Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong

Author: John MacArthur

“Our response to moral questions is not determined by politics, economics, personal preference, popular opinion, or human reasoning. It is, instead, grounded in what God has told us is true about ourselves and our world….God’s Word offers sanity, clarity, and hope.” —John MacArthur

Trusted Voices Offer Biblical Responses to Today’s Hot Issues

One of the greatest challenges facing Christians today is the powerful influence of secular thinking. From all directions we’re fed a constant barrage of persuasive—yet unbiblical—worldviews. This makes it difficult to know where to stand on today’s most talked-about issues.

The leadership team at Grace Community Church, along with their pastor, John MacArthur, provide much-needed discernment and clarity in the midst of rampant confusion. Using the Bible as the foundation, you’ll learn how to develop a Christian perspective on key issues—including…

• political activism
• environmentalism
• the cult of celebrity
• entertainment and escapism
• homosexual marriage
• abortion, birth control, and surrogacy
• euthanasia and suicide
• disasters and epidemics
• immigration
• God and the problem of evil

Also included is a topical reference guide of Bible verses that address key concerns—a guide that will arm you with right thinking and biblical answers to challenging questions.

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Introduction: The Bible and Real Life—God’s Word and Everyday Ethics

PART 1: ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE

1. Glorifying God in the Gray Areas—Christian Liberty and the World of Entertainment
2. A Match Made in e-Heaven—Internet Dating and God-Honoring Romance
3. Where Virtual Reality Meets Real Life—Video Games and a Biblical Worldview
4. Parental Guidance Required—Making Wise Media Choices for You and Your Family
5. American Idols—Entertainment, Escapism, and the Cult of Celebrity

PART 2: MORALITY AND ETHICS

6. What God Hath Joined Together—Issues Related to Divorce Remarriage
7. When Life Is Reduced to a Choice—Opposing Abortion While Reaching Out to Hurting Women
8. Planned Parenthood? Birth Control, In Vitro Fertilization, and Surrogacy
9. Hope, Holiness, and Homosexuality—A Strategy for Ministering to Struggling Christians
10. The Right to Die and the Right to Kill—Euthanasia, Suicide, and Capital Punishment

PART 3: POLITICS AND ACTIVISM

11. God, Government, and the Gospel—How Should Christians Think About Political Activism?
12. Faith, Fidelity, and the Free Market—Biblical Living in a Secular Economy
13. God’s Carbon Footprint—Global Warming and the Environmental Movement
14. From Every Tribe and Tongue—Racism and Reconciliation in Church and Culture
15. When the Nations Come to Us—Illegal Immigration and Border Control

PART 4: TRAGEDY AND SUFFERING

16. Sorrow, Suffering, and the Sovereignty of God—Divine Providence and the Problem of Evil
17. When Bad Things Happen to God’s People—Responding Rightly to Personal Hardship and Trials
18. Why Christians Can Trust God—Putting Your Hope in Your Heavenly Father
19. Help for the Hurting and the Hope for the Lost—The Role of Mercy in Ministries
20. A Hope That’s Fixed in a World That’s Broken—The Gospel as God’s Solution for Our Fallen World

272 pp. Softcover.