Alan Jacobs
Biography
Alan Jacobs wrote The Narnian, Original Sin, and Wayfaring.
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A Compendious History of the Old and New Testament
History & Biography
“Hazard's Compendium is one of the more curious and delightful of the attempts, frequent in the first centuries of print, to render the Bible accessible and inspiring to new readers -- especially young readers. A. K. M. Adam has given us a wonderful gift in this new edition of a once-famous work.”
Preaching & Worship
“Advent is the most complex of the church’s seasons, with its remembrance of God’s former mercies and its looking forward in trust in God’s promises. Fleming Rutledge’s wonderful sermons on Advent are more than individual gems (though they are that): collectively they provide a rich and full exploration of the season in all its manifold moods and themes. This book is the perfect companion to the beginning of any church year.”
Theology
“Marilynne Robinson is perhaps the most vital of living American novelists. This collection contains essay after thoughtful essay exploring various facets of her complex and beautiful body of work. After reading them you feel that you have watched the assembling of a delightful portrait of this most theologically resonant of our writers.”
C. S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil
Philosophy
“Few people know Lewis as well as Jerry Root, and few ideas were more central to Lewis's thought than his critique of subjectivism. Particularly valuable in this study is Root's insistence that Lewis considered fiction and poetry as key venues for developing that critique and throughout his career saw literature as a tool of thought.”
History & Biography
“This is a deeply informed, fascinating account of the varying fortunes of C. S. Lewis's writings in America. Initial misunderstanding and mistrust give way to respect, and then to reverence, and ultimately to something not far from idolatry. Noll tells the tale vividly, and the responses from Johnson, Farney, and Black point out some vital implications of this history for Christians today. A welcome addition both to Lewis scholarship and contemporary Christian self-reflection.”
Theology
“Roger Lundin has assembled a stellar cast of Christian intellectuals to reflect on the difference that the lordship of Jesus Christ makes, or can make, to academic endeavors. Each contributor is deeply knowledgeable about the history of his or her discipline and brings theologically sophisticated analysis to bear on its possible futures. This is an indispensable resource for those who want to discern the most fruitful paths available for Christian intellectual life.”
Arts & Literature
“This is a superb book. Jeffrey and Maillet are skilled guides, equally well-versed in Scripture, Christian theology and literary history, and to travel in their company is to be delighted and instructed. None of the questions raised in this book deserve simple answers, least of all the initial one: 'What does Jesus Christ have to do with English literature?' And no simple answers will be found here, but rather a deep exploration, by turns sober and festive, of the possibilities that arise when Christian thought bears on great writing.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Alan Noble has written a concise and timely meditation on the conditions under which Christian witness may be pursued in our age and place. This book is real food for real thought.”
George MacDonald in the Age of Miracles
History & Biography
“It is hard to imagine a better pairing of author and subject than George MacDonald, one of the essential Victorians and one of the deepest of Christian writers, and Timothy Larsen, one of our very finest historians. This book is truly a joy to read.”
How to Use the Book of Common Prayer
Preaching & Worship
“The Book of Common Prayer is a rich resource for Christians who want to be more wisely prayerful, but its structure and organization may confuse novices. Samuel Bray and Drew Nathaniel Keane have provided a great service to anyone puzzled by the BCP—and to many longtime users like me. This book is a trove of wonders and a guide full of wisdom, and every serious user of the BCP should own it.”
Christian Living
“The letters that Brad East writes here are signed, ‘Yours in Christ, a fellow pilgrim,’ and that tells you most of what you need to know about this wonderful book. It’s a warmhearted, clear-sighted account of life ‘in Christ,’ not pronounced from on high, but narrated by someone a little farther along the Way than the young people it’s addressed to. This is a book to give to many of those pilgrims near the outset of their journey.”
Bible Studies & Devotionals
“A church year’s worth of biblical meditations by the great Fleming Rutledge? Yes, please! Rutledge is one of the best preachers of our time because of her relentless focus on the boundless grace made available to us in Jesus Christ. With a preacher’s heart, an incisive mind, and a lively theological imagination, she opens the gospel to us week by week. What a gift.”
Arts & Literature
“Mother of the Lamb is an extraordinary book: a scholarly detective story, a historical travelogue, a tracing of an image's persistent crossing of cultural boundaries, a spiritual meditation--and above all, an endlessly stimulating delight.”
Theology
“Contending with and learning from the witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose life is often thought to provide a Christian alternative to pacifism, Hauerwas deepens the account of Christian nonviolence he has been articulating for decades. His theology is strengthened and clarified by his encounter with the exemplary figure of Bonhoeffer.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“I have seen firsthand the wise and wonderful things Paul Gutacker and his wife, Paige, have done to build vibrant, thoughtful, worshipful community here on the banks of the Brazos. In Practicing Life Together Paul has harvested the fruit of his experience and is sharing it with the people of Jesus. For anyone who wants to take Christian community seriously, I can't think of a better guide than this one.”
Christian Living
“Andrew Wilson is a wise and witty guide through the eventful year 1776 (eventful in, as he shows, sometimes surprising ways). He convincingly demonstrates that we’re still living in the wake of that historical moment—and offers shrewd suggestions for how Christians might navigate those rough waters.”
“In Seasoned Speech, James Beitler gives us a deep and subtle meditation on the many rhetorics of Christian witness—the enormously varied ways that the language of extraordinary and ordinary saints bear forth the gospel. To read this book is to be impressed by the author's scholarship but still more by the love with which he explores the relationship between our words and the Word.”
Marriage, Family & Relationships
“This is a remarkable book. Drawing on a deep reservoir of biblical wisdom and theological imagination, Wesley Hill explores the possibilities for a truly Christian picture of friendship. And because this exploration requires him to think also about how his friendship both contributes to and differs from the fellowship that all Christians share, he makes here a significant contribution to the general theology of the church as well.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“when you see the problem, to despair. What’s hard is to look our sins right in the face and still bring a message of gospel hope. That’s what Isaac Adams does in this sober and strong, wise and practical book. May we all have ears to hear.”
The 1662 Book of Common Prayer—Pew Format
Preaching & Worship
“I think this is a beautiful project, and one that will be useful to churches and families that want to take advantage of the great beauty and theological power of the old prayer book, without being distracted by irrelevant or obscure language.”
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