Christians in the Age of Outrage
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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.
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Ed Stetzer holds the Billy Graham Distinguished Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism and the dean of the School of Mission, Ministry, and Leadership at Wheaton College, where he also serves as executive director of the Billy Graham Center. Stetzer has two earned doctorates and two master's degrees, and has written or cowritten more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles. He is a contributing editor for Christianity Today, the cohost for BreakPoint This Week, and the general editor of The Gospel Project, a Bible study curriculum used by more than one million people each week.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Endorsements
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: Welcome to the Age of Outrage
- Part 1: Why the Age of Outrage?
- Chapter 1: Outrage Cause #1: A Cultural Forking
- Chapter 2: Outrage Cause #2: The Technology Discipleship Gap
- Part 2: Outrageous Lies and Enduring Truths
- Chapter 3: Lie #1: "Christians Are the Worst!"
- Chapter 4: Lie #2: "My Outrage Is Righteous Anger"
- Chapter 5: Lie #3: "_________ Will Save Me from the Outrage!"
- Chapter 6: Lie #4: Mission Is Optional
- Part 3: The Outrageous Alternatives to Outrage
- Chapter 7: A Worldview Shaped by the Gospel
- Chapter 8: Kingdom Ambassadors in a Foreign Land
- Chapter 9: Winsome Love
- Chapter 10: Online Activity Aligned with Gospel Mission
- Chapter 11: Neighborly Engagement
- Appendix: Key Findings from the Billy Graham Center Institute
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
