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Christianity Today Book of the Year award of Merit We generally
assume that those sitting around us in church share our beliefs.
But when our personal convictions are contested by fellow
Christians, everything changes. We feel attacked from behind. When
other Christians doubt or deny our convictions, we don't experience
it as a mere difference of opinion, but as a violation of an
unspoken agreement. Tim Muehlhoff and Rick Langer offer a guide to
help Christians navigate disagreements with one another. In today's
polarized context, Christians often have committed, biblical
rationales for very different positions. How do we discern between
core biblical convictions and secondary issues? How do we cultivate
better understanding and compassion for those we disagree with?
Muehlhoff and Langer provide lessons from conflict theory and
church history on how to avoid the dangers of groupthink and how to
negotiate differing biblical convictions to avoid church splits and
repair interpersonal ruptures. Christian unity is possible.
Discover how we can navigate differences by speaking in both truth
and love.
When we encounter human suffering or personal tragedy, Christians
and non-Christians alike utter the same refrain: Where is God? If
God exists, then where in the world is he? Why doesn't he show
himself? And how can we tell if God is really working or not? Tim
Muehlhoff gives us insight into recognizing how God is at work in
the world. He unpacks the doctrine of common grace to uncover how
God works in ways that we don't always realize. If we have a
limited idea of what divine action looks like-dramatic answers to
prayer, healings with no medical explanation, financial needs being
met unexpectedly-then we miss seeing how God acts through common
grace in ordinary, everyday ways such as antibiotics, financial
planners, and thoughtful friends. Muehlhoff offers dozens of
illustrations from contemporary culture to help us understand and
communicate how God is present and acting in the world today.
Discover how God cares for our troubled world as he gives you the
eyes to see.
Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year Award of Merit -
Apologetics/Evangelism How are Christians viewed in the broader
culture? We blush at the possibilities. Brainwashed fanatics?
Out-of-touch dogmatists? Buffoons? The task of bearing faithful
witness to Jesus is complicated by persistent-and not altogether
baseless-cultural stereotypes. In our post-Christian society,
thoughtful Christians are considering again how to engage the
dominant culture as a minority, a counterpublic, amid varying
perceptions and misperceptions. In this timely book, Timothy
Muehlhoff and Rick Langer ask what our interactions with the
dominant cultural ethos should look like. How might we be
persuasive and civil at the same time? How should we respond to
those who ridicule and caricature us? How can we challenge the
beliefs of other communities with love and respect? Muehlhoff and
Langer present a model for cultural engagement that integrates
communication theory, theology, and Scripture. Penetrating, wise,
and relentlessly practical, it includes test cases and examples
from history, such as William Wilberforce and Harriet Beecher
Stowe. Now more than ever, Christians need what Winsome Persuasion
offers: a compelling vision of public engagement that is both
shrewd and gracious.
How do we communicate with people who disagree with us? In today's
polarized world, friends and strangers clash with each other over
issues large and small. Coworkers have conflicts in the office.
Married couples fight over finances. And online commenters demonize
one another's political and religious perspectives. Is there any
hope for restoring civil discourse? Communications expert Tim
Muehlhoff provides a strategy for having difficult conversations,
helping us move from contentious debate to constructive dialogue.
By acknowledging and entering into the other person's story, we are
more likely to understand where they're coming from and to
cultivate common ground. Insights from Scripture and communication
theory provide practical ways to manage disagreements and resolve
conflicts. We can disagree without being disagreeable. And we can
even help another see different points of view and learn from one
another. Find out how.
What's the forecast for your marriage? Marriages are as variable as
the weather, and every marriage has a climate. Some are chilly and
lack intimacy. Others are stormy and filled with conflict. But
while the weather outdoors is beyond our control, the communication
climates within our homes can be changed--for the better.
Communication specialist Tim Muehlhoff offers simple strategies for
improving the climate of a marriage. Our individual words and
actions always take place within an overall atmosphere of
expectations. Without a healthy climate of trust, we are prone to
miscommunication and misunderstanding. Muehlhoff shows how to take
an accurate climate reading of a relationship and explains what
causes climates of poor communication. With current research on
marital communication, listening skills, empathy and conflict
resolution, Marriage Forecasting provides practical ways for
couples to rebuild a warm relational climate. Don't just talk about
the weather. Break the cold front, clear the fog, and change the
extended outlook for your marriage.
Is your marriage under attack? Sometimes it can feel like the world
is trying to tear your marriage apart. Internal conflicts or
external pressures might make you wonder if something sinister is
going on. How can you tell if you're facing spiritual opposition?
And what can you do about it? Tim Muehlhoff provides a
straightforward resource for protecting your marriage from the
threats of the evil one. He looks at what Scripture says about
spiritual warfare and how our everyday struggles have deeper
spiritual realities. And he provides practical steps for guarding
our marriages with the whole armor of God. In our marital
challenges, we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against
powers and principalities that try to separate us from God and each
other. But fear not. Learn to stand firm in Christ and trust in the
Lord to deliver us from evil.
Part of the Christian Worldview Integration Series Whether setting
about to love our neighbor, to settle a dispute, to share in the
suffering of others or to speak up on behalf of the marginalized,
we inevitably must engage in communication. And what could be more
natural, more human, than communication? But we all learn quickly
enough that good communication is not always natural. There is much
to learn from Scripture and from the academic study of human
communication. Tim Muehlhoff and Todd Lewis are able guides, aiding
us in understanding the broad field of human communication in
Christian perspective. Here they offer readers a vital assessment
of the power of words, perspective-taking, persuasion and conflict
management--all in an effort to improve our abilities to
communicate forgiveness and shape the world we live in for the
good. Special attention is focused on the place of Christians as
counterpublics--those who offer alternative perspectives to the
dominant voices in society. The Christian Worldview Integration
Series, edited by J. P. Moreland and Francis J. Beckwith, seeks to
promote a robust personal and conceptual integration of Christian
faith and learning, with textbooks focused on disciplines such as
education, psychology, literature, politics, science,
communications, biology, philosophy, and history.
Think of it this way . . . Our beliefs are challenged from many
directions. Every day it seems more difficult to explain to our
friends, families, and neighbors what we believe and why. When our
ideas and arguments fail to persuade them, what then? Is there
another approach we can take? Veteran apologists and communicators
J. P. Moreland and Tim Muehlhoff say that the best way to win over
others is with a good story. Stories have the ability to get behind
our preconceptions and defenses. They appeal to the whole person
rather than just to the mind. This expanded edition includes new
chapters and updated stories and illustrations throughout. In these
pages the authors enhance the logic and evidence found in other
books defending the faith with things that your friends, relatives,
or coworkers will ponder long after a conversation is over. Here is
sound, empathetic coaching for those of us who long to communicate
our faith more effectively.
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