a peacemaker in Charlotte, North Carolina, leading a multi-site, socially engaged church, The Park Church. Hoogstra, psychiatrist Warren Kinghorn, African American community engagement leader in the Southern Baptist Convention Trillia Newbell, and Pastor Claude Richard Alexander, Jr.

Joining them are theologian Kristen Deede Johnson, InterVarsity/USA president Tom Lin, social entrepreneur Rudy Carrasco, writer and Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren, songwriter Sara Groves, rap artist Lecrae, Christian college network leader Shirley V. We work toward uncommon community, focused engagement, and creative dialogue. We empower Christian faculty and students to serve and connect university, church, and society. Louis engaged in a program called the Carver Project whose stated mission is framed in these terms: These are the questions addressed by the twelve people who contributed to this book edited by Tim Keller, whose Redeemer Church has had a redemptive influence in New York City, and John Inazu, a law professor from St. How is a Christian to live if one cares about the common good and about faithfulness to a kingdom-of-God-shaped life that anticipates the peaceable kingdom and beloved community of the world to come. Others have concluded that you must side up on one side of the divide and “unfriend” all those one disagrees with.

So what is a Christian to do? Many have decided that the only options are to “go to ground” and talk about vacations and share cute cat memes. How are Christians to live in this time where we seem deeply divided about everything from wearing masks to the status of an embryo in the womb to the seriousness of the changes we are witnessing in the world’s climate? Not only are divisions around these and a host of issues deep, but engagement between those who differ seems nearly impossible. Summary: Twelve individuals from different walks of life discuss what Christian faithfulness and the pursuit of the common good looks like in a deeply divided culture. Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference, edited Timothy Keller & John Inazu.

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