Part I. Haunting Questions and One-Sided Answers
Get Started Chapter Summaries Chapter 1: Five Haunting Questions Often we only ask our most important questions when we are alone: Am I right? Am I making this up? I…
Part II. Lost in the Middle?
Get Started Chapter Summaries Chapter 3: Neglected Moderates As moderates we may feel as if we are cast in the role of cultural and religious moderators, constantly striving to balance…
Part III: A Cultural Divide in American Christianity
Get Started Chapter Summaries Chapter 6: The Liberal-Conservative Split in Politics It is difficult to imagine, when watching political television shows with screaming pundits, that at bottom most of us…
Part IV. We’re Different, and that’s OK – except when it’s not
Get Started Chapter Summaries Basic Sociological Principles With all of the different denominations and styles of worship it is easy to forget that most of us need the same basic…
Part V. Reclaiming a Noble Heritage
Get Started Chapter Summaries Chapter 12: Early History Liberalism and Evangelicalism both have long traditions of development. When we concentrate on these movements only in their contemporary embodiments, we miss…
A Bible “Translation” to Save America
WARNING! DANGER! POISON! Such words should be stamped on the cover of the modern translations of the bible. According to the Conservative Bible Project, modern translations like the NIV are…