You might have noticed a strange kind of double-speak going on around
us. If you dare to hold a different opinion to the broader culture on a
contentious issue, whether on marriage, sexuality, God or something
else, you have a reasonable chance of being told to keep quiet because
you’re being intolerant. I’m not talking about sanctioning or acting
against those with whom you disagree; just holding a different position.
If you dare to point out that perhaps your alternative views ought to
be tolerated—well, heaven help you.
In his inimitable manner, Don Carson lays out for us the landscape of
how ‘tolerance’ is now defined, and the resulting difficulties this
leaves evangelistic-minded Christians with. The Intolerance of Tolerance
is part cultural analysis, part gospel outline in the face of cultural
pressures, and part exploration of how to engage in a Western world that
is steadily moving further and further from its biblical foundations.
The opening and closing chapters alone are worth the price of the book,
but there’s more great stuff along the way. Continue at Sam Freney
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