The Living Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Living Church write by John Stott. This book was released on 2021-04-30. The Living Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What exactly is a living church? Author John Stott explains, 'We need more radically conservative churches: "conservative" in the sense that they conserve what Scripture plainly requires, but radical in relation to that combination of tradition and convention that we call 'culture'. Scripture is unchangeable, but culture is not.' 'The Living Church' brings together a number of characteristics of what the author calls 'authentic' or 'living' church. The marks, being clearly biblical, are timeless and need to be preserved. We are encouraged to become learning churches, caring churches, worshipping churches and evangelising churches. John Stott unpacks the Bible's wisdom rigorously with a teacher's skill and applies it faithfully with a pastor's heart. Becoming a living church is not an impossible goal.
The Household of God
The Household of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Household of God write by Lesslie Newbigin. This book was released on 2008-12-31. The Household of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book discusses the question that the author regards as central in the present ecumenical debate: the nature of the Church itself. He thus describes the plan of theÊbook: The First chapter sketches the present context of the discussion and touches on the Biblical meaning of the word Church. The next three chapters examine the three answers to the central question, which may be roughly categorizedÊ as Protestant, Catholic, Pentecostal. The last two chapters argue that the Church is only to be understood in a perspective that is at once eschatologicalÊand missionary, the perspective of the ends of the earth. Bishop Newbigin's evaluations are provacative, scholarly, and filled with profound passion and insight. He is concerned with the searching questions men today are asking: Is there in truth a family of God on earth to which I can belong, a place where all men can be truly at home? If so, where is it to be found and how is it that those who claim to be spokesmen of that holy fellowshipÊare themselves at war with one another as to the fundamentals of its nature? I think there is no more urgent theological task than to try to give plain and simple answers. This he does, drawing deeply upon biblicalÊsources.
The Church Cracked Open
The Church Cracked Open - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Church Cracked Open write by Stephanie Spellers. This book was released on 2021-03-17. The Church Cracked Open available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This book will make a profound difference for the church in this moment in history." — The Most Reverend Michael B. Curry Sometimes it takes disruption and loss to break us open and call us home to God. It’s not surprising that a global pandemic and once-in-a-generation reckoning with white supremacy—on top of decades of systemic decline—have spurred Christians everywhere to ask who we are, why God placed us here and what difference that makes to the world. In this critical yet loving book, the author explores the American story and the Episcopal story in order to find out how communities steeped in racism, establishment, and privilege can at last fall in love with Jesus, walk humbly with the most vulnerable and embody beloved community in our own broken but beautiful way. The Church Cracked Open invites us to surrender privilege and redefine church, not just for the sake of others, but for our own salvation and liberation.
The Meaning of Protestant Theology
The Meaning of Protestant Theology - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Meaning of Protestant Theology write by Phillip Cary. This book was released on 2019-06-18. The Meaning of Protestant Theology available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book offers a creative and illuminating discussion of Protestant theology. Veteran teacher Phillip Cary explains how Luther's theology arose from the Christian tradition, particularly from the spirituality of Augustine. Luther departed from the Augustinian tradition and inaugurated distinctively Protestant theology when he identified the gospel that gives us Christ as its key concept. More than any other theologian, Luther succeeds in carrying out the Protestant intention of putting faith in the gospel of Christ alone. Cary also explores the consequences of Luther's teachings as they unfold in the history of Protestantism.
Understanding Homosexuality
Understanding Homosexuality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Understanding Homosexuality write by David N. Glesne. This book was released on 2005. Understanding Homosexuality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is born out of the experience of one ministering in a congregational setting to the joys and sorrows of people struggling with a variety of life issues— including homosexual experiences. The author addresses the critical questions regarding homosexuality from within the setting of the local church and seeks answers that are consistent with Scriptures and historic Christianity.
