Kyle Childress

A Faith Encompassing All Creation

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“This book gets our attention. It is prophetic. For those of us who have been soothed into 'let's be nice to creation' this is an altar call to conversion to a radical and responsible life. We must repent, not simply because all creation calls out to us but because God calls.”

Good and Evil in the Garden of Democracy

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“I can’t remember the last time I read a book on rhetoric that I couldn’t put down. In fact, I’ve never read a book on rhetoric that I couldn’t put down—until this one by Rodney Kennedy. He combines the erudition of a scholar who knows the power of words with the passion of an old-time prophetic preacher who calls us to discern what’s going on and work for the change needed in our society.”

Living the Sabbath

Christian Living

“This book reads so well that you’re tempted to speed through it. But don’t. Enjoy it with a glass of iced tea; sit in your rocking chair on the porch and savor it, read slowly, let it sink in. Turn off the television, stay away from the mall, have a conversation with your neighbors, eat homegrown tomatoes. Practice it while you read it. Learn to do Sabbath. Take delight.”

Preaching and Professing

Preaching & Worship

“Flannery O'Connor, speaking of Karl Barth, once said, 'I like old Karl because he throws the furniture around.' In these sermons Ralph Wood throws the furniture around. But he does so beautifully, with candor, humor, and even tenderness. More than anything these sermons are theologically and biblically grounded in the gospel of Jesus Christ.”