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A Lover's Quarrel with the Evangelical Church

Warren Cole Smith (Author)

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Binding: Paperback
Page Count: 288
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ISBN#: 9781606570289

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Description: “My name is Warren and I’m a recovering evangelical.”

With these words, Warren Cole Smith begins his book A Lover’s Quarrel with the Evangelical Church.

Since World War II, there has been a flowering of evangelical activity and parachurch organizations. But something troubling has happened in spite of this growth and the political and financial power it has created. Overall church attendance is not growing. Americas high divorce rate is just one of many melancholy cultural indicators. Is it possible that the evangelical movement has not been an antidote for this decline but has actually caused this decline in the health and vigor of the true body of Christ?

Using solid research and original interviews with some of Americas leading Christian thinkers, journalist and editor Warren Smith examines the condition of the evangelical movement, offering an assessment of what’s gone wrong as it has grown in power and size and what must be done if it is to be salt and light in a culture in need of redemption. Smith isn’t afraid to name the names of many evangelical leaders but it is because he loves the church that he calls her to repentance. He develops the argument that instead of evangelizing and making obedient disciples of Christ, the church has become part of the cultural decline of the West. A Lover’s Quarrel is a penetrating look at the current state of theology and practice in the American evangelical movement and offers a helpful, if difficult, way forward.

"This is an important book for a crucial moment in our history as Christians in the United States. Besides being richly biblical in its analysis of contemporary evangelicalism, this book is written by a veteran journalist with hard-hitting and inescapable data to support his conclusions. I highly recommend this book."
--Dr. Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California

"Warren Cole Smith's A Lover's Quarrel with the Evangelical Church is the perfect dose of tough love that the evangelical community needs to become a better (and much more attractive) witness to the secular world. Warren easily wins the 'quarrel' by using biblically based arguments backed by solid research that don't leave much wiggle-room for debate. It might make some Christians uncomfortable, which is exactly why they should read this book."
--William Lobdell, former religion editor of The Los Angeles Times and author of Losing My Religion

About the Author
Warren Cole Smith is a writer, editor and publisher of the Evangelical Press News Service. He has written more than 1000 articles for a wide range of print and on-line publications, including WORLD Magazine, the Dallas Morning News, BeliefNet.com, Sports Afield, Alaska Magazine. As a commentator and observer of modern religious life he has been quoted by the New York Times, CBS News and many others. He lives in Charlotte with his wife and four children.

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