Karen Swallow Prior
Arts & Literature
“Steeped in Stories is a timely exploration of timeless classics, clear-eyed about cultural blind spots, yet still enchanted by the wisdom, beauty, and wonder of these marvelous stories. This is one of the most brilliant guides to children's literature I've read.”
Christian Living
“So much of the beauty of Christianity is in its paradoxes, the marvelous mysteries that form the center of our faith: the Word made flesh, God become human, law fulfilled by grace, death conquered by death once and for all. With beauty and elegance, Jen Pollock Michel reveals and revels in the mysteries of a faith that cannot be contained by human categories or understanding but beckons us to embrace its certainties and its wonders alike.”
History & Biography
“Tables in the Wilderness illuminates the simple but essential truth that our place at God’s table is that of a welcome and beloved guest, being served a feast not of our design but for our delight.”
Talking Back to Purity Culture
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“As an educator of college students for more than three decades, I understand well the difficulties in helping young people sort through the mixed messages from both the church and the culture regarding sex. It is easy, in correcting the falsehoods of the world, to make errors in the opposite direction. Rachel Joy Welcher navigates these tensions scripturally, wisely, and compassionately—and does so within a wide range of topics of concern to people of all ages and all stages of life. Talking Back to Purity Culture is a book I will recommend over and over, not only to my students but to all who are striving toward a more holistic and biblical understanding of human sexuality in these times.”
History & Biography
“We are formed in community, and, as Kaitlyn Schiess shows in her remarkably deft historical account and analysis, that community shapes not only how we view politics but also how we read and apply the Bible to our politics. Whether you lean left or lean right, whether you come from a red state, blue state, or a purple one, if you are a Christian who seeks to apply biblical principles to your political thinking, you will find something instructive, challenging, and enlightening in this book.”
Christian Living
“The church is indeed in dark times. Understanding the factors that have grown this shadow over a long period of time, recognizing that these factors are not new to the church or the human condition, and seeing viable and compelling ways forward will illuminate even this much darkness. This is what Mike Cosper offers in these pages, bringing to bear his extensive work uncovering some of the most troubling moments in the American church, his deep and wide knowledge of art and culture, and, most important, his love of stories, Scripture, and the church.”
Theology
“This book is a glorious reminder of the fact that, as believers—no matter where, when, or under what conditions we live—we serve the King of all. Bruce Ashford and Heath Thomas remind us that God is King over creation, culture, politics, education, and our individual lives. Their robust theology seasoned with wise understanding makes me want to bow down before this King again and again and serve him better in all ways, in all my days.”
Christian Living
“Charlotte Donlon's words will reach places in your soul you didn't know existed and open parts of your heart you didn't know had been long closed. This isn't just a book about loneliness. It's a book about being human.”
Christian Living
“Whenever I am asked to recommend a volume that combines literary study with sound Christian teaching, I recommend Leland Ryken. His new collection of rich devotional literature will move to the top of my list of recommended works. The Heart in Pilgrimage is a treasury of wisdom and beauty to which readers will return again and again.”
Christian Living
“I am not a parent of children with special needs. In fact, I’m not a parent at all. Even so, I couldn’t put this book down. The Life We Never Expected is about so much more than parenting. It is about loss, lament, hope, humility, contentment, joy—and about finding God to be more than sufficient through it all.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Is the church today forming our political landscape or being formed by it? There is world of difference between the two. The Liturgy of Politics shows us how the modern church has come to get this relationship backward—and how we might set it right again. Well-founded, big-hearted, and wise, this is a book that could make a world of difference.”
Christian Living
“So often as Christians we carefully and responsibly plan our way but forget that it is the Lord who directs our steps. Sheridan Voysey’s reflection on the literal steps of his journey in search of the Lord’s direction is a beautiful, evocative reminder that our lives as Christian saints are part of an eternal community, one not merely of our own place and time, and of a much larger story, one not merely of our own making.”
World Religions
“With a historian’s attention to detail and a theologian’s love for both the biblical text and its context, Jennifer Powell McNutt brings to life the ‘forgotten’ Mary and, in so doing, reminds us that such figures in the Bible were living, breathing people of flesh and blood who have things to teach us today. This is a rich and provocative book that brings the larger biblical narrative to life again.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Christians are a people of the Word, yet we are formed more and more today by wanton, careless words. Those who will lead the church well will be those who are formed by good words—those who know the power words have over our hearts and minds. Those who read good books well will be such leaders. Pastors who read and live by the wisdom in this book will be changed, as will their ministries and the people to whom they minister. This book belongs on every pastor’s shelf.”
History & Biography
“Why is a pug so good? So a little girl ponders in the pages of her journal while her family rebuilds following an inexplicable and devastating loss. The answer to this simple but deeply theological question is unfolded through this riveting and delightful memoir, encompassing everything that really matters: faith, family, and the unfailing goodness of God in the midst of both suffering and joy.”
Christian Living
“Our imaginations will be formed by the stories we see ourselves in, and we see ourselves according to the stories we are most surrounded by. In these pages, Wilson serves as a good guide to good stories that can form our imaginations toward greater holiness and humanity.”
Christian Living
“Drawing upon a dazzling breadth of stories told through film, television, and literature, Mike Cosper examines—critically and charitably, wisely and generously—the culture-shaping power of stories and how all reflect in some way the grand story of creation, fall, and redemption. Skillfully and compellingly written, The Stories We Tell is essential reading for anyone consuming, engaging, or shaping the culture.”
Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“A good part of our modern malaise owes to our forgetting the great wisdom to be gained from the faithful who came before us. What is most compelling about the desert elders is not their saintliness, but rather that their virtue was so often hard-won--as is our own. Their ways can help us along our way too, if only we will avail ourselves of their examples. The Way of the Desert Elders serves up their wisdom eloquently, compellingly, and generously.”
Christian Living
“Peterson was a poet-theologian. By this I mean, of course, that he wrote poetry. But I also mean that he understood Christian doctrine with a fullness and play that reflect a Christ who liked to answer questions with better questions and to teach eternal truths through the puzzle of parables and the paradox of Beatitudes. . . . Christian theology lived is indeed, as Peterson says, 'a dancing, leaping, daring life.' These pages will show you the way.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
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