Michael Phillips

Michael Phillips is a prolific bestselling author, with sales of his fiction, nonfiction, and devotional writings exceeding seven million copies worldwide. A leading authority on the works and message of George MacDonald and their connections to C.S. Lewis, he and his wife Judy are former bookstore owners and split their time between George MacDonald’s Scotland and their home in California.

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Transformational Theology of the Christian Faith

In what he considers one of his most significant contributions to the legacy of George MacDonald, Michael Phillips here presents the complete panorama of George MacDonald’s four books of sermons in a single volume. Climaxing a forty-year career making the writings of MacDonald accessible and understandable to the full spectrum of the Christian public—resulting in the publication of over 80 new editions of MacDonald’s books—Phillips sets this volume apart from all others, not only as his most ambitious, but perhaps his most important. Presenting 20 of MacDonald’s most influential sermons in their full original format, accompanied by his own edited and more understandable copy, Phillips highlights each entry with a concise "Central Thesis," then adds an insightful introduction that illuminates the significant theological ground plowed by MacDonald’s pen that, Phillips believes, is destined in time to change how Christendom perceives the underpinings of its faith. What emerges is not only MacDonald’s wisdom, but Phillips’ own as he shrewdly and perceptively distills what he calls MacDonald’s "transformational theology of the Christian faith." Added to the 20 complete sermons are condensed versions of the remaining 29—each again with a helpful "Central Thesis"—enabling the reader to mine the ore without laboring through dozens of pages of dense and incomprehensibly obscure word-thickets. The result is a massive tome of over 300,000 words comprising all 49 of George MacDonald’s sermons. It is a volume of incomparable value in understanding the Scotsman’s theological foundations.
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The Cappuccino Club

A self-styled "theological novel," The Cappuccino Club blows the doors off traditional Christian evangelism with a bold new approach to the gospel. Few will read this book with a neutral reaction. Some may throw it in the trash and warn their friends against it. Others will want to give a copy to everyone they know. One thing is certain—the message of Jesus in the gospels will not be the same after this astonishing read. Whatever your interest in Christianity—whether you are an atheist wanting to know more, or a Christian hungry for a deeper understanding of your faith—this book will rock your preconceptions to the core.

In The Cappuccino Club, Michael Phillips takes his readers on a mind-stretching personal experience that explores the age-old conundrum of hell. Many will find The Cappuccino Club a welcome companion to the author's absorbing fantasy Hell and Beyond. You are sure to fall in love with the characters in this unusual novel, as they journey together along unexpected pathways of discovery.

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The Will of God

A seven day inquiry into the multiple levels by which the will of God is revealed in our lives.

Welcome to a week of study and prayer that may change your life!

Understanding the Will of God is one of the great mysteries of the Christian faith. This difficulty is apparent by the word "unknowable," which is used throughout Scripture in connection with "the Almighty." How can we possibly grasp that which is by nature unknowable?

Yet at the same time, God commands us to "search" diligently to find wisdom, and to know him. What we have before us, then, is the attempt to know and understand something that we never will fully be capable of knowing.

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