The Church Must Die

2010-03 Religion

Author : Dave Kirby
Release : 2010-03
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 524/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis The Church Must Die by : Dave Kirby

Download or read book The Church Must Die written by Dave Kirby. This book was released on 2010-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns--broken cisterns that can hold no water. Jeremiah 2:13 The modern church, to its very core, is wrong. It is not what it was supposed to be. Today church is a "thing"...it's an organization, a building, an institution...something never intended by Christ. In the early church the power of the Holy Spirit operated in abundance and the world was changed. Over the 2000 years since, we have traded the glory of God for an institution, traded His power for our own, and traded His church for a sad counterfeit. It's time to wake up and see ourselves for what we've become. This is not a revolution, not even a revival. This is a breaking. This is death to all we have become, that we might return to what is real.

Engaging Unbelief

2007-11-01 Religion

Author : Curtis Chang
Release : 2007-11-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 203/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Engaging Unbelief written by Curtis Chang. This book was released on 2007-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we present the truth about Jesus to a world that rejects all truth claims as arbitrary? Can we find way to engage in meaningful conversation without appearing arrogant or manipulative? Can we witness to the gospel without simply enlisting in the ongoing culture wars? Curtis Chang has found a unique way to address these pressing questions of our age. He argues that similar challenges confronted Christians at two key moments in church history and stimulated creative responses by two monumental thinkers. Augustine (AD 413) faced a fragmenting society where pagans accused Christians of causing the mounting social ills afflicting Rome. Thomas Aquinas (AD 1259) pondered the disorienting Muslim challenge that provoked most medieval Christians to crusade rather than converse. Through a careful study of Augustine's City of God and Aquinas's Summa Contra Gentiles, Chang argues that both followed a brilliant rhetorical strategy for engaging unbelief. Such a captivating strategy is critical in our cultural context where Christian witness seems as difficult as ever. Connecting these ancient writers to the contemporary analysis of thinkers like Alasdair MacIntyre, James Davison Hunter, Lesslie Newbigin, and Stanley Hauerwas, Chang puts forth his own bold recommendations for Christian rhetoric in the twenty-first century. This book will be of vital interest to a wide audience. Scholars will find a fresh reading of these important texts. Pastors and teachers of evangelism and apologetics will discover crucial resources from our Christian past. And all Christians seeking a faithful strategy for communicating the gospel will receive inspiration and hope for today.

Why Christianity Must Change or Die

2009-10-13 Religion

Author : John Shelby Spong
Release : 2009-10-13
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 121/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Why Christianity Must Change or Die written by John Shelby Spong. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important and respected voice for liberal American Christianity for the past twenty years, Bishop John Shelby Spong integrates his often controversial stands on the Bible, Jesus, theism, and morality into an intelligible creed that speaks to today's thinking Christian. In this compelling and heartfelt book, he sounds a rousing call for a Christianity based on critical thought rather than blind faith, on love rather than judgment, and that focuses on life more than religion.

Religion Must Die

2006-05 Philosophy

Author : Rich Stanit
Release : 2006-05
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 081/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Religion Must Die written by Rich Stanit. This book was released on 2006-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Besides being a polemic commentary on religion and giving clear reasons as to why it should perish, it is also a philosophical work, written by a deist. It details the possible proof of God's existence and gives the reader an explanation of the meaning of life.

The Death and Resurrection of the Church

2013-04-18 Religion

Author : Jeremy Myers
Release : 2013-04-18
Genre : Religion
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Download or read book The Death and Resurrection of the Church written by Jeremy Myers. This book was released on 2013-04-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if true church growth begins by allowing the church to die? In The Death and Resurrection of the Church, Jeremy Myers proposes that most modern church growth practices are built on faulty premises. Some of these are even rooted in the false promises that Satan offered to Jesus in the wilderness temptations. If we want the church to grow and thrive, it first needs to die to these false promises. The church must stop striving after strength, power, fame, riches, and glory, and instead follow Jesus into death. Only then will we become the church that Jesus wants. Since there can be no resurrection without death, the church must die so that it can rise again. This revised and updated book now includes discussion questions, perfect for a small group setting. Books in the “Close Your Church for Good” series: Preface: Skeleton Church Volume 1: The Death and Resurrection of the Church Volume 2: Put Service Back into the Church Service Volume 3: Dying to Religion and Empire Volume 4: Church is More than Bodies, Bucks, & Bricks Volume 5: Cruciform Pastoral Leadership

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