Holy Subversion (Foreword by Ed Stetzer)

Allegiance to Christ in an Age of Rivals

Trevin Wax

• Publisher: Crossway
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN:
  9781433507021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781433523410
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

Christians are too often guilty of pledging their allegiance to the influential principalities and powers of this age rather than to Christ alone. In Holy Subversion, Trevin Wax challenges such behavior by urging a return to the subversive lifestyle of the earliest Christians. Their proclamation and demonstration that "Jesus is Lord" directly opposed the Caesar worship of their day.
Today, Christians in the West must choose between Jesus and our "Caesars": self, success, money, leisure, sex, power. What would it look like, asks Wax, if today's church reclaimed the communal, subversive nature of the gospel, intentionally undermining all contenders for our devotion? How would the message that "Jesus is Lord" change our thinking about our jobs, our families, and our church participation? Here this gifted pastor-theologian offers help in taking our faith public, dethroning modern-day Caesars, honoring the Lordship of Christ, and understanding the church as the ultimate counterculture-an embodiment of Christ's supremacy over all.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Newsletter
• Endorsements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• 1 Jesus And The Gospel Of Caesar
• 2 Subverting the Self Three Strikes, You’Re Out
• 3 Subverting Success Finding Success In Our Suffering
• 4 Subverting Money Taking “Almighty” Off The Dollar
• 5 Subverting Leisure Making Jesus Lord Of Our Free Time
• 6 Subverting Sex Celebrating Marriage
• 7 Subverting Power Finding Our Place As Servants
• 8 Subversive Evangelism Subverting Caesar By Sharing Christ
• Afterword
• Acknowledgments
• Notes
• Back Cover