Secular Sacraments

Download or read book Secular Sacraments written by Dustin Messer and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher, pastor, and collumnist Dustin Messer offers a cultural apologetic which celebrates God's good grace in the world and confesses the church's failure to live up to the mission given to her by Christ. Secular Sacraments makes an argument for the Christian faith by engaging in this rhythm of cultural celebration and ecclesial confession. Even in our secular, de-mythologized West, the transcendent shines through, often in unexpected places--films, pop-music, etc. If we're looking with eyes of faith, we can see God's common grace in the world. The book's title is a double entendre, however. Not only are there pointers and signs of grace in the secular world, but if we look closely at the church, it's obvious that her sacramental life has too often become secularized. This book, then, seeks to celebrate the goodness in the world while confessing the sin that's in the church. As Abraham Kuyper used to say, "The world is often better than we might expect, and the church worse."