The Big Relief
The Urgency of Grace for a Worn-Out World

I will have a more extensive review coming soon, but for now know that this book is a must-read. It’s Zahl at his finest, exegeting culture to reveal our deepest needs and delivering the goods of the Gospel to us in creative and faithful ways.......more

It's easy to get wrapped up in the pressures of life. It's easy to become performance-oriented. It's easy to become constantly busy. It's easy to become consumed by guilt. It's easy to become preoccupied by status and success and fame and money. For David Zahl, we could all use a lot of relief from......more

I needed to read this book right now. As someone caught in the endless cycle of productivity, achievement, and self-improvement, David Zahl's The Big Relief arrived in my life like a cool breeze on a sweltering day. In our culture of burnout and anxiety, Zahl's exploration of grace feels not just ti......more

Here’s some simple advice: Read anything David Zahl writes. David has been blessed with an ability to look at our world and our culture and to see the ways in which we are both sinners and sufferers. More than this (Peter Gabriel, ;)), David has a way of speaking the Gospel that cuts to the heart an......more

In The Big Relief, David Zahl distills the message of the Christian faith in an intelligible and accessible way, and does so by maintaining a relentless focus on its most hopeful and essential aspect — the unshakeable grace of God for sinners and sufferers. He connects this good news to everyday lif......more