posted 04/11/2002

Hundreds of books pass through our offices each year, ranging from Left Behind imitators to Prayer of Jabez knockoffs to self-published works about hidden numerical codes that prove God's existence.

But then comes the opportunity to consider more than 200 entries in our annual Book Awards contest. Long-standing evangelical publishing houses, daring new imprints, university publishers—all send us what they consider the best of their work that would be of interest to Christianity Today readers. Most of these entries renew our respect for the thousands of Christians involved in publishing books.

One of our judges raised a helpful point: Some books face wider competition than others do. With that in mind, we will mention how many nominees appeared in each category.

The past year was a rich one for thoughtful works by Christians. Here are the books our judges— 200 pastors, scholars, and church leaders—considered the worthiest this year.

Apologetics/Evangelism
10 Nominees
Truth or Consequences:
The Promise & Perils of Postmodernism
Millard J. Erickson
InterVarsity

Biblical Studies
20 Nominees
Justification and Variegated Nomism:
A Fresh Appraisal of Paul and Second Temple Judaism
D. A. Carson, Peter T. O'Brien, Mark A. Seifrid, eds.
Baker Academic

Christian Living
45 Nominees
If You Want to Walk on Water, You Have to Get Out of the Boat
John Ortberg
Zondervan

Christianity and Culture (tie)
37 Nominees
Encountering Religious Pluralism:
The Challenge to Christian Faith & Mission
Harold Netland
InterVarsity

Christianity and Culture (tie)
37 Nominees
A Visit to Vanity Fair:
Moral Essays on the Present Age
Alan Jacobs
Brazos

The Church/Pastoral Leadership
26 Nominees
Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God
Marva J. Dawn
Eerdmans

Fiction
22 Nominees
A Common Life:
The Wedding Story
Jan Karon
Viking

History/Biography
27 Nominees
Heaven Below:
Early Pentecostals and American Culture
Grant Wacker
Harvard


Missions/Global Affairs
11 Nominees
No Other Gods Before Me?:
Evangelicals and the Challenge of World Relgions
John G. Stackhouse Jr., ed.
Baker Academic

Spirituality
24 Nominees
Growing Pains:
Learning to Love My Father's Faith
Randall Balmer
Brazos

Theology/Ethics
46 Nominees
With the Grain of the Universe:
The Church's Witness and Natural Theology
Stanley Hauerwas
Brazos

CT Book Awards 2001
The books from 2000 that most captured the imaginations of some of the most engaged readers in evangelicalism.

posted 4/16/01
Each winter brings a different sort of blizzard to Christianity Today's offices in the western suburbs of Chicago as publishers deluge us with nominations for our Annual Book Awards. We consider it an honor that so many publishers—from small, family-owned companies to university presses—are vying for the attention of our judges.

No list, however comprehensive, can possibly honor every worthy book published in a given year. Sometimes our judges are so divided that their voting results in a tie, as in two of this year's categories. Other titles receive Awards of Merit because they came so close to the top of the list.

Next year we plan to improve the awards still further by refining categories, adding judges, and assigning judges to their specific areas of interest. Meanwhile, these are the books from 2000 that most captured the imaginations of some of the most engaged readers in evangelicalism.

Apologetics/Evangelism
Time for Truth
Os Guinness
BAKER


Biblical Studies
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
Edited by Peter Gorday and Thomas C. Oden
INTERVARSITY


Christian Living
Death on a Friday Afternoon
Richard John Neuhaus
BASIC


Christianity and Culture
Border Crossings
Rodney Clapp
BAKER


Christianity and Culture
Habits of the Mind
James W. Sire
INTERVARSITY


The Church/Pastoral Leadership
ChurchNext
Eddie Gibbs
INTERVARSITY


Fiction
Paul: A Novel
Walter Wangerin Jr.
ZONDERVAN


History/Biography
The Smell of Sawdust
Richard J. Mouw
ZONDERVAN


Missions/Global Affairs
Can Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?
Gerald R. McDermott
INTERVARSITY


Missions/Global Affairs
Evangelical Dictionary of World Missions
Edited by A. Scott Moreau
BAKER


Spirituality
Reaching for the Invisible God
Philip Yancey
ZONDERVAN


Theology/Ethics
Renewing the Center
Stanley J. Grenz
BAKER

Christianity Today Book Awards 2000
CT picks the top ten books of the past year

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed," said philosopher Francis Bacon (d. 1626), "and some few to be chewed and digested." Here is Christianity Today's list of 1999 books most worth chewing on.

A couple of things were different in this year's selection process. First, we returned to a system in which books competed in categories. (How do we weigh a commentary against a work of fiction?)

We asked dozens of publishers to nominate books for one or more categories (as a result, some significant books were simply not nominated—a flaw we'll fix next year). We then polled about 160 pastors, scholars, and general readers, asking them to vote for the books they believed were "the most significant books of the year," meaning books that "have brought, or will eventually bring, insight to an issue or prompt a significant segment of the Christian world to believe or act differently."

Second, we asked voters to mark the nominated books they had also read. When we added the votes, the "read" votes weighed more heavily. (It is one thing to vote for a book based on reviews, a writer's reputation, or a colleague's judgment; it is something altogether different to support a book actually read.)

This system has its disadvantages. For one, it weighs fiction (which received the fewest number of votes) equally with books on Christianity and culture (which garnered the most votes). Thus the Awards of Merit, our wild-card winners: books (listed by category in order of votes received) that amassed a significant number of votes but not enough to win their respective divisions.

Every system has a bias. Ours bias tilts toward the concrete: these awards favor books that made a difference and that people actually read. Yet to evangelicals like us—who long to make an impact on the world—that is not a bad bias. So, taste, chew, and digest.

Apologetics/Evangelism
IS THE BIBLE TRUE? How Modern Debates and Discoveries Affirm the Essence of the Scriptures
Jeffrey L. Sheler
ZONDERVAN

Biblical Studies
A COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
Craig S. Keener
EERDMANS

Christianity and Culture
INTELLIGENT DESIGN: The Bridge Between Science and Theology
William A. Dembski
INTERVARSITY

Christian Living
THE BIBLE JESUS READ
Philip Yancey
ZONDERVAN

The Church/Pastoral Leadership
LEADERSHIP THAT WORKS: Help and Hope for Church and Parachurch Leaders in Today's Complex World
Leith Anderson
BETHANY

Fiction
A NEW SONG
Jan Karon
VIKING

History/Biography
SAINT AUGUSTINE
Garry Wills
VIKING

Missions/Global Affairs
THE DESECULARIZATION OF THE WORLD: Resurgent Religion and World Politics
Edited by Peter L. Berger
EERDMANS

Theology/Ethics
THE STORY OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform
Roger Olson
INTERVARSITY

Spirituality
THE UNKNOWN GOD: Searching for Spiritual Fulfillment
Alister McGrath
EERDMANS

Awards of Merit
Christianity and Culture
JUST GENEROSITY: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America
Ronald J. Sider
BAKER

HOW NOW SHALL WE LIVE?
Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey
TYNDALE

BLINDED BY MIGHT: Can the Religious Right Save America?
Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson
ZONDERVAN

History/Biography
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Redeemer President
Allen C. Guelzo
EERDMANS

Theology/Ethics
EVANGELICAL TRUTH: A Personal Plea for Unity, Integrity, and Faithfulness
John Stott
INTERVARSITY

ECPA Gold Medallion Book 2004-2000

2004 ECPA Gold Medallion Book

Award Winners

Bibles

           Revolve: The Complete New Testament (NCV), Nelson Bibles, Transit Books, Thomas Nelson Publishers
                        Laurie Whaley
                        Kate Etue, Editors

Reference Works/Commentaries
           Philosophical Foundations For A Christian Worldview, InterVarsity Press
                        J.P. Moreland
                        William Lane Craig

Fiction
           Thr3e, WestBow Press
                        Ted Dekker

Biography/Autobiography
           In the Presence of My Enemies, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
                        Gracia Burnham
                        Dean Merrill

Theology/Doctrine
           Old Testament Theology, InterVarsity Press
                        John Goldingay

Devotional
           Pierced By The Word, Multnomah Publishers, Inc.
                        John Piper

Inspirational
           Next Door Savior, W Publishing Group
                        Max Lucado

Christian Living
           The Trouble With Jesus, Moody Publishers
                        Joseph M. Stowell

Christianity and Society
           Being the Body, W Publishing Group
                        Charles Colson
                        Ellen Vaughn

Missions/Evangelism
           Permission Evangelism, NexGen, an Imprint of Cook Communications Ministries
                        Michael L. Simpson

Christian Ministry
           The Emotionally Healthy Church, Zondervan
                        Peter Scazzero, with
                        Warren Bird

Christian Education
           Foundations, Zondervan
                        Kay Warren, &
                        Tom Holladay

Preschool Children
           The Mess Detectives: The Slobfather, Zonderkidz-children's group at Zondervan
                        Big Idea Books

Elementary Children
           Hymns for a Kid's Heart, Crossway
                        Joni Eareckson Tada
                        Bobbie Wolgemuth

Youth
           Boom: A Guy's Guide to Growing Up, Focus on the Family/Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
                        Michael Ross

Marriage
           Covenant Marriage, Broadman & Holman Publishers
                        Gary Chapman

Family and Parenting
           Preparing Your Son for Every Man's Battle , WaterBrook Press
                        Stephen Arterburn, and
                        Fred Stoeker, with
                        Mike Yorkey

Gift Book/Poetry
           Think About These Things, Crossway
                        Ric Ergenbright

Bible Study
           Experiencing the Heart of Jesus, Nelson Reference & Electronic, Thomas Nelson Publishers
                        Max Lucado

Spanish
           El Cristiano en la Aldea Global, Vida Publishers
                        Dr. Antonio Cruz

2003 GOLD MEDALLION
BOOK AWARDS WINNERS

Bibles
           The Message:  The Bible in Contemporary Language, NavPress Publishing
                        Eugene Peterson

Reference Works/Commentaries
           Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, Zondervan
                        Clinton E. Arnold , General Editor

Fiction
           Mission Compromised, Broadman &Holman Publishers
                        Oliver North

Biography/Autobiography
           Let's Roll!, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
                        Lisa Beamer, with
                        Ken Abraham

Theology/Doctrine
           The Doctrine of God, P&R Publishing
                        John M. Frame

Devotional
           Night light for Parents, Multnomah Publishers, Inc.
                        Dr. James Dobson
                        Mrs. Shirley Dobson

Inspirational
           My Heart's Desire, Integrity Publishers, Inc.
                        David Jeremiah

Christian Living
           Authentic Faith, Zondervan
                        Gary L. Thomas

Christianity and Society
           The Next Christendom, Oxford University Press
                        Philip Jenkins

Missions/Evangelism
           Unveiling Islam, Kregel Publications
                        Ergun Caner
                        Emir Caner

Christian Ministry
           Experiencing God Together, Broadman &Holman Publishers
                        Henry Blackaby
                        Melvin Blackaby

Christian Education
           When God Weeps Groupware, Zondervan
                        Joni Eareckson Tada
                        Steve Estes

Preschool Children
           The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes, Moody Publishers
                        Ken Taylor

Elementary Children
           All is Well, Integrity Publishers, Inc.
                        Frank Peretti                                  

Youth
           Every young man's battle, WaterBrook Press
                        Stephen Arterburn
                        Fred Stoeker, with
                        Mike Yorkey

Marriage
           Divorce-Proof Your Marriage, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
                        Gary Rosberg
                        Barb Rosberg

Family and Parenting
           Blessing Your Children, Gospel Light/Regal Books
                        Jack Hayford

Gift Book/Poetry
           A Family Christmas, Multnomah Publishers, Inc.
                        Dr. James Dobson
                        G. Harvey

Bible Study
           My Heart's Cry, W Publishing Group
                        Anne Graham Lotz

Spanish
           Cristo Rey de reyes, Editorial Portavoz
                        E. L. Carballosa

2002 GOLD MEDALLION
BOOK AWARDS WINNERS

Bibles

           The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, Crossway (a division of Good News Publishers)  

Reference Works/Commentaries

           Genesis - A Commentary, Zondervan

                        Bruce Waltke

Fiction

           Safely Home, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

                        Randy Alcorn

Biography/Autobiography

           Footprints of a Pilgrim, W Publishing Group, A Division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

                        Ruth Bell Graham

Theology/Doctrine

           Faith Has Its Reasons, NavPress Publishing

                        Kenneth D. Boa

                        Robert M. Bowman, Jr.

Devotional

           I Will Follow You, O God, WaterBrook Press

                        Jerry Bridges

Inspirational

           Wild At Heart, Thomas Nelson Publishers

                        John Eldredge

Christian Living

           Traveling Light, W Publishing Group, A Division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

                        Max Lucado

Christianity and Society

           Eyes Wide Open, Brazos Press (a division of Baker Book House Company

                        William D. Romanowski

Missions/Evangelism

           Operation World 21st Century Edition, Paternoster Publishing USA

                        Patrick Johnstone

                        Jason Mandryk

Christian Ministry

           Ministering To Twenty-First Century Families, W Publishing Group, A Division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

                        Dennis Rainey

Christian Education

           Jesus Among Other God's EZ Lesson Plan, Nelson Multi-Media Group

                        Ravi Zacharias

Preschool Children

           Blessings Every Day, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

                        Carla Barnhill

Elementary Children

           Window On The World, Paternoster Publishing USA

                        Daphne Spraggett, with

                        Jill Johnstone

Youth

           The Narrow Road, Fleming H. Revell (A division of Baker Book House Co)

                        Brother Andrew, with

                        John Sherrill

                        Elizabeth Sherrill

Marriage

           The Power of a Praying Husband, Harvest House Publishers

                        Stormie Omartian

Family and Parenting

           Bringing Up Boys, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

                        Dr. James Dobson

Gift Book/Poetry

           How Majestic Is Thy Name, New Leaf Press, Inc.

                        Steve Halliday

Bible Study

           Ephesians, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

                        Lenya Heitzig

                        Penny Rose

Spanish

           Los Evangelios en paralelo, Casa Bautista de Publicaciones

                        Cecilio McConnell

2001 GOLD MEDALLION
BOOK AWARDS WINNERS

Bibles

Zondervan NASB Study Bible, Zondervan

Editorial Team: Dr. Kenneth Barker, Professor John Stek, Dr. Ronald  Youngblood, Dr. Walt Wessell

Contributing Editors: Dr. Kenneth Boa, William Kruidenier

Reference Works/Commentaries

Dictionary of New Testament Background, InterVarsity Press

Craig A. Evans

Stanley E. Porter

Fiction

Paul: A Novel, Zondervan

Walter Wangerin

Biography/Autobiography

Amazing Faith, WaterBrook Press

Michael Richardson

Theology/Doctrine

Resurrection, Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Hank Hanegraaff

Devotional

Night Light, Multnomah Publishers, Inc.

Dr. and Mrs. James Dobson

Inspirational

He Chose The Nails, Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.  

Max Lucado

Christian Living

The Prayer of Jabez, Multnomah Publishers, Inc.

Dr. Bruce H. Wilkinson

Christianity and Society

The Wedge of Truth, InterVarsity Press

Phillip E. Johnson

Missions/Evangelism

The Case for Faith, Zondervan

Lee Strobel

Christian Ministry

The Guardian System, Creation House Publishers

David Middlebrook

Christian Education

What's So Amazing About Grace: ZondervanGroupware, Zondervan

Philip Yancey

Preschool Children

Mad Maddie Maxwell, Zonderkidz, The Children's Group of Zondervan  

Stacie Maslyn

Elementary Children

A Faith to Grow on, Tommy Nelson, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

John MacArthur

Youth

Extreme Faith, Thomas Nelson Publishers

Tim Baker

Marriage

A Marriage Without Regrets, Harvest House Publishers

Kay Arthur

Family and Parenting

The Five Love Languages of Teenagers, Moody Press

Gary Chapman

Gift Book/Poetry

The Wonder of It All, New Leaf Press, Inc.

Steve Terrill

Bible Study

Just Give Me Jesus, Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Anne Lotz

Spanish

           Mas Que Maravilloso, Editorial Unilit

                        Leslie Thompson

2000 GOLD MEDALLION
BOOK AWARDS WINNERS

Bibles

The Knowing Jesus Study Bible, NIV, Dr. Ed Hindson and Dr. Ed Dobson, Zondervan Publishing House

Reference Works/Commentaries

Holman Bible Atlas, Thomas V. Brisco, Broadman &Holman Publishers

Fiction

A New Song, Jan Karon, Penguin Putnam Inc.

Biography/Autobiography

Fingernail Moon, Janie Webster, Doubleday: A Division of Random House, Inc.

Theology/Doctrine

The Story of Christian Theology, Roger E. Olson, InterVarsity Press

Devotional

Wow--The Big Picture:  The Bible in 7 Minutes a Day, J. Carl Laney, Jeff Schulte, Lloyd Shadrach, Nelson Bibles

Inspirational

The Bible Jesus Read, Philip Yancey, Zondervan Publishing House

Christian Living

Fresh Faith, Jim Cymbala with Dean Merrill, Zondervan Publishing House

Christianity and Society

How Now Shall We Live?, Charles Colson with Nancy Pearcey, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Missions/Evangelism

Finding Common Ground, Tim Downs, Moody Press

Christian Ministry

The Upside Down Church, Greg Laurie, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Christian Education

Boundaries GroupWare, Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Zondervan Publishing House

Preschool Children

The Rhyme Bible Storybook for Toddlers, Linda Sattgast, Zondervan Publishing House

Elementary Children

Because I Love You, Max Lucado, Crossway Books/Good News Publishers

Youth

What's the Big Deal? About Sex, Jim Burgen, Standard Publishing

Marriage

Boundaries in Marriage, Henry Cloud and John Townsend, Zondervan Publishing House

Family and Parenting

Just In Case I Can't Be There, Ron Mehl, Multnomah Publishers, Inc.

Gift Book/Poetry

The Art of God, Ric Ergenbright, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Bible Study

Moses, Charles Swindoll, Word Publishing

Spanish

Nuevo Diccionario De La Biblia, Alfonso Lockward, Editorial Unilit

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Books of the Century
Leaders and thinkers weigh in on classics that have shaped contemporary religious thought

| posted 4/24/00
If you want to be changed, read a good book. Or so said A. W. Tozer: "The things you read will fashion you by slowly conditioning your mind." Of the millions of books published this century, only a few hundred have shaped people in extraordinary ways. Here are some of those—100 books that had a significant effect on Christians this century.

Christianity Today asked more than 100 of its contributors and church leaders to nominate the ten best religious books of the twentieth century. By best books, we meant those that not only were important when first published, but also have enduring significance for the Christian faith and church. We have included books which do not always prompt agreement, but which are important for evangelical Christians to read and contend with. A few "period" pieces also made the list of 90.

By far, C. S. Lewis was the most popular author and Mere Christianity the book nominated most often. Indeed, we could have included even more Lewis works, but finally we had to say: "Enough is enough; give some other authors a chance."

Readers are welcome to send us their own nominations of the top ten religious books of the twentieth century, with comments.

THE TOP 10

1. C. S. Lewis
Mere Christianity
The best case for the essentials of orthodox Christianity in print.
David S. Dockery

2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Cost of Discipleship
Leaves you wondering why you ever thought complacency or compromise in the Christian life was an option.
Mark Buchanan

3. Karl Barth
Church Dogmatics
Opened a new era in theology in which the Bible, Christ, and saving grace were taken seriously once more.
J. I. Packer

4. J. R. R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
A classic for children from 9 to 90. Bears constant re-reading.
J. I. Packer

5. John Howard Yoder
The Politics of Jesus
Some 30 years after this book was published, the church has found itself culturally in a more marginal position, and this book is making wider and wider sense.
Rodney Clapp

6. G.K. Chesterton
Orthodoxy
A rhetorically inventive exposition of the coherence of Christian truth.
David Neff

7. Thomas Merton
The Seven Storey Mountain
A painfully candid story of one Christian soul's walk with grace and struggle, it has become the mark against which all other spiritual autobiographies must be measured.
Phyllis Tickle

8. Richard Foster
Celebration of Discipline
After Foster finishes each spiritual discipline, you not only know what it is, why it's important, and how to do it—you want to do it.
Mark Buchanan

9. Oswald Chambers
My Utmost for His Highest
A treasury of daily devotional readings that has fed the souls of millions of Christians in the twentieth century. Future generations of Christians must continue to draw from this treasury.
Richard J. Mouw

10. Reinhold Niebuhr
Moral Man and Immoral Society
Introduced a breathtakingly insightful, shrewd, and cunning realism about human sin, especially in its social expressions, rooted in biblical theology and a penetrating appraisal of the dark era into which the Western world had entered.
David P. Gushee

THE OTHER 90
in alphabetical order by author

Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart

Alcoholics Anonymous
(The Big Book of A.A.)

Roland Bainton
Here I Stand

Karl Barth
The Epistle to the Romans

Ernest Becker
The Denial of Death

Robert N. Bellah, ET AL.
Habits of the Heart

Georges Bernanos
The Diary of a Country Priest

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Letters and Papers from Prison

David Bosch
Transforming Mission

Walter Brueggemann
The Prophetic Imagination

Emil Brunner
Truth as Encounter

Albert Camus
The Plague

Edward John Carnell
The Case for Orthodox Christianity

Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop

Dorothy Day
The Long Loneliness

Annie Dillard
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Documents of Vatican II

W. E. B. Dubois
The Souls of Black Folk

T. S. Eliot
Four Quartets

Ralph Ellison
Invisible Man

Jacques Ellul
The Technological Society

Shusaku Endo
Silence

Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank

Victor Frankl
Man's Search for Meaning

Sigmund Freud
Civilization and Its Discontents

The Fundamentals

Langdon Gilkey
Shantung Compound

Carol Gilligan
In a Different Voice

Graham Greene
The Power and the Glory

John Howard Griffin
Black Like Me

Gustavo Gutiérrez
A Theology of Liberation

Philip Paul Hallie
Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed

Stanley Hauerwas
A Community of Character

Václav Havel
Living in Truth

Richard Hays
The Moral Vision of the New Testament

Carl F. H. Henry
God, Revelation, and Authority (six volumes)

John R. Hersey
Hiroshima

Abraham Heschel
The Prophets

Aldous Huxley
Brave New World

William James
The Varieties of Religious Experience

Franz Kafka
The Trial

Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Testament of Hope

Thomas S. Kuhn
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird

Aldo Leopold
A Sand County Almanac

C. S. Lewis
The Chronicles of Narnia
(especially The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) and The Screwtape Letters

J. Gresham Machen
Christianity and Liberalism

Alasdair C. MacIntyre
After Virtue

Malcolm X and Alex Haley
The Autobiography of Malcolm X

George M. Marsden
Fundamentalism and American Culture

François Mauriac
Viper's Tangle

Jürgen Moltmann
The Crucified God

Richard John Neuhaus
The Naked Public Square

Lesslie Newbigin
The Gospel in a Pluralist Society

Reinhold Niebuhr
The Nature and Destiny of Man (two volumes)

H. Richard Niebuhr
Christ and Culture

Kathleen Norris
The Cloister Walk

Henri J. M. Nouwen
The Wounded Healer

Anders Nygren
Agape and Eros

Elizabeth O'Connor
Journey Inward, Journey Outward

Flannery O'Connor
A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories

Rudolf Otto
The Idea of the Holy

J. I. Packer
Knowing God

Alan Paton
Cry, the Beloved Country

Jaroslav Pelikan
Jesus Through the Centuries

Josef Pieper
The Four Cardinal Virtues

Michael Polanyi
Personal Knowledge

Chaim Potok
The Chosen

Walter Rauschenbusch
Christianity and the Social Crisis

Dorothy L. Sayers
The Mind of the Maker

Albert Schweitzer
The Quest of the Historical Jesus

Nevil Shute
On the Beach

Ronald J. Sider
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

John R. W. Stott
Basic Christianity

Paul Tournier
The Meaning of Persons

A. W. Tozer
The Pursuit of God

Barbara Tuchman
The Guns of August

Evelyn Underhill
Mysticism

Miroslav Volf
Exclusion and Embrace

Gerhard von Rad
Old Testament Theology

Andrew F. Walls
The Missionary Movement in Christian History

Max Weber
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Simone Weil
Waiting for God

Elie Wiesel
Night

Charles Williams
Descent into Hell

Walter Wink
Engaging the Powers

Philip Yancey
The Jesus I Never Knew

April 24, 2000, Vol. 44, No. 5, Page 92

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CHRISTIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

2007, Ever After, Karen Kingsbury, Zondervan

2006,  Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible. Kevin J. Vanhoozer, General Editor, Baker Academic

2005, Experiencing the Passion of Jesus  패션 오브 크라이스트(두란노) 

2004, The Purpose Driven, Life Rick Warren, Zondervan  목적이 이끄는 삶(디모데)

2003, The Purpose Driven, Life Rick Warren, Zondervan  목적이 이끄는 삶(디모데)

2002, The Prayer of Jabez, Dr. Bruce H. Wilkinson, Multnomah Publishers  야베스의 기도(디모데)

2001, The Prayer of Jabez, Dr. Bruce H. Wilkinson, Multnomah Publishers  야베스의 기도(디모데)

2000, Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire, Jim Cymbala with Dean Merrill, Zondervan 새 바람 강한 불길(죠이선교회출판부)

1999, Just Like Jesus, Max Lucado, Word Publishing  예수님처럼(복있는 사람)

1998, What's So Amazing About Grace, Philip Yancey, Zondervan Publishing 놀라운 하나님의 은혜(IVP)

1997, In the Grip of Grace, Max Lucado, Word Publishing 은혜를 만끽하는 비결(규장)

1996, The Jesus I Never Knew , Philip Yancey, Zondervan Publishing 내가 알지 못했던 예수(요단)

1995, When God Whispers Your Name, Max Lucado, Word Publishing 하나님이 당신의 이름을 속삭이실 때(규장) 개정판 하나님이 나를 버리셨다(규장)

1994, When God Doesn't Make Sense, Dr. James C. Dobson, Tyndale House Publishers 믿음의 영웅이 되라(두란노)

1993, The Body, Charles Colson with Ellen Santrill Vaughn, Word Publishing 이것이 교회다(홍성사) 개정 작업 중

1992, The Coming Economic Earthquake, Larry Burkett, Moody Press