Learning the Language of Babylon: Changing the World by Engaging the Culture - Hardcover

Crist, Terry M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0800792874 ISBN 13: 9780800792879

Publisher: Baker Pub Group, 2001

Synopsis

How can Christians make a difference in an ever-changing world? Is it possible to engage our culture without giving in to its powerful influence?

While God calls His church to change the world by renewing hearts, many Christians are not comfortable venturing out into a world whose values are often hostile. In Learning the Language of Babylon, Pastor Terry Crist clearly explains how the spirit and ideas of Babylon pervade the world today’ from the White House to the schoolhouse. Crist provides evidence of cultural breakdown, but more importantly, he offers ways for us to reconnect with our community. Cultural relevance, he believes, must become the mission of the church.

Drawing lessons from the life of the prophet Daniel, Crist describes seven mandates we need to adopt to become reformers in our culture. Christians are not just called to make it in the world, but to become salt and light. Crist provides a blueprint for Christians who want to effectively understand and transform their culture.

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From the Back Cover:

What Language Do You Speak?

Imagine that you are a missionary sent to a foreign nation with the responsibility of reaching the lost and reforming the culture. How effective could you be without learning the language of those to whom you were sent to minister? Likewise, how can we reach the nations in our backyard without understanding the value system that holds them in spiritual captivity?

Learning the Language of Babylon examines the importance of building bridges to nations and generations for the purpose of spiritual reformation. Discover how to chart a new course of living and leading in the twenty-first century.

"Speaking Christianese to an unbeliever is like speaking Swahili to a German. This book shows Christians how to speak lovingly and relationally to the world around us." -Dr. Tony Evans

"Terry offers a prescription for change-a prescription that calls for us to tear down the walls that separate the Church from the world and render mute her message. He offers a new (or more accurate) view of sanctification that calls audaciously for us to touch the unclean thing-but only with holy hands and a renewed mind." -George Otis Jr.

About the Author:

Terry M. Crist, Jr., serves as senior pastor of CitiChurch International in Scottsdale, Arizona, which he founded. He has made multiple appearances on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (local and national) and hosted a weekly television program in Tulsa. Crist has traveled as a Bible teacher in more than fifty nations and is the author of nine books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Baker Pub Group
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0800792874
• ISBN 13: 9780800792879
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 189