Addition to Top 10

I suppose that it kind of works like the Academy Awards. If a book is published in 2009 but I don't read it until 2010 then it should count for this year's Top 10 books. I did want to put this out there because of how highly I think of the book and the author.
I know this sounds very much like a "homer" but I think Dallas Willard's book, "Knowing Christ Today", could be one of the finest modern day books I've read (Ok, maybe The Search for God and Guinness was just as good). I've read all of Willard's books but in a strange way this one felt the most "accessible" (even though in the beginning he did say it was going to be difficult sledding). I had heard that he was planning to write a book on the disappearance of moral knowledge for awhile now. But this book goes far beyond what I expected to actually state the case that one can have honest to goodness knowledge as a follower of Christ. I am re-reading it very carefully again.
My quick take is rather than being a book about straight epistemology or even virtue epistemology, what Willard has laid out a pretty strong case for the availability of knowledge for the average Christian. It goes beyond the standard formula that used in epistemology for what counts as knowledge (JTB). Instead he lays out a view close to Jonathan Edwards where knowledge is different than mere belief or even commitment. Consistent with Edwards, it makes no sense to bifurcate head and heart knowledge. Both are connected and vital if we are to understand the will. My sense is that Willard is in agreement.
Oddly enough, I suppose where Willard will receive the most flak is his use of words (and knowing him he does not use words carelessly). He does use the phrase "Christian Pluralism" and I think that might throw a few people off. My guess is that some might accuse him of being a universalist. Actually, he makes it clear that he's not. So obviously, "pluralism" means something different to Willard. In other places He uses the phrase, "Cosmic Christ". It's simply best to read that as the eternal second person of the Trinity.
My only other thoughts are I had hoped that he would also tie knowledge to the internal witness of the Holy Spirit and the connection then of knowledge to the Word of God. Other than that, read the book thoroughly! I think that you will find it challenging and inspiring that Christians need not capitulate to modern day pressure and rhetoric. For any college pastor who reads this, I do think that Willard is on to something that is critical for us to understand in this postmodern age of tolerance as we minister to those in college.