Phillip Cary (PhD, Yale University) is scholar-in-residence at the Templeton Honors College and professor of philosophy at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He serves as editor-in-chief of Pro Ecclesia and has written numerous books, including Jonah in the Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible series and three critically acclaimed volumes on the life and thought of Augustine.

• ContentsIntroduction: Why Trying to Be Christian Makes Us Anxious1. Why You Don't Have to Hear God's Voice in Your HeartOr, How God Really Speaks Today2. Why You Don't Have to Believe Your Intuitions Are the Holy SpiritOr, How the Spirit Shapes Our Hearts3. Why You Don't Have to "Let God Take Control"Or, How Obedience Is for Responsible Adults4. Why You Don't Have to "Find God's Will for Your Life"Or, How Faith Seeks Wisdom5. Why You Don't Have to Be Sure You Have the Right MotivationsOr, How Love Seeks the Good6. Why You Don't Have to Worry about Splitting Head from HeartOr, How Thinking Welcomes Feeling7. Why You Don't Have to Keep Getting Transformed All the TimeOr, How Virtues Make a Lasting Change in Us8. Why You Don't Always Have to Experience JoyOr, How God Vindicates the Afflicted9. Why "Applying It to Your Life" Is BoringOr, How the Gospel Is Beautiful10. Why Basing Faith on Experience Leads to a Post-Christian FutureOr, How Christian Faith Needs Christian TeachingConclusion: How the Gospel of Christ Is Good for UsAfterword to the Second Edition