A Time to Search

by Joseph Boot, Ryan Eras (Introduction), Joseph Boot

The urge to seek out meaning and purpose in life is part of the human condition; there is a universal longing to make sense of the world. In our present cultural moment in the West, people have been hindered in this pursuit by a spiritual malaise, obfuscating truth like a thick fog obscures a mountain path. We feel the need as acutely as ever, but modern culture tells us meaning and purpose must be invented , rather than discovered . Instead of the sense of liberation promised, this call to invent our own meaning has not led to greater joy, purpose and freedom, but to anxiety, dislocation and isolation, because the assumption that we are creators of our own reality has deprived us of any basis for believing that meaning, truth and beauty are knowable, given realities with objective standards. In A Time to Search , Joe Boot explains how the biblical worldview makes sense of the whole of reality, wrestling with questions common to the human experience about suffering, truth, morality, guilt, and the claims of the person of Jesus. In an era where many feel as though they are wandering in a cloud of confusion, now is a time to search for a constant, faithful, and unfailing foundation to build a life upon.

292 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2002

About the author

Rev. Dr. Joseph Boot (M.A., Ph.D.) is a cultural theologian, leading Christian apologist, founding pastor of Westminster Chapel in Toronto and founder of the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity (EICC). Originally from Great Britain, he served with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries for seven years as an apologist based in Oxford England and Toronto Canada. Joe has spoken all over the world in 25 countries at numerous universities, seminaries, churches, colleges, and conferences from Eton College and Oxford University, to Forman University in Lahore, Pakistan. He regularly addresses pastors and Christian leaders as well as medical, legal, and business professionals in North America, Britain, and the Middle East and has publicly debated leading atheistic thinkers and philosophers in Canada and the United States.

Joe did his undergraduate studies in Theology (Birmingham Christian College, U.K), earned his Master’s degree in Mission Theology (University of Manchester U.K), and holds a Ph.D. in Christian Intellectual Thought (WTS, Florida USA). A contributing author to Thomas Nelson’s major Christian apologetics volume, Beyond Opinion, Joe’s other apologetic works include Searching for Truth (Crossway), Why I Still Believe (Baker), and How Then Shall We Answer (New Wine) which have been published in Europe and North America. His most recent book, The Mission of God, is a systematic work of cultural theology exploring the biblical worldview as it relates to the Christian’s mission in the world. Joe serves as Senior Fellow for the cultural and apologetics think-tank truthXchange in Southern California; is Senior Fellow of cultural philosophy for the California based Centre for Cultural Leadership and serves as faculty for both the Wilberforce Academy in Cambridge U.K and The Alliance Defending Freedom’s Blackstone Legal Academy in Phoenix Arizona. In 2011 Joe was recognized by Toronto’s Centre for Mentorship and Theological Reflection as ‘Best Preacher Apologist’ for his contribution to apologetic and expository preaching. Joe is general editor of the Ezra Institute’s Journal, Jubilee, serves as chancellor for Westminster Classical Christian Academy, and has regularly been heard on Toronto radio, and seen on Sun News Network. Joe lives in Toronto, Canada with his wife, Jenny, and their three children: Naomi, Hannah, and Isaac.

Reviews

[Suraj · Rating 4 out of 5]

It helps us to view how much percentage we love God and it leads us to spiritual path ....