A Rebel's Manifesto
Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love amid the Noise of Today's World
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- $279.00
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- $279.00
Descripción editorial
“Sean has a gift for taking tough concepts and bringing them down to earth in practical ways that make a difference.” —William Lane Craig, Ph.D.
Following Jesus has never been harder. In a culture that glamorizes sex, chases fame, and shames those who don’t fall in line, it takes a rebel to be a Christian.
In this book, Sean McDowell aims to encourage and inspire a generation of rebels who will dare to stand up to the madness in a just and loving manner.
A Rebel’s Manifesto offers clear guidance to help people navigate the many moral issues that plague this generation. Students today are oriented toward action on ethical issues, and Sean will not only help them think biblically about various ethical issues, but he will also offer practical steps to make a positive difference in this world. In this book, Sean covers
• navigating bullying and social media;
• handling loneliness, pornography, and sex;
• approaching various conversations around climate change, race, and other controversial issues; and
• articulating and defending biblical views at school, online, and with friends.
Life doesn’t need to devolve into an online shouting match. Sean proposes a better way: to live a life calmly and confidently grounded in biblical truth.
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In this unconvincing manual, McDowell (Chasing Love), an apologetics professor at Biola University, encourages young people to follow God regardless of the cost. "To rebel today" means following Jesus's example and sticking by one's Christian convictions, contends McDowell as he uses scripture to address contemporary issues of interest to teenage Christians. On climate change, McDowell cautions against "climate alarmism," but notes that heeding the lessons laid out in Genesis means "protecting, preserving, and ruling over" the natural world that God created. Social media and smartphones are morally neutral, the author suggests, urging readers to use technology to spread the word of God, but to take offline breaks when necessary. McDowell laments the rise of loneliness, recounting how Absalom set fire to the fields of his father's military commander because Absalom desperately wanted his father's attention. The author addresses the concerns of young Christians without condescending to them, but a scarcity of supporting evidence does little to bolster some baffling assertions, such as when McDowell argues that accusations of racism are overblown and backs the claim with a single source that notes some reported hate crimes turn out to be hoaxes. Littered with shallow takes on complex issues, this adds little to the conversation.
