When faith is used as a weapon, the only faithful response is resistance.
LET THERE BE LIGHT: The Quest for Truth
Book One of
FAITHFUL RESISTANCE: Seeking the Way of Jesus Together
When faith is used as a weapon, the only faithful response is resistance.
Something has gone wrong with American Christianity.
Many people who once found comfort in the Church now find themselves heartbroken by what it has become. The rise of Christian nationalism has left countless believers—and former believers—wondering how the message of love, mercy, and humility became entangled with power, fear, and exclusion.
In Let There Be Light: The Quest for Truth, Angela M. Becek invites Christians to reclaim their faith from the grip of nationalism and biblicism as she explores the opening chapters of Genesis while blending history, theology, and personal reflection. Together, you’ll learn how biblicism and ideology have distorted the Gospel—and discover how critical, courageous engagement with Scripture can lead us back to love, peace, and purpose.
Whether you’re still in the pews, standing at the margins, or unsure what you believe anymore, Let There Be Light welcomes you into a thoughtful conversation about truth, hope, and what it really means to walk in the way of Jesus.
About the series, from the author:
Resisting racial hierarchies, patriarchy, authoritarianism, oligarchy and monarchism is not leftist ideology. We resist these systems of inequality because we are Christian.
To use biblical language, these systems of inequality are “the ways of the world.” They are the ways of Empire.
Unfortunately, much of American Christianity has been deceived into believing that the God of Empire is the God of Jesus and that the political implications of Scripture are to be ignored.
It’s easy to pull Bible verses that support the ways of Empire, but what the Bible reveals is that those who wrote it, an oppressed indigenous people, believed that the Most High God was on their side, and fought with them against the powers of this world, the powers of Empire.
My mission is to offer a more faithful lens through which to read and understand the Bible - as resistance literature. This is not ideological or political, it is spiritual. It’s about resisting power structures that fail to see the image of God in one another, wherever they present themselves.
I am not the first person to bring this perspective, but because it’s new to me, I want to do the hard work and explore it myself. I also recognize that I am not oppressed, so I approach the text as an outsider and one considered by some to be a traitor.
I do not advocate for violence, but repentance. I ask that people consider new information, be open to changing their minds, then turn and go in a new direction.
My work is for you if you reject the ways of Empire and want to explore how an oppressed people living 2500 years ago came to believe that the Most High God of the universe was on their side; then changed their beliefs and accepted that the freedom and salvation “their” God offered was open to all.
It is not merely a political exercise, it is a spiritual journey. It is both/and. We will not exclude one for the other.
Paperback, 156 pages.
Ships within 24 hours (Monday - Friday)
When faith is used as a weapon, the only faithful response is resistance.
LET THERE BE LIGHT: The Quest for Truth
Book One of
FAITHFUL RESISTANCE: Seeking the Way of Jesus Together
When faith is used as a weapon, the only faithful response is resistance.
Something has gone wrong with American Christianity.
Many people who once found comfort in the Church now find themselves heartbroken by what it has become. The rise of Christian nationalism has left countless believers—and former believers—wondering how the message of love, mercy, and humility became entangled with power, fear, and exclusion.
In Let There Be Light: The Quest for Truth, Angela M. Becek invites Christians to reclaim their faith from the grip of nationalism and biblicism as she explores the opening chapters of Genesis while blending history, theology, and personal reflection. Together, you’ll learn how biblicism and ideology have distorted the Gospel—and discover how critical, courageous engagement with Scripture can lead us back to love, peace, and purpose.
Whether you’re still in the pews, standing at the margins, or unsure what you believe anymore, Let There Be Light welcomes you into a thoughtful conversation about truth, hope, and what it really means to walk in the way of Jesus.
About the series, from the author:
Resisting racial hierarchies, patriarchy, authoritarianism, oligarchy and monarchism is not leftist ideology. We resist these systems of inequality because we are Christian.
To use biblical language, these systems of inequality are “the ways of the world.” They are the ways of Empire.
Unfortunately, much of American Christianity has been deceived into believing that the God of Empire is the God of Jesus and that the political implications of Scripture are to be ignored.
It’s easy to pull Bible verses that support the ways of Empire, but what the Bible reveals is that those who wrote it, an oppressed indigenous people, believed that the Most High God was on their side, and fought with them against the powers of this world, the powers of Empire.
My mission is to offer a more faithful lens through which to read and understand the Bible - as resistance literature. This is not ideological or political, it is spiritual. It’s about resisting power structures that fail to see the image of God in one another, wherever they present themselves.
I am not the first person to bring this perspective, but because it’s new to me, I want to do the hard work and explore it myself. I also recognize that I am not oppressed, so I approach the text as an outsider and one considered by some to be a traitor.
I do not advocate for violence, but repentance. I ask that people consider new information, be open to changing their minds, then turn and go in a new direction.
My work is for you if you reject the ways of Empire and want to explore how an oppressed people living 2500 years ago came to believe that the Most High God of the universe was on their side; then changed their beliefs and accepted that the freedom and salvation “their” God offered was open to all.
It is not merely a political exercise, it is a spiritual journey. It is both/and. We will not exclude one for the other.
Paperback, 156 pages.
Ships within 24 hours (Monday - Friday)
