Justin Ariel Bailey

Becoming by Beholding

Christian Living

“The ‘attention economy’ is exhausting. Overstimulated, we fall captive to fear, cynicism, and despair. In this book, Lanta Davis offers a way of escape—not from reality, but to it. With the wisdom of a master guide, she takes us on a pilgrimage, excavating the riches of the Christian imaginative tradition. The journey is illuminating and surprising, marked by encounters with holiness, the only thing that can heal the eyes of the heart.”

Calvinism for a Secular Age

Theology

“I have felt ambivalent about Kuyper's Stone Lectures since I first encountered them. The world and life vision set forth in the lectures are vital to my theological outlook. But Kuyper's racist asides trouble me deeply, especially when set against tragic appropriations by later interpreters. Calvinism for a Secular Age thus offers a welcome tonic, amplifying my gratitude and acknowledging my grief, making it an essential companion to Kuyper's lectures. It clarifies his aims, complicates his legacy, and challenges his flaws. When necessary, it moves forward by reading Kuyper against himself. Most importantly, it continues Kuyper's project, offering a generative and generous vision for all of life, one sorely needed in our secular age.”

Church Beautiful

Arts & Literature

“In this luminous book, Katie Kresser names the ache beneath our spiritual emptiness and offers beauty as both diagnosis and cure. With compassion and seasoned aesthetic insight, she deftly weaves cultural criticism and devotional theology into a compelling vision for souls wounded by the fractures of our age. This book boldly invites the church to inhabit the beauty of holiness in sensory and specific ways, making Jesus visible in every time and place.”

Every Body's Story

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“are we embodying? And what could it look like for us to tell the story of God’s suffering, faithful love in a ruptured world?”

In Your Light We See Light

Theology

“Like the apostle, Paul Uyen is not content to explain the theology of illumination. He writes to help us feel the light that has set his own heart on fire. Here is an exercise in Reformed catholicity that stretches mind and heart, a work of theological retrieval that revives the soul.”

Seeing Right

“aesthetic experience: the cultivation of common sentiment through material culture and formative practice. For anyone who has listened to K-Love or filled shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, Fallin’s book is a fascinating exploration of how evangelicals are oriented to sense and survey the world. Fallin is incisive but not reductive, discerning but not dismissive. He invites all Christians to consider how we are shaped to love what we love and how we are shaped to show it.”

Sense of the Possible

Theology

“Amidst the wonderful resurgence of interest in theology and the arts, we may be tempted to think that the imagination is the province of poets, painters, and other professional ‘creatives.’ But Keefe-Perry shows how all of us are called to nurture imagination: interpreting the world, inhabiting possibility, and even encountering the divine. Accessibly distilling the wisdom of many voices with analytic clarity and pastoral skill, Keefe-Perry offers a discerning account of how our hearts can be captivated and liberated.”

The Augustine Way

World Religions

“In contemporary times, it is easy to associate apologetics with winning rather than witnessing, where apologetic training becomes an exercise in controlling the conversation. Chatraw and Allen show us a more excellent way: a nonanxious posture of persuasion that is critical and constructive, intellectual and imaginative, humble and hopeful. This accessible retrieval of an Augustinian apologetic calls us to recenter the local congregation and to renew the polluted cultural ecosystems where we live.”

The Augustine Way

World Religions

“In contemporary times, it is easy to associate apologetics with winning rather than witnessing, where apologetic training becomes an exercise in controlling the conversation. Chatraw and Allen show us a more excellent way: a nonanxious posture of persuasion that is critical and constructive, intellectual and imaginative, humble and hopeful. This accessible retrieval of an Augustinian apologetic calls us to recenter the local congregation and to renew the polluted cultural ecosystems where we live.”

The Gospel After Christendom

Apologetics

“Cultural apologetics is not new; it retrieves a historic, holistic, and hopeful approach to Christian witness. This volume helps us reckon with the cross-pressures of our secular age, its apathy and activism, hubris and despair. These authors show us how to listen more carefully and testify more convincingly to the beauty, goodness, and truth that is found in Christ alone.”

What Is Beauty?

Philosophy

“What do we mean when we say that humans crave beauty? What makes a work of art worthy of our attention? Are all of us meant to be artists, or is this a particular vocation? Dennis P. Bray guides readers through complex terrain without unnecessary detours, engaging aesthetic questions with charity and clarity. Drawing on biblical theology, philosophy, and real-life examples, he invites readers not only to appreciate beauty but to shape a beautiful life. This volume is accessible and illuminating, and for many readers, liberating.”