Table Of Content"A bracing challenge just what the Christian church needs to hear in the new
millenium. A very powerful book."-The Honorable Jack Kemp
`How Now Shall We Live? is truly inspiring for those who want to restore to
our culture the values that made America great. It reminds us that we must
not only defend what we believe, but also inspire others to give witness to the
truth alongside us."-The Honorable Tom DeLay, Majority Whip, United
truth alongside us."-The Honorable Tom DeLay, Majority Whip, United
States House of Representatives
"The singular pleasure that comes from it is its absolute-learned-refusal to
give any quarter to the dogged materialists who deny any possibility that
there was a creator around the corner. This is a substantial book, but the
reader never tires, as one might from a catechistic marathon. The arguments
are cogently and readably presented."-William F. Buckley in National
Review
"The newest-and certainly the most important-of Charles Colson's books ...
the essence of this book is that the Christian faith is not just a theory, not just
a system, not just a framework. It is an all-consuming way of life, robustly
applicable to every minute of every day of the rest of your life."- World
"There is something wrong with the historical development of the evangelical
mind ... a lopsidedness, a prodigious development of one divine gift coupled
with the atrophy of another.... We know a great deal about saving grace, but
next to nothing though it is one of our doctrines-about common grace. The
ambition of Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey is to do something about this
lopsidedness, to strike a blow against the scandal of the evangelical mind.... A
highly intelligent book, it is not ashamed to speak to ordinary folk."-First
Things
`How Now Shall We Live? is brilliantly lit by its in-depth and succinct
diagnosis of the modern mentality ... an intelligent and thoroughgoing
critique from a Scriptural perspective, of the American/Western culture....
The book is a veritable mosaic of precious intellectual gems, artistically
designed by Charles Colson and Nancy Pearcey.... This book is a virtual
`must' for the thinking Orthodox reader."-DOXA, a quarterly review serving
the Orthodox Church
"A magnum opus in the best Schaefferian tradition. It is clearly intended to be
... a handbook for today's Christian.... The authors presuppose that
Christianity is more than just a religion of personal salvation: it involves a
total world-and-life view."-Christianity Today
"A very good and much needed book.... Colson argues that Christianity isn't a
private faith but a public worldview that, for believers, permeates politics, the
arts, education, science and culture."-Insight
arts, education, science and culture."-Insight
An "elegantly written tutorial on adopting a biblical worldview and the
discipline of thinking Christianly. "-Good News
"I'd like to recommend a book. It's How Now Shall We Live? by Charles
Colson, the Watergate guy who got religion while in prison.... Now I don't
agree with everything Colson says, but the importance of the book is that it
raises a question every American ought to face and then answer to his or her
own satisfaction: What is your world view?" -Charley Reese, nationally
syndicated columnist.
One of "Ten Books Every Preacher Should Read This Year."-Preaching
"Deeply troubled by the lack of biblical literacy within the American Church,
this is Colson's heroic effort to enable believers to accept the importance of
having a biblical worldview and devoting themselves to adopting such a life
perspective.... This book provides a wealth of insight into how we may
effectively challenge the post-Christian, postmodern culture in which we
live."-The Barna Report
"Colson and Pearcey aren't talking about influencing business, politics and
culture-they want it transformed through a coherent Christian world view.
Their book will challenge every Christian leader to make an honest
assessment about his or her commitment to use leadership gifts in the new
millennium to the cause of Christ."-Christian Management Report
"Colson and Pearcey challenge the church to stay on the front lines. Believing
that America is on the verge of a great spiritual breakthrough, the authors
want to equip readers to show the world that Christianity is a life system that
works in every area-family relationships, education, science, and popular
culture."-Virtue
"A radical challenge to all Christians to understand biblical faith as an entire
world view, a perspective on all of life. Through inspiring teaching and true
stories, Colson discusses how to expose the false views and values of modern
culture, how to live more fulfilling and satisfying lives in line with the way
God created us to live-and more."-Youthworker
(In developing and implementing an organizational learning strategy and
(In developing and implementing an organizational learning strategy and
integrating it with their organizational practices) "When it came to selecting
materials, your How Now Shall We Live? was at the top of the list. To our
minds this is now the best introduction to a Christian worldview and Christian
cultural engagement available in English. At least in our organization, How
Now Shall We Live? should become an indispensable resource."-Christian
Labour Association of Canada
1999 Books of the Year-Award of Merit-Christianity Today
HOW
SHALL
WE
LIVE?
CHARLES
COLSON
AND NANCY PEARCEY
We dedicate this book to the memory of Francis A. Schaeffer, whose ministry at
LAbri was instrumental in Nancy's conversion and whose works have had a
profound influence on my own understanding of Christianity as a total
worldview.
CONTENTS
Introduction-How Now Shall We Live?
P A R T O N E
WORLDVIEW: WHY IT MATTERS
1 A New Creation
2 Christianity Is a Worldview
3 Worldviews in Conflict
4 Christian Truth in an Age of Unbelief
P A R T T W O
CREATION: WHERE DID WE COME FROM, AND WHO ARE WE?
5 Dave and Katy's Metaphysical Adventure............
6 Shattering the Grid
7 Let's Start at the Very Beginning
8 Life in a Test Tube?
9 Darwin in the Dock
10 Darwin's Dangerous Idea
11 A Matter of Life
12 Whatever Happened to Human Life?
13 In Whose Image?
