Truth on Fire: Gazing at God Until Your Heart Sings

“Many know Pastor Adam Ramsey for his joyful leadership and his engaging Christ-centered preaching. As you will see in Truth on Fire, he is also a brilliant writer. I will be using it in several different contexts and highly recommend it ”

“In Truth on Fire, Ramsey puts the great truths about God in the driving seat. But each chapter seeks to move us beyond cognitive comprehension to heartfelt experience. Like wine expertly paired to the courses of a meal, Ramsey writes to lead us to feel the beauty of God’s love, know the assurance of his sovereignty, hold onto the trust that flows from his goodness, and enter into the self-searching honesty which is the proper response to his holiness. This is a great book! Reading it will do your head—and your heart—a world of good. ”

“We should never have to choose between theological care and spiritual reality, but in so many churches those seem to be the only two alternatives. Adam Ramsey shows us how false that choice is, inviting us instead into a theologically robust, spiritually life-giving, and above all exciting vision of the Christian life. We badly need this, so I’m deeply thankful for this book and hope it will galvanize countless churches and Christians into whole-hearted and whole-headed life with God. ”

“Adam Ramsey believes that how we think about God should shape how we experience him. I couldn’t agree more. This exquisite book is devotional writing in its purest sense, an invitation not just to know the God of the universe more deeply, but to be overcome in the knowing. Truth on Fire compels us to bow our hearts, to experience and exhibit the reverence that beholding God yields. Read it to think, and read it to feel. Herein is a feast for head and heart. ”

“I believe that the way people truly change is by truly beholding the glory of the Lord. This is why I’m exceedingly thankful for Adam Ramsey’s book. Chapter by chapter, with biblical depth and pastoral wisdom, he lifts our gaze up to contemplate the majesty of God. You will find both truth and Spirit in this rich work. ”

“Immediately captivating, Adam Ramsey’s fine book challenges us not to settle for a faith wholly dependent on sensational spiritual experiences or, in contrast, one which insists on our minds merely being filled with accurate information about God. Eloquently and effectively he argues for a grasp of gospel truth that makes our hearts burn through an ever-increasing knowledge of him. ”

“'Head vs. Heart.’ ‘Feelings vs. Facts.’ ‘Mind vs. Emotion.’ ‘Doctrine vs. Delight.’ ‘Truth vs. Affection.’ Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could replace the ‘vs.’ with ‘and’? In this book, Adam Ramsey has done just that. is an excellent defense of the absolute necessity of a both/and when it comes to our knowledge and experience of God. You need not live in fear that theological depth will quench the Spirit, nor that heartfelt passion will turn you soft on doctrine. Get this book and let Adam show you why. Highly recommended! ”

“Adam Ramsey’s Truth On Fire hits us with both barrels. I walked away knowing the wonderful truths about God, like a seasoned theologian, and once again experiencing my first love for this God, like a giddy teenager. ”

“With an exceptional ability to state profound theological truths clearly and simply, Adam inspires the reader to reject ‘the one or the other’ of so-called theological or experiential Christianity. I loved this book, and more than that: I needed it. I was reminded of the joy that comes in gazing at God until, as Adam writes, my heart learns to sing in every circumstance. ”

“Truth on Fire is a brilliantly crafted book. Adam Ramsey expounds twelve attributes of God both incommunicable and communicable, teaching them with precision from Scripture before showing their implications for us. While doctrinally the content is older than the hills, the book is fresh, rigorous, heart-warming and profoundly comforting. ”

“Truth on Fire is a book that every Christian should have. Adam’s ability to take powerful theological truths about God and guide you to see them worked out in your everyday lives is simply brilliant. Reading these chapters deepened in me a desire to experience more of God, through Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, and experience my life more fully as a child of the kingdom. I know it will do the same in your life. ”

“With humor, wit, passion and power my dear friend Adam Ramsey calls us all to a greater view of God—in all his majestic wonder. Adam’s book is authentic, practical, powerful and lovely. I cannot recommend enough that you submit your heart and soul to the journey in these pages. ”

“We have all read books that have sharpened our minds and others that have pricked our hearts. Adam Ramsey seeks to harmonize both mind and heart in a way that understands God intellectually and experiences God emotionally. Ramsey does a phenomenal job of balancing both theological truths and the experiential realities that result in a comprehensive knowledge of God. Every Christian who desires to know God more intensely should consider diving deep into this book. ”

“Truth on Fire is such a needed book for our generation! Experiencing genuine worship is the result of both sound theology and the work of the Holy Spirit. Adam Ramsey has written an exceptional work, that I believe will unleash the power of God through the local church in a way that is desperately needed in today’s world. ”

“It is not easy to engage both the mind and the heart, and yet Adam has produced a fabulous resource doing just that! Truth on Fire is rooted in sound doctrine and saturated in the Spirit, to the glory of God. ”

“Adam Ramsey is a friend. I have eaten in his home in Australia and he has eaten in mine in South Carolina. I can bear witness that he is a man of both the Spirit and the word. Truth on Fire is a brilliant convergence, that reflects the life of one who is living in the wake of both these realities. ”

“Truth on Fire is brimming with poetic insight and prophetic potency for weary Christians who long for greater vistas of God’s goodness. Found within these pages is an evocative theology, which calls forth deeper levels of praise and greater heights of awe in the presence of God by connecting God’s attributes with our deepest needs and desires. Superbly written, joyful orthodoxy. ”