Letter from Christ
Apologetics in Cultural Transition
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Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761857037
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 16/12/2011
Width: 15.5 cm
Height: 23.2 cm
Our nation is politically, ideologically, and socially polarized to the point of breaking; confusion dominates every layer of our culture. The church in America is “a letter from Christ” (2 Cor. 3:3), written to our politically cynical, socially insecure, and spiritually skeptical culture. Before the Gospel may become clear in our “post-everything” culture, we must make truth real in our hearts. The purpose of this book is to (1) redefine dualistic frames in the minds of contemporary Christians that separate the “saved” from the advent of God’s healing reign on Earth; (2) relate Christian compassion to a post-secular America; and (3) propose a redefinition of the Christian controlling narrative. Such a revised narrative will light the way for our “restless hearts” so that we, as a nation, may return from exile to restoration and rejoice in the sovereign reign of God in Christ.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: A Culture in Exile
Chapter 2: “A Letter from Christ”
Chapter 3: “Who Do People Say The Son Of Man Is?” Jesus’ Identity and Uniqueness
Chapter 4: The “Sign Of Jonah”: Beyond Reasonable Doubt?
Chapter 5: A Divine Hermeneutic: Redefining the Christian Controlling Narrative
Appendix 1: Religious Pluralism: A Hermeneutical Fallacy
Appendix 2: The Trustworthiness of the Text of the New Testament
Appendix 3: The “Sign of Jonah”: An Unbroken Chain of Testimony
Bibliography