The Wisdom Pyramid

Brett McCracken (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2021
Crossway Books (Verlag)
978-1-4335-6959-3 (ISBN)

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Helping believers navigate today’s media-saturated culture, Brett McCracken presents a biblical case for wisdom. Using the illustration of a Wisdom Pyramid, he points readers to more lasting and reliable sources of wisdom—not for their own glorification, but ultimately for God’s.

We're facing an information overload.

With the quick tap of a finger we can access an endless stream of addictive information—sports scores, breaking news, political opinions, streaming TV, the latest Instagram posts, and much more. Accessing information has never been easier—but acquiring wisdom is increasingly difficult.

In an effort to help us consume a more balanced, healthy diet of information, Brett McCracken has created the “Wisdom Pyramid.” Inspired by the food pyramid model, the Wisdom Pyramid challenges us to increase our intake of enduring, trustworthy sources (like the Bible) while moderating our consumption of less reliable sources (like the Internet and social media). At a time when so much of our daily media diet is toxic and making us spiritually sick, The Wisdom Pyramid suggests that we become healthy and wise when we reorient our lives around God—the foundation of truth and the eternal source of wisdom.

Proposes the Bible as the foundational source of wisdom
Presents 3 marks of wisdom: discernment, patience, and humility
Examines less reliable sources of information, such as social media and popular culture
Explores how the church can offer the world a deeper source of information through the application of God’s wisdom

Brett McCracken is a senior editor for the Gospel Coalition and the author of The Wisdom Pyramid: Feeding Your Soul in a Post-Truth World and Uncomfortable: The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community. He lives with his family in Southern California.

Introduction: An Unwise Age

Part 1: Sources of Our Sickness

Information Gluttony
Perpetual Novelty
“Look Within” Autonomy

Part 2: Sources of Our Wisdom
Introduction: Sources of Truth for a Life of Wisdom

The Bible
The Church
Nature
Books
Beauty
The Internet and Social Media
What Wisdom Looks Like

Acknowledgments
Notes
General Index
Scripture Index

Erscheinungsdatum	18.01.2021
Verlagsort	Wheaton, IL
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	237 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	1-4335-6959-0 / 1433569590
ISBN-13	978-1-4335-6959-3 / 9781433569593
Zustand	Neuware