"I am enormously impressed by Howard Butt's writing. It is highly original, and it has a kind of direct, uncluttered quality, as if Howard Butt is seeing things with clear, new eyes. He really does connect the Bible's stark messages with the facts of the world in which we live. Serious Christians, and serious others, can learn from this book."

"Fresh, innovative, more than readable. Howard Butt brings an honest and discerning eye to Scripture, combines it with provocative insight into human nature and comes up with a powerful prescription for America's troubled soul. I especially like his call to ordinary people to seize their potential to do what we too often think only specialists can do."

"Howard E. Butt, Jr., speaks movingly and discerningly from his personal journey and keenly focused insights. Though he disclaims scholarly expertise, his understanding of what we have discovered about both the mind and the soul reflects the best of scholarship as well as experience."