58. The Eclipse of God: Our Nation's Disastrous Search For a More Inclusive Deity (And What We Must Do About It). Erwin W. Lutzer. 2024. 304 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars] [christian living, culture, theology]First sentence from the foreword: Any Christian living in this present age knows we are facing an epic crisis. That crisis is moral, but not merely moral. It is cultural but not merely cultural. It is ideological, but not merely ideological. At its heart, our crisis is theological.
First sentence from chapter one: C.S. Lewis wrote, "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." But what happens when there is an eclipse of the sun? The moon comes between the earth and the sun, blocking the sunlight from reaching the Earth. As for the sun, it shines as brightly as ever, but its light is obscured.
The Eclipse of God is one of the best books I read in 2024. I highly recommend EVERYONE read this one. Will everyone who professes the name of Christ love it? Maybe. Maybe not. I could see how it might step on some toes here and there because it's very straight-forward, no nonsense.
It addresses the past, the present, and the future. How did we end up in this "epic crisis"? The book does a deep dive as to WHY we are in this huge mess. It explains everything so clearly, so succinctly that things start to make a LOT of sense. Plenty of books try to tackle the present problems facing society and culture without really taking the time to explain the evolution of ideas, of ideology, of all the isms.
The book doesn't dwell on the past to the exclusion of the present and future. It isn't so focused on society (and culture) that it isn't properly theology.
I underlined SO many passages. There were chapters that were so good I kept going back to reread them.
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