"You're Not As Crazy As I Think:  Dialogue in a World of Loud Voices and Hardened Opinions"

"Listen to me..."

"NO, YOU listen to ME!"

If we evangelicals are known for anything, we are mostly known for our opinions, opinions we are not afraid to express, and express with much gusto and volume.

But what if passion for truth is found not in the loudest voice and most unshakeable convictions, but rather in the resolve to listen to and learn from others?  What if that passion is found in a willingness to rethink our most cherished beliefs?  What if it is found in a refusal to embrace simple black and white categories when the world offers a bewildering array of gray?  What if it is found when we refuse to dismiss those who disagree with us as simply stupid or wicked?  What if it is found when we seek to learn from others through open and honest dialogue?

In "You're Not As Crazy As I Think", Randal Rauser presents a very different picture of the passionate pursuit of truth from one where people seek to stand on unassailable and unquestionable foundations.  This pursuit begins as we rethink not only our truth paradigm but as we learn how to listen, how to hear and learn from groups so often marginalized by our biases.  Could it be that those we have dismissed or ignored - such as liberal Christians, Darwinists, animal rights activists, and atheists - are not that stupid or wicked after all?  Could it be that they might even have something important to share about the truth?

Be warned, these are conversations that could change your life.