The world is not ours to save : finding the freedom to do good / Tyler Wigg-Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Tyler Wigg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Change--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Change.

Liberty--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Liberty.

Vocation--Christianity.

Vocation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 2014 Christianity Today Book Award Winner (Christianity and Culture)2014 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year (Compassion)We want to save the world-and we have a dizzying array of worthy causes to pursue.But passionate enthusiasm can quickly give way to disillusionment, compassion fatigue or empty slacktivism. As we move from awareness to mobilization, we bump up against the complexities of global problems-and liking Facebook pages only goes so far.Veteran activist Tyler Wigg-Stevenson identifies the practical and spiritual pitfalls that threaten much of today's cause-driven Christianity

Contents:

The world is not ours to save

Don't be a hero

Broken beyond our repair

Fear God

Take these snakes

The peaceable kingdom

Peace with God: worship, discipleship, evangelism

Peace among the nations: justice, industry, nonaggression

Peace in community: dignity, prosperity, fearlessness

Living out our callings.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220).

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780830864522

0830864520

OCLC:

908514246