John Buchanan
Preaching & Worship
“Savor the tasty morsels in this book! David Davis combines solid biblical and theological scholarship with wise observations about contemporary life. The result is a compelling and accessible contribution for the journey from Advent to Easter for preachers, congregations, and any who wonder what Christian faith is about. I plan to read it again, a chapter at a time, to ponder, taste, and savor.”
Christian Living
“George Stroup's important book addresses the 'eclipse of God' as the cultural milieu in which contemporary believers live and preachers try to preach. Stroup knows church people and writes with clarity and power. He also knows the academic tradition in which classic theology is constructed. This book is a happy and very relevant congruence, and it will prove a most valuable resource for all of us — preachers, thoughtful laypersons, and seekers.”
Philosophy
“In Both One and Many, contributing editor Oliver Griebel has assembled a fascinating anthology of essays. These explorations focus on how spiritual and religious systems tend to concentrate on either a One, be it God or some other Ultimate, or on a plurality or multiplicity as the fundamental reality—and show why both One and Many are necessary to do justice to the full complexity of our universe.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Running through this book is a critical and endangered notion of the 'common good.' Gamwell dares to propose that there is such a thing and that Christian faith 'has a vision for the human community at odds with alternate visions in the culture.' It is a vision of inclusivity that is contrary to the ideological divide that polarizes everything and erupts in culture wars. It is a vision that rests not on what divides us but the possibility of common ground on which we might actually stand together.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Douglas Brouwer is a fine writer and a compelling storyteller who, with disarming honesty, provides an intimate look at the unique life of a pastor. At the same time, with a light touch and winsome self-deprecation, he invites us into his own one and only life. He falls in love with the church, then falls out of love, and finally falls back in love, this time with no illusions, grateful for ‘holy bits’ and moments of grace. Chasing after Wind is a deeply satisfying read and I recommend it highly.”
Christianity for the Rest of Us
Church Leadership & Ministry
“I have been waiting for someone to write a book about the faithful witness and creative energy of mainline churches and congregations. Diana Butler Bass has done it. Thanks be to God.”
Bible Studies & Devotionals
“This book is a treasure. . . . Shepherd's poems and meditations will be a valuable resource for preachers searching for creative ways to tell a beloved story everyone knows, and a gift to all of us who look forward to Advent and Christmas every year.”
Christian Living
“A wise mentor once told me that, apart from a theology of vocation, being a pastor is the best job in the world. In any given week, a pastor is a scholar, author, teacher, counselor, entrepreneur, and manager of a small business. In addition, people invite a pastor into the most sacred, joyful, and intimate spaces and times in life. In this fascinating and beautifully written book, Craig Barnes, employing a creative format, lovingly reveals the challenges and privileged blessings of the pastoral vocation. I found myself nodding in recognition at his insights on the loss of Saturday night, doing a wedding for a nonbeliever, and the Vows section of the Sunday New York Times being surprisingly short on traditional church weddings presided over by a pastor. I smiled as well at his description of the Blessed Church Lady and the congregant who, during the greeting after worship, suggested that he find a new barber. Craig Barnes loves being a pastor and finds surprising grace even in ordinary ecclesiastical minutiae. I couldn’t put the book down.”
Faces By the Wayside—Persons Who Encountered Jesus on the Road
Bible Studies & Devotionals
“Insightful and eloquent writer J. Barrie Shepherd has engaged us for years with poignant meditations and poetry. Faces by the Wayside, written from the perspective of ancient pilgrims, speaks to all of us who are seeking a relationship with Jesus Christ, and joins Shepherd's other works, Faces at the Manger and Faces at the Cross, to form a trilogy of imaginative meditations.”
History & Biography
“This is a fascinating book about one of the most important preachers of the last century. G. Campbell Morgan had an amazing life and a very effective ministry. In the Shadow of Grace will inform, inspire, and powerfully encourage those who stand in the pulpits of the land on Sunday morning.”
Karl Barth's Emergency Homiletic, 1932-1933
Theology
“The question haunts us. How would I have responded to the rise of Nazism? Angela Dienhart Hancock, with careful scholarship and thorough research, examines the thinking of the dominant theologian of the twentieth century as National Socialism emerged around him. . . . Karl Barth's Emergency Homiletic is an ambitious, timely, and very important project.”
Meeting Jesus the Christ Again
Theology
“Chesnut's personal intellectual and spiritual journey lands in a place our culture and the church desperately need. He calls it a 'Conservative Progressive Faith' that takes seriously the honest questions people have about Christianity and also the rigorous social and political challenges that confront anyone who aspires to follow Jesus Christ in the world. . . . This book is not only fascinating but a sheer delight to read.”
Preaching & Worship
“Reading is the necessary backdrop to relevant twenty-first-century preaching. There is no shortcut or substitute. When the gospel and the preacher's personal faith and experience are informed by wide, disciplined, varied, and sustained reading, lively and compelling sermons will be the result. Cornelius Plantinga, an avid and creative reader himself, provides the community of preachers with a very valuable resource and the impetus for all of us to read, read, read.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“The words are as familiar as any in the language, prayed every day for two thousand years, in gorgeous liturgy, uttered by frightened men and women facing danger, offered at weddings and funer- als and by the bedsides of seriously ill patients, whispered before sleep, and commented on by biblical scholars and theologians in every age. Clifton Black has written a consummate and comprehen- sive, scholarly but accessible book, helpfully placing the Prayer in the context of the Greco-Roman world and the spiritual traditions of first-century Judaism. If you have only one book on the Lord’s Prayer, this should be it—an invaluable resource for thoughtful readers, seekers, and preachers and teachers alike.”
The Spiritual Lives of Dying People
Counseling, Grief & Mental Health
“No topic has occupied the human spirit, mind, and imagination more than the end of life. Poets, philosophers, and theologians have all pondered and explored the mystery. This good book brings real-life stories of real-life people who have confronted their own mortality with courage and creativity. John Mulder and Paul Scaglione tell these stories out of their own lives of scholarship, teaching, experience, and faith.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“People and preachers love Luke — the powerful narrative, unforgettable parables, compelling personalities. González's fresh, new resource brings to the familiar words a scholar's insight and a historian's perspective. . . . A highly readable and accessible book that will engage the mind and feed the spirit.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
Being Church, Becoming Community
Church Leadership & Ministry
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