Ph. D. Michael L. Brown - Saving a sick America: a prescription for moral and cultural transformation

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P RAISE FOR M ICHAEL L. B ROWN AND S AVING A S ICK A MERICA

Dr. Michael L. Brown delivers a healthy antidote to the sickness that is plaguing America. This book is much more than religious moralism; its a call to authenticity and a biblical application of the gospel for our time. Saving a Sick America is the prescription we need so that God will heal our land.

J ACK G RAHAM , PASTOR OF P RESTONWOOD B APTIST C HURCH

This book lives up to its title. It correctly diagnoses the cause of Americas ills and also prescribes the cure. Dr. Michael L. Brown describes our descent into paganismwith all of its debilitating consequencesbut also sees that our only hope of saving America is to return to the Word of God. This is a message not just to the nation, but especially for our evangelical churches that have become content with a mediocre form of Christianity that is too weak to cure our nations ills. If we accept the prescription Dr. Brown lays out, our churches and our nation will slowly begin the recovery process. Only Gods Word can save us.

D R . E RWIN W. L UTZER, PASTOR EMERITUS , M OODY C HURCH , C HICAGO , I LLINOIS

Dr. Michael L. Brown inspires people to seek out the truth about God and faith.

T ED C RUZ , US SENATOR FROM T EXAS

At a moment when many American Christians are looking for a safe retreat from the culture and its wars, Dr. Michael L. Brown offers a robust and compelling case that Christians must work for good in culture and politics, even at the darkest moment. At the same time, he insists that our culture cannot be fully healed without the transforming power of the Holy Spirit in both the church and our individual lives. Should we work for positive change or pray for spiritual renewal? The answer is not either-or. Its both-and.

J AY R ICHARDS , P H D, N EW Y ORK T IMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND SENIOR FELLOW AT THE D ISCOVERY I NSTITUTE

By accurately diagnosing just how sick America is, Dr. Michael L. Brown can now offer a hope-filled prescription for moral and cultural change based on the timeless principles of the Word of God. While some are throwing in the towel and calling on the church to retreat, Dr. Brown sees the current darkness as the churchs great opportunity to arise and shine. America has fallen, but it can rise again.

D R . R OBERT J EFFRESS , PASTOR OF F IRST B APTIST C HURCH , D ALLAS

Saving a Sick America is a modern-day wakeup call for the church. Dr. Michael L. Brown rightly recognizes that we live in dire times, and yet he offers a hopeful prescription for how the church can seize this moment for good. This book is insightful, convicting, and yet inspiring. My hat is off to Dr. Brown for having the courage to write this book.

S EAN M C D OWELL , P H D, PROFESSOR AT B IOLA U NIVERSITY , POPULAR SPEAKER, AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MORE THAN 18 BOOKS INCLUDING A N EW K IND OF A POLOGIST

Dr. Michael L. Brown has produced an extremely readable book that reminds Christians that before we can change our cultural and political world we have to get things in order at our own houses. He does not deny the importance of political engagement, but reminds us that unless we have a revitalized church such engagement will not have lasting effects. We would do well to take Dr. Browns advice to look within before looking outside our churches to become the type of church that can heal our ailing society.

G EORGE Y ANCEY , P H D, PROFESSOR OF S OCIOLOGY AT THE U NIVERSITY OF N ORTH T EXAS

America is getting weaker and weaker spiritually, politically, economically, militarily, and sociallyOr is it? Dr. Michael L. Brown carefully documents this reality and depicts how God historically has moved in and through his people to get a national house in order after a foundation of prayer was laid. Society has been sick before, to the point that leadership in its day would say the nation was at the precipice of destruction. Then God moved, and the issues in society were addressed. Yes, we are sick, but the cure is eminent. Dr. Brown has done an outstanding job of challenging the followers of Jesus to believe and follow God. This is a revolutionary book that can change America. I heartily recommend it.

T OM P HILLIPS , VICE PRESIDENT /B ILLY G RAHAM L IBRARY , AUTHOR , R EVIVAL S IGNS : J OIN THE C OMING G REAT A WAKENING

Dr. Michael L. Browns Saving a Sick America is unlike any other book I have read. Many books have diagnosed the decline in the moral and spiritual state of our country and culture. Dr. Brown does that as well, but responds with an optimism that is unique. He urges the reader to take a long-term view, reminding us that many movements once thought to be on the right side of history ended up on the ash heap of history instead. Dr. Brown calls for a transformation and renewal of Americanot through politics, or even (primarily) through the pulpit, but from the bottom up. If we will get our own houses in order, he declaresby relying on scripture and prayer, and recapturing attitudes of gratitude and personal responsibilitywe can see revival again. God can indeed bring healing to a sick Americamaybe sooner, if Christians will read this book and take it to heart.

P ETER S PRIGG , S ENIOR F ELLOW FOR P OLICY S TUDIES , F AMILY R ESEARCH C OUNCIL , W ASHINGTON , DC

Dr. Michael L. Brown is one of the leading prophetic voices in our nation crying out for a moral and cultural transformation. This book is a wake-up call to the church and I strongly urge you to read it. Dont be left on the sidelines. Get in the action and be part of what I believe will be the greatest move of God in history!

J ONATHAN B ERNIS , PRESIDENT AND CEO OF J EWISH V OICE M INISTRIES I NTERNATIONAL

Dr. Michael L. Brown has written a powerful diagnosis of todays fragmenting, failing culturethe state of our families, the collapse of a common moral code, the turn inward to selfishness and moment-to-moment hedonism. None of that is working. We are less happy, less generous than our parents and grandparentsthough they often faced poverty, injustice, and even war. We have fewer children and spend less time with them. We marry less often and divorce much more quickly. We dispose of unwanted children through abortion and even infanticide. The promises of secular reformers, that we would thrive and prosper if we only climbed out from under outmoded moral codes and traditions, have failed. Now we wonder if any of us still has the strength to fight. Dr. Brown does, and he shows us the source of his strength: a firm belief in the Word of God, richly understood in the light of centuries of Christian history and reflection, anchored in a rational understanding of the natural law that God wrote on the human heart. Christians of every tradition would benefit from this book.

J OHN Z MIRAK , P H D, AUTHOR OF T HE P OLITICALLY I NCORRECT G UIDE TO C ATHOLICISM

Dr. Michael L. Brown is one of the most prolific writers and clear thinkers in the world today! His scholarship, combined with a prophetic grasp on current events, converge to release a powerful and wide array of writings that profoundly affect the soul. This book clearly articulates many of the pressing concerns we have in our nation and offers biblical solutions. Love him or hate him, when you read his material you will be greatly challenged to shift your thinking!

D R . J OSEPH M ATTERA , N ATIONAL CONVENER OF THE U NITED S TATES C OALITION OF A POSTOLIC L EADERS AND LEAD PASTOR OF R ESURRECTION C HURCH OF N EW Y ORK

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