Christianity and American Culture Today: Essays in Honor of Richard D. Land

Product Description Christianity and the Bible are still relevant to American culture. As you read this book, you will, by default, see the relevance of God's word to our current culture. In so doing, you will see the clash, discern the disparities, and engage the solutions for culture provided by Christianity. The book will force you to realize that we must be beacons of light, truth, and hope in a culture of relativistic slop. The chapters are filled with timely words by prominent Christian leaders and cover topics including human sexuality, Christians' role in politics, morality, Biblical social justice, and much more. Review While America has in some ways fallen from the lofty pedestal the founders placed her on, living in America is still one of the greatest blessings God can bestow on a person. Christianity and American Culture Today, edited by Melton B. Winstead, challenges and equips Christians to take our stewardship of that blessing seriously by speaking truth to our current civil, political, social, moral, and spiritual woes. This collection of essays forcefully demonstrates that the Bible contains the message that are both eternally and urgently needed. To be good stewards, we must be informed about the crucial issues of our day and equipped to speak courageously to them. This book provides both. America has provided the most effective evangelism and mission-sending culture the world has ever known. It does this through the system of religious freedom and wealth we inherited from our founders and predecessors. Some countries have neither, while others have one or the other. But God has granted both to us, and they are protected when Christians are active in our culture and speak God's truth to events that are shaping our society. Some of the most pressing and far-reaching topics of our day are addressed in this book. Christianity and American Culture Today prepares us to unflinchingly stand together with the sword of the Spirit.- Ronnie W. Rogers, Senior Pastor, Trinity Baptist Church, Norman, OK About the Author Dr. Mel Winstead teaches Biblical Studies at Southern Evangelical Seminary and has pastored the historic Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Marshville, NC for the past 15 years. He and his wife and two daughters reside in Marshville, NC. In addition to teaching and pastoral duties, Dr. Winstead speaks at apologetics conferences, leads local summer mission trips, and periodically helps with North Carolina Baptist Men's Disaster Relief (recovery and rebuild).