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20 hot potatoes Christians are afraid to touch /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dallas : Word Pub., ©1988Description: 235 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0850091624
  • 0849906555
  • 9780849906558
  • 9780850091625
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 241 19
LOC classification:
  • BJ1251 .C25 1988
Contents:
How do we answer the challenge of AIDS? -- Why are so many people down on themselves (and what can they do about it)? -- What about women preachers? -- Can a mother of a preschool child have a career and not feel guilty (and where does dad fit into it all)? -- What do I do if I'm sexually starved? -- Is television evangelism a waste of money? -- Should we pull our kids out of the public school system? -- Can rich people get into a heaven (or, can a Christian own a BMW)? -- Does Christianity have any good news for homosexuals? -- Should preachers start preaching against sports? -- Is hunting a sin? -- When is it OK to tell the doctor to pull the plug? -- Where does a single woman over 30 go to get rid of the loneliness? -- Can Christians kill? -- Are funerals a rip-off? -- Is it OK to put your aging mother in the county home? -- Is it ever OK for divorced Christians to remarry? -- Is a lot of psychological counseling a waste of time? -- What should you do if your grownup children are making decisions that could ruin their lives? -- Are evangelicals too pro-Israel?
Read by the authorSummary: AIDS, women preachers, public schools, psychological counseling, homosexuality, and working mothers-these are some of the hot issues that many Christians avoid discussing. With insight and clarity, Tony Campolo confronts today's toughest social and moral questions while raising a few of his own
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How do we answer the challenge of AIDS? -- Why are so many people down on themselves (and what can they do about it)? -- What about women preachers? -- Can a mother of a preschool child have a career and not feel guilty (and where does dad fit into it all)? -- What do I do if I'm sexually starved? -- Is television evangelism a waste of money? -- Should we pull our kids out of the public school system? -- Can rich people get into a heaven (or, can a Christian own a BMW)? -- Does Christianity have any good news for homosexuals? -- Should preachers start preaching against sports? -- Is hunting a sin? -- When is it OK to tell the doctor to pull the plug? -- Where does a single woman over 30 go to get rid of the loneliness? -- Can Christians kill? -- Are funerals a rip-off? -- Is it OK to put your aging mother in the county home? -- Is it ever OK for divorced Christians to remarry? -- Is a lot of psychological counseling a waste of time? -- What should you do if your grownup children are making decisions that could ruin their lives? -- Are evangelicals too pro-Israel?

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AIDS, women preachers, public schools, psychological counseling, homosexuality, and working mothers-these are some of the hot issues that many Christians avoid discussing. With insight and clarity, Tony Campolo confronts today's toughest social and moral questions while raising a few of his own

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