Christopher Benson

Church in Crisis

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Research Professor of Christian Ethics Duke University ''When many Christians have lost their manners--and then some--in the debate on homosexuality, Church in Crisis delivers sophisticated etiquette for moral deliberation. O'Donovan gently but firmly disabuses the Christian of two hermeneutic pitfalls: liberals conform Scripture to their own moral enlightenment, which thinly veils the cultural pieties of the day, and conservatives suppress dissent and discussion because of their fossilized interpretations of Scripture, which substitutes an unreflective biblicism for the living authority of God's Word. Both sides are eager to throw in the towel. Liberals want to advance the church while conservatives want to preserve the church. O'Donovan exposes the seduction of schism for what it is and counsels patience--ever more patience.'”

Good News for Anxious Christians, expanded ed.

Christian Living

“Addressed to shepherds and their flocks, Good News for Anxious Christians features the admonishing, teaching, and comforting voice of a Christ-haunted philosophy professor. . . . The gospel, Cary argues, gives us permission to ignore anxiety-producing techniques because Christ is enough, period.”