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Since 1978, ECPA has presented the annual Christian Book Awards (formerly Gold Medallion Book Awards) in several categories, including Christian Book of the Year. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] ECPA also presents the annual Christy Awards for Christian Fiction, [ 8 ] the Top Shelf Awards recognizing book design excellence, [ 9 ] and the industry's Milestone ...
Religion News Service journalist Jonathan Merritt called the book a modern classic book. [5] In 2002, If You Want to Walk on Water received the Christianity Today Book Award in the Christian Living category. [6] Carol Rodman of The Commercial Appeal called the book "challenging". [7]
In the Book of Acts, Christianity is referred to as "The Way". The NIV renders Paul's words in Acts 24:14 as "I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect." Rayburn suggests that this was a Christian self-designation, although it did not survive as a title.
Today's Christian Woman was founded in 1978 and acquired by Christianity Today from the Fleming H. Revell Co. in 1985. [64] It discontinued print publication in 2009 and was replaced with a "digizine" entitled Kyria , which was online only, but still required a paid subscription to access, although at a lower price than the print magazine. [ 65 ]
It includes Old and New Testament commentaries as well as books on biblical themes. All the titles begin with "The Message of..." Tremper Longman notes that the series is "readable, accurate, and relevant." [1] John Stott's volume on Romans was a winner in the 1995 Christianity Today Book Awards. [2]
The Christy Awards, established in 1999, are awarded each year to recognize fiction of excellence written from a Christian perspective with matters of faith at its core. [1] Awards are given in nine categories, including romance, suspense, visionary, [ 2 ] contemporary (stand-alone novels and series), and historical.
The book received awards from World magazine [15] and Christianity Today [16] and was #7 on The New York Times Best Seller list for non-fiction in March 2008. [17]
One Thousand Gifts also received an award of merit in the 2012 Christianity Today Book Awards. [5] On Twitter , a conversation based on the book happened under the hashtag #1000gifts, and was described by the New York Times as "readers share their own moments, like 'seeing the beauty in the mess' and 'sitting down at the table to eat dinner as ...