The Church in Exile

The Church in Exile:
God’s Counterculture in a Non-Christian World
By James W. Thompson (Leafwood, 2011)

Drawing on the epistle of 1 Peter, James W. Thompson speaks to Christians about how to live faithfully as cultural exiles as more people around them do not share their Christian values. The Church in Exile discusses how to live as a counterculture in a non-Christian world.

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