Islam and the Cross is a reprinting of selections from the writings of Samuel Zwemer (1867-1952). Before becoming a professor of missions at Princeton…
Denis Haack

Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad?: Understanding the Differences Between Christianity and Islam (Timothy George, 2002)
Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? is not the best title, but author Timothy George (an editor of Christianity Today) not…
The Rise of Evangelicalism: The Age of Edwards, Whitefield, and the Wesleys (Mark A. Noll, 2003)
In The Rise of Evangelicalism, Mark Noll tells the story of the roots of American evangelicalism by writing a history of the era marked…
Real Love for Real Life: The Art and Work of Caring (Andi Ashworth, 2002)
Creative, Caring Faithfulness Being discerning as Christians includes answering the question, “How can we talk about and live out the truth and reality of…
Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith (Catherine M. Barsotti & Robert K. Johnston, 2004)
“This book is meant to help Christians find God in the movies,” Robert Johnston and Catherine Barsotti say, “to use reel faith to encourage…
Flannery O’Connor and the Christ-Haunted South (Ralph C. Wood, 2004)
“Ever since there has been such things as novels, the world has been flooded with bad fiction for which the religious impulse has been…
A Faithful, Messy Purity
Community / Faith / Spirituality
There is a difference between keeping ourselves pure, and keeping ourselves aloof from a broken reality. It’s a huge difference. The first is courageous;…
Using Words to Wound Instead of Heal
Community / Family / Maturity and Flourishing
It is not an enemy who taunts me— then I could bear it; it is not an adversary who deals insolently with me— then…
Hearing is Not Knowing
Ordinary Life / Scripture / Spirituality
I suspect that many of us grew up hearing, from an exasperated parent or teacher, “Just how many times do I have to tell…
It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God, revised & expanded (Ed. Ned Bustard, 2006)
Imagine this. God’s people are camped in a wilderness, led out of the land of their slavery by the same God who now manifests…