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Many Christians find that today's increasingly secular world is not in line with their beliefs. And rather than turn away from society, they are faced with the options of trying to impose their beliefs on others or suppressing their faith. Either option provokes a stream of difficult questions about what it means to be a good Christian, and how a Christian life should be led. In Why You're Here John Stackhouse proposes another path for these people, one that might reconcile Christian beliefs with a world that is often perceived as being openly hostile to those beliefs. Moreover, Stackhouse offers a pragmatic theology that promotes effective action for the challenges of real life.
This compact volume offers an accessible, concrete program for faithful Christian living in today's world. Written in engaging and lucid prose, Stackhouse speaks directly to these everyday Christians who are searching for straightforward advice on some of their most complex quandaries about the challenges inherent in staying true to the Bible's teachings. Why You're Here is a thoroughly readable and resolutely practical book designed to help people understand who they are in the sight of God, and therefore what they are to do according to God's calling on their lives here and now.
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Our (Permanent) Human Calling: Make Shalom
Chapter 1: The Basic Calling of Humanity
Chapter 2: Human Vocation: All of Us, Some of Us, Each of Us
Part II: Our (Temporary) Christian Calling: Make Disciples
Chapter 3: The Basic Calling of the Church
Chapter 4: The Christian Vocation: All of Us, Some of Us, Each of Us
Part III: Responding to the Call of Jesus
Chapter 5: Principles for the Normal
Chapter 6: Facing the Borderline
Chapter 7: Faith, Hope, and Liberty
Chapter 8: Making the Best of It
Chapter 9: Behaving in Public
Conclusion: Final Formulas
