Send to Kindle

CrossReads Short Takes

Albatross: Faith, Science, and the Future

by C. W. Steinle

Beneath two skies, humanity stands at a crossroads.
One sky is filled with prophecy—the thunder of sermons, the timelines of end-times teachers, the conviction that history is running out of time. The other sky is filled with rockets, telescopes, and scientific wonder—a universe expanding faster than we can imagine, waiting to be explored.

For centuries, these skies have seemed to collide: faith warning that the world will soon end, science dreaming of the centuries and civilizations ahead. Many believers feel torn between prophecy and progress. Many skeptics assume Christianity fears the future. And countless people—Christian and non-Christian alike—carry the weight of this tension like an albatross across their shoulders.

Albatross: Faith, Science, and the Future invites readers into a bold, hopeful vision for the twenty-first century and beyond. It confronts the fear and fatalism that have often haunted modern Christianity and asks:

• Can faith bless human discovery instead of fearing it?
• Can prophecy offer hope without demanding panic?
• Can science and spirituality walk together into the future rather than apart?

Drawing on history, theology, ethics, and the wonder of scientific exploration, Albatross offers a Christianity big enough for both galaxies and grace—a faith that celebrates human curiosity as part of God’s design rather than a threat to it.

Whether you are a Christian longing for a faith that embraces progress, a skeptic curious about spirituality’s place in the modern world, or simply a reader hungry for thoughtful, hope-filled perspectives on humanity’s future, Albatross invites you to imagine what might happen if faith shed its fears, lifted its eyes, and walked forward beneath two skies finally reconciled.

Part history, part theology, part inspiration, this book will help readers see prophecy not as a weight of doom but as a horizon of promise, freeing both faith and science to serve the flourishing of the world—and perhaps the worlds beyond.

When GOD Is Silent

A 30-Day Devotional

(30-Day Devotionals)

by DC Robertsson

What do you do when heaven goes quiet?

When your prayers echo back with no reply… when the Scriptures feel cold… when God, who once felt near, now feels hidden—what then?

When God Is Silent is a 30-day devotional for those walking through spiritual stillness. With gritty honesty and unwavering hope, D.C. Robertsson guides you through the dark nights of the soul, where God’s silence is not His absence, and His delays are not His denials. Each devotional offers rich biblical reflection, drawing from Job, David, Elijah, and Jesus Himself—men who heard nothing but still held on.

This book doesn’t offer cliché answers or quick fixes. Instead, it offers something better: a deeper trust in the God who speaks, even when He says nothing.

Whether you’re enduring unanswered prayers, enduring long seasons of suffering, or simply wondering where God is, this devotional will help you discover what silence reveals—and what kind of faith survives it.