"The majority of our culture sees engaging in difficult or controversial discussions of our core beliefs as fraught with peril rather than opportunities by which we can refine our understanding of the truth and give due honor to the viewpoints of others. In their excellent book Winsome Persuasion, Langer and Muehlhoff call us back as Christians to the art of conversation and the necessity of humble disagreement. This book both theoretically and practically lays the groundwork needed to equip Christians to engage in this fundamentally important task."

—Paul Spears, director of the Torrey Honors Institute at Biola University, author of Education for Human Flourishing

"Winsome Persuasion paints an intricately detailed picture of an American public square growing more and more fragmented and frustrated as her citizens entrench themselves along ideological lines. Far from leaving us in despair, though, Muehlhoff and Langer offer incisive exhortations to Christian communities to strive to heal our national divides through Christlike compassion and countercultural communication."

—John W. Yates II, rector, The Falls Church Anglican

"In Winsome Persuasion, Tim Muehlhoff and Rick Langer present both the challenge and a plan for how Christians can regain credibility and speak persuasively into a world that they no longer recognize as their own. This is not a book that just lays out a problem and provides lament to the believer. Rather, it's a strategy for action. Christians do not have to be victims of an increasingly secular society, nor do we have to become the angry, hate-filled rhetors we have been portrayed to be. How we talk about the issues of our day matters. If we as Christians want to be more than political and social pawns, engaging in winsome persuasion may be the best way to present the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ while creating space to be heard and taken seriously."

—Joy E. A. Qualls, chair, department of communication studies, Biola University