Books. Informing and inspiring God's people to Think Christian.
James Spencer's books apply the same theological rigor to different questions: What does faithful witness look like in a political age? How does the digital world reshape the way we think and believe? What does it mean to be genuinely useful to God? Taken together, they form a coherent body of work for Christians serious about developing the mature, uncompromising faith the moment demands.
upcoming:
Discipleship and Discernment in a Digital Age
Fall 2026, InterVarsity Press
40 Bible Passages about AI, edited by Douglas Estes and Marcus Schwarting
Fall 2026, Friendship Press
- "AI and the Tower of Babel (Gen 11:1-9)"
- "Armor and AI (1 Samuel 17)"
available now:
"A Little Slower in Sranton: The Notion of True Progress in The Office," in Theology, Religion, and The Office
2025, Lexington/Fortress Academic
The Essential D. L. Moody Collection
2024, Revell
A Praying People: Essays Inspired by Dwight L. Moody
2024, Wipf and Stock
Serpents and Doves: Christians, Politics, and the Art of Bearing Witness
2024
Christian Resistance: Learning to Defy the World and Follow Christ
2023
Useful to God: Eight Lessons from the Life of D. L. Moody
2022
Thinking Christian: Essays on Testimony, Accountability, and the Christian Mind
2020, KDP Self-Published
"The Messianic Vision of 1 & 2 Kings" and "Psalm 72" in The Moody Encyclopedia of Messianic Prophecy
2019, Moody Press
Trajectories: A Gospel-Centered Introduction to Old Testament Theology
2018, Wipf and Stock
"Isaiah" in The Moody Bible Commentary (with Michael Rydelnik)
2014, Moody Press