For those who want a deeper walk in the faith, the journey can begin here. R. C. Sproul takes theology down off the dusty shelves of the theological libraries and expounds more than one hundred major Christian doctrines in clear and simple terms. Revelation and Scripture, the nature and attributes of God, the person and work of Christ, sin, grace, salvation, the church, the sacraments and the last things each get a short, self-contained treatment.

Each entry runs only a few pages, states the doctrine positively, notes the errors it guards against, and closes with summary points and the biblical passages it rests on. That structure makes the book work three ways: read straight through as an introduction to doctrine, consulted as a reference when a question comes up, or used a chapter at a time with a new believer. Sproul was unusually good at plain speech about weighty things, and this is the best single example of it.