Deus Misereatur

https://wipfandstock.com/store/Gnostic_Trends_in_the_Local_Church_The_Bull_in_Christs_China_Shop Here's a picture of my new book. Click the publisher's link and you'll get right to the ordering page. It's selling for $19.00 per copy; but there are good discounts for purchasing through the web site, as well as for bulk rates. 20% off for 4 books & 40% for 5+. Also, if you interested in having me come & do a mini-conference for your church or group, let me know. Mike

You used to hear this expression constantly, though now the term has fallen on hard times: Counter-cultural . Usually when that term was (or “is”) used, it carried the idea of doing something wild and wooly, radical and rambunctious for Jesus. And that kind of talk sells - it sells books, bracelets, Bibles, seminars, signs and songs. But truly, when Jesus calls us to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him, it is normally in the simplest, right-there-in-your-own-backyard kind of ways. As an example, if you want to watch your Christian faith stir up resistance, alarm, gossip and trouble, do this: wholeheartedly practice the sacredness of the Lord’s Day . You want to talk about counter-cultural! I could give you a small catalog of the trouble it has caused me and my family over the years; everything from being asked if I belonged to a cult, to being ridiculed by peers. To put it all simply, to be “Radical” and “Counter Cultural” in our Christian walk does not normally require...