The Church in Babylon: Heeding the Call to Be a Light in the Darkness - Softcover

Lutzer, Erwin W

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9780802413086: The Church in Babylon: Heeding the Call to Be a Light in the Darkness
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ISBN 10: 0802413080 ISBN 13: 9780802413086
Publisher: Moody Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

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How do we live faithfully in a country becoming more and more hostile to our faith in Christ?

Like the Israelites in Babylon, we must find a way to maintain our faith in the midst of a pagan culture. But that requires we answer two crucial questions:

  • How did we get here?
  • How do we prepare for the dark and difficult days ahead?


In The Church in Babylon, Dr. Lutzer answers both of these questions. He will walk you through the many parallels between the church in America and God’s people in Babylon, and embolden you to be a gospel witness. You’ll be encouraged not to compromise your faith even when under constant pressure from all corners of society. And more than all this you will have a fresh encounter with Jesus Christ, as you consider the biblical role of those in exile.

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About the Author

DR. ERWIN W. LUTZER is pastor emeritus of The Moody Church in Chicago where he served as the Senior Pastor for 36 years. A respected 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 LLD from the Simon Greenleaf School of Law. He is an award-winning author and the featured speaker on two radio programs that can be heard on more than one thousand outlets around the world. Dr. Lutzer and his wife, Rebecca, live in the Chicago area and have three grown children and eight grandchildren.

ED STETZER holds two masters degrees and two doctorates and is currently the Director of Lifeway Research and Lifeway's Missiologist in Residence. He previously directed the Nehemiah Project of the North American Mission Board. He has trained pastors and church planters on five continents and has planted churches in New York and Pennsylvania. He also served as a professor at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he received his second doctorate, as well as at 10 other seminaries. He is the author of a number of books including Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age and co-author of Perimeters of Light: Biblical Boundaries for the Emerging Church. Stetzer lives in Cumming, Georgia, with his wife, Donna, and two daughters.

From the Back Cover

How do we live faithfully in a culture that perceives our light as darkness?

Daniel faced this challenge just as we do. A captive in a pagan land, Daniel resolved to faithfully follow God while also serving in a nation that hated his God. Can we do the same? Like the Jews in Babylon, we must learn to engage our culture without being spiritually destroyed by it.

In The Church in Babylon, Dr. Erwin Lutzer will encourage you to do just that, by answering the pressing questions of our day like:

  • How do we love, lead, and serve with Christ’s heart and mind in today’s Babylon?
  • What are the five false gospels in our churches and how do we stay true to our Christian witness?
  • How do we respond to transgenderism and Muslim immigration with biblical truth and compassion?


We are moral and spiritual exiles in a culture growing increasingly hostile toward Christianity. But God is faithful. Let us move forward in hope, remembering that it is in times of darkness that God’s light shines most clearly.

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Publisher
Moody Publishers
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0802413080
ISBN 13 
9780802413086
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
304
Rating
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