Christianity and Wokeness, Owen Strachan
Christianity and Wokeness, Owen Strachan
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Christianity and Wokeness
How the Social Justice Movement Is Hijacking the Gospel—and the Way to Stop It

Author: Owen Strachan, John MacArthur

Narrator: Axel Bosley

Unabridged: 7 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/20/2021


Synopsis

In a world that is “woke,” how many Christians are actually awake? This short, theologically sound primer is a resource for pastors, ministry leaders, community leaders, and other thinking Christians that explains carefully and clearly what Critical Race Theory and wokeness truly are, what the Bible teaches about race and ethnicity, why wokeness is distinct from Christianity and should be rejected, and how the church can work for unity based in the gospel of grace.Owen Strachan is a respected Reformed theologian and thought leader who can help Christians:Better understand Critical Race Theory, something very few do;Understand the high stakes—for the church and society at large—of wokeness as a movement;Think through America’s complex past with nuance and sensitivity;Study how God has made humanity one through the imago Dei;Grasp the beauty of the biblical doctrine of ethnicity and “race”; andBe ready to work for unity in perilous times

About Owen Strachan

Owen Strachan is provost and research professor of theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary and a senior fellow with the Family Research Council. He earned a PhD in theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. The author of twenty books, including Reenchanting Humanity: A Theology of Mankind, he lives with his family in Conway, Arkansas.

About John MacArthur

Widely known for his thorough, candid approach to teaching God's Word, John MacArthur is a popular author and conference speaker. He has served as pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, since 1969. John and his wife, Patricia, have four married children and fifteen grandchildren. John's pulpit ministry has been extended around the globe through his media ministry, Grace to You, and its satellite offices in seven countries. In addition to producing daily radio programs for nearly two thousand English and Spanish radio outlets worldwide, Grace to You distributes books, software, and digital recordings by John MacArthur. John is chancellor of The Master's University and Seminary and has written hundreds of books and study guides, each one biblical and practical. Bestselling titles include The Gospel  According to Jesus, Twelve Ordinary Men, Twelve Extraordinary Women, Slave, and The MacArthur Study Bible, a 1998 ECPA Gold Medallion recipient.


Reviews

I have been excited for this book for months. I was able to get on the prerelease team so I could read it before it came out. Between this and Voddie Baucham’s book Faultlines believers have no reason to be surprised by our current cultural thoughts on race nor should they not be thoroughly equipped......more

Goodreads review by Ben

There's been something of an explosion of books on social justice and Critical Theory written from a Christian perspective over the last couple of years. This has been a welcome development, because what Owen Strachan calls "Wokeness" has rapidly infiltrated the church and the church has, for lack o......more

Goodreads review by Keller

Excellent book. Strachan covers some of the same ground that can be found in Baucham's Faultlines or David Scott Allen's Why Social Justice is not Biblical Justice, however, Strachan deals more extensively with Biblical response. Rather than just defining the issues, he explains the issues and then......more

Goodreads review by Chris

In “Christianity and Wokeness,” Owen Strachan provides the church with a much-needed resource. Christians are being challenged daily to take up the mantle of “wokeness” and “social justice” as a mandatory requirement of preaching the gospel, but should they be doing so? Owen Strachan pulls back the......more


Quotes

“Owen Strachan has done a great service to the Church not only by taking aim at one of her most dangerous foes (wokeness), but also by pointing her again and again to her all-sufficient Savior and head.” Voddie Baucham, Jr., dean of the School of Divinity at African Christian University and author of Fault Lines: The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe

“This is an alarming and remarkably insightful book.” Wayne Grudem, Distinguished Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary

“Owen Strachan dissects and dismantles the present-day ‘woke’ movement with theological precision and a polemical rebuttal…If truth is to be cherished, error must be exposed—and denounced. Strachan does both in this book.” Steven J. Lawson, president of OnePassion Ministries in Dallas, Texas

“Dr. Owen Strachan reminds believers in Christ of precisely why both the ‘meat’ and ‘bones’ of wokeness must be rejected. The evangelical Church will benefit greatly from the scriptural and scholastic heavy lifting Dr. Strachan has undertaken in this extremely helpful and timely work.” Darrell Harrison, dean of social media at Grace to You and cohost of the Just Thinking podcast

“Woke teaching, Critical Race Theory, and intersectionality should not be in the toolchest of a Christian. This book is an excellent introduction to these destructive heresies and a powerful presentation of the only truth that brings lasting reconciliation: the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Ken Ham, founder and CEO of Answers in Genesis