Benjamin Myers

Justice, Unity, and the Hidden Christ

Theology

“Tan argues that the church must be embodied sacramentally as a 'public' in its own right--not a chaplain to society, but a wholesale alternative vision of society. Only within the context of such an alternative social order can projects of justice become meaningful Christian witness. This is an important and timely contribution to a theology of culture, and a provocative reassessment of the relation between word and deed in Christian witness.”

Paddling by the Shore

Preaching & Worship

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Providence Made Flesh

Theology

“Through wide-ranging engagements with biblical exegesis and historical theology, Terry Wright argues for a reconstructed doctrine of providence: a doctrine no longer based on causal or mechanistic notions, but centered on Jesus Christ as the embodiment of God's faithful presence in the world. This book thus opens the way to a revitalized--and properly theological--understanding of providence, in which the man Jesus is the agent of God's sovereign faithfulness: "providence made flesh".”

Retrieving Doctrine

Theology

“Oliver Crisp argues here for the ongoing vitality of several diverse Reformed traditions. Yet as this book shows, 'traditional' thinking need not be dry or unimaginative. Indeed, the real energy of Crisp's writing lies in its restrained speculative impulse. He is drawn to the curious, untidy edges of Reformed tradition, the unexplored (or largely forgotten) tensions and problems which the tradition has produced. In the midst of these tensions, Crisp finds new possibilities for contemporary theology. Even where he disagrees with a thinker from the past, his engagement is marked by a friendly attentiveness and a commitment to the ongoing promise of Reformed dogmatics.”

Rudolf Bultmann

Theology

“In these pages, Bultmann stands before us as a difficult but compelling figure, a Christian thinker who took the eschatological vision of the New Testament as his charter and pursued its course with extraordinary tenacity and fearlessness. Congdon sets Bultmann's thought into critical discussion with contemporary theology, posing sharp challenges to our current preferences for ressourcement and the rule of faith. And he saves the best till last. The book ends with a superb meditation on Bultmann's Christmas sermons--a glimpse of Bultmann at his most attractive, or most seductive, depending on where you stand.”

Someday, Somewhere

Arts & Literature

“Too few American poets today follow in the line of Frost. David Jennings does so confidently and ably. Grounded in the natural world as seen at a walking pace, these poems are both hospitable and thoughtful. This book offers close observation and folk wisdom that will appeal even to the poetry adverse. Here is a welcome voice in the revival of form and meter.”

Spiritual Friendship

Marriage, Family & Relationships

“With disarming frankness, Wesley Hill charts the loss of friendship from our world and mounts a compelling case for its recovery as a communally celebrated form of Christian love. Hill’s is a voice that needs to be heard. His book is a powerful challenge to the contemporary church as well as a profound meditation on the difficult, wonderful, risky business of loving and being loved.”

The Characteristic Theology of Herman Melville

Theology

“That great sea monster of a novel, Moby-Dick, has alternatively been celebrated as a product of good Protestant theology and as a work of anti-Christian blasphemy. Melville himself called it a 'wicked book.' In this expansive reassessment of Melville's career, we meet an author who passes through the theological nihilism of Moby-Dick to forge an aesthetics of subjectivity. This is a bold, provocative, sometimes disturbing book, important for students of literature, philosophy, and theology.”

The Poignant Years

Arts & Literature

“These poems don't just recount the past; they re-inhabit it. With one foot in the literary tradition and one foot in folk art, Robinson recounts neighborhood bike rides, elder relatives, and, eventually, the native son's return home. The WWII years are lovingly revisited in these pages. Maybe 'you can't go home again,' but Skip Robinson's imagination can take you a good distance along the way.”

The Silence That Answers Back

Arts & Literature

“Brief and intense, the poems in The Silence that Answers Back are each an experiment in the way that all good poetry is experimental. They are soil samples of the soul, concentrated and exploratory. They are each a finger feeling in the dark for the little threads that connect the psyche to external reality.”

Your Twenty-First Century Prayer Life

Arts & Literature

“Nathaniel Hansen’s prayer life is all of our prayer lives elevated to art: cross-pressured, halting, urgent. These poems achieve intimacy with the transcendent by never taking it for granted. They approach God through a poetics of waiting, of openness, of not not-yet-but-soon. These poems are firmly grounded in the physical world even while reaching toward sacred time. Hansen is the faithful but honest Christian poet we need in this secular age.”