Michael Phillips (writer)

Michael Phillips is known as a writer of Christian fiction and a scholar of George MacDonald.

Background

Michael Phillips (b. 1946, Arcata, California), graduated in 1969 from Humboldt State University with a degree in physics. He has written for the Christian market since 1977 and is the author of more than a hundred books. Phillips is recognized as one of the premier novelists of the Christian fiction boom of the 1980s. In addition to his own work, he has published eighty titles by and about George MacDonald, including George MacDonald: Scotland's Beloved Storyteller and The Cullen Collection.

Works

Novels

Stonewycke Trilogy (written with Judith Pella and published by Bethany House)

• The Heather Hills of Stonewycke, 1993
• Flight From Stonewycke, 1994
• Lady of Stonewycke

Stonewycke Legacy (written with Judith Pella and published by Bethany House)

• Shadows over Stonewycke, 1995
• Stranger at Stonewycke, 1995
• Treasure of Stonewycke, 1995

The Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister series (written with Judith Pella and published by Bethany House)

• My Father's World
• Daughter of Grace, ASIN B01MROQUV8
• On the Trail of the Truth, 1991
• A Place in the Sun
• Sea to Shining Sea, 1992, ASIN B074QP4K3G
• Into the Long Dark Night, 1992, ASIN 1598569635
• Land of the Brave and the Free, 1993, ISBN 1598569880 Search this book on .
• Home for the Heart, 1994, ISBN 1598569872 Search this book on .

The Russians (with Judith Pella)

• The Crown and the Crucible, 1991
• A House Divided, 1992
• Travail and Triumph, 1992

Jackson Maxwell

• Pinnacles of Power, 1991
• Depths of Destiny, 1992

Secret of the Rose

• The Eleventh Hour, 1993
• A Rose Remembered, 1994
• Escape to Freedom, 1994
• Dawn of Liberty, 1995

Mercy and Eagleflight

• Mercy and Eagleflight, 1997
• A Dangerous Love, 1997

Adam Livingstone

• Rift in Time, 1997
• Hidden in Time, 2000

Secrets of Heathersleigh Hall

• Wild Grows the Heather in Devon, 1998
• Wayward Winds, 1999
• Heathersleigh Homecoming, 1999
• A New Dawn over Devon, 2001

Caledonia

• Legend of the Celtic Stone, 1999
• An Ancient Strife, 2000

Destiny Chronicles

• Destiny Junction, 2002
• King’s Crossroads, 2002

Shenandoah Sisters and Carolina Cousins

• Angels Watching over Me, 2002
• A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton, 2002
• The Color of Your Skin Ain’t the Color of Your Heart, 2003
• Together Is All We Need, 2004
• A Perilous Proposal, 2005
• A Soldier’s Lady, 2006
• Never Too Late, 2007
• Miss Katie’s Rosewood, 2007

American Dreams

• Dream of Freedom, 2005
• Dream of Life, 2006
• Dream of Love, 2008

Angel Harp

• Angel Harp, 2011
• Heather Song, 2011

Green Hills of Snowdonia

• From Across the Ancient Waters, 2012
• The Treasure of the Celtic Triangle, 2012

Beyond Trilogy

• Garden at the Edge of Beyond, 1998
• Hell and Beyond, 2012
• Heaven and Beyond, 2015

Secrets of the Shetlands

• The Inheritance, 2016 (1)
• The Cottage, 2016 (2)
• The Legacy, 2017 (3)

Tribulation Cult

• The Invisible War, 2024
• Birth of a Remnant, 2025

Single Titles

• The Peacemaker (as “Mark Livingstone”), 1990 (with Judith Pella)
• The Cappuccino Club, 2013
• The Sword, the Garden, and the King, 2013
• Murder by Quill, 2014
• Angel Dreams, 2014 (with Chris Schneider)
• The Eyewitness Gospel, 2017
• Legacy

Non-Fiction

Early Non-Fiction

• A Christian Family in Action (1977)
• Growth of a Vision (1977)
• Does Christianity Make Sense? (1978)
• Blueprint for Raising a Child (1978)
• A Survival Guide for Tough Times (1979)
• Control Through Planned Budgeting (1979)
• Building Respect, Responsibility, and Spiritual Values in Your Child (1981)
• A Vision for the Church (1981)
• Getting More Done in Less Time (1982)
• In Quest of Gold, the Jim Ryun Story (1984)
• Good Things to Know (1992)
• Good Things to Remember (1993)
• A Tribute (1997)
• Best Friends for Life (with Judy Phillips, 1997)

Devotional

• A God to Call Father, 1994
• God a Good Father, 2001
• Jesus An Obedient Son, 2002
• Make Me Like Jesus, 2003
• Is Jesus Coming Back as Soon as We Think?, 2004
• Bold Thinking Christianity, 2013
• Practical Essential Christianity, 2013
• A Sacrifice of Obedience, 2017
• The Will of God, 2017
• A Pocket Memory Book, 2017
• The Pocket Thomas Kempis, 2017
• The Pocket George MacDonald, 2017
• Make Me Like Jesus Pocket Edition, 2017
• Pocket Essential Christianity, 2017
• The Pocket Commands of Jesus, 2017
• The Pocket Commands of the Apostles, 2017
• Principles of a Centered Life, 2018
• Out of the Wardrobe, 2018
• A Book of Daily Memory Reminders, 2023

Biblical

• The Commands of Jesus, 2012
• The Commands of the Apostles, 2014
• The Prayers of the Commands, 2023
• The Commands of Jesus Journal Edition, 2023
• The Commands of the Prophets, 2024
• The Eyewitness Old Testament, Volume 1, 2021
• The Eyewitness Old Testament, Volume 2, 2021
• The Eyewitness New Testament, Volume 1, 2013
• The Eyewitness New Testament, Volume 2, 2014
• The Eyewitness New Testament, Volume 3, 2015

Works by and About George MacDonald

Biography

• George MacDonald Scotland’s Beloved Storyteller, 1987
• George MacDonald, A Writer’s Life, 2018

Reprints and Non-Fiction

• The Bethany House George MacDonald Reprint Series (18 titles, 1982-1990)
• The Sunrise Centenary Editions of the Works of George MacDonald (22 titles, 1988-2004)
• Discovering the Character of God, 1989
• Knowing the Heart of God, 1989
• Your Life in Christ, 2005
• The Truth in Jesus, 2006
• George MacDonald and the Late Great Hell Debate, 2013
• George MacDonald and the Atonement, 2013
• George MacDonald’s Spiritual Vision, An Overview, 2016
• George MacDonald’s Transformational Theology of the Christian Faith, 2017
• The Cullen Collection of the Fiction of George MacDonald (37 titles, 2018-2019)
• The Cullen Collection Reader's Guide, 2019
• George MacDonald, Cullen, and Malcolm, 2019
• The Gospel According to George MacDonald, 2019
• George MacDonald’s Theology, 2023
• The Best of George MacDonald’s Sermons, 2023

The Cullen Collection of the Fiction of George MacDonald (PUBLISHED 2018-2019) (Edited by Michael Phillips)

• Phantastes
• David Elginbrod
• The Portent
• Adela Cathcart
• Alec Forbes of Howglen
• Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood
• Robert Falconer
• Guild Court
• The Seaboard Parish
• At the Back of the North Wind
• Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood
• The Princess and the Goblin
• Wilfrid Cumbermede
• The Vicar’s Daughter
• Gutta Percha Willie
• Malcolm
• The Wise Woman
• St. George and St. Michael
• Thomas Wingfold Curate
• The Marquis of Lossie
• Paul Faber Surgeon
• Sir Gibbie
• Mary Marston
• Castle Warlock
• The Princess and Curdie
• Weighed and Wanting
• Donal Grant
• What’s Mine’s Mine
• Home Again
• The Elect Lady
• A Rough Shaking
• There and Back
• The Flight of the Shadow
• Heather and Snow
• Lilith
• Salted with Fire
• Far Above Rubies

External links

• Reclaiming Endangered Virtues: A Review of Michael Phillips’s Endangered Virtues and the Coming Ideological War by Bob Perry for Salvo Magazine
• An Interview With Michael Phillips by Anecia Ascalon
• Ask Michael Phillips at The Works of George MacDonald
• Reviving the Work of George MacDonald by Elizabeth Adams
• The Cullen Collection
• Michael Phillips in Encyclopedia.com Entry

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