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CANCEL THIS! : What Today's Church Can Learn from the Bad Guys of the Bible
Why read a book about biblical characters who messed up? Because we can learn so much from them by taking a close look at what led to their disastrous decisions and lack of sound judgment at critical times in their lives. Bad Guys of the Bible examines how anger, bitterness, greed, pride, and unforgiving spirit, and a desire for vengeance led these men down dark paths that ultimately shipwrecked their lives. Asa remedy for such errant emotions, the book explains how we can apply the Gospel to critical times in our lives when our feelings tend to lead us away from the Lord .It all comes down to understanding God's grace and the full scope of His forgiveness of our sins. It’s on that basis that we forgive others. To help further integrate the powerful lessons we can learn from these men, each chapter concludes with thought-provoking questions to help readers apply solid biblical truths to their own lives through personal or group Bible study.
Jonathan C. Brentner is an author and blogger of topics related to biblical prophecy. He’s a former pastor and graduate of John Brown University (1975) and Talbot Theological Seminary(1978).
Jonathan C. Brentner is an author and blogger of topics related to biblical prophecy. He’s a former pastor and graduate of John Brown University (1975) and Talbot Theological Seminary(1978).
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Published April 18, 2023
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May 10, 2023
A BIBLE STUDY ENCOURAGING TRUST IN GOD
Author Jonathan Brentner wrote in the Introduction to this 2021 book, “thirty-five years ago, I hadn’t yet learned what it meant to trust God through all the varied heartaches and afflictions of life… I blamed the Lord for the dreadful turn of events and my continuing sorrow… The Lord showed up about five years later… He spoke to the futility of my resistance… I later led a Bible Study that I titled, ‘Biblical Characters that Fell Short.’ … The men in this book, with one notable exception… ruined their lives because they grew impatient … did not trust Him, or both… As a result, they made disastrous decisions… My purpose for writing this book is … to guide you as you grow in your relationship with the Lord… how to walk with Him through storms, sorrows, and disappointments…
“The ‘bad guys’ in this study… allowed negative emotions to lead them into making disastrous decisions that, in many cases, ruined their lives… Many of the men … believed they could find fulfillment apart from the Lord… they pursued contentment in the things of the world with a perspective limited to the things they could see and obtain… The counter-cultural message of this book strikes back at the widespread effort to scrub all of God’s ways from our society.” (Pg. 1-5)
He concludes, “This book is my declaration of God’s over-the-top goodness and faithfulness to me. He alone is the reason I did not go down some of the disastrous roads many of the guys in this book traveled when my life took a disastrous turn… Many use the phrase ‘cancel culture’ to describe the widespread effort to eliminate a biblical worldview from all areas of life today. Unfortunately, many churches have succumbed to the world’s effort to replace the standards of God’s Word with an ‘anything goes’ mentality… Most of the men in this study.. overlooked the impossibility of cancelling His truths as well as the outcome of seeking to do so… they allowed an earthbound focus to obscure God’s plan for their lives both now and in eternity.” (Pg. 195, 197)
Author Jonathan Brentner wrote in the Introduction to this 2021 book, “thirty-five years ago, I hadn’t yet learned what it meant to trust God through all the varied heartaches and afflictions of life… I blamed the Lord for the dreadful turn of events and my continuing sorrow… The Lord showed up about five years later… He spoke to the futility of my resistance… I later led a Bible Study that I titled, ‘Biblical Characters that Fell Short.’ … The men in this book, with one notable exception… ruined their lives because they grew impatient … did not trust Him, or both… As a result, they made disastrous decisions… My purpose for writing this book is … to guide you as you grow in your relationship with the Lord… how to walk with Him through storms, sorrows, and disappointments…
“The ‘bad guys’ in this study… allowed negative emotions to lead them into making disastrous decisions that, in many cases, ruined their lives… Many of the men … believed they could find fulfillment apart from the Lord… they pursued contentment in the things of the world with a perspective limited to the things they could see and obtain… The counter-cultural message of this book strikes back at the widespread effort to scrub all of God’s ways from our society.” (Pg. 1-5)
He concludes, “This book is my declaration of God’s over-the-top goodness and faithfulness to me. He alone is the reason I did not go down some of the disastrous roads many of the guys in this book traveled when my life took a disastrous turn… Many use the phrase ‘cancel culture’ to describe the widespread effort to eliminate a biblical worldview from all areas of life today. Unfortunately, many churches have succumbed to the world’s effort to replace the standards of God’s Word with an ‘anything goes’ mentality… Most of the men in this study.. overlooked the impossibility of cancelling His truths as well as the outcome of seeking to do so… they allowed an earthbound focus to obscure God’s plan for their lives both now and in eternity.” (Pg. 195, 197)
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