"Here Be Dragons" When medieval mapmakers came to the end of the world as they knew it, they would write on the edges of their maps, "Here Be Dragons." Without a way to navigate, these areas were, at best, promising yet unexplored, and at worst, perilous. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, evangelical Christians have an equally unsettling map and a lack of unity in regard to how we will find our way through uncharted territory as we stray from core ideas and differ on key issues. How did we get here? How will we find our way back? In this book James Emery White takes us on a journey beyond the dragon territory to discover the new world Christ is mapping for us.
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"James Emery White's Christ Among the Dragons is exactly what the church needs at a time when so many evangelical Christians are ready to throw tradition and principle out the window for the sake of relevance. With his firm grounding in Scripture, White gives us a compelling and comprehensive vision for how the church can openly reclaim and proclaim the faith given once for all. This book is a good read for any Christian who is serious about capturing this generation for Christ." (Chuck Colson, founder, Prison Fellowship and Colson Center for Christian Worldview )
"White offers a systematic yet deeply personal response to theological and cultural challenges confronting contemporary Christians, especially evangelicals. His analysis is measured, balanced and prophetic, offering insights for a renewed evangelical future." (Bill J. Leonard, professor of church history, Wake Forest University Divinity School )
"I would like to see this book in the hands of every emerging leader I am mentoring. They are often sailing near the edge of their known world--and Jim White provides some beacons that provide direction and wisdom for their leadership." (Dr. Carson Pue, author of Mentoring Leaders, Arrowleadership.org )
"This little book is a tract for the times for the evangelical church today--a summons to be faithful to Jesus Christ and his truth-telling Word while reaching out with love and grace to a world desperate for good news credibly told and lived out." (Timothy George, founding dean, Beeson Divinity School of Samford University, and general editor, Reformation Commentary on Scripture )
"Jim White has skillfully woven together the challenges facing evangelicals in the areas of truth claims, cultural engagement, the role of the church and the place of Christian unity. This thematic analysis, though immensely readable and practical in its approach, reflects serious intellectual wrestling with the primary tenets of the Christian faith as well as the significant cultural issues of our day. White calls not for retreat, but for faithfulness that will result in renewal of the gospel witness in our world. Those who are interested in the role of the church and the place of the evangelical movement in our current context will find Christ Among the Dragons to be both helpful and hopeful." (David S. Dockery, president, Union University )
"In Christ Among the Dragons, James Emery White addresses the challenges and outlines the solution to a community confronting identity moratorium. Without a doubt, Jim's practical and prophetic supposition reconciles the vertical and horizontal elements of a Christian message that stands poised to reform our culture via a new movement committed to righteousness and justice. Every evangelical in America must read this book!" (Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, )
"White offers a systematic yet deeply personal response to theological and cultural challenges confronting contemporary Christians, especially evangelicals. His analysis is measured, balanced and prophetic, offering insights for a renewed evangelical future." (Bill J. Leonard, professor of church history, Wake Forest University Divinity School )
"I would like to see this book in the hands of every emerging leader I am mentoring. They are often sailing near the edge of their known world--and Jim White provides some beacons that provide direction and wisdom for their leadership." (Dr. Carson Pue, author of Mentoring Leaders, Arrowleadership.org )
"This little book is a tract for the times for the evangelical church today--a summons to be faithful to Jesus Christ and his truth-telling Word while reaching out with love and grace to a world desperate for good news credibly told and lived out." (Timothy George, founding dean, Beeson Divinity School of Samford University, and general editor, Reformation Commentary on Scripture )
"Jim White has skillfully woven together the challenges facing evangelicals in the areas of truth claims, cultural engagement, the role of the church and the place of Christian unity. This thematic analysis, though immensely readable and practical in its approach, reflects serious intellectual wrestling with the primary tenets of the Christian faith as well as the significant cultural issues of our day. White calls not for retreat, but for faithfulness that will result in renewal of the gospel witness in our world. Those who are interested in the role of the church and the place of the evangelical movement in our current context will find Christ Among the Dragons to be both helpful and hopeful." (David S. Dockery, president, Union University )
"In Christ Among the Dragons, James Emery White addresses the challenges and outlines the solution to a community confronting identity moratorium. Without a doubt, Jim's practical and prophetic supposition reconciles the vertical and horizontal elements of a Christian message that stands poised to reform our culture via a new movement committed to righteousness and justice. Every evangelical in America must read this book!" (Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, )
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Honest critiques mixed with calls to action for the evangelical church,
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This review is from: Christ Among the Dragons: Finding Our Way Through Cultural Challenges (Hardcover)
The title comes from the medieval cartographer's use of the words "hic sunt dragones" along the margins of a map, indicating that the lands beyond those words were unknown and thus could be perilous. "Here be dragons" warned folks to cross those boundaries with caution. According to White, evangelical Christianity has crossed the boundary into the unknown, lacking the cohesiveness that used to exist around the issues of (1) truth, as we live in a world that embraces new words and attitudes like truthiness and wikiality while removing the words disciple, saint, and sin from the Oxford Junior Dictionary, (2) cultural engagement, as we are meant to influence culture as salt rather than be influenced by it and lose our saltiness, (3) community unity, as the Bible (in Titus 3:10, for example) calls us to avoid division and seek unity in the body of believers, and (4) the church, in a world in which more and more people are becoming disillusioned with church and organized religion.
I loved how he reframed truths I knew in a different way. I feel like much of what I hear about evangelical Christianity - from within and outside - is more fault-focused than solution-focused. Thankfully, White doesn't dwell on the negative more than necessary and provides a positive response for every criticism. And it's a little thing, but I also liked the pictures (nothing fancy, just things like the cover of A Million Little Pieces on the page where it's discussed). All in all, I liked it. In his section about truth, though, he decries a disregard for truth and then flips sides to say that it doesn't matter on a truth level how God created the world as long as we believe that He did it, stating that the "Genesis narrative does not speak to how God created, only that God created." That seems to be embracing the same truthiness that he critiques. This only encompasses a few pages, though, so it's still a book I would recommend. (Many thanks to InterVarsity Press for providing this book for my review. I was not asked or required to write a positive one, just an honest one.)
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This review is from: Christ Among the Dragons: Finding Our Way Through Cultural Challenges (Hardcover)
I believe this book is a must read for our time, and as Charles Colson, Timothy George, and other reviewers have said, a prophetic tract for our times. Really surprised the first reviewer made this book about apologetics or theology. In truth, it's a sweeping overview of the state of evangelical faith, and the four issues currently causing an identity crisis: the nature of truth and orthodoxy, how best to engage culture, unity in the midst of polarizations, and the nature and mission of the church. White's overarching thesis is that what once held evangelical Christians together (namely a shared social agenda, a network of parachurch organizations, and the singular personality of Billy Graham) is gone. We face a post-Christian world at the same time we are, ourselves, facing an identity crisis and deep divides between generations and over foundational issues. If we do not find a way to collect ourselves regarding these four arenas of thought, we will not be able to offer much of a unified effort in regard to mission. So if you're looking for a rollicking ride through the state of contemporary culture and contemporary American evangelical faith, stopping along the way to spend time with as diverse a group of people as Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Francis Schaeffer, G.K. Chesterton, Calvin, Wesley, Penn Teller and Billy Graham - and visit places as diverse as the Tate Modern in London, "Q" in Atlanta, and the 1988 Southern Baptist Convention gathering in San Antonio - this is your book. The sections on Christian civility and the nature of the church are worth the read alone. This is among White's best work.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Solid introduction,
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This review is from: Christ Among the Dragons: Finding Our Way Through Cultural Challenges (Hardcover)
White has a way with the telling quote or provocative insight. This is a good and accessible primer on the church's role in the world.
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