"A basic assumption underlying our economic system and our way of life is that cheap and plentiful amounts of oil will be available for the foreseeable future. In this book two retired oil company scientists present the case that this assumption regarding future oil supplies is dangerously flawed. They believe that a peak in worldwide oil production is imminent and that the ensuing decline in oil production will have devastating social ..."
"Today there are more churches and more Christians in the world than at any time in history. But to what end? Poverty and corruption thrive in developing countries that have been evangelized. Moral and spiritual poverty reign in the "Christian" West. Why? Because believers don't have the "mind of Christ". All of us carry around a mental model of the world. This model, or set of assumptions, ultimately determines what kind of lives we lea ..."
"A la luz de los debates sobre justicia social que se dirimen el la iglesia, este importante libro trata de acoplar la idea y la práctica de la justicia social con la cosmovisión bíblica y el concepto de la compasión. El maduro pensador cristiano Darrow Miller esboza perspectivas útiles de la justicia social y anima a emprender una acción compasiva personal. Todas las personas - afirma - han recibido talentos de Dios para proponer cambio ..."
""Darrow Miller and his colleagues strip away the ideological baggage that the term social justice has acquired over time to reveal its heart: compassion that is firmly rooted in a biblical worldview. Their invitation to the church to embrace it as a key component of its mission is a clarion call that must not and cannot be ignored."Abraham George, director of International Church Mobilization, International Justice Mission (IJM) "No one ..."