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Authors: Donald C. Posterski
ISBN-13: 9780830823871, ISBN-10: 0830823875
Format: Paperback
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Donald C. Posterski

Book Synopsis

Enemies lurk in all corners -- in our churches and in the world. Their faces are different, but they are equally deceptive. We must learn to recognize the enemies before our minds are twisted by their ungodly concepts. Some enemies come in the form of popular Christian concepts that are not truly biblical, such as Quick-Fix Faith Feeling-Only Faith One-Sided Faith Spiritual Superiority. Other enemies are the common notions we absorb from our world, such as Self-Reliance: Affluenza: Shallow Character Development: Privatized Faith. In this book Don Posterski offers sound counsel in learning to be "wise as serpents and innocent as doves." Ultimately, we need not simply to resist but to love our enemies, and Posterski helps us find strategies for relating to and living among enemies with smiling faces.

Table of Contents

Introduction9
Part 1Christian Enemies with Smiling Faces13
1Quick-Fix Faith15
2Feeling-Only Faith24
3One-Sided Faith33
4Spiritual Superiority44
5Depreciating the Image of God54
Part 2Worldly Enemies with Smiling Faces63
6Self-Construction65
7Affluenza75
8Character Without Design85
9Privatized Faith95
Part 3Learning to Relate to Enemies with Smiling Faces105
10Dealing with Diversity107
11Balancing Conviction and Compassion120
12Dignifying Cultural Differences134
13Global Citizenship146
14Global Engagement155
Part 4Strategies for Living Among the Enemies169
15Self Care: Nurturing a Mature Spine of Identity173
16Soul Care: Scripting My Story in God's Story184
17Outreach: Making Meaning of God's Gospel Story193
18Social Care: Pursuing God's Justice Story207
Epilogue218
Notes220

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