Eugene H. Peterson

Arts & Literature

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Most of our Bible originated in acts of storytelling, but somewhere along the line many of us lose the story line and end up with a file drawer full of doctrines and dates and study notes. But God, in his Scriptures, is first of all a storyteller, elaborating the plot of his saving ways among us and pulling our stories into The Story. Karen Lee-Thorp recovers the story for us.”

Taking Your Soul to Work

Work, Money & Leadership

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Talking the Walk

Theology

“Words, all words, are holy: ‘God said… and it was so’ and ‘The Word was made flesh’ are the foundation pillars of language. But these world-making words and salvation-shaping words are also vulnerable to corruption. Christians have an enormous stake in purifying the language, in maintaining the accuracy of words on which so much depends. Marva Dawn in Talking the Walk keeps us alert and thoughtful lest we inadvertently use God’s words to tell the Devil’s lies.”

The Broken Way

Christian Living

“Ann Voskamp is convincing that there is nothing broken that cannot be restored by making the living Christ present. She provides a stunningly fresh treatment of a subject so often littered with clichés. My favorite phrase is, “Fight back the dark with doxology . . . doxology can detox the day.”

The Cultivated Life

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

The Fire of the Word

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“A huge abyss yawns between how much we know (or don't) about the Bible and how thoroughly we live it. Getting across that abyss is a major challenge to the Christian community. Christopher Webb wrote this book to serve as a kind of suspension bridge from knowing the Bible to living the Bible. He does it by telling stories of the people who live it, by living it himself and by using language that is energetically alive. Walk across this bridge and experience the sheer livability of the Bible.”

The Glory of Preaching

Preaching & Worship

“Pastors get asked to do many things, but there is 'one thing needful'--preaching. Lest the 'one thing' get buried in the frenzy of multitasking, we need continual reaffirmation of the 'one thing' that as both glory and mystery anchors our vocation. Welcome Darrell Johnson as a serious and joyous preaching companion. All of us working pastors need a preacher like him in our life.”

The House of DunRaven

Fiction

“Sometimes a book of fiction reveals the truth more than a set of facts. Benjamin Story, the primary character in the novel, is adopted. When his mother dies and his father disappears, a story develops that is certain to expand your understanding of the world of adoption. Prepare to be both inspired and entertained.”

The Intrusive Word

Preaching & Worship

“Willimon on preaching is the freshest voice in the country right now. He brings the act of preaching to center stage again as miracle and mystery, gospel miracle and holy mystery, and rebukes our faithless dabbling in the technology of communications.”

The Kings and Their Gods

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Stunning. Irreverent. Incisive. This bold Berrigan midrash on the books of Kings brings the American way into prophetic biblical focus. Won't we ever learn? But with Dan Berrigan among us, we are not without a witness.”

The Leadership Ellipse

Work, Money & Leadership

Foreword

“[Bob Fryling's] message is two-pronged: you can't be a Christian activist without being contemplative; you can't be a Christian contemplative without being an activist. With winsome accuracy he has joined two ways of life that are often 'put asunder.' It strikes me as a remarkable achievement. "This is not a book of advice on how to do it; it is more like a personal journal of a Christian leader who has spent his life being a competent leader and a thoughtful Christian.”

The Pastor as Public Theologian

Theology

“This is a timely, more than timely--urgent--book. Kevin Vanhoozer, one of our leading theologians, protests the 'putting asunder' of theology by American pastors. A 'great chasm' has opened up as pastors, more often than not, abandon their vocations as theologians in their congregations for careers in which the secular culture calls all the shots. It was not always this way. Vanhoozer and Strachan skillfully fashion insight and discernment to bring us back to what the church ordained us to do.”

The Preacher as Liturgical Artist

Preaching & Worship

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

The Sacredness of Questioning Everything

“David Dark is my favorite critic of the people’s culture of America and the Christian faith. He brings a deep sense of reverence to every book he reads, every song he hears, every movie he sees, but it is a discerning reverence—attentive to truth and Jesus wherever he comes on them. He is also a reliable lie detector. And not a dull sentence in the book.”

The Sense of the Call

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Inch by inch, row by row . . . Marva Dawn patiently (but not complacently!) works in the garden of God, this planting of sinner-saints in which we live and grow. She waters and weeds, cultivating holy and wise lives. She works at the center, where Jesus is at work with us. There is not a trivial or superfluous word in this book. Dawn is insistent and winsome — an American prophet.”

The Shape of Practical Theology

Theology

“Theology lives; it really does. Ray Anderson persuades and convinces us. He takes us on--pastors and teachers are his target--insisting that until theology lives in us, in our words and actions and prayers, it cannot rightly be called theology. He boldly gathers the large and complex world of Christian ministry and shows how it becomes a lived response to the Holy Spirit's action among us.”

The Singer

Fiction

“The Singer was my first Calvin Miller book. I was hooked. Each page seemed to explode with a fresh combination of poetic energy and gospel aliveness. Every book I've read since (and I think I've read them all) deepens my appreciation.”