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The World Is Not Ours to Save

Finding the Freedom to Do Good

by Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

The World Is Not Ours to Save
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  • Length: 222 pages
  • Published: November 28, 2012
  • Imprint: IVP
  • ISBN: 9780830864522
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Christianity Today Book Award Winner

Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year

We want to save the world—and we have a dizzying array of worthy causes to pursue.

But passionate enthusiasm can quickly give way to disillusionment, compassion fatigue or empty slacktivism. As we move from awareness to mobilization, we bump up against the complexities of global problems—and liking Facebook pages only goes so far.

Veteran activist Tyler Wigg-Stevenson identifies the practical and spiritual pitfalls that threaten much of today's cause-driven Christianity. He casts an alternate vision for doing good based on the liberating truth that only God can save the world. Wigg-Stevenson's own pilgrimage from causes to calling shows how to ground an enduring, kingdom-oriented activism in the stillness of vocation rather than in the anxiety of the world's brokenness.

The world is not ours to save. And that'sokay. Discover why.

REVIEWS

"Tyler Wigg-Stevenson's The World Is Not Ours to Save walks Christ-followers through both his own journey and the story of Scripture, helping us arrive at a kind of world engagement and activism that is more effective than slogans and social media and more humane and healing than shouting down the world on cable news. This is a kind of activism that is drenched in the story of God and Christ's love for humankind. The World Is Not Ours to Save is a pilgrimage of the heart for those longing to see the fullness of God's kingdom."Sean Palmer, lead minister, The Vine Church, Temple, Texas
"I love Tyler. He has style, and wit, and innovation, and sass. I didn't like the title of the book. But then I read it. Tyler corrects some of the errors of activism and challenges the assumptions of belief-only Christianity. He reminds us here that works don't earn our salvation, but they do demonstrate it. And Tyler insists that we pray as if we depend on God, because we do . . . but that we also live as if God depends on us, because God does. May Tyler's words inspire us all to become the change we pray for."Shane Claiborne, author, activist and lover of Jesus, www.thesimpleway.org
"Tyler Wigg-Stevenson is a great communicator. I haven't had a book challenge me so deeply or prompt so many valuable conversations in a long time. This book is smart, thoughtful, thought-provoking and important for anyone desiring a long obedience in their advocacy and activism. "[It] is impossible to paint over a rotten wall or build a large structure on a compromised foundation. We live on top of unmendable cracks, and the insoluble nature of the world means that the question posed to us is not 'how do we fix this?' but 'how can we live out the love of God in the midst of such brokenness?'" In answering this question, Wigg-Stevenson casts a vision for the Christian activist devoid of the weight of the world, rooted in Christ and oriented toward the kingdom coming."Sara Groves, award-winning singer/songwriter
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CONTENTS


Part I:The Limits of Activism
1. The World Is Not Ours to Save: Thinking We Will Save the World
2. Don't Be a Hero: Getting Ahead of Our Calling
3. Broken beyond Our Repair: Getting the World Wrong
4. Fear God: Getting God Right
5. Take These Snakes: If Only...
Part II: A Deeper Calling
6. The Peaceable Kingdom: Moving Toward a Calling
7. Peace with God: Worship, Discipleship, Evangelism
8. Peace among theNations: Justice, Industry, Nonaggression
9. Peace in Community: Dignity, Prosperity, Security
10. Living Out Our Callings
Study Guide
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author

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ABOUT Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

Tyler Wigg-Stevenson

Tyler Wigg-Stevenson is the founding director of the Two Futures Project, a movement of Christians for the global abolition of nuclear weapons. He also chairs the Global Task Force on Nuclear Weapons for the World Evangelical Alliance. His award-winning writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Sojourners, Relevant and Christianity Today, and he is the author of Brand Jesus.

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