A Brief Book Notice from Books At a Glance
Table of Contents
Part 1: Understanding the Hate
1 Jesus Said It Would Happen
2 God Defines the Common Good
3 When the Common Good Is Political
4 Should Christians Impose Their Views on Others?
5 Persevering in the Public Square
Part 2: Responding to and Persevering Through Today’s Most Prominent Charges
6 Dangerous Christian Nationalists
7 Power-Hungry Oppressors
8 Controlling Misogynists
9 Cruel Rights-Deniers
10 Hateful Bigots
Epilogue: Letting Your Light Shine in Spite of Hate
Selected Quotes
- The significance of culture to Christians cannot be overstated, because culture functions as a gatekeeper of the ideas that fashionable society deems admissible to the public square at any given time. (21)
- But being hated is exactly what Jesus told us to expect if we’re going to follow His commands. Silence in exchange for cultural respect is a deal with the devil. (22)
- Those who are of the world—children of Satan—naturally hate the children of God for practicing righteousness because their righteousness reveals the works of the world to be evil. (33)
- It’s no more intolerant of you to advocate for a policy rooted in your view than it is for someone with an opposing position to advocate for a policy rooted in theirs. (73)
- We’ll consider what’s necessary for perseverance through the framework of a short acronym (ACT): Know your (biblical) authority; strengthen conviction; and maintain tenacity. (90)
- Thus, the good news is that pretty much everyone agrees injustice exists and we can do something about it. Why, then, the hate from culture on this subject? Because we disagree on how to define injustice and what to do about it once we define it. (138)
- In this chapter, we’ll look at how transgender stories and related issues went from being novel in 2007 to prominent today—and not only prominent, but favored to the degree that anyone who doesn’t believe a person can change genders is guilty of life-threatening harm to transgender people. (183)
- There are three core biblical answers to the question of human identity: 1) Every human being is made in the image of God; 2) every human has an objective purpose; and 3) every human has a sin nature. (220)