If America is sliding into a moral swamp, what's the best Christian response? The hardball approach of the religious right? Or a more productive way to engage our culture?
Dean Merrill, a former vice president with Focus on the Family, challenges us to transform society - and our own hearts - from the inside out. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Church is about attitude, about living our convictions in a Christ-like manner instead of bullying our way into the system like any other loud and selfish government lobby.
Merrill shows why returning to the "good old days" is a wish based on a myth. He reveals how God has worked mightily throughout history in spite of decadent cultures, and how he can and will work today in the American culture. Far from a prescription for apathy, this book is a passionate call to Kingdom activity - and our mission as ambassadors to a world Christ died for, not as conquerors who would remake it in our own image.
Written by a former vice president of Focus on the Family, this is a book for Christians who want to take the high road in the personal and corporate war on culture. Far from a prescription for apathy, this book is a passionate call to Kingdom activity--and our mission as ambassadors to a world Christ died for, not as conquerors who would remake it in our image.
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Reviewed by Mack Dungan (Charleston SC), October 10, 2008
An easy and engaging read that will challenge our traditional assumptions about American Christianity. It is above all a call to Christ-like love in an anti-Christian culture. How do we deal with those who don't agree with us -- do we shout them down and engage in the "politics of personal destruction? Or, do we engage in a love-motivated war for their souls? Merrill looks at many real life examples of people who took the latter (Christ-like) approach, with remarkable results.
He sets out to prove that Christianity has always been an "against-all-odds" enterprise, and why the church in the U.S.A. should view this as an opportunity and a source of encouragement.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Church will stretch you. It should be required reading for every Christian, and especially for those who seek transformation for their community.
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