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<img src="https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126692.jpg?h=303&w=540" width="540" /><p class="text">The late Justice Antonin Scalia, known for his crystal clear and mind-shaping prose, once said this about what makes for good writing:</p>
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<p class="text">“I think there is writing genius as well – which consists primarily, I think, of the ability to place oneself in the shoes of one’s audience; to assume only what the assume; to anticipate what they anticipate; to explain they need explained; to think what they must be thinking; to feel what they must be feeling.”</p>
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<p class="text">Herewith, I announce today the Jesus Creed Books of the Year, simultaneously the Tov Unleashed Books of the Year.</p>
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<p class="text">These are good books I have read and not some kind of magical survey of everything written. Many of you will know my picks from the blog posts and newsletters, but much thought goes into picking which books become the subject of our conversations.</p>
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<p class="text"><strong>Jesus Creed Book of the Year</strong></p>
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<p class="text">Beth Allison Barr, <a href="https://amzn.to/3nUBhPY" target="_blank" class=""><strong><em>The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth</em></strong></a>. A courageous book that “un-quenches” the Spirit and puts the American so-called “biblical” complementarian movement under scrutiny for its own historical situatedness.</p>
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<p class="text"><strong>My Top Reads of the Year</strong></p>
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<p class="text">Winn Collier, <a href="https://amzn.to/317xzJB" target="_blank" class=""><strong><em>A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene Peterson</em></strong></a><strong>. </strong>A wonderful, honest journey through the life of one of our favorite writers, Eugene Peterson.</p>
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<p class="text">Kirsten Powers <strong><em>, </em></strong><a href="https://amzn.to/32ESOn1" target="_blank" class=""><strong><em>Saving Grace: </em></strong><strong><em>Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to</em></strong><strong><em>Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts</em></strong></a><strong><em>.</em></strong> I have said it before: anyone who puts grace in front of political conversations has the opportunity to transform American partisanship and Christian bickering. Powers does that in a personal journey filled with vulnerable stories.</p>
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<p class="text"><strong>Biblical Studies</strong></p>
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<p class="text">Rebekah Eklund, The Beatitudes Through ...</p><p class="more"><a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/scot-mcknight/2021/jesus-creed-books-of-year.html">Continue reading</a>...</p>
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