How Christians Should Relate to Government
A Zondervan Digital Short
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Publisher Description
Derived from theologian Wayne Grudem’s Politics—According to the Bible, this digital short outlines five misguided approaches Christians take to politics and a way that is both more biblical and better for society. Grudem describes the five misguided approaches as follows:
Government should compel religionGovernment should exclude religionAll government is evil and demonicDo evangelism, not politicsDo politics, not evangelism
In their place, Grudem argues for a view that he calls significant Christian influence on government. Provocative and compelling, How Christians Should Relate to Government will prod the thinking of politically minded Christians, regardless of which party they favor.
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In his latest book, Washington, D.C., area pastor-author Batterson (In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day) says his method of talking to God "has the power to revolutionize the way you pray" and he just might be right. Yet this method isn't packaged with hipster edge or a 10-step strategy. Batterson uses timeless knowledge and tales that predate Jesus to urge the reader to simply drop to his knees. Beginning with the Jewish legend of Honi, who drew a circle around himself and prayed for rain, Batterson examines the answered prayers of several "circle makers." The circle metaphor is applied loosely throughout the book (e.g., walking in prayer circles, praying in a group, praying repeatedly for a concern), making it accessible in multiple situations. At times Batterson's excitement manifests as cutesy bumper sticker like phrases, and he spends much of the book recounting his own church's miraculous growth. But readers will fall for his intensity and encouragement to pray "tenaciously." The unearthed technique will have readers drawing prayer circles around everything from buildings and news to their own hopes and dreams.
