Knowing Christ Today - by Dallas Willard (Paperback)

From the Back Cover

A Compelling Defense of the Faith for Our Time

Addressing the central question facing the church today--Is the Gospel true?--Dallas Willard offers an impassioned argument that Christian spiritual ideals are a reliable source of wisdom that should be granted the same authority as other intellectual disciplines such as science or philosophy. He shows how faith and reason are complementary and confronts the difficult issues of Christian pluralism (the challenge of other faiths) and how we can know God exists.

Review Quotes

"Dallas Willard focuses like a laser beam on the issue of moral knowledge as a legitimate source for understanding reality and applying it to daily life. It is a must read." - Richard Foster
"A spiritual defense of the proposition that faith and reason are not contradictory." - Peter L. Berger, Director, Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, Boston University
"In prose that is both decisive and austere, Willard (The Spirit of the Disciplines) throws down the gauntlet to those in both the secular and religious realms who claim it is impossible to know Christian truths. Woven through with the ideas of classical and contemporary philosophers, theologians and sociologists, this volume will engage readers who are willing to follow Willard on his self-assured way, and trust him as a guide." - Publishers Weekly
"In prose that is both decisive and austere...this volume will engage readers who are willing to follow Willard on his self-assured way, and trust him as a guide." - Publishers Weekly
"Willard is always fascinating reading. [In Knowing Christ Today] he cares not only about God's people being rooted in solid theology and thought, but also in Christ's apprentices actually living out the life of the Spirit." - Baptist Standard
"It is as true now as ever, 'my people perish for lack of knowledge.' There has perhaps never been a people more proficient in technical knowledge, or more uncertain about moral and spiritual knowledge. This is clear, lucid thinking about what matters most, as is desperately needed today. Only Dallas Willard could have written this, but I don't know anyone who doesn't need to read it." - John Ortberg, Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and author of Faith & Doubt
"This is clear, lucid thinking about what matters most, as is desperately needed today. Only Dallas Willard could have written this, but I don't know anyone who doesn't need to read it." - John Ortberg, Pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and author of Faith & Doubt