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The New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survivors of Soviet persecution to warn American Christians of approaching dangers.
For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of “soft” totalitarianism cropping up in America–something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of life. Civil liberties are increasingly seen as a threat to “safety”. Progressives marginalize conservative, traditional Christians, and other dissenters. Technology and consumerism hasten the possibility of a corporate surveillance state. And the pandemic, having put millions out of work, leaves our country especially vulnerable to demagogic manipulation.
In Live Not By Lies, Dreher amplifies the alarm sounded by the brave men and women who fought totalitarianism. He explains how the totalitarianism facing us today is based less on overt violence and more on psychological manipulation. He tells the stories of modern-day dissidents–clergy, laity, martyrs, and confessors from the Soviet Union and the captive nations of Europe–who offer practical advice for how to identify and resist totalitarianism in our time. Following the model offered by a prophetic World War II-era pastor who prepared believers in his Eastern European to endure the coming of communism, Live Not By Lies teaches American Christians a method for resistance:
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn famously said that one of the biggest mistakes people make is assuming totalitarianism can’t happen in their country. Many American Christians are making that mistake today, sleepwalking through the erosion of our freedoms. Live Not By Lies will wake them and equip them for the long resistance.
256 pages
A very well structured and understandable telling of today's troubled reality, paired with encouraging advise on how to stand on God's truth despite it.
Maybe it's the timing of my reading this book with the stories, insights, urgency, and ideas stepping right into and running from where I was.... But it's an exceptional book that I cannot recommend enough. It's revolutionary in thought and warning, so fresh in its approach and style, content is so engaging yet unbelievablely deep. I've found it so encouraging as I step into my own unknowns and challenges caused by the government, culture and anti-christ spirit at work in the world.
A very well structured and understandable telling of today's troubled reality, paired with encouraging advise on how to stand on God's truth despite it.
Maybe it's the timing of my reading this book with the stories, insights, urgency, and ideas stepping right into and running from where I was.... But it's an exceptional book that I cannot recommend enough. It's revolutionary in thought and warning, so fresh in its approach and style, content is so engaging yet unbelievablely deep. I've found it so encouraging as I step into my own unknowns and challenges caused by the government, culture and anti-christ spirit at work in the world.
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