Recapturing an Enchanted World

"The incarnation of our Lord is a minor doctrine for many, but John Rempel recounts its significance for worship, doctrine, and practice. Recapturing an Enchanted World orients us historically within time and place, but only to remind us spiritually of our transcendent end. This gentle and pious scholar wants us to see the full spiritual reality of our incarnate Lord Jesus through word and sacrament-wisdom calls us to hear him."

"John Rempel draws on decades of ministry and study to offer a welcome alternative to the 'lean,' disenchanted liturgical traditions that leave us in unbridgeable isolation and thicker, enchanted traditions that have lost an ethical component and, therefore, relevance to our neighbors. He fleshes out a free-church notion of the transformative sacramentality of congregational life that bears the love of God to the world."

"John Rempel gently leads the reader on an intimate journey through the middle ground between history's excesses concerning 'sacrament.' His simple, gentle persuasion nurtures a renewed appreciation for the significance of our corporate actions and should facilitate understanding and promote conversation within and across Christian traditions, helping us fulfill Jesus' prayer that we 'may be one.' I intend to require my students to become his companions."