"Hold fast that faith which has been believed everywhere, always, and by all." (p. 30)
Christianity is a worldview that speaks to every area of life, and its foundational doctrines define its content. If we don't know what we believe... how can we live it and defend it? (p. 28)
In this chapter, Colson demonstrates that the core beliefs of Christianity remain common throughout history and across cultures. He calls these beliefs "orthodoxy." He notes, however, that orthodoxy is being lost in churches in the West, and few Western Christians truly know what they believe. He also points out that the modern Church is being hard-pressed by anti-theists such as Dawkins and Dennett who portray religion as imposing, postmodernist philosophies that advocate relativism and denounce truth, and the aggression of radical Islam. Colson believes that to respond to these challenges, the Church must return to orthodoxy, or "mere Christianity," and understand what it is that they believe so they can answer their opponents.
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