Who Are You to Judge? - Softcover

Lutzer, Erwin W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802409067 ISBN 13: 9780802409065

Publisher: Moody Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

“This book is a treasure of biblical wisdom . . .” —Dr. R. C. Sproul, founder, Ligonier Ministries

Can I judge without being judgmental?

We live in a world that tolerates everything but judgment. What we don’t realize is that right judgment is the key to right living. Who Are You To Judge? is Lutzer’s word to a culture that hates being told how to live and to a church called to purity.

After explaining the difference between judging and being judgmental, Lutzer guides Christians in discerning various critical issues, including miracles, matters of doctrine, and godly engagement with entertainment and culture.

With a passion for biblical truth and intolerance for lies, Lutzer is compelling and gut-honest. Who Are You to Judge? calls us to not only embrace the truth, but also to live according to it, speaking the truth in love to a world so desperately in need of both.

About this title

About the Author

DR. ERWIN LUTZER has served as senior pastor of the Moody Church in Chicago for over 30 years. A renowned theologian, Dr. Lutzer earned his BTh from Winnipeg Bible College, a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary, a MA in philosophy from Loyola University, and an honorary LL.D. from the Simon Greenleaf School of Law. He is an award-winning author and the featured speaker on three radio programs that can be heard on more than 700 radio stations in the United States and around the world. Dr. Lutzer and his wife, Rebecca, live in the Chicago area and have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

From the Back Cover

Can I judge without being judgmental?

We live in a world that tolerates everything but judgment. What we don’t realize is that right judgment is the key to right living. Who Are You to Judge? is Lutzer’s word to a culture that hates being told how to live and to a church called to purity.

After explaining the difference between judging and being judgmental, Lutzer guides Christians in discerning various critical issues, including miracles, matters of doctrine, and godly engagement with entertainment and culture.

With a passion for biblical truth and intolerance for lies, Lutzer is compelling and gut-honest. Who Are You to Judge? calls us to not only embrace the truth, but also to live according to it, speaking the truth in love to a world so desperately in need of both.

"The crying need of the church today is for discernment—the ability to recognize truth and distinguish it from error. Who Are You to Judge? reminds us that truth is important, and that—contrary to the spirit of our age—real truth is not merely a matter of subjective individual opinion."
—John MacArthur, pastor-teacher, Grace Community Church

"This book is a treasure of biblical wisdom . . ."
—Dr. R. C. Sproul, founder, Ligonier Ministries

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

If we ever needed instruction on judging, it is today! What, then, did Jesus mean when He said, "Do not judge, or you too will be judged" (Matt. 7:1)? To put I briefly, He was teaching that we should not make Pharisaical judgments. We are not to be Pharisees, who loved to judge and therefore judged the wrong things; or even if they did make right judgments, made them for the wrong reasons. They exhibited a "holier than thou" tone in everything they did and said. We could say that Jesus is warning us, "Don't become a Pharisee, but do make righteous judgments." How can we be guarded from Pharisaism on the one hand and mindless gullibility on the other? How do we know what should be judged and how judgments are to be made? What are the parameters to guide us? These are questions that must be addressed. Keep in mind that the word judge means to exercise discernment; at other times is can mean to condemn; and sometimes both ideas are present. But clearly Jesus is not teaching that all judging is wrong. Judging, or discernment, lies at the heart of Christian living.

Edition details

• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802409067
• ISBN 13: 9780802409065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256