A Sacrifice of Obedience

The Christian author and George MacDonald biographer shares an enlightening meditation on the need for sacrifice in contemporary Christianity. Michael Phillips began writing A Sacrifice of Obedience in 2002, more than a decade before it was published. As the world moved further into the twenty-first century, the message of his book took on a more profound urgency. Christians everywhere—including Phillips himself—seem resistant the imperatives of sacrifice and obedience. Yet they remain the bull’