Reviews for Less than conquerors

The average rating for Less than conquerors based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-10-04 00:00:00 James Davis Victorious life teaching and heroic, manly Christianity, seen in the teaching of Billy Sunday, filled the desire of evangelicals to regain their sense of being in control at the beginning of the 20th century. This arose because those Christians were shaped by their culture more than they realized and thus were content with triumphalism instead of repentance, lament, and humble examination in the face of vast societal changes. These cultural influences were deep and longstanding, blurring the line between being an American and being a Christian and making the church's goals not that different from the society-at-large. I had gotten this book several years ago because it critiqued the victorious life teaching on which I had been raised. Little did I know that it would be a sobering critique of the state of evangelicalism in 2020. The author goes into great detail and is a bit repetitious in parts, but I believe his assessment is accurate and applicable today. We would be wise to lay aside triumphalism for humble repentance. The church would be better served and serve better to seek God's kingdom and his righteousness rather than building our own and taking his name in vain in the process. I highly recommend "Less Than Conquerors."

Review # 2 was written on 2020-02-23 00:00:00 Melanie Garrett Started out nodding violently and quoting bits to my husband. Ended by wondering if this author had an issue with orthodox Christianity. The American success story of the 1800’s was not an “accident” of history, any more than turn-of-the-century evangelicals’ escape into gloom as a reaction against pinpricked overconfidence was a good trend. It’s good to examine the past for clues to the present. It’s bad to pretend that you don’t have to take a side. I think the weakness of this book is that despite a great number of legitimate insights into human nature (I.e. hunger to create a position of power when God has promised suffering instead), the author doesn’t see God working all things according to the counsel of His will, for His glory. His movements may look like weakness, but He will be proven right in the end. And no amount of plausible social justice theory will overcome His means of dealing with His people first and then turning His gaze on His enemies. Mr. Frank offers the impression that America would be more godly if only the evangelicals weren’t so prideful. I think that’s well beyond a lack of understanding of man’s depravity.