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We tend to have a limited concept of spiritual death as saying no only to things we want or covet -- our guilty pleasures and selfish ambitions. But in reality, it means dying inwardly to whatever has control over us. The thing that really controls u...

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

All of science is largely formalized common sense.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

Beginning with sin instead of creation is like trying to read a book by opening it in the middle: You don’t know the characters and can’t make sense of the plot.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

What kind of ministry is that, just talking to people?" Criticism directed at Francis Schaeffer's plan to open an obscure spot in the Swiss Alps to those who came with questions.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

Morality is always derivative. It stems from one's worldview.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

When the only form of cultural commentary Christians offer is moral condemnation, no wonder we come across to non-believers as angry and scolding.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

Author conveys contemporary respect for Methodist preachers who rode the circuit of frontier settlements to put themselves at risk for the Gospel near the Second Great Awakening. They were dubbed 'God's light artillery'.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

Christianity is the key that fits the lock of the universe.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

The sword of the Spirit has been muffled up and decked out with flowers and ribbons," author writes, conveying the sentiments of a Congregationist minister on men's ceding of moral and religious instruction and correction as women's work.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

Redemption is as comprehensive as creation or fall.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

Artists are often the barometers of society.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity