The Next Christians by Gabe Lyons
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Uploaded by WaterBrookMultnomah on Feb 24, 2011
Turn on a cable news show or pick up any news magazine, and you get the impression that Christian America is on its last leg. The once dominant faith is now facing rapidly declining church attendance, waning political influence, and an abysmal public perception. More than 76% of Americans self-identify as Christians, but many today are ashamed to carry the label.
While many Christians are bemoaning their faith's decline, Gabe Lyons is optimistic that Christianity's best days are yet to come. In the wake of the stunning research from his bestselling book, unChristian, which revealed the growing disenchantment among young generations for Christians, Lyons has witnessed the beginnings of a new iteration of the faith. Marked by Lyons' brutal honesty and unvarying generosity, Lyons exposes a whole movement of Christians—Evangelicals, Mainline, Protestants, Orthodox, Pentecostals, and others—who desire to be a force for restoration even as they proclaim the Christian Gospel. They want the label Christian to mean something good, intelligent, authentic, and beautiful.
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Need to keep that emphasis on "authentic"!
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Lyons' book is startling and hopeful news about the next generation of "missional" Christians. He references authors Robert Wuthnow, Stan Hauerwas, William Willimon, Rob Bell, Alister McGrath, N.T. Wright, T.S. Eliot, Eugene Peterson, John Stott, Charles Colson, Rick Warren, Goethe, Neil Postman, Blaise Pascal, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Henry David Thoreau, Robert Putnam, Phyllis Tickle, C.S. Lewis, Lesslie Newbigin, St. Thomas Aquinas, Henry Nouwen, and Richard Foster.
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@LifterwiII I couldn't have said it better..... If Christianity is the Tea Party, Beck and Limbaug,h I don't want to be labeled a Christian.
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Truth .. Most of you DONT know the truth .. or anything about life. Those who do, are connecting with society. Legalistic fundamentalistic religion is utterly without a place in society. Jesus Christ is most welcome . but not manipulative efforts or pretend "love".
LifterwiII 11 months ago 3
@Ninure Same, Ninure. I spent a lifetime in the Fundamentalist Church and I didn't leave it .. I FLED. Some of my former Fundie friends think that means I left Christianity. Fact: I FOUND the Christian faith and a true relationship with The Lord after leaving the Fundamentalist/Evangelical world behind.
LifterwiII 11 months ago