Brave New World Conference Resources
Welcome to our Brave New World Resources Page. Here, you’ll find links to articles, podcasts, and blog posts as well as bibliographies for books and other recommended resources relating to the idea of courageously engaging and compassionately loving others in an increasingly pluralistic society, without compromising our biblical convictions while exploring how the church can effectively communicate the unchanging Word in a relentlessly changing world.
Resource List
Books
Darrell Bock, How Would Jesus Vote?: Do Your Political Views Really Align with the Bible?
Lee Breach, The Church in Exile: Living in Hope After Christendom
Mark Coppenger, Moral Apologetics for Contemporary Christians: Pushing Back Against Cultural and Religious Critics
Andy Crouch, Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling
Andy Crouch, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk, and True Flourishing
John S. Dickerson, The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors that Will Crash the American Church… and How to Prepare
Tony Evans, Horizontal Jesus: How Our Relationships with Others Affect Our Experience with God
Os Guinness, Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion
Tim Keller, Loving the City: Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons, Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme
Will Metzger, Tell the Truth: The Whole Gospel Wholly by Grace Communicated Truthfully and Lovingly
R. Albert Mohler, We Cannot Be Silent: Speaking Truth to a Culture Redefining Sex, Marriage, and the Very Meaning of Right and Wrong
Russell Moore, Onward: Engaging the Culture without Losing the Gospel
Russell Moore, Adopted for Life: The Priority of Adoption for Christian Families and Churches
J. Paul Nyquist, Prepare: Living Your Faith in an Increasingly Hostile Culture
Larry Osborne, Thriving in Babylon: Why Hope, Humility, and Wisdom Matter in a Godless Culture
James Emery White, The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated
Digital Resources
Articles
Beaumont, Hunter. “Preaching the Gospel in a Doctrine-Averse Culture.” Acts 29, June 1, 2010.
Dean, Paul. “Cultural Engagement: Every Christian’s Obligation.” Crosswalk.com. Jan 24, 2008.
Gavin, Ortlund. “3 Ways Our Culture Is Different from Every Other Culture in History.” The Gospel Coalition. February 9, 2016.
Amy Simpson, “If We Can’t ‘Fear Not,’ Let’s Fear Better.” Christianity Today. January 19, 2016.
Thorn, Joe. “6 Rules of Cultural Engagement.” Acts 29. February 20, 2015.
Wilkinson, Alissa. “Lazy Cultural Engagement: Can We Stop Proof-Texting Culture?” Christianity Today. October 1, 2014.
Blogs
The Exchange by Ed Stetzer
David Kinnaman’s Blog
Albert Mohler’s Blog
Engage at Bible.org
Denison Forum on Truth and Culture
The Table Podcasts
Younger Perspectives on Cultural Engagement, with Darrell L. Bock, Kasey Summerer, Kymberli Cook, and Mikel Del Rosario. August 2, 2016
Christianity in the Public Square, with Darrel L. Bock and John Dickson. August 8, 2015
DTS Chapel Messages
Mark L. Bailey, Proclaiming Truth in a Contrary Culture, July 12, 2016
Darrell L. Bock, David K. Lowery, Victor D. Anderson, and Sandra Glahn, Cultural Shift of Hostility, February 1, 2013
Darrell L. Bock and Ed Stetzer, The Status of Evangelicalism, December 2, 2014
Darrell L. Bock and John Dickson, Christianity as a Cultural Minority, February 10, 2015
JR Vassar and Darrell L. Bock, Spiritual Renewal in a Post-Christian Society, October 29, 2013
Audio
Mark Dever, How to Survive a Cultural Crisis, 2015 TGC National Conference Workshop
Michael Lindsay, Preparing Leaders of Integrity for Public Influence, The Gospel Coalition 2013 National Conference
Equipped with Chris Brooks, Moody Radio.
Video Resources
Matt Chandler, Michael Horton, and Tim Keller, The Church in Culture, The Gospel Coalition, March 24, 2014.
Tim Keller, John Pier, and D.A. Carson, Thriving Church in a Hostile Culture, The Gospel Coalition, March 24, 2014
Rick Langer, Practicing Prophetic Civility in Today’s Society Talbot Chapel, March 8, 2016
David Platt, Christ, Culture, and a Call to Action
Paul Spears, Resisting the Pressures of Our Culture, Talbot Chapel, March 8, 2016
Ravi Zacharias, Is It Too Late for the Church to Change Culture?, theDove.us, July 31, 2012