Shattering the Darkness: The Crisis of the Cross in the Church Today

by Joseph Lapsley Foreman

Preface by Ruth Bell Graham ... "In the compelling book Joseph Foreman outlines the path which God has sent before him. Not all will be called to follow his exact path, but the issues he raises cannot... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935883037
• ISBN13: 9780935883039
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Cooling Spring Pr
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Shattering The Darkness Indeed!

Don't read this book if you are not willing to be heart-wrenchingly challenged. Foreman effectively makes the distinction between committing to a social cause and picking up one's cross. They are not necessarily one and the same thing. It will not be rallies or political strategies or demonstrations alone that will deliver the death blow to abortion. The call is to the church to embrace the cross. It is the power of the cross that revolutionizes the culture and transforms every facet of life from marriage to business to politics and so on, rescuing those areas from darkness.This book should be in every Christian's library.

Shattering the Darkness Indeed!

I give you fair warning - don't read this book if you are not willing to be heart-wrenchingly challenged. Foreman makes an effective distinction between committing to a social cause and picking up one's cross. They are not necessarily one and the same thing. It will not be rallies, political strategies or demonstrations alone that will deliver the death blow to the evil of abortion. The call is for the church to embrace the cross. It is the power of the cross that rescues and transforms every facet of life, from marriage to business to politics and so on. Joseph Foreman says this:"When we get to the heart of it, Rescue is putting God first by obeying Him when He tells us to put others first. Rescue is doing it in a way which sacrifices our benefit and comfort for another's, whether on the mission field, in our churches, in our marriages, in our careers, or at the abortion factories. Rescue is when we physically intervene to protect someone in a way which does not hurt anyone and which causes us to throw in our lot, our reputation, and our future with the one whose life has been declared refuse: we become refuse with him in the name of Christ who became refuse for us." Shattering the Darkness is one of the most penetrating and relevant messages on the cross that I've read. It draws me back again and again.