Joe Dallas - Christians in a Cancel Culture: Speaking with Truth and Grace in a Hostile World

Cancel culture is coming for Christianity. In fact, as Joe Dallas observes in this timely book, it is already here. The question is not if it is coming, but how will Christians respond. I am grateful for this resource that encourages Christians to respond with wisdom, grace, and truth. I hope you will read this book and share the ideas with a friend.

Sean McDowell , PhD, professor of apologetics, Talbot School of Theology

Author of Chasing Love: Sex, Love, and Relationships in a Confused Culture

Being a professing Christian who adheres to and applies the truths of Scripture to the world around us has never been easy. But today, articulating biblical precepts in the marketplace of ideas can get you fired, cancelled, censored or jailed. Joe Dallas has written what I believe may be one of the most important books you will read today. We must never be ashamed of the gospeland we are told to proclaim its precepts. But how do we stand up to an increasingly hostile culture that demands our silence? How do we truly speak truth with love? Read this book to understand what winsome boldness is all about.

Janet Parshall , nationally syndicated talk show host

Deftly written, deeply insightful, and biblically sound, this engaging book will edify, exhort, and encourage Christians in an age of confusion on contentious issues such as abortion, homosexuality, transgenderism, race, and more. I highly recommend Christians in a Cancel Culture to believers and unbelievers alike who desire to understand the current lies of our culture and the truths that counter those lies. Skillfully balancing grace and truth, this book shines a much-needed light in a dark world.

Becket Cook , host of The Becket Cook Show on YouTube

Author of A Change in Affection: A Gay Mans Incredible Story of Redemption

You and I are witnessing the incremental criminalization of Christianity. Dont believe it? In Christians in a Cancel Culture , Joe Dallas explains a number of trends growing at a frightening speed that endanger the liberties of people everywhere. His book is a worthy investment of your time. As always, Dallas provides keen analyses of his subject matter and presents you with numerous insightful conclusions. His grasp of current events, American government, the mood of present culture, and church history are all meticulous, and his research is truly educationalsomething that cannot be said of all people being published these days. This may very well be the most important book he has ever written.

Alex McFarland , Christian apologist

Truth for a New Generation, North Carolina

Joe Dallas rightly dubs cancel culture a spreading madnessa virus of twisted thinking. Belief in the normalcy of the male-female sexual union is viewed as homophobic, the immutable nature of our assigned sex, transphobic, and the value of the unborn, misogynistic. The dam has burst, submerging basic Christian morality and ethics. Yet characteristically, Joe does not merely curse the darkness; he equips Christians in the art and science of conducting difficult discussions wielding the Christ-mandated gavel of grace.

Hank Hanegraaff , president, Christian Research Institute

Host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast and the Hank Unplugged podcast

How can a Christian relationally and effectively address the cancel culture without compromising truth? Thats the question so practically answered by Joe Dallas. His dialogues of likely comments and questions raised by those with a nonbiblical reference point can quickly train and equip any believer to be effectively relevant and influential, showing love and respect all along the way. This is a book long overdue and one I strongly recommend to every Christian wanting to have an impact for Christ on those around them.

Brad Dacus , Esq., President of Pacific Justice Institute

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Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

ACTS 4:19-20

S omebodys telling you to shut up, so what are you going to do about it?

That depends. It depends on who said it, what theyre telling you to quit saying, and how important you think your words are.

It starts with the who . If its the government, youll get mad and stand on your right to free speech. If its your boss, you might be offended but still put up with it, depending on how badly you need the job. If its a celebrity on a late-night talk show saying Christians should zip it, you might just chuckle and say, Yeah, I really care, bro! But if its someone close to you, you may be hurt or bewildered, asking, Why the hostility? The who has a lot to do with your response.

As does the what . If someone reacts to your words, youll ask yourself, What did I say that got them so mad? Was it true or false? If it was true, was it appropriate? If it was true and appropriate, did I say it responsibly? After some self-examination, you may defend, retract, explain, apologize for, or stand behind what you said.

Then comes the how . How important is what youre saying? Is it a hill to die on or relinquish? If its an essential truth, you defend that hill to the end. Is it a secondary issue not worth arguing over? Then you agree to disagree. How important the issue is helps you to decide.