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WINONA LAKE — Longtime Grace Theological Seminary Professor Dr. Thomas M. Stallter recently released his new book, “An Intervening Love: The Mystery of God’s Providence and the Paradox of His Grace,” with Wipf & Stock Publishing.
The book helps tired believers and those at a distance or disenchanted with what they have seen in Christianity to know God better, to experience His grace from the inside and to grow deep in their faith and loyalty to God, according to a news release from Grace College.
“I am finding that many Christians are confused about what to believe, what God says and how to live for Him,” said Stallter. “We must each play our part in strengthening each other in our understanding of God’s ways and trust in His providence amid the crumbling values of our society. Our faith must be stronger, our gratitude for His grace deeper and our living for His purposes more far-ranging.”
Stallter is a professor of intercultural studies at Grace Theological Seminary, where he has taught for 26 years. He previously spent 18 years in pastoral training, church planting, relief work and business as a missionary in the Central African Republic and Chad. He is also the author of “Finding Freedom and Grace in a Broken World: A Journey in the Purposes and Providence of God” (Wipf & Stock, 2024) and “The Gap between God and Christianity: The Turbulence of Western Culture” (Wipf & Stock, 2022).
According to Stallter, this new book is intended to help people experience God’s intervening love as they understand more about the mystery of His providence and the paradox of His grace in this broken world.
The book has 247 short, readable segments that can be read at the start of the day. It can be read from beginning to end over a year, topically out of need or interest or with a friend. Each topic includes an average of 25 biblical references.
“It is time to let biblical values shape our inmost parts and go deep into our relationship with the Creator, the God of grace, the lover of our souls,” said Stallter. “It is time to think about ourselves in this relationship — our values, beliefs and assumptions, and how they may interfere with this bonding already begun by God but held back by our weak faith and our clouded understanding. We were meant for more, but we have yet to fully understand the deep flood of His grace, the granite peaks of His decrees and His far-reaching providence preparing us in our situation for His purposes.”
The book is $59 and can be purchased on the Wipf & Stock website, Amazon and Barnes & Noble. To learn more, visit https://wipfandstock.com/9798385243419/an-intervening-love/.
To learn more about Grace Theological Seminary, visit seminary.grace.edu/.
