A Dandy Little Book!

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In 2002, Peter Kreeft wrote a book entitled How to Win the Culture War: A Christian Battle Plan for a Society in Crisis. After having completed the book in a span of about four-and-a-half hours, this reviewer was quite surprised that this book has not received more acclaim among Christians (or maybe it has and he was oblivious). The author's premise was insightful; his arguments were sound; and his writing style was crisp and clean.

In the introduction, Kreeft put aside all labels and claimed, "There is one this that almost everybody in America agrees about." That one thing, he said, was that our country, our society, our culture, "is in...'deep doo-doo.'" Thus, most of the text, which encompassed a total of 120 pages, was devoted to explaining the "doo-doo," and clarifying the reasons for its existence.

Through six chapters, Kreeft argued that there is indeed a culture war, who the enemy is in such a war, and what the enemy's battle plan is. In painfully logical and clear verbiage, the book revealed to the reader just what is at stake in the present culture war: nothing less than our eternal destiny and happiness! Further, he reminded the Christian (and quasi-Christian) audience of the things that are most able to keep us from finding that eternal happiness.

The story, however, was not without hope! In the final chapters, the author announced the plan that Christians must espouse, the path that they must travel, in order to win the culture war. That plan, he boldly claimed, is for all Christians to seek sanctity, because it is the "strongest weapon in the world," and nothing "can defeat it."

So, this dandy little book must be read by all Christians in order to provide clarity and motivation in the face of impending chaos. (This reviewer even tried to devise a plan to get Deists, atheists, and agnostics to read it without knowing exactly what they were reading.) It is necessary because our Western world, and America in particular, is teetering on the edge of nothingness, and only the peace, hope, and love of Christ can keep us from falling into eternal darkness.

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