'Alan Richardson has a true teacher's gift, that of making his subject live and relating it to modern experience and modern knowledge of the universe. He tells a story, and tells it well. Nor is he content with telling: he explains. He tells the principal doctrines of the Christian creeds, shows how they came to be defined and what is their lasting value' (Church of England Newspaper).

This book stands as a solid introduction to those coming to the Christian creeds and doctrine for the first time, and as a fitting memorial to a great modern pastor and teacher