Being Presbyterian in a Dysvangelical America

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Dysvangelical names a theology that is distorted dysfunctional and dystopian twisting the good news of God's grace into a message of fear partisanship and exclusion.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Being Presbyterian in a Dysvangelical America</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> Ted V. Foote Jr. and P. Alex Thornburg speak directly to Presbyterians who are disillusioned and confused by how Christianity is being misused in American culture. So often our beliefs as faithful Christians do not line up with the shouted chants and disturbing actions taken by those claiming to represent a true vision of Christianity. Twenty-five years after their best-selling book </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Being Presbyterian in the Bible Belt</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> the authors return with fresh urgency to affirm the heart of Reformed theology and what it means to be truly evangelical in a time of theological and cultural distortion. With clarity compassion and a touch of humor </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Being Presbyterian in a Dysvangelical America</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)> equips readers to name what feels wrong rediscover what is right and live into a gospel that is still good news for all.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>It is impossible to ignore the many loud voices who claim to speak for God with the absolute certainty and divisive rhetoric that has become the playbook for Christian nationalism. To help readers counter this overwhelming narrative Foote and Thornburg provide an accessible faithful alternative rooted in the core Presbyterian convictions of grace community humility and ongoing reform. This is the message to speak loudly in our time: not one of fear and exclusion but a living evolving faith that proclaims the wide welcome of God's grace.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Ideal for individual or group study the book includes an eight-session study guide that provides focus Scriptures questions for discussion and prayers. </span></p><p></p>