Too often the tensions and unanswerable questions of Scripture and the Christian life are seen as barriers to faith. In Paradox Lost, pastor and author Richard Hansen shows that they are exactly the opposite--indeed, God's mysteries are one of the places where we may encounter him most closely.

In exchange for Enlightenment-based rationalism that can stunt spiritual imagination, Hansen invites readers to:

• Discern that there is a hiddenness to God that can be inviting rather than threatening
• Appreciate that God is far greater than we sometimes assume,...