Endangered Virtues and the Coming Ideological War A Challenge for Americans to Reclaim the Historic Virtues of the Nation's Christian Roots

by Phillips, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781956454444
• ISBN10: 1956454446
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2023-08-23
• Publisher: Fidelis Publishing

Summary

In recent years it is with grave concern we have watched the rapid changes taking place in America and throughout the world. As a people we are increasingly engaged in an ideological tug of war that will determine our future, and that of generations to come. The objective of Endangered Virtues and the Coming Ideological War is to inquire what kind of people serious Christians are called to be. Hopefully we can give intelligent and prayerful thought to our responses to changes coming to the world with startling forcefulness, but that have been met with equally astonishing complacency. Silence, neutrality, and docile compliance will not be an option much longer.

Author Biography

Michael Phillips has been writing in the Christian marketplace since 1977. He is the author of over a hundred books, and is known as one of the premier novelists of the Christian fiction boom of the 1980s, and as the man responsible for the renaissance of interest in Scotsman George MacDonald. In addition to his own work, he has published eighty titles by and about MacDonald.

Table of Contents

Introduction— A Crossroads of Virtue 1. Goodness 2. Virtue 3. Absolutes 4. Common Sense 5. Love of Truth 6. Preparedness 7. Alertness 8. Discerning the Signs of the Times 9. Foundations 10. Civility 11. Intellectual Virtue 12. Decisiveness 13. Spiritual Virtue 14. Attentiveness 15. Diligence 16. Authenticity 17. Honesty 18. Respect 19. Courtesy 20. Courage 21. Integrity 22. Authority 23. Purity 24. Honor 25. Silence 26. Wisdom 27. A Prophetic Shepherd’ s Courage 28. Disengaged Engagement— A Strategy for Virtue 29. Disengaged Engagement Strategies: Principle 1— Virtue is Internal 30. Disengaged Engagement Strategies: Principle 2— Individual Activism 31. Disengaged Engagement Strategies: Principle 3— The False Allure of Politics 32. Disengaged Engagement Strategies: Principle 4— Refuse to Live by Lies 33. Disengaged Engagement Strategies: Principle 5— Take Stands with Courage and Care 34. Disengaged Engagement Strategies: Principle 6— Everyone Can Spread Virtue APPENDIX 1: The Virtue Debate of Our Time APPENDIX 2: An Orwellian Warning APPENDIX 3: How Wisdom Grows