The Vanishing Church 9marks Journal
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The Vanishing Church 9marks Journal
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Author : Jonathan Leeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-01-05
The Vanishing Church 9marks Journal written by Jonathan Leeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-05 with categories.
What good is a church if it loses its distinctness? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.The growing opposition to the Christian faith in Western culture is heart breaking and worth challenging. That said, God has good purposes for letting the nations-even a so-called Christian nation-oppose his people. And one of them is to sharpen the church's distinctness. He is seeking a bride for his Son, and he means for her to radiate.The nature of our relationships inside a church should be distinct. Our ways of serving our employers and employees should be distinct. Our treatment of spouses and children should be distinct. Our loves and our laughter should be distinct. Our sexuality and family budgets and vacation plans should be distinct. And the more our culture opposes God and his people, the more the distinctness of our churches should shine. Yes, there should be points of commonality. We never stop being human, and our lives and loves should be deeply humane. But we are the new humanity. Our neighbors should find us both familiar and exotic.Notice, then, the further a nation moves away from Christian moral assumptions, the more its churches have occasion to radiate the life-changing power of God. Which means, cultural opposition shouldn't scare us. It sets a backdrop for the display for the glory of God in our lives.Not only that, our evangelistic power is tied to our distinctness. An old friend of mine known as a Christian who works deep in the heart of British politics recently affirmed gay marriage. He doesn't know it today, but a couple decades from now he just might look back and see that he lost all his prophetic power on the day he made that affirmation. He blended in. He became indistinct. His salt was no longer salty. Might as well throw it out.How precious for evangelism's sake are our doctrines of sin and conversion.As cultural opposition grows, in short, church leaders must not be all lament. Or all battle-cry. There might be places for both. But pastors must preach hope, recognizing divine purposefulness in that very opposition. God is behind it. We should not presume to know what God is specifically doing through any moment of opposition, but we can assume that all the purposes for his church are love.The goal of this 9Marks Journal is to help pastors adopt a fuller perspective regarding the growing cultural opposition all around us. How should we think? How should we speak and pray? They might subpoena our sermons or fine our florists. But the game is God's, and he moves about his opponents like pawns.
Pastoral Moves 9marks Journal
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Author : Jonathan Leeman
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-05-20
Pastoral Moves 9marks Journal written by Jonathan Leeman and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-20 with categories.
Quick, before you make another move, pastor, read this Journal!If you're thinking of leaving your church for another, start with Michael Lawrence's article on leaving wisely. In fact, look at Matt Schmucker's even before you think about leaving. Have you looked yet? Okay, what about now? I've seen enough pastors come and go to know that Lawrence and Schmucker just might shift your paradigm.Or maybe the process of searching has begun. Mark De-ver, Bobby Jamieson, Walter Price, and Dennis Newkirk will help you to avoid common mis-takes and pursue the next pastor wisely.Then again, maybe you should not make a move at all. Jeramie Rinne and Mark Dever will tell you why. Pastor Rinne, in fact, would rather see you dead right where you are. What a pastor!
The God Who Is There
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Author : D. A. Carson
language : en
Publisher: Baker Books
Release Date : 2010-07-01
The God Who Is There written by D. A. Carson and has been published by Baker Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-01 with Religion categories.
It can no longer be assumed that most people--or even most Christians--have a basic understanding of the Bible. Many don't know the difference between the Old and New Testament, and even the more well-known biblical figures are often misunderstood. It is getting harder to talk about Jesus accurately and compellingly because listeners have no proper context with which to understand God's story of redemption. In this basic introduction to faith, D. A. Carson takes seekers, new Christians, and small groups through the big story of Scripture. He helps readers to know what they believe and why they believe it. The companion leader's guide helps evangelistic study groups, small groups, and Sunday school classes make the best use of this book in group settings.
Remember Death
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Author : Matthew McCullough
language : en
Publisher: Crossway
Release Date : 2018-08-08
Remember Death written by Matthew McCullough and has been published by Crossway this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-08 with Religion categories.
Life-expectancy worldwide is twice what it was a hundred years ago. And because of modern medicine, many of us don't often see death up close. That makes it easy to live as if death is someone else's problem. It isn't. Ignoring the certainty of death doesn't protect us from feeling its effects throughout the lives we're living now. But this avoidance can hold us back from experiencing the powerful, everyday relevance of Jesus's promises to us. So long as death remains remote and unreal, Jesus's promises will too. But honesty about death brings hope to life. That's the ironic claim at the heart of this book. Cultivating "death-awareness" helps us bring the promises of Jesus from the hazy clouds of some other world into the everyday problems of our world—where they belong.
Complementarianism 9marks Journal
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Author : Albert Mohler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-12-14
Complementarianism 9marks Journal written by Albert Mohler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-14 with categories.
Our culture's assault on gender differences and authority is generationally urgent because it's unique to this Western moment, this time and place. So we must not take either set of problems out of our sights: the generationally urgent challenges to difference and authority andthe universally chronic challenge to equality. All this leads to our present moment: a reckoning for complementarianism.The task for complementarians more than ever is to continue reforming ourselves according to God's Word. We must work to understand authority and difference as well as equality from the Bible. A right understanding and practice of each will be the best defense against abuse and abdication both. That way we will "Keep [our] conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when we speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation" (1 Peter 2:12).
Divided By Faith
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Author : Michael O. Emerson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2001
Divided By Faith written by Michael O. Emerson and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Religion categories.
Through a nationwide survey, the authors of this study conclude that US Evangelicals may actually be preserving the racial chasm, not through active racism, but because their theology hinders their ability to recognise systematic injustice.
What Is A Healthy Church
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Author : Mark Dever
language : en
Publisher: Crossway
Release Date : 2007
What Is A Healthy Church written by Mark Dever and has been published by Crossway this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Religion categories.
Guides both pastors and members to recognize key characteristics of a healthy church and then challenge each person to do his or her part in developing those characteristics in the local church body.
Broken Idols Of The English Reformation
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Author : Margaret Aston
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-06-11
Broken Idols Of The English Reformation written by Margaret Aston and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-11 with History categories.
Why were so many religious images and objects broken and damaged in the course of the Reformation? Margaret Aston's magisterial new book charts the conflicting imperatives of destruction and rebuilding throughout the English Reformation from the desecration of images, rails and screens to bells, organs and stained glass windows. She explores the motivations of those who smashed images of the crucifixion in stained glass windows and who pulled down crosses and defaced symbols of the Trinity. She shows that destruction was part of a methodology of religious revolution designed to change people as well as places and to forge in the long term new generations of new believers. Beyond blanked walls and whited windows were beliefs and minds impregnated by new modes of religious learning. Idol-breaking with its emphasis on the treacheries of images fundamentally transformed not only Anglican ways of worship but also of seeing, hearing and remembering.
Finding Church
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Author : Wayne Jacobsen
language : en
Publisher: Blue Sheep Media
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Finding Church written by Wayne Jacobsen and has been published by Blue Sheep Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Religion categories.
What if the church Jesus is building looks more like wildflowers strewn across an alpine meadow than a walled garden with manicured hedges? If, like many other people, you have questioned whether there is something more to Jesus' church than the religious institutions we've inherited after two thousand years, you'll want to read Finding Church. Here is straight talk from a man who has sought authentic New Testament community for more than fifty years and who has discovered it in the most unlikely places.
The Underestimated Doctrine Of Conversion 9marks Journal
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Author : Jonathan Leeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-05-20
The Underestimated Doctrine Of Conversion 9marks Journal written by Jonathan Leeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-20 with categories.
The promise of true changeis a little unbelievable, isn't it?It's the stuff of comic strips andchildhood daydreams.But make no mistake: this isexactly what Christianity promises-true and real change. Divinepardon. Reconciliation withGod. Smashed idols. A new spirit.A new self. A new family.Since this year's Together forthe Gospel theme is the UnderestimatedGospel, we thoughtwe'd jump on the bandwagonand devote the pre-T4G Journalto the underestimated doctrineof conversion. Forget Calvin'stransmogrifier machine. Howabout a whole new creation!