Donald M. Fairbairn

Christian Orthodoxy in the Second Century

History & Biography

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Delighting in the Trinity

Theology

“The Trinity is often regarded as an esoteric and intimidating doctrine, over the heads of rank-and-file Christians. What are laypeople and students to make of the theologians' unfathomable utterances about how the Father, Son and Spirit constitute one God? The answer: Start by reading this book. Michael Reeves unpacks the significance of the Trinity for Christian life with a straight-shooting, conversational style honed by years of student ministry. But don't let the panache fool you. There is substance here that outweighs that of books much harder to understand. Read this book. Look up all the Bible passages it quotes. Let the Spirit use it to help you to see the Scriptures—and most of all, to see God the Trinity—in a new way. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”

Evangelicals and the Early Church

History & Biography

“Why should evangelicals be concerned about the post-New Testament church? This volume addresses this fundamental question in several ways: by probing the reasons why earlier evangelicals focused on the church fathers, by examining some of the pitfalls of relying on the patristic period, and by reflecting in detail on the relation between Scripture, the church fathers, and evangelical identity. This book offers a rich and varied exploration of the value of patristic studies for twenty-first-century evangelicalism. It is a pleasure to recommend it.”

Factors Behind the Ukrainian Evangelical Missionary Surge from 1989 to 1999

Evangelism & Missions

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Getting to Know the Church Fathers

Theology

“If you are an American evangelical who is curious about the strange world of the early church, this book is just what you need. Litfin is a comforting and reliable guide through territory that is so unfamiliar. But this book will do more than allay your suspicions. The church fathers have much to teach us about Christianity, and Litfin's honest and probing discussions will help you think through your own faith in light of the grand narrative of the early Christian past.”

Life in the Son

Theology

“Many Protestants are familiar with the one-anotherness of the Christian faith; we are called to a life of selfless love for one another in Christ's body, the church. But few are aware that the one-anotherness between believers is based on something even more fundamental, the fact that the Father and Son are eternally in one another and that we as Christians are in the Father and the Son. Bowsher's illuminating research expertly explores the contours of in-one-anotherness between God and believers in the Johannine writings of the New Testament. His book is eye-opening, faith-enriching, and heart-warming; it will affect every aspect of your relationship with God and with his people. I recommend it enthusiastically.”

The Incarnation of God

Theology

“Clark and Johnson clearly and eloquently lay out the significance of the incarnation as the centerpiece of Christian theology. Their fascinating reflections on the relation of the incarnation to other aspects of Christian faith introduce us to depths of truth that most Christians have never dreamed of, let alone explored. Their exposition grows out of the rich tradition of Christian reflection on the incarnation, and it is a joy to see my hero Athanasius and my late mentor T. F. Torrance figure so prominently in these pages. It is a pleasure to recommend this book.”

The Story of the Trinity

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

The Victory of the Cross

Theology

“For readers interested in the way the Eastern Church has understood the patristic heritage, and even more, in the way that heritage shapes the lives of Orthodox believers, this book is a must. Relying on patristic and modern Eastern theological sources and especially on the Orthodox liturgical services that the faithful hear throughout their lives, Payton sure-footedly guides Western readers along the path of Christian life as Orthodoxy understands it. There is much to ponder in this slim but packed volume. I recommend it with pleasure!”

Theologizing Place in Displacement

Theology

“Elliott writes with compassion and heart-rending empathy as he tells the story of displaced persons within the faraway regions of the Republic of Georgia. His work is very useful for (among others) Western Christians ministering among refugees and other displaced persons in the Eastern Christian world. We need to remember not only that displacement is a much more severe problem to someone with an Eastern mindset than it might be to a Westerner, but also that Eastern Christendom provides means of coping with displacement that we Westerners would never think of, means from which we too might need to learn.”

Triadosis: Union with the Triune God

Theology

“Borysov’s book adeptly summarizes recent work on patristics, Reformation studies, and modern Eastern Orthodoxy in order to provide guidance for our understanding of Paul’s concept of theosis or deification. His fresh analysis and his new term, triadosis, beautifully capture the most fruitful strand of thought on deification: human beings are meant to share in the relational life that characterizes the Father, Son, and Spirit. I recommend this book enthusiastically.”

Triune Relationality

Apologetics

“Most Western Christians are unaware that Christianity predates Islam on the Arabian peninsula, that Christians interacted intellectually with Arabs in the centuries after the rise of Islam, that much of this interaction consisted of discussions about the Trinity, and that Christians in the region even adopted Arabic as their spoken and written language. For modern Christians interacting with Muslims today, the history of the early interchanges between the two faiths is crucially important. Furthermore, modern Christians who seek to articulate the doctrine of the Trinity in a world that regards it as nonsense would do well to draw on the riches of early Arab Christian writing on this most central doctrine of our faith, in response to their neighbors who also thought this doctrine was illogical. For both sets of modern readers, this book provides a great service as it describes the Christian understanding of God, who is intrinsically and eternally relational, in contrast to the Muslim conception of Allah as merely contingently relational.”

What Is My Calling?

Christian Living

“In an age when many Christians think of ‘calling’ in a mysterious, individualistic, and job-oriented way, Klein and Steiner bring us back to the essence of biblical calling—believers are called in Christ to be the people of God and to live accordingly before the Lord and in community with one another. Returning to this central sense of calling can be refreshing, life enhancing, and transformative for Christians who struggle with confusion or even the fear that they have missed God’s calling for their lives. I heartily recommend this book.”