Four Additional Crossway Titles Earn Distinction
December 16, 2022, WHEATON, Ill.—Crossway is excited to announce that Overcoming Apathy: Gospel Hope for Those Who Struggle to Care by Uche Anizor has been named Book of the Year in Christianity Today’s 2023 Book Awards.
Overcoming Apathy takes a fresh look at the widespread problem of apathy and its effect on spiritual maturity, offering practical, biblical advice to break the cycle. This short book is an excellent resource for those struggling with apathy and parents, mentors, and friends who want to support someone in need. “It’s a worthy choice for CT’s Book of the Year,” writes Matt Reynolds, Christianity Today’s books editor. “Across the board, the judges who read and evaluated it commended Anizor for putting his finger on a problem that routinely flies under the radar, even as it sinks so many of God’s people into a spiritual quagmire.”
Justin Taylor, Crossway’s executive vice president of book publishing, writes, “We give thanks to God that Uche Anizor’s first book with Crossway has been recognized as Christianity Today’s Book of the Year. As a gifted theologian and teacher, Dr. Anizor has given the church a real gift with this book, helping us to diagnose and address the problem of spiritual apathy toward the things of God. We offer him hearty congratulations on the occasion of this well-deserved recognition.”
Four additional Crossway titles received awards and honorable mentions within their categories:
- No Shortcut to Success: A Manifesto for Modern Missions (Crossway, February 2022) by Matt Rhodes, winner in the Missions and Global Church category
- The Dragon and the Stone (The Dream Keeper Saga Book 1) (Crossway, May 2022) by Kathryn Butler, award of merit in the Young Adults category
- Why Believe?: A Reasoned Approach to Christianity (Crossway, June 2022) by Neil Shenvi, finalist in the Apologetics and Evangelism category
- Scribes and Scripture: The Amazing Story of How We Got the Bible (Crossway, October 2022) by John D. Meade and Peter J. Gurry, finalist in the Bible and Devotional category
The Christianity Today Book Awards are presented to books in fifteen different categories, including Theology, Christian Living and Spiritual Formation, and Biblical Studies. According to Christianity Today’s website, winners are nominated for their “capacity to awaken slumbering souls, whether they ring out with theological wisdom, literary beauty, pastoral warmth, or everyday encouragement.”
Founded in 1938, Crossway is a not-for-profit global Christian publishing ministry that publishes gospel-centered, Bible-based content to honor our Savior and serve his church. Crossway seeks to help people understand the all-encompassing implications of the gospel and the truth of God’s word—for all of life, for all eternity, and for the glory of God alone. Crossway is the global publisher of the ESV® (English Standard Version®) Bible, more than 1,000 Christian books, and an extensive list of gospel literature. For additional information, visit crossway.org.
Contact: Lauren Susanto, lsusanto@crossway.org
