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A Gentle Answer

Our 'Secret Weapon' in an Age of Us Against Them

Audiobook (Includes supplementary content)
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available

A remarkable vision for how Christians can live with countercultural gentleness in a perpetually angry, attacking, outraged time.

"Wow! What a great book!" — Max Lucado

In a defensive and divided era, how can followers of Jesus reveal a better way of living, one that loves others as God loves us? How can Christians be the kind of people who are known, as Proverbs puts it, to "turn away wrath?" Scott Sauls's compelling new audiobook points the way by helping listeners:

  • grow in affection for Christ, who answers our hostility with gentleness;
  • nurture a renewed, softened heart in light of Christ's gentleness toward us;
  • and forsake us-against-them mentalities, putting down our swords, and permeating a hostile world with gentleness.
  • For those who long for a more civil way of being, A Gentle Answer provides an inspiring and transformative path for countercultural gentleness in our perpetually angry, attacking, outraged time.

    Reflection questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

    "I can't think of a more needed and timely book."

    —Dr. Paul David Tripp bestselling author of New Morning Mercies

    "Reminds us of the essential and needed attribute of gentleness in a world steeped in outrage and cancel culture."

    —Dr. Bryan Loritts, author of The Dad Difference

    "An urgent book for our fractured times."

    —Jen Pollock Michel, award-winning author of Surprised by Paradox

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      • Publisher's Weekly

        March 30, 2020
        Sauls (Irresistible Faith), senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tenn., provides a fresh look at the Christian response to division and hostility in what he considers today’s “culture of suspicion, mistrust, and us-against-them.” Much of society has come to view some Christians as hypocrites and partisan political opponents, he writes. Worried about a decline in evangelism (included are statistics showing Christians to be increasingly unlikely to share their faith), he cites a lack of Christian empathy as the root cause for the current passiveness of many believers and argues for rejection of religious pride and emulation of Jesus’s spirit toward others: “Armed with a gentle answer, modeled and provided by our gentle Savior himself, it is time we got about the business of mending our fractured world with a presence that is less combative and more gentle and kind.” For readers apt to jump to righteous retaliation against wrongdoing or who feel forced to turn the other cheek, he suggests responding to criticism with grace, harnessing the energy of anger for good, and speaking out against injustices to strike a balance between righteous anger and forgiveness. Sauls’s ability to acknowledge the shaky reputation of Christianity without judgment is refreshing and welcome. This patiently argued work will appeal to Christians as a persuasive rebuke to defaulting to defensiveness.

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