How the Nations Rage, Jonathan Leeman
How the Nations Rage, Jonathan Leeman
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How the Nations Rage
Rethinking Faith and Politics in a Divided Age

Author: Jonathan Leeman

Narrator: Tee Quillin

Unabridged: 3 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 04/03/2018


Synopsis

How can the church move forward in unity amid such political strife and cultural contention?As Christians, we’ve felt pushed to the outskirts of national public life, yet even within our congregations we are divided about how to respond. Some want to strengthen the evangelical voting bloc. Others focus on social justice causes, and still others would abandon the public square altogether. What do we do when brothers and sisters in Christ sit next to each other in the pews but feel divided and angry? Is there a way forward?In How the Nations Rage, political theology scholar and pastor Jonathan Leeman challenges Christians from across the spectrum to hit the restart button byshifting our focus from redeeming the nation to living as a nation already redeemedrejecting the false allure of building heaven on earth while living faithfully as citizens of a heavenly kingdomletting Jesus’ teaching shape our public engagement as we love our neighbors and seek justiceWhen we identify with Christ more than a political party or social grouping, we can return to the church’s unchanging political task: to become the salt and light Jesus calls us to be and offer the hope of his kingdom to the nations.

About Jonathan Leeman

Jonathan Leeman is the editorial director at 9Marks, a ministry that helps church leaders build healthy churches. He teaches theology at several seminaries and has written a number of books on the church. He is also a research fellow with the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He has degrees in political science and English, a master of science in political theory, a master of divinity, and a doctorate in political theology. Jonathan served for years as an elder at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, but has since left to plant a nearby church. He lives in the DC area with his wife and four daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Samuel on January 10, 2019

A clear, balanced, flat-footed proposal. Consistently Christian in every way. If it were in the hands of every member of every evangelical church in America, nothing but good would come of it.......more

Goodreads review by Katie on February 12, 2020

Across my lifetime, I have been pretty messed up by politics within the church. I've been in churches where the American flag is at the front and patriotic songs are sung during worship and sermons told me to vote Republican or else stand in God's judgment. I've gone to the exact opposite extreme in......more

Goodreads review by Carissa on December 16, 2022

Really great book for thinking through the Christian's relationship with politics. Would recommend for really anyone living in the U.S. “There is more political power in the gospel and in being the church than there is in electing a president, installing a Supreme Court justice, or even changing a......more

Goodreads review by Brian on January 22, 2021

This is a difficult book to review. Others have written more lengthy and detailed reviews, so I will limit comments to brief observations: (1) Leeman understands and communicates the complexity of politics for believers, especially in our day. He does not identify with any one political party but cr......more

Goodreads review by Joan on June 07, 2018

I had difficulty consistently comprehending this book. I began reading with great interest but soon became bogged down. The author's writing style just did not resonate with my logic encrusted brain. I found he was not concise and I sometimes lost track of what he was trying to communicate. For exam......more