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The Disparate Ones: Essays on Being in the World but Not of the World

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Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1736282182
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1736282182
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4 x 0.39 x 7 inches

Ranging topics from food to war to abortion to political parties to using the word “impactful,” author and public theologian, Marty Duren, addresses how Christians should understand themselves in this world. What does it mean to be “in the world but not of the world”? How can Christians, especially in America, address the overwhelming influence of politics on the faith?

With biblical fidelity, cultural clarity, and unusual profundity, Duren covers a broad swath of cultural ground to show what it might look like to Christians to successfully hold the tension of living in two worlds.

In prose at that same time illuminating, scripturally careful, compassionate, and challenging, Duren addresses some of the major concerns of our day, showing that the life lived in Christ should not fall to being a mere rubber-stamp for political winds, whether prevailing or not. Instead, those who follow Jesus Christ should look to the city with foundations whose builder and maker is God. This book will help Christians better inhabit our cities on Earth without giving up heavenly treasure for worldly kingdoms. Living in this world requires nothing less.

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Endorsements

“I have known Marty Duren for going on 20 years and I have long admired him as a voice crying in the U.S. evangelical wilderness. His words are compelling because they come from thoughtful reflection, careful research, gritty piety, and the wisdom of a life well-lived. I commend The Disparate Ones for any reader, but especially those seeking to chart a faithful Christian path through the chaos of today’s American empire.”

The Rev. Emily H. McGowin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Theology
Wheaton College

“These essays were a breath of fresh air-challenging, insightful, and full of much-needed truth. In a day filled with hot takes and over-simplified arguments, Marty offers a thoughtful and nuanced perspective on a broad range of important issues.”

Marwan Aboul-Zelof, Lead Pastor
City Bible Church
Beirut, Lebanon

“In a day past, Jesus differentiated to Pontius Pilate the cosmic difference between his kingdom and that of Rome: ‘My kingdom is not of this world.’ Today, as Marty makes clear, a disparate band of Jesus followers must discern between two poles embedded within a system that defines Jesus as either a community organizer or a king become the projections of our own best ideals. Marty has long wrestled with the liminal space between these two poles within our existing system. Now he has put into print what the rupture of the Kingdom of Jesus means to the questions of our day, in the systems of our own making.”

Dr Todd Littleton, Pastor
Snow Hill Baptist Church
Tuttle, OK

I have long appreciated Marty Duren as a conversation partner. Even when we don’t agree on every point, his thought-provoking arguments lead me to better articulate my own views. This collection of essays covers everything from hot button issues of the day to the joy of buying books, with its ode to tsundoku giving reason enough to add The Disparate Ones to your library.

Amy Whitfield, Communications Executive
Author, Lottie Moon: The Girl Who Reached the World

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