Carl R. Trueman

The Life We Never Expected

Christian Living

“This is a sweet and touching book—a testimony of parents’ love for their special, vulnerable children, and an extended meditation on the nature of the suffering that is part of the Christian life. Andrew and Rachel write with frank honesty and a sensitivity to biblical teaching about the expectations for life in a fallen world. I hope this little book will bring wise comfort to other parents facing similar challenges.”

The Meaning of Singleness

Theology

“This is a welcome study of singleness in the church from a theological, indeed an eschatological perspective. Singleness is a growing issue in society at large and the church in particular, and here we have a solid theological foundation upon which to build pastoral thinking and practice. In particular, Dr. Treweek's treatment of celibacy is a welcome antidote to the valorization of that idea in the current penchant among some Christians to allow the categories of modern sexual politics to set the terms for Christian thinking.”

The Message of the Old Testament

Christian Living

“In a day of worrisome biblical illiteracy, even among Christians, there is a pressing need for books that give the big picture and provide sure-footed guides for negotiating the Bible’s vast and subtle territory. To produce such a book is no easy task, yet that is what Dever has done. Forged in the furnace of weekly expository preaching and pastoral ministry, this book is a wonderful gift to the church that will, I am sure, be of great help in promoting deeper understanding of the message of the whole Bible, not just those parts with which readers are most familiar or comfortable. Buy two copies: one to keep, one to give to your pastor.”

The Nursery of the Holy Spirit

Preaching & Worship

“Many reasons are given for why children drift away from the church, but perhaps the most important--and least discussed--is the fact that parents do not teach them that church is important. And basic to that is making sure children are in the worship service and understand what is happening. Danny's little book will be a great help to parents and pastors as they reflect on how better to encourage little children to come to Christ.”

The Person of Christ

Theology

“Stephen Wellum distills years of reflection and scholarly writing on Christology into an easy-to-read form. In brief compass, he leads the reader through the biblical foundations for the doctrine of Christ’s person and work and then through the historical debates in which the language of Christological orthodoxy was forged and refined. There is deep material here, but Wellum has a gift for expressing even the most subtle of theological issues with clarity and conciseness.”

The Secret Providence of God

Theology

“Calvin's treatise on the secret providence of God shows the Reformer at his theological best and polemically most acute. Like Luther before him, he demonstrates why the doctrine of divine sovereignty lies at the very heart of the Reformation, and why the doctrine is of such singular doctrinal, pastoral, and ecclesiastical importance. It is to be hoped that this new edition will introduce a new generation to Calvin's thinking on this vital matter.”

The Story of Creeds and Confessions

Theology

“A fine guide to creeds and confessions and an engaging narrative of church history from the perspective of doctrinal development. Of special note is the material on the early church, which will help fuel and inform current Protestant interest in the patristic discussions of the doctrines of God and Christ.”

The Truth and Beauty

Arts & Literature

“stuff” that simply do not satisfy the intrinsic human craving for meaning and transcendence. Even the church can too often be driven by prosaic consumerism and not by the great mysteries of life. This is, strange to tell, where some of the great giants of English literature, especially the Romantics, can help us. They may not have offered the right answers, but they did grasp something of the mystery of existence. In this book, Andrew Klavan uses these great writers as foils for discussing the deeper questions of life, questions which he shows are answered only in Christ. For those who love both Christ and great literature, as Andrew Klavan clearly does, this book is a delight and a means to that most important of things: the reenchantment of our world.”

The Water and the Blood

Christian Living

“One major problem in the Christian ecclesiastical imagination is that somehow we ‘do’ church. That is both incorrect and harmful, but it plays well in a world where individuals consider their lives to be those of free self-construction and thus worship to be a matter of spontaneity and human creativity. Of the many ways of exposing and correcting this faulty vision, Kevin Emmert offers one of the most powerful: reflection on the sacraments not as things we ‘do’ but as gifts from God by which he binds us to himself. Evangelical neglect of the sacraments has taken a heavy toll on church life and has fueled our inability to resist the siren call of expressivism. This book teaches pastors and laypeople that a large part of the answer to this complicated problem lies in the simplicity of sacramental practice.”

The Westminster Confession of Faith and the Cessation of Special Revelation

Theology

“Connecting the past to the present is always a difficult but necessary task for the responsible Christian theologian. Dr. Milne's work is a good example of how modern questions can be sensitively engaged in a manner which gives due respect to the great formulations of the past without either imposing Procrustean criteria on such historic discussions or simply historicizing such to the point of irrelevance.”

The Wittenberg Concord

History & Biography

“If Lutheran and Reformed churches are ever to engage in truly fruitful ecumenical dialogue, then differences over the Lord’s Supper need to be directly and honestly addressed. Can history help here? The Marburg Colloquy, where Luther and Zwingli clashed so bitterly, casts a long shadow and seems to represent a dead-end for dialogue; but it was not the only time the Lutherans and the Reformed discussed the matter. Yet there is more to the history of the debate than that unfortunate clash. The less well-known Wittenberg Concord of 1536 is a key moment in ecumenical history and, while certainly not the result of easy or straightforward discussion, provides a basis for thinking about the matter of the Eucharist in a way which prioritized purpose over presence, sought to overcome the division and points back to earlier, less controversial emphases in Luther's own Reformation thinking on the sacraments. Professor Jensen’s work thus makes important contributions both to our understanding of the Lord’s Supper in the Reformation and to potential ecumenical discussions today.”

Theologians You Should Know

Theology

“Michael Reeves helps readers engage with great Christian thinkers of the past in a critical and appreciative manner. The educated layperson and the thoughtful church leader will find themselves informed and edified by this book.”

UnCorinthian Leadership

Church Leadership & Ministry

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Warfield on the Christian Life

Christian Living

“B. B. Warfield looms large in the Protestant imagination as a theologian, one of the giants in the land. What is less well known are the details and dynamics of his own approach to the Christian life. Fred Zaspel has already written a substantial volume on Warfield as theologian; now he opens up for us the world of Warfield’s practical Christianity. Once again, fans of the great Princetonian are in for a treat, and are deeply and delightfully in debt to Dr. Zaspel.”

Wesley on the Christian Life

Christian Living

“Whether one is an admirer or a critic, all must concede that the life and thought of John Wesley have had a decisive effect on later evangelical Protestantism. Yet few of us know much about his understanding of the Christian life beyond the rather vague terms often applied to his thought, Arminianism and perfectionism. Thus, even a hard-hearted Calvinist like myself feels a debt of gratitude to Fred Sanders for this delightful, readable, learned, accessible, and sympathetic treatment of the Methodist patriarch’s thinking on what it means to live as a Christian. A most lovely addition to a very fine series.”

What Happens After I Die?

Christian Living

“Death is the great modern taboo, the thing which we all fear more than anything else and yet which is rarely mentioned, even in Christian circles. It is thus useful to have available a helpful book on the topic. Michael Rogers here addresses the issue head on with theological care and pastoral concern. This is a thoughtful and sensitive exploration of questions surrounding the afterlife and will repay the time spent reading it. Highly recommended.”

What Is the Literal Sense?

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

With All Your Heart

Christian Living

“Protestant theology often falls into one of two categories—an emphasis on doctrine that tends to overlook the concomitant experience, which thereby risks being vulnerable to the oxymoronic accusation of ‘dead’ orthodoxy, or an emphasis on experience, which downplays doctrine and risks being vulnerable to the accusation of being nothing more than subjective ‘enthusiasm.’ And if many of us are honest, we struggle to know how to balance our teaching and thinking to avoid these pitfalls. That is why this book is so welcome: drawing on many years of pastoral experience and demonstrating both the passion for truth and the passion for the Christian life that has always characterized the best Christian teachers, Craig Troxel presents a delightful account of the Christian faith from the perspective of the Christian heart. This is a book that teaches both by precept and example.”