Matthew Bingham, “The Problem with Comer’s Cafeteria Approach to Spirituality” (The Gospel Coalition)

Bingham wrote A Heart Aflame for God, which earned the Award of Distinction in the Popular Theology category.

“Comer’s overall vision for the Christian life is a pick-what-works-for-you approach. It’s not that he’s a secret Roman Catholic or Eastern Orthodox proponent hiding things from his readers. Rather, his cafeteria approach is inherently unstable and doesn’t sit comfortably within any established Christian tradition.”

Ligon Duncan and Matt Smethurst, “Ministry Lessons from Tim Keller” (The Everyday Pastor)

This podcast discussion highlights Smethurst’s book Tim Keller on the Christian Life, which won the History and Biography category. Smethurst and Ligon Duncan reflect on underappreciated teachings from Keller’s body of work two years after his death.

Thomas West, “Can You Spot a False Cultural Narrative?” (The Gospel Coalition)

West is a coauthor with Trevin Wax of The Gospel Way Catechism, which earned the Award of Distinction in the Cultural Apologetics category.

“We’re being catechized daily—not just in the local church but through advertising, social media, entertainment, and the unspoken assumptions of our time. Our experience of this isn’t so much that the culture around us tells us what to think as that it tells us who to be. And if we don’t recognize the scripts we’re following, we’ll live by them without questioning their validity.”

Collin Hansen and Bobby Jamieson, “Why Everything Never Feels like Enough” (Gospelbound)

Jamieson’s book Everything Is Never Enough won the Popular Theology category.

In this Gospelbound interview, Jamieson presents three stories that guide us on a life well lived: the contentment of limits, the joys of resonance, and happiness you can’t lose in this world because it comes from another. He helps us see rightly: “Happiness is not striving for gain from life but receiving life itself as a gift.”

Collin Hansen and Ian Harber, “When It Feels like Your Faith is Failing” (Gospelbound)

Harber is author of Walking Through Deconstruction, which earned the Award of Distinction in the Christian Living category.

In this Gospelbound interview, Harber discusses his journey through deconstructing and reconstructing his faith, examining the emotional aspects of doubt and anxiety, social media’s role, the distinction between deconstruction and apostasy, and the need for supportive church environments.

Kyle Worley, “Union with Christ Fills Our Deepest Longings” (The Gospel Coalition)

Worley’s book Home with God: Our Union With Christ received the Award of Distinction in the First-Time Author category.

“Union with Christ is a believer’s identification with, incorporation into, and participation in all of Christ’s life. In Christ are all the blessings and benefits of salvation. To put it simply, union with Christ is our home with God. Though the doctrine exists throughout Scripture, it shines in the prepositions of the New Testament, especially in Paul’s letters, when he uses language like ‘in Christ,’ ‘with Christ,’ and ‘through Christ.’”

Trevin Wax, “Introducing ‘The Gospel Way Catechism’: A Tool for Spiritual Formation in a Secular Age” (The Gospel Coalition)

The Gospel Way Catechism earned the Award of Distinction in the Cultural Apologetics category.

“The first time I heard Tim Keller talk about the need for counter-catechesis, it reframed everything for me. At a TGC colloquium in Louisville, Kentucky, he explained that catechesis has always been counter-catechesis. The Reformation-era catechisms weren’t just teaching doctrine; they were actively inoculating believers against the dominant Catholic alternative. They weren’t just building a Protestant worldview but dismantling competing ones.”