Andrew Spencer, “TGC Editorial Staff: Books We Enjoyed in 2024” (The Gospel Coalition)

“One of the secrets to writing and editing well is reading a lot. It’s an important part of our jobs as we publish books and evaluate others for the annual book awards. The editorial team at The Gospel Coalition loves to read. We read to get ideas. We read to understand the world better. We read because we love stories. As the year draws to a close, we want to share our favorites with you. We’ve covered some of these books here at TGC with book reviews or podcasts. However, many were discovered along rabbit trails in research or from recommendations by friends. No matter how we found these books, we hope you enjoy them too.”

Staff, “The Gospel Coalition 2024 Book Awards” (The Gospel Coalition)

“Many of the books rolling out from publishers each month are helpful, encouraging, and thought-provoking. But there are so many new volumes that it can be hard to determine what deserves a special place on the shelf. How will we find new books that can become our ‘pleasant and regular companions’? That’s where The Gospel Coalition’s annual book awards come in. We work hard to identify some of the best evangelical books published each year.”

Matthew Walther, “The One Hundred Pages Strategy” (The Lamp)

“Nearly four years ago I put my iPhone in a drawer. It never leaves unless I am traveling, when, as a small concession to the tedium of modern life, I use it to board planes, order a cab when I cannot find one (a situation that has become depressingly common in Washington), and so on. While I would never suggest that reading one hundred pages a day is impossible for regular smartphone users, I do think that eliminating the temptation to waste time—a heading under which I would include responding instantaneously to a non-urgent email that could be answered in a few hours or even the next day—makes it far less difficult.”