Unashamed to Bear His Name: Embracing the Stigma of Being a Christian

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Baker Books, Jan 1, 2012 - Religion - 208 pages
Bestselling Author Helps Believers Embrace the Stigma of Faith

In our increasingly secular society, being a Christian carries a cost. Whether through public criticism or the quiet loss of respect, it is hard--and becoming harder--to be known as a Christian. Even as believers try to follow the will of God, they are often misunderstood and left to deal with the awkward, sometimes painful results of feeling disconnected from their fellow man.

Beloved Bible teacher R. T. Kendall offers hope. Turning the idea of stigma on its head, he shares his own story of rejection and embarrassment in the name of Christ--and how it became the source of unimaginable blessing. With warmth and understanding, he urges readers to embrace the offense that comes from their commitment to Jesus Christ, showing that when they do, the Lord will unleash into their lives incalculable blessing.
 

Contents

Foreword by dr michael Youssef
13
special Recommendation by the Rev dr Clive Calver
21
Personal Background
27
The Gospel
39
The most important Question
49
The offense in the old Testament
61
embracing the shame ofthe name
75
nameCalling
87
out on a limb
109
The Reason the Jews missed Their messiah
125
The stigma of no Vindication
135
The stigma of suspicion
145
The stigma ofthe holy spirit
157
manifestations of the holy spirit
167
embarrassing Truths
179
outside the Camp
191

The Unnecessary scandal
97

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About the author (2012)

R. T. Kendall, a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Oxford University (DPhil), is a protege of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and was the senior minister of the historic Westminster Chapel in London for 25 years. The author of numerous bestselling books, he conducts conferences all over the world and writes a bimonthly column for Ministry Today. He and his wife, Louise, live near Nashville, Tennessee.

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