
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Must you believe something to be saved? Does the kingdom of God include non-Christians? Is hell for real and forever? These are big questions. Hard questions. Questions that divide Christians along conservative and liberal lines. Conservatives love their beliefs and liberals believe in their love. Each pushes the other to opposite extremes. Fundamentalists imply that it doesn't matter how we live as long as we believe in Jesus, while some Emergent Christians respond that it doesn't matter what we believe as long as we live like him. Theologian Michael Wittmer calls both sides out of bounds and crafts a third way that retains the insights of each. He examines ten key questions that confront contemporary Christians and shows why both right belief and right practice are necessary for authentic Christianity. Here is an urgent reminder that best practices can only arise from true beliefs. Genuine Christians never stop serving because they never stop loving, and they never stop loving because they never stop believing.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Friendly Warning
- 1. A New Kind of Christian
- 2. Must You Believe Something to Be Saved?
- 3. Do Right Beliefs Get in the Way of Good Works?
- 4. Are People Generally Good or Basically Bad?
- 5. Which Is Worse: Homosexuals or the Bigots Who Persecute Them?
- 6. Is the Cross Divine Child Abuse?
- 7. Can You Belong before You Believe?
- 8. Does the Kingdom of God Include Non-Christians?
- 9. Is Hell for Real and Forever?
- 10. Is It Possible to Know Anything?
- 11. Is the Bible God’s True Word?
- 12. The Future Runs through the Past
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Discussion Questions
- Case Studies
- About the Publisher
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