Today begins a series of excerpts from my new book,
Faith Steps, which encourages and equips people of faith to engage with friends and in the public arena on vital issues. From the Introduction:
Faith Steps
begins with the precept that God reveals Himself to each of us–through the
created world and through our conscience.
The Scriptures teach that rejecting this revelation darkens our minds (as we reject the truth
about ourselves and our world) and hardens our hearts (as we reject the living
God who reaches out to us).
The good news is that receiving and responding to God's revelation–by taking moral steps aligned
with God's principles–keeps our minds open to His enlightenment and our hearts
softened toward Him.
Ultimately these steps in God's direction, this spiritual
preparation of our minds and our hearts through the decisions we make, can lead
us toward a real relationship with God by His grace, through faith in Jesus
Christ.
Faith Steps offers
guidance in lovingly sharing God's principles, through personal discussions and
public policy, by helping others consider how certain choices and behaviors
will harm them or help
them.
Faith Steps calls
followers of Christ to examine, from a biblical and practical viewpoint, God's
plan for government and the opportunity and responsibility of His people to reach
their neighbors through public policy. This book offers a faith perspective on
a host of vital issues from abortion and assisted suicide to stem cell research and human trafficking and more. It also encourages each of us to
examine not only how we are presenting our perspectives publicly, but also how
consistently we personally mirror the example and commands of Jesus Christ.
God creates every human being in His image. From a public policy standpoint, this means that we honor and protect human life at every stage of development, especially when individuals cannot protect themselves. From a personal standpoint, it means that as God's image-bearers, we need to walk consistently with His principles if the image we reflect is to help others better understand Him.
May God open our eyes, soften our hearts and enlighten our minds so that we may reflect His image and glorify Him in all we are and in all we do.
Faith Steps is available:
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