Christians In The Age Of Outrage
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Author |
: Ed Stetzer |
Publisher |
: NavPress |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2018-10-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781496433640 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1496433645 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christians in the Age of Outrage by : Ed Stetzer
Are you tired of reading another news story about Christians supposedly acting at their worst? Today there are too many examples of those claiming to follow Christ being caustic, divisive, and irrational, contributing to dismissals of the Christian faith as hypocritical, self-interested, and politically co-opted. What has happened in our society? One short outrageous video, whether it is true or not, can trigger an avalanche of comments on social media. Welcome to the new age of outrage. In this groundbreaking book featuring new survey research of evangelicals and their relationship to the age of outrage, Ed Stetzer offers a constructive way forward. You won’t want to miss Ed’s insightful analysis of our chaotic age, his commonsensical understanding of the cultural currents, and his compelling challenge to Christians to live in a refreshingly different way.
Author |
: Ed Stetzer |
Publisher |
: NavPress |
Total Pages |
: 112 |
Release |
: 2019-02-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781496436405 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1496436407 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Christians at Our Best by : Ed Stetzer
Are you tired of reading yet another news story about Christians acting their worst? Today there are too many examples of those claiming to follow Christ being caustic, divisive, and irrational, contributing to dismissals of the Christian faith as hypocritical, self-interested, and politically co-opted. What has happened in our society? It seems one short outrageous video or pithy post can trigger an avalanche of comments on social media. Welcome to the new age of outrage. In this guide, Ed Stetzer—respected columnist and popular Bible teacher—leads small groups through a deep conversation of what it would look like if Christians were at their best. How might our world and our communities be different? Spend the next six weeks discussing what it means to represent the love of Jesus Christ in this new polarized age. This discussion guide for small groups is designed to be used with the teaching videos featuring Ed Stetzer (available for purchase at edstetzer.com).
Author |
: Ed Stetzer |
Publisher |
: B&H Publishing Group |
Total Pages |
: 240 |
Release |
: 2009-02-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780805449754 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0805449752 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lost and Found by : Ed Stetzer
Who are the young unchurched, and how can they be reached with the good news of Jesus Christ? In a poll result highlighted by CNN Headline News and USA Today, nearly half of nonchurchgoers between the ages of twenty and twenty-nine agreed with the statement, "Christians get on my nerves." Now, researchers behind the larger study present Lost and Found, a blend of dynamic hard data and modern day parable that tells the real story of an unchurched generation that is actually quite spiritual and yet circumspect, open to Jesus but not the church. As such, Lost and Found is written to the church, using often-surprising results from the copious research here to strike another nerve and break some long established assumptions about how to effectively engage the lost. Leading missiologist Ed Stetzer and his associates first offer a detailed investigation of the four younger unchurched types. With a better understanding of their unique experiences, they next clarify the importance each type places on community, depth of content, social responsibility, and making cross-generational connections in relation to spiritual matters. Most valuably, Lost and Found finds the churches that have learned to reach unchurched young adults by paying close attention to those key markers vetted by the research. Their exciting stories will make it clear how your church can bring searching souls from this culture to authentic faith in Christ. Those who are lost can indeed be found. Come take a closer look.
Author |
: Catherine Nixey |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 373 |
Release |
: 2018-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780544800939 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0544800931 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Darkening Age by : Catherine Nixey
A New York Times Notable Book, winner of the Jerwood Award from the Royal Society of Literature, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and named a Book of the Year by the Telegraph, Spectator, Observer, and BBC History Magazine, this bold new history of the rise of Christianity shows how its radical followers helped to annihilate Greek and Roman civilizations. The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a militant religion deliberately attacked and suppressed the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in centuries of unquestioning adherence to "one true faith." Despite the long-held notion that the early Christians were meek and mild, going to their martyrs' deaths singing hymns of love and praise, the truth, as Catherine Nixey reveals, is very different. Far from being meek and mild, they were violent, ruthless, and fundamentally intolerant. Unlike the polytheistic world, in which the addition of one new religion made no fundamental difference to the old ones, this new ideology stated not only that it was the way, the truth, and the light but that, by extension, every single other way was wrong and had to be destroyed. From the first century to the sixth, those who didn't fall into step with its beliefs were pursued in every possible way: social, legal, financial, and physical. Their altars were upturned and their temples demolished, their statues hacked to pieces, and their priests killed. It was an annihilation. Authoritative, vividly written, and utterly compelling, this is a remarkable debut from a brilliant young historian.
Author |
: Tony Reinke |
Publisher |
: Crossway |
Total Pages |
: 137 |
Release |
: 2019-04-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781433563829 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1433563827 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Competing Spectacles by : Tony Reinke
We live in a world full of shiny distractions, faced with an onslaught of viral media constantly competing for our attention and demanding our affections. These ever-present visual “spectacles” can quickly erode our hearts, making it more difficult than ever to walk through life actively treasuring that which is most important and yet invisible: Jesus Christ. In a journalistic style, Tony Reinke shows us just how distracting these spectacles in our lives have become and calls us to ask critical questions about what we’re focusing on. The book offers us practical steps to redirect our gaze away from the addictive eye candy of the world and onto the Ultimate Spectacle—leading to the joy and rest our souls crave.
Author |
: David Kinnaman |
Publisher |
: Baker Books |
Total Pages |
: 256 |
Release |
: 2007-10-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781441200013 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1441200010 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis unChristian by : David Kinnaman
Based on groundbreaking Barna Group research, unChristian uncovers the negative perceptions young people have of Christianity and explores what can be done to reverse them.
Author |
: Daniel Jütte |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 444 |
Release |
: 2015-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300190984 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300190980 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Age of Secrecy by : Daniel Jütte
The fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries were truly an Age of Secrecy in Europe, when arcane knowledge was widely believed to be positive knowledge which extended into all areas of daily life. So asserts Daniel Jütte in this engrossing, vivid, and award-winning work. He maintains that the widespread acceptance and even reverence for this “economy of secrets” in premodern Europe created a highly complex and sometimes perilous space for mutual contact between Jews and Christians. Surveying the interactions between the two religious groups in a wide array of secret sciences and practices, the author relates true stories of colorful “professors of secrets” and clandestine encounters. In the process Jütte examines how our current notion of secrecy is radically different in this era of WikiLeaks, Snowden, etc., as opposed to centuries earlier when the truest, most important knowledge was generally considered to be secret by definition.
Author |
: Scott Sauls |
Publisher |
: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2015-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781496403834 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1496403835 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Jesus Outside the Lines by : Scott Sauls
Whether the issue of the day on Twitter, Facebook, or cable news is our sexuality, political divides, or the perceived conflict between faith and science, today’s media pushes each one of us into a frustrating clash between two opposing sides. Polarizing, us-against-them discussions divide us and distract us from thinking clearly and communicating lovingly with others. Scott Sauls, like many of us, is weary of the bickering and is seeking a way of truth and beauty through the conflicts. Jesus Outside the Lines presents Jesus as this way. Scott shows us how the words and actions of Jesus reveal a response that does not perpetuate the destructive fray. Jesus offers us a way forward—away from harshness, caricatures, and stereotypes. In Jesus Outside the Lines, you will experience a fresh perspective of Jesus, who will not (and should not) fit into the sides.
Author |
: Brent D. Shaw |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 931 |
Release |
: 2011-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521196055 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521196051 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sacred Violence by : Brent D. Shaw
Employs the sectarian battles which divided African Christians in late antiquity to explore the nature of violence in religious conflicts.
Author |
: Candida Moss |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2013-03-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062104540 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062104543 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Myth of Persecution by : Candida Moss
In The Myth of Persecution, Candida Moss, a leading expert on early Christianity, reveals how the early church exaggerated, invented, and forged stories of Christian martyrs and how the dangerous legacy of a martyrdom complex is employed today to silence dissent and galvanize a new generation of culture warriors. According to cherished church tradition and popular belief, before the Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal in the fourth century, early Christians were systematically persecuted by a brutal Roman Empire intent on their destruction. As the story goes, vast numbers of believers were thrown to the lions, tortured, or burned alive because they refused to renounce Christ. These saints, Christianity's inspirational heroes, are still venerated today. Moss, however, exposes that the "Age of Martyrs" is a fiction—there was no sustained 300-year-long effort by the Romans to persecute Christians. Instead, these stories were pious exaggerations; highly stylized rewritings of Jewish, Greek, and Roman noble death traditions; and even forgeries designed to marginalize heretics, inspire the faithful, and fund churches. The traditional story of persecution is still taught in Sunday school classes, celebrated in sermons, and employed by church leaders, politicians, and media pundits who insist that Christians were—and always will be—persecuted by a hostile, secular world. While violence against Christians does occur in select parts of the world today, the rhetoric of persecution is both misleading and rooted in an inaccurate history of the early church. Moss urges modern Christians to abandon the conspiratorial assumption that the world is out to get Christians and, rather, embrace the consolation, moral instruction, and spiritual guidance that these martyrdom stories provide.