Stephen Backhouse

Ever Ancient, Ever New

Preaching & Worship

“Bevins has done such a good thing with this book. It is a scholarly accounting of a crucial phenomenon in the present age while, at the same time, a guide to people caught up in this phenomenon. Bevins describes the modern return to ancient practices with a light touch and a generous, fearless love of orthodoxy. He tells many stories in this book, gathered over many years and multiple cultures. I found parts of my story in almost all of them, and I suspect you will, too.”

Kierkegaard and Spirituality

Philosophy

“There is a very short list of people who can communicate Kierkegaard clearly, and C. Stephen Evans is on that list. Evans has been reading and living Kierkegaard for over fifty years—his insights and arguments about Kierkegaard are always worth having. This book is no different. Kierkegaard is not usually thought of as a ‘spiritual writer”

Life Examined

Apologetics

“Murray is one of those rare authors who is steeped in the research and literature of his subject but who wears his learning lightly. In this gentle and readable book, Murray is able to communicate clearly without being complicated, present arguments without being argumentative, and express his own self without being selfish. The result is an excellent guide to people exploring the Christian faith.”

The Gospel in the Dock

Theology

“Is there any Christian concept as basic or as baffling as ‘the Gospel’? Bryan Christman knows that to adequately understand what the gospel is, one must also consider how it relates to virtually everything else of importance. So it is that he puts the good news in the dock, cross-examining a who’s who of classic thinkers and theologians and taking in love, power, violence, peace, good, evil, life, and death along the way. A spirited examination of our most important idea.”

Where the Truth Lies

Philosophy

“Who can deny that Fear and Trembling looms large in the Kierkegaardian imagination? Many readers assume that this is Søren’s last and best word on faith. But it is not his last word, or his best word. It is not even his word. Cudney dwells with this text, wrestling above all with the challenges posed by the pseudonymous authorship. He knows that the pseudonymous nature is not peripheral to the book. It is the key to its successes and its failures. Cudney combines intellectual rigor with personal engagement, pointed critique with generosity of spirit. He is existentially invested in the world of Fear and Trembling and its authorship. Surely, the Master would be proud.”