True for You, But Not for Me
- Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
- Evangelism & Missions
- Apologetics
- Publisher: Bethany House (Baker Publishing Group)
- Published: 2027
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Publisher's Description
When today's culture glorifies all the Bible says is wrong, how are we, as Christians, to engage in love and truth--especially when we're seen by the world as intolerant, oppressive, and irrelevant? With engaging insight and clear, concise answers, popular apologist and professor Paul Copan helps you navigate today's culture wars with wisdom and humility. Whether engaging with family, friends, neighbors, or coworkers, this fully revised, accessible, and must-have resource will help you respond with thoughtful, gentle responses to remarks such as· "I can choose to love whomever I want."· "I'm a woman trapped in a man's body."· "Christians are intolerant of other viewpoints!"· "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."· "Christianity is oppressive."Moreover, he shows how, with patience, practice, prayer, and God's grace, you can move into meaningful, effective, and loving conversations even as you stand firmly for truth.
Endorsements (7)
“Here are incisive and insightful responses to many of the most common misconceptions about Christianity and faith. I’m thankful for Paul Copan’s uncanny ability to see through popular opinion and focus on answers that make sense.”
“In this engagingly written but intellectually rigorous book, philosopher Paul Copan tackles the challenges posed to Christian belief by the relativism and pluralism that are so widespread in American culture as to be almost assumed. Such assumptions often come to expression in mindlessly repeated one-liners. Copan’s careful exploration of the rational foundations of such slogans will be of great practical help to anyone who finds himself confronted with these challenges to the Christian faith.”
“When I first got a copy of the first edition of True for You, But Not for Me, I could not put it down. It was a thorough treatment of moral relativism and religious pluralism, and a great read at that. But this revised version is even better! It is significantly revised, expanded, and updated. Given the relativism ubiquitous in our culture, this book should be required reading in Christian high schools and colleges. And laypeople and para-church ministries will profit greatly from its content.”
“Paul Copan’s True for You, But Not for Me is a must-read book for every believer. This fully updated and revised book is one of the best cultural apologetics books written in recent years. Copan equips Christians to know how to stand firm in the faith when non-believers throw out slogans like ‘Who are you to judge others?’ and ‘That’s just your opinion.’ If you want to have a strong foundation of knowing how to take a stand for truth, read this book!”
“Do you desire to be on the cutting edge of today’s culture wars? In True for You, But Not for Me, philosopher Paul Copan treats us to a new edition of a much-needed text that addresses succinctly those bewitching topics that seem to most concern this present generation. Tackling relativism in its best-known forms, such as moral permissiveness and religious pluralism, Copan repeatedly points out many clearly recognizable false assumptions. Along the way he deals with numerous hot-button topics such as applying logic to life, intolerance, dogmatism, evangelism, arrogance, and the equality of all religions. Addressing more than two dozen popular slogans from current jargon, this handbook also provides helpful bullet points designed to summarize the most crucial discussions. This delightful volume moves quickly and is crucial reading for those who wish to address the most popular beliefs of an entire generation.”
“Pilate once asked Jesus, ‘What is truth?’ . . . and here we are two thousand years later, educated, informed—and thoroughly confused about the very same question! In this book Paul Copan brings clear thinking to this critically important subject, and illustrates it in ways that any thoughtful reader can understand and embrace. So read this book; it’s true for everybody!”
“True for You, But Not for Me is an outstanding book that every thinking Christian needs to read and carefully study. Copan’s reasoning is informed by Scripture and his arguments are consistently clear, concise, cogent, and compelling. Yet his style of communicating evinces a winsome and gracious attitude toward those who have questions and objections regarding historic Christianity. This book will ably equip its reader to engage in effective apologetic evangelism to a culture saturated in relativistic and pluralistic thinking. Paul Copan is my kind of Christian thinker.”
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