Undefending Christianity: Embracing Truth Without Having All the Answers
Ebook
Overview
“This book is one more sign of a fresh movement in the church.”
Shane Claiborne
author, The Irresistible Revolution
Dillon Burroughs has defended the faith as a writer, speaker, and professor. But when he asked himself how he was helping a homeless guy in his city or a hungry family in Darfur, everything started to unravel. Now, with renewed vision, disarming candor, and deep respect for the church, Burroughs gently leads readers through a reassessment of hot-button topics like these:
- Jesus was a friend of sinners and consumed alcohol. How did that work?
- He also said to love neighbors, sinners, and enemies. Does loving homosexuals fit in there somewhere?
- Why are the odds in America stacked against the success of a traditional marriage?
Burroughs provides a safe place for spiritually minded and culturally savvy people to process their questions and find a more relevant and Christlike faith.
“This book is one more sign of a fresh movement in the church that is moving beyond the stale debates and empty rhetoric, and wants a Christianity that looks like Jesus again…Burroughs invites you to laugh a little—and to think a lot.”
—Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution, activist, and recovering sinner
“Dillon actually does not set out to undefend Christianity; rather, he sets out to show how James’ words can be lived out in the lives of Christians: ‘Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.’—James 1:27. By simply telling some of his real-life stories as a believer in action for Christ, Burroughs shows how Christians can be, and are to be, salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16). This book is a good challenge to all Christians to get involved in the ‘Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless.’”
—Rick Walston, Ph.D., President of Columbia Evangelical Seminary
“This book, Undefending Christianity by Dillon Burroughs, is thought-provoking. The author uses many life experiences to consider the question, ‘What does it really mean to be Christ-like?’ I fully agree with the author when he encourages the reader to ‘Be the change you want to see in this world.’”
—Dorothy J. Martin
Product Details
- Title : Undefending Christianity: Embracing Truth Without Having All the Answers
- Author: Burroughs, Dillon
- Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
- Publication Date: 2011
- ISBN: 9780736940313