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Publisher:
Worthy Publishing
ISBN:
9781936034543
Item #:
8514
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Binding:
Hardcover
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Page Count:
233
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By Charles Colson.
Yes, the world is an increasingly godless place. And it's never been as pronounced as it is in this era of 24-hour news cycles. From nasty political power struggles to raunchy reality TV, everywhere we look there is evidence of our culture's steep decline. But it's no time for Christians to cower in fear. In The Sky Is Not Falling, bestselling author Chuck Colson equips readers with the truth about the most difficult cultural and moral issues of our day and brings clarity and sanity to a world that seems to have gone mad. His message is that Christians must be informed of the truth of today's confusing social and political issues so that we can live with the confidence and certainty that God has the future in his hands. Every concerned Christian needs to arm themselves with the profound insights in The Sky is Not Falling.
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Publication Date:
2011
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Timothy George said of The Sky Is Not Falling and Chuck Colson, “Chuck Colson has a prophetic word for today’s church. He shares it here with conviction, compassion, and rare wisdom.” God has placed Christians here on a mission and it looks as though the mission has been aborted. The culture has been engulfed by everything that appears to oppose biblical Christianity. Christians are to know the Word, know the world, and growing out of that knowledge, know how to combat the forces that are taking our culture downward.
Colson has a unique ability to do both these things and to speak with a voice that definitely has a prophetic tone that is missing in most of evangelical Christianity today.
In this easy but challenging read, Colson helps us to understand what we are up against and what these forces look like that are causing the sun to set on our western civilization as we have known it, and that includes Christianity.
One example from the book highlights what the book focuses on. “Christianity is a belief system that is, as Paul tells Festur, ‘true and reasonable.’ I can’t think of a more critical time for pastors, scholars, and laypeople to be grounded in a biblical worldview and to defend it clearly to those hungering for the truth. But are we prepared for the challenge? ... 90 percent, according to one survey—have no understanding of worldview. How are we going to contend with competing philosophies if we’re not even rooted in our own truth system?” (Page 24).
Colson demonstrates what is happening to the effectiveness of Christian influence when we are putting experience above reason and image over words. It is apparent we are not equipped for moral discourse or how to combat postmodern thinking. Today, if it feels right and looks right, it must be right, whether in fact it is or is not. Colson writes that “the gospel is not a matter of soothing feelings or rewarding experiences (although it may produce both). It is the Truth that postmodernists can stake their lives on” (Page 27).
The chapter “Bringing Sanity to Moral Confusion” will set the stage for the six-part series mentioned below. The biggest bankruptcy in America today is not economic but moral and spiritual and Colson shows us why. Living by the untruth that the ends justify the means is continuing to take its toll in our society. Using the analogy by theologian Michael Novak in the 90’s that Western liberal democracy is like a three legged stool which if any one of the legs is removed the stool falls. The three are, according to Novak, political freedom, economic freedom and moral responsibility. You get the point!
This is not a doom and gloom book because Colson believes that all hope is not lost for America, and we concur. At present, if we are alert and equipped, we can understand the issues and get involved in every area of life, seeking to be salt and light. And if the church is fulfilling its role in discipling the people, we can hope to see the influence return.
The challenge to the church is to disciple its people who have the mission to see their kingdom role in the world. The church must teach the Word with a sense of prophetic urgency and accuracy. It must help the people understand the world and then train the people to move into every area of life making a kingdom difference.
Colson refers to Calvin’s emphasis in Book Three of the Institutes of the Christian Religion, that the Truth has to be carried into the mind and heart and then applied. But to get to the application we cannot bypass the learning process.
One last selling point for this book: Colson underscores one of our frequent themes at CEP, that Christians must learn to be bi-lingual. We must speak the Christian language to one another but then know how to speak that same truth in the language of the people we seek to reach. Often, using the Christian language, as though we were speaking to our Christian family members, is not the most effective way to communicate with those presently outside the family. This book will help. It is not difficult to read but it is filled with solid challenging and engaging content.
~ Charles Dunahoo
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