A Better Story, Glynn Harrison Glynn Harrison
A Better Story, Glynn Harrison Glynn Harrison
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A Better Story
God, Sex And Human Flourishing

Author: Glynn Harrison Glynn Harrison

Narrator: Glynn Harrison

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: IVP

Published: 11/16/2017


Synopsis

The architects of the sexual revolution won over the popular imagination because they knew the power of story. They drew together radical new ideologies, often complex and hard to grasp, and melded them into the simpler structure of narrative. Crucially, they cast narratives that appealed to the moral instincts of ordinary, decent people.
This moral vision overwhelmed the church and silenced its faltering apologists. The author argues that if Christians still believe they have have good news in the sphere of sexual ethics, then two big tasks lie ahead. Our first priority is to work out what has gone so badly wrong, both in our understanding and application of what the Bible teaches and the way we have presented our case to the non-churched. And then we must offer a better story, one that fires the imagination with such force that people will say, 'I want that to be true.' This book offers a confident, biblically rooted moral vision which needs to be shared with prayer and courage.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gareth on July 04, 2017

The sexual revolution has left the church on the back foot since the 1960s. Christians who uphold an orthodox view of Christian sexual ethics face being labelled as wrong, immoral, dangerous and even oppressive, for holding positions on sex and marriage that were the cultural norm within the last fi......more

Goodreads review by James on February 12, 2021

This was excellent!......more

Goodreads review by Eilidh on January 10, 2023

This is an outstanding book! So insightful into sex & sexuality and how we should approach this in a post-sexual revolution world. Really helpful for my generation where it's difficult to stand up and disagree with the secular world. Highly recommend all Christians to read!......more

Goodreads review by John on April 20, 2019

Drenched in divine love this book speaks into our societies darkness as it pulls further away from its Christian roots and challenges us (the Christian) to rethink our approach on how to win the lost in this post-sexual revolution era. A must read!!!......more

Goodreads review by Brother Brandon on December 08, 2023

I think this book can be thought of as a condensed and practical version of Carl Trueman's seminal work The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self. I would probably recommend this to people as it is half the length of Trueman's book and less technical in language. Glynn Harrison gives a brief history o......more