GUEST: CARL TRUMAN, author, The Desecration of Man
If you’re a Christian, you likely find yourself gobsmacked (“utterly astonished”) at the craziness (you see all around you in society, such as:
- How abortion, the killing of unborn babies, is celebrated
- How living together before marriage is promoted as necessary to ascertain compatibility
- How boys can purportedly become girls and vice versa and how hospitals and doctors are more than willing to remove private parts to “transition”
- How two men can “marry” and then choose a woman out of a catalog to be artificially inseminated by one of them to carry their baby
- How the proposed solution to crime is “defunding the police” and reducing consequences for criminals
- How those who illegally enter the country should be able to vote and receive taxpayer benefits
The worldview on these issues and many more may seem like lunacy to the Christian, but to the non-Christian or to the liberal professing Christian, they seem perfectly reasonable, even worthy of celebration.
Fundamentally, the divide we see and feel in our society is between one side that believes in God and adheres to the framework He established versus another side that rejects the biblical worldview and promotes what is right in their own eyes.
Frankly, this shouldn’t surprise us, as it’s been the story of mankind from the very beginning. What God establishes, man rejects and rebels. Satan falsely promised Eve that eating the forbidden fruit would lead to wisdom and liberation but the opposite occurred—shame, enslavement, and ultimately death.
Our guest this weekend is Carl Trueman. He is a professor of biblical and theological studies at Grove City College and the author of the book, The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades our Humanity, which is our new featured resource. We hope the discussion helps you better discern what is at work in our society and how the only answer is to repent, believe, and follow God’s gospel and will.
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With gentle pastoral wisdom, deep insight into church history, and an impressive command of philosophical genealogies, The Desecration of Man speaks to those troubled by the spiritual sickness of our time and points toward consecration to a God who is alive and loving as a solution. The Early Church triumphed over Rome because it offered life in place of death. It is time for modern Christians to offer the same kind of vision.
256 pgs, hardcover [retail price $29]
