Why You're Here: Ethics for the Real World

What are Christians to be and to do in the world? What does faithfulness look like in these complex and confusing times?

Christians are often told either to take over the world in God's name or to withdraw into faithful sanctuaries of counter-cultural witness. John Stackhouse offers a concise, vivid, and practical alternative based on the teachings of Scripture about the meaning of human life in this world and the next.

Why You're Here provides an accessible, concrete program for the faithful Christian living in today's world, fraught as it is with ambiguity, irony, and frequent choices among unpalatable options. Stackhouse speaks directly to everyday Christians who are searching for straightforward advice on some of their most complex quandaries and the challenges inherent in staying true to the Bible's teachings.

Politicians, medical professionals, businesspeople, professors, lawyers, pastors, students, and anyone else concerned to think realistically and hopefully about Christian engagement in society today will find here a framework to both guide and inspire them in everyday life.

• The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary
• Ethics for a Brave New World, Second Edition (Updated and Expanded)
• Documents of the Christian Church
• Church History, Volume Two: From Pre-Reformation to the Present Day: The Rise and Growth of the Church in Its Cultural, Intellectual, and Political Context
• Grasping God's Word: A Hands-On Approach to Reading, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible
• Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory
• Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age
• Christian Theology
• Paul: A Biography
• The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism (Christian Essentials)