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In the Era of the Judges

November 21st, 2024 | 20 min read

By Stiven Peter

Aaron Renn. Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Reflective, 2024. 272 pp, $26.99.

I. The Article that Launched A Thousand Responses.

It has been more than two years since Aaron Renn wrote the “Three Worlds of Evangelicalism.” Since then, it has easily become the most cited article in First Things. Renn’s framework has been discussed and dissected at length. However, the controversy with his views lies not in what he’s saying, but in what it means, namely that the past forms of Christian witness, from Billy Graham to Tim Keller, do not know how to address the cultural moment.

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Stiven Peter

Stiven Peter is an M.A. student at Reformed Theological Seminary-NYC. Previously, he graduated from the University of Chicago with a double major in economics and religious studies. He currently lives in NYC.