PRAISE FOR HOW THE NATIONS RAGE

“This is a book worth reading. Leeman is clearheaded, tenderhearted, and extremely thoughtful about an enormously critical topic. While I may not agree with every jot and tittle of Leeman’s analysis, I was helped, stirred, and provoked by what I read. We need more books like this.”

—KEVIN DEYOUNG, SENIOR PASTOR, CHRIST COVENANT

CHURCH, MATTHEWS, NORTH CAROLINA; ASSISTANT

PROFESSOR OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, RTS CHARLOTTE

“Jonathan Leeman’s How the Nations Rage contains truths that will make any Christian—Republican, Democrat, Independent, or otherwise—squirm, and that’s what makes it worthwhile. In this time of political polarization, Leeman offers an opportunity for people to step back from the headlines and the harangues to reevaluate what it means to represent Christ in the public square and one’s local community. If read carefully, How the Nations Rage can smooth some of the sharp edges of our current political discourse and move people of faith toward being truth tellers and peacemakers instead of mere partisans.”

—JEMAR TISBY, PRESIDENT, THE WITNESS, A BLACK CHRISTIAN

COLLECTIVE; COHOST, PASS THE MIC PODCAST

“Few waters are more difficult for Christians to navigate than political ones. This book helpfully steers us between the opposite errors of worrying too much about politics or investing too much hope in them. One of my biggest challenges as a pastor has been how to shepherd my people on this issue, and Jonathan has given us an invaluable resource to that end—whatever political persuasion they bring to the discussion. In his characteristically amenable but candid manner, he opens the Bible and shows us the way forward.”

—J. D. GREEAR, PH.D., PASTOR, THE SUMMIT CHURCH,

RALEIGH-DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

“These are fraught political times, both inside and outside the church. The ‘culture wars’ model of the previous century has proven inadequate in addressing the polarization of our current social climate. How the Nations Rage provides a more mature, deeply biblical, and much needed pastoral understanding of the relationship between the church and the public square. In these pages, Leeman balances correction and encouragement, as well as principle and wisdom.”

—KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, AUTHOR OF BOOKED: LITERATURE IN THE SOUL OF

ME AND FIERCE CONVICTIONS: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF HANNAH MORE

“Most thoughtful Christians know in their hearts that while government is necessary, the solution for the difficulties of life and the social order will never arise in the nation’s capital. Jonathan Leeman has written How the Nations Rage in part to show the futility of the political solution. His determination is not to have Christians avoid political agendas but rather to face honestly the insufferable difficulties in the machinations of men regarding political order. Eventually, Leeman recognizes the the church is subject to being pummeled by just about everybody in the political order, and yet, the church and its message of love ...