{"product_id":"rules-for-reformers","title":"Rules for Reformers","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhy don't we win the culture wars? \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;We tend to think being \\\u0026quot;stressed out\\\u0026quot; is a normal state of affairs, and that contentment means sitting back and just bottling things up. For the Christian, however, contentment is something we must apply, work at, and make our own in every circumstance, because anxiety and frustration are not neutral behaviors.\\nIt is certainly easier to go with our natural impulses when times are very hard or even just \\\u0026quot;annoying,\\\u0026quot; but contentment is an important part of our Christian life. Even the apostle Paul had to \\\u0026quot;learn\\\u0026quot; contentment. So we shouldn't wonder why we're still in spiritual kindergarten—repeating the same lessons over and over again—if we haven't given ourselves to study contentment. Thankfully, every test God gives on contentment is open book (even the pop quizzes!). In Learning Contentment, Nancy Wilson looks to the Bible and Puritans like Jeremiah Burroughs, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas Watson, and Charles Spurgeon to help us develop the practical, spiritual strength and the perspective that comes from contentment's deep satisfaction with the will of God. This encouraging little book follows after Nancy Wilson's Virtuous: A Study for Ladies of Every Age. Learning Contentment includes concise explanations, application questions and assignments that will involve and challenge everyone, and lots of biblical wisdom for individuals and groups.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/I-125.pdf?5618\" title=\"Rules for Reformers Look Inside the Book\" style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e or \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/canonpress.com\/app\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff9900;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff9900;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eListen on Canon+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs it really because we’re not being inclusive and welcoming enough? Maybe one more compromise will make the world like us? Or maybe if we watch the news and get really really angry, things will change?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe obviously need a new playbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eRules for Reformers\u003c\/em\u003e, Douglas Wilson steals the strategies of the radical left and applies them to Christians engaged in the culture war. The result is part combat manual, part cultural manifesto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRules for Reformers\u003c\/em\u003e is as insightful as it is provocative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can also purchase this as an audiobook or on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Rules-for-Reformers-Audiobook\/B07W6JN19W?qid=1663348667\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1\u0026amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f\u0026amp;pf_rd_r=WAF0FCFNFMY0FJJGJGX9\"\u003eaudible\u003c\/a\u003e.*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* All purchases made through this link will earn us a small commission through Amazon Associates, an affiliate program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat People Are Saying:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book is quintessential Douglas Wilson. Which is to say it's very good, very smart, and flashes Wilson's spiritual gift of sarcasm. Wilson makes that old-time religion contemporary not by dumbing it down for the huddled masses, but through his trademark winsome snark. God's people are better for it. His enemies -- not so much.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Steve Deace, nationally syndicated radio host \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"More like a lumberjack than a pastor, even when he wears a suit.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Doug Wilson jumped the shark a long time ago.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Jonathan Merritt \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"So just who is this twisted 'Doug Wilson' creature, anyway?\" \u003cstrong\u003e-The Slacktivist \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I much prefer Wilson's sincerity to the vague and Python-esque witterings of the interfaith and ecumenical groups who barely respect their own traditions. He is willing to maintain very staunchly that Jesus of Nazareth was the Christ and that his sacrifice redeems our state of sin.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Christopher Hitchens \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"When friends ask me where I go for wise cultural analysis, the first name that always comes to mind is Doug Wilson. For years, I've found Doug's commentary on culture, politics, economics, and family to be profoundly insightful and biblically faithful. In Rules for Reformers, Doug has packaged his wise and witty cultural commentary with shrewd and gracious application of the Scriptures. In doing so, he's given those of us who love the gospel a manifest for grace-driven cultural reformation.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Joe Rigney, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Things of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLive Like a Narnian\u003c\/em\u003e and professor at Bethlehem College and Seminary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDouglas Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a pastor in Moscow, Idaho, a father of three, and grandfather of seventeen. He is the author of numerous books, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDecluttering Your Marriage\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFuture Men\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Exasperate Your Wife\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/I-125.pdf?5618\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR: Douglas Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEDITION: Second\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAGE COUNT: 296 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 5.25x8\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 10: 1591281792\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781591281795\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1st ED PUB. DATE: December 2, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2nd ED PUB. 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