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"We live in interesting times, times of rapid change where all that is solid seems truly to be melting into air. And, rather than be appalled by this, many in the West greet it as something great and good, even as the magnificent end of history. Melvin Tinker disagrees, and is right to do so. In this brief but pungent critique of our current cultural pathologies, he exposes how stories the wrong stories have come to grip our imaginations, how cultural politics has redrawn the map of perceived reality, and how only the story of Jesus Christ and his church can truly satisfy humanity's deepest longings, intellectual and spiritual." --Carl R Trueman, Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies, Grove City College"A very brave, fine book written with keen insight. It explains how an older worldview that once shaped the West and in which many Judeo-Christian ideas were embedded has been superseded by one in which those ideas have been uprooted. The brave new world which is dawning is one in which people liberate themselves, dominate the meaning of reality, and subject God if he is still there to their own ends. In this context, the church is in a decidedly countercultural position. It is here, though, that it really finds its voice. Here it is able to speak into our fragile and corrupting world and speak of the goodness, greatness and grace of God." --David F. Wells, Distinguished Research Professor, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

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About the Author

Melvin Tinker is Senior Minister of St. John, Newland, Hull. Other books from EP include What Do You Expect? : Ecclesiastes for Today, Salt, Light and Cities on Hills, A Lost God in a Lost World, Mass Destruction and Touchy Topics. He is married to Heather and has three grown up sons and seven grandchildren.

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Product details

Paperback: 130 pages

Publisher: EP BOOKS (August 6, 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1783972408

ISBN-13: 978-1783972401

Product Dimensions:

5 x 0.3 x 7.7 inches

Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

3.5 out of 5 stars

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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#19,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Following in the footsteps of C. S. Lewis with a clarion call that reminds me of the concerned voices of people like Marshall McLuhan, Neil Postman, Os Guinness, and Gordon R. Pennington, Christian thinker and pastor Melvin Tinker offers a sharp critique of the influence and power of cultural Marxism (political correctness) which seeks to destabilize and recast reality, truth, language, and humanity itself. It is a "totalitarian-tolerance...masquerading as a new freedom." But these ideas are not just around us, they are also found seeping into many of our churches. Consequently, Tinker shows us how this subversion is not only changing the way we can even talk about such things in public discourse, but discloses the fact that it is seeping into the most important aspect of our society, namely, our families.What are we to do? How are we to strengthen our families, our communities, and our institutions where speech and religion is free, civil discourse can be consistently cherished and practiced, and people are not misled into buying into what Francis Schaeffer and Nancy Pearcey describe as these dehumanizing secular/sacred divide and fact/value splits? In other words, how can we truly challenge the "hideous strength" that is before us?First, Tinker reminds us that "God subverts our attempts to subvert, his great reality will win out." Second, we are to commend God's truth. Third, we must theologically be centered in and on Christ. Tinker writes, "In the Lord Jesus Christ, creation has a telos, a goal and end point, and so contrary to the assertions of the postmodernists, there is an overarching story, a metanarrative." Fourth, we are to engage culture. How? To be sure, we are not to isolate ourselves from the world or adapt ourselves to the world. Instead, we are to consistently live out a courageous refusal that exemplifies Christ, a resistance thinking (relevance with faithfulness), a joyful endurance. Following in the footsteps of Christ, practiced by heroes of the faith like William Wilberforce, we are to proclaim the gospel AND courageously engage, thoughtfully and accurately analyze, and contend for truth in love and love in truth in our spheres of influence. Of course, the cultivation of Christ-like virtues are necessary; we have to rise above poisonous tactics, loose tongues, and moral compromise. Further, like Wilberforce demonstrated in his constant efforts to abolish slavery, real change for the better is possible. Lastly, our local churches are to be a faithful embodiment to Christ, a praying people, a literate leadership, and a living out of what it means be united to Christ and to each other (union and communion).Tinker's work is most excellent. If you are a fan of C. S. Lewis, then you will most certainly appreciate Tinker's analysis and keen insight! It is most difficult to offer a sweeping account of what we are, what we are experiencing, and where we are going. Many such efforts are reductionistic or convoluted or too simplistic to take seriously or too complicated to understand. Perhaps well-meaning, their projects are short-lived and unsuccessful. But Tinker offers something that is different; he goes to the heart of the matter! I was richly informed, awakened to some things I've not considered, and inspired to go beyond what is comfortable, and engage my local community and the greater society in a way that brings God the most glory; too much is at stake! As Tolkien reminded us in his fictional work, Lord of the Rings, one hobbit can make a life-giving difference! God uses what society dismisses as insignificant to make a life-giving difference! Real change is possible!In closing, God's truth, which corresponds to how things actually are, generates values we need the most, and speaks to the whole of our humanity. God's truth lifts our humanity while recognizing our depravity, our frailties, and our possibilities. Flowing from His foundation, we are able to love the unlovely, offer real hope, and create culture that ennobles our society, not degenerate or spoil what is true, good, and beautiful. Why? Since God's truth flows from Him who is infinite and personal (our starting point), we have "true truth" that possesses explanatory power in contrast to other worldviews like Marxism which starts from ourselves and is finite in source, strength, and values, generates false hopes, and consequently, dehumanizes us as history records. But the "true truth" that God offers, engenders real and ultimate meaning, purpose, and significance; His truth offers existential relevance that truly addresses what it means to be human. Moreover, God's truth is logically consistent, empirically adequate, workable, viable, and posits a solid and logically consistent ontological foundation for moral values, duties, and accountability. Thus, like Schaeffer reminds us in God Who is There, "Non-Christian presuppositions simply do not fit into what God has made, including what man is. This being so, every man is in a place of tension. Man cannot make his own universe & then live in it.”

There is plenty of good content in this book with regard to the underlying dangers of the secular world we find ourselves in. Unfortunately, this book is short on solutions. It reads more like a series of blog posts, sloppily written and unedited, without a unified argument. It’s commentary on political correctness and social justice was pretty facile, and lacked the complexity of the actual scene in today’s church. Because of the superficiality of the arguments, the solutions are made to match. While his conclusion that we need a praying church who knows the Bible and is willing to speak up is good, this book presents nothing especially helpful or new to today’s conversation. Unfortunately I’d have to say it is a good idea that was executed in a middling manner.

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