Alisa isn’t a discernment blogger out to throw punches, but she also doesn’t mince words where truth is on the line. This trifecta, plus her own history with Progressive Christianity, leaves her as the perfect person to address this challenge.Īnother Gospel? is an engaging book that is at once thoroughly theological and deeply personal, at once rigorous and merciful. And as a student of apologetics and speaker with STR and various Christian worldview conferences, she understands sound doctrine and how to present such doctrine to the world. As a popular blogger, she knows how to write clearly and effectively. To deny them is to reject original and historic Christianity, which together embody the biblical faith.Īs former singer of ZoeGirl, and current recording artist on her own, Alisa knows how to entertain an audience. These are doctrines that have been held by the church virtually since inception, even if they weren’t articulated clearly for some time.

Denial of the physical resurrection of Jesus.Denial of the reality of sin that separates us from God.Denial of the authority and inspiration of the Bible.For those who may not be familiar with it, Alisa has made a list of 9 denials that collectively mark and define Progressive Christianity, though an individual may only hold any number of them: The particular threat that Alisa addresses is that of Progressive Christianity. This is a lesson sorely needed today in the church as people, young and old, are leaving the church by the hundreds and thousands.

While most such books talk about things outside the faith, usually someone coming to Christ, Alisa talks about nearly leaving the church because of threats from within. Together, along with the few books like Tactics (Koukl) and Conversational Evangelism (Geisler), they make up a whole that every Christian should learn from.Īlisa Childers is adding a new book to the latter group, to the stories. Rote facts are often less memorable than a good and solid lesson in which such facts can be presented in context. The latter are excellent for growing, for learning, for understanding. The former are excellent books for classes, for studying, for referencing.

Of the latter, The Case for Christ (Strobel) and Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus (Qureshi). Of the former, I Don’t Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist (Turek, Geisler) and Evidence That Demands a Verdict (McDowell) might be the most famous. There are generally two kinds of apologetics books: those that list arguments and facts, and those that present arguments and facts through a story, usually a memoir or biography.

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