How do you access areal, thriving, vibrant faith? You trust a big God, and you start living like he'sreal. It's time to put our comfort and ease and false security on the line. Ifwe know God is real, let's pray as if he's actually listening. If we know he'sgood, let's reflect that goodness in the world. When our problems feel big, let's lean on the One who is bigger. Is that risky? "Sure," says Owen Strachan. "Embraceit anyway. It's literally the only way to live."

The world has gone gray-fuzzy, blurry, gender-neutral gray. In a secularist culture, many people today are confused about what it means to be a man or a woman. Even the church struggles to understand the meaning of manhood and womanhood. In The Grand Design, Owen Strachan and Gavin Peacock clear away the confusion and open up the Scriptures. They show that the gospel frees us to behold the unity and distinctiveness of the sexes. In Christ, we have a script for our lives. Doxology, we discover, is in the details.

Offers a clarion call and practical plan for pastors to serve as public theologians, contextualizing biblical wisdom and insight for their congregations.