The Gathering Storm
by R. Albert Mohler Jr. | Book Summary
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Author: R. Albert Mohler Jr.
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Secularism is a worldview that fails to take God into consideration. Life and truth and morality are all defined apart from the God of the Bible. One irony of twenty-first century secularism is that many secular people think of themselves as spiritual. Many of these people may even be willing to associate with a certain faith tradition. Nevertheless, "the key issue is that the society is distanced from Christian theism as the fundamental explanation of the world and as the moral structure of human society" (p. xii). The key question for Christians in the twenty-first century is simply this: Is our worldview biblical enough to resist the onslaught of secularism? Stated differently, "Do Christians believe enough biblical truth to withstand the moral liberalism of the age?" (p. xv). |
Albert Mohler, Jr. is the ninth president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He regularly writes at AlbertMohler.com, and many know him as the host of The Briefing, a popular news commentary podcast. Mohler is also a regular contributor to televised and printed news.
Mohler has written and published a number of other books. These include: The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down, Culture Shift, and The Conviction to Lead. Mohler is one of the founders of the wildly popular conference Together for the Gospel, held every other year in Louisville, Kentucky.
Many associate Mohler with the recent growth of Reformed theology among younger evangelicals in the United States.
The Gathering Storm
by R. Albert Mohler Jr.
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | R. Albert Mohler, Jr. |
| Publisher | Thomas Nelson |
| Date | 2020 |
| Pages | 223 |
Overview:
"I see a gathering storm that already presents itself as a tremendous challenge to the faithfulness of the Christian church… This is the gathering storm of the secular age." (p. xii) The church must recognize the reality and the danger of secularism because, above all, the church is called to gospel faithfulness. This faithfulness will not come to pass without an accurate understanding of the challenge of secularism.
Secularism is a worldview that fails to take God into consideration. Life and truth and morality are all defined apart from the God of the Bible. One irony of twenty-first century secularism is that many secular people think of themselves as spiritual. Many of these people may even be willing to associate with a certain faith tradition. Nevertheless, "the key issue is that the society is distanced from Christian theism as the fundamental explanation of the world and as the moral structure of human society" (p. xii).
The key question for Christians in the twenty-first century is simply this: Is our worldview biblical enough to resist the onslaught of secularism? Stated differently, "Do Christians believe enough biblical truth to withstand the moral liberalism of the age?" (p. xv).
Albert Mohler, Jr. is the ninth president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He regularly writes at AlbertMohler.com, and many know him as the host of The Briefing, a popular news commentary podcast. Mohler is also a regular contributor to televised and printed news.
Mohler has written and published a number of other books. These include: The Prayer That Turns the World Upside Down, Culture Shift, and The Conviction to Lead. Mohler is one of the founders of the wildly popular conference Together for the Gospel, held every other year in Louisville, Kentucky.
Many associate Mohler with the recent growth of Reformed theology among younger evangelicals in the United States.