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Samuel James

Samuel James serves as associate acquisitions editor at Crossway Books. He lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife Emily and son Charlie.
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Digital Resistance: Three Habits for the Internet Age

Digital Resistance

Three Habits for the Internet Age

Sep 1, 2023
In a world where digital devices vie for every moment of our attention, we need intentional habits that keep us alive to the gifts of God’s word and world.
Samuel James
Sep 1, 2023
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Read Like a Christian: Five Principles for What and How

Read Like a Christian

Five Principles for What and How

Jul 21, 2023
Not all reading is Christian reading — even when the books are about Jesus. So, how might we bring our literary lives under the lordship of Christ?
Samuel James
Jul 21, 2023
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The Power of ‘Intellectual Technologies’

The Power of ‘Intellectual Technologies’

Nov 5, 2022
Subtly yet deeply, our immersion in the Internet forms us, cultivating our values and shaping our beliefs. How might Christians resist the pull of the digital dreamworld?
Samuel James
Nov 5, 2022
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Jesus Versus the Trade-In Society: Finding Happiness in an Upgrade Age

Jesus Versus the Trade-In Society

Finding Happiness in an Upgrade Age

Apr 22, 2022
A trade-in society treasures phrases like “no commitment necessary” and “cancel anytime,” and the consequences are not just social, but spiritual.
Samuel James
Apr 22, 2022
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Courage Takes More Than a Keyboard: Christian Nerve in a Digital Age

Courage Takes More Than a Keyboard

Christian Nerve in a Digital Age

Aug 26, 2020
As more and more of our lives go online, we are in regular danger of possessing bold keyboards while lacking similar courage face to face.
Samuel James
Aug 26, 2020
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How to Survive a Life Like Yours: Why Self-Help Is Only Some Help

How to Survive a Life Like Yours

Why Self-Help Is Only Some Help

Mar 21, 2020
Why do self-help books sell so well? Because we know how much wisdom we need, and we’re looking in all the wrong pages.
Samuel James
Mar 21, 2020
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Constantly (Dis)connected: How Online Habits Form Us

Constantly (Dis)connected

How Online Habits Form Us

Aug 28, 2019
Our habits online form us in ways we often don’t realize. If we’re going to love God and neighbor in our digital age, we desperately need analog truth.
Samuel James
Aug 28, 2019
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He Made Me Lean on Him: Four Tips for Your Twenties

He Made Me Lean on Him

Four Tips for Your Twenties

Feb 16, 2019
Most of us are blindsided by the harshness of reality in our twenties. Fill your soul with God now so that you’re not devastated when life comes.
Samuel James
Feb 16, 2019
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What Netflix Cannot Give — and Death Cannot Take

What Netflix Cannot Give — and Death Cannot Take

Oct 16, 2018
Joy is not a participation trophy in the Christian life. It is a prize to be won, an animal to be caught, a treasure we sacrifice whatever necessary to have.
Samuel James
Oct 16, 2018
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How to Leave Porn Behind

How to Leave Porn Behind

Jul 14, 2018
Christian men are fighting a losing battle with pornography because they are trying to remove the sin without adopting a radical lifestyle of repentance.
Samuel James
Jul 14, 2018

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