Albert Mohler: The Disappearance of God: Dangerous Beliefs in the New Spiritual Openness

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

I am very pleased that my latest book, The Disappearance of God: Dangerous Beliefs in the New Spiritual Openness was released yesterday by Multnomah Books. This new book takes a look at many of the most controversial issues facing the church today. My hope is that it will serve the church well.

Here is the Preface to The Disappearance of God:

Has God disappeared? The tragic reality is that we are living in an age that is marked by so much spiritual and theological confusion that the God of the Bible has largely disappeared from view -- replaced by less imposing deities that are more amenable to the modern mind.

In one sense, we are witnessing the result of secularization and the evaporation of biblical theism from our public life. To this we must add the privatization of truth and the fact that millions of Americans claim a divine right to their own spiritual cocoon and belief system. As the song suggests, Americans now lay claim to “their own personal Jesus.” This personal vision of Jesus Christ may well bear little or no resemblance to Jesus as he is revealed in the Bible. the rest