Rachel Ferguson

Contending for Christ Through the Creed

Apologetics

“When some would tell us that we have to pick up the weapons of our enemies if we want to win, Espinosa reminds us that our God is our hope; he is the powerful one, and we are the most effective when we ground our lives in his unchanging truth and love. Espinosa brings us ‘back to the basics,’ with a tour through our creeds, deeply rooted in Scripture, and accompanied by practical applications to contemporary cultural issues addressed from the heart of our deeply gracious God.”

Hopeful Realism

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Evangelicalism has suffered badly from a thin political theology that leaves its members flailing in public life. I have long been convinced that the most fruitful but underappreciated resource for us is the natural law tradition. Hopeful Realism lays out this approach in a particularly biblical way, grounded in the Protestant tradition. Not satisfied to merely present their theory and defend it, the authors boldly and thoughtfully explain the 'hopeful realist' position on some of our most contentious political questions. This book isn't just abstract theorizing for fellow scholars; it's a serious resource for the evangelical church that could ground our political conversations in the unchanging wisdom of the Christian natural law tradition. It's desperately needed in one of American evangelicalism's most fraught moments.”