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Author : Linda Raney Wright,Linda Raney-Wright
Publisher : Multnomah Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1885305249
Author : Mark Neuenschwander,Betsy Neuenschwander
Publisher : Regal Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830724907
Jesus predicted wars, rumors of wars plagues, famine, pestilence and earthquakes as signs of the end of the age. So how is the Church supposed to respond in the wake of the coming calamities and crises? This remarkable book shows in detail how our service and witness can effectively spread the light of the gospel to the world in its darkest hour.
Author : John Harper Armstrong
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Bible
ISBN : 080247747X
A compelling and challenging book, this is a valuable resource for pastors, teachers, leaders, and anyone who is concerned about the effectiveness of the church in this generation.
Author : Keith C. Sewell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498238755
In the broad context of Christianity as it developed over two millennia, and with special reference to the last three centuries, this discussion finds that Evangelicalism has repeatedly offered a reduced and distorted understanding of the faith. The evangelical outlook is much less scriptural than evangelicals generally assume. When it comes to appreciating the order of creation, our calling to develop integral Christian thinking and living, the religious significance of culture, and the coming of the kingdom, reductionist Evangelicalism struggles with its only rarely acknowledged deficiencies. As a result, we have all too often ended up with a Christianity shorn of its cosmic scope and wide cultural implications, and restricted to institutional church life and the cultivation of private spiritual experience. The consequences are frequently enervating and corrosive. Without disregarding what is important in the past, evangelicals are here challenged to take the Bible much more seriously, and thereby transcend the limitations of their habitual reductionism. Evangelicals are encouraged to embrace an integral and full-orbed understanding of Christian discipleship that will equip the faithful to address the deep and complex challenges of the twenty-first century.
Author : John S. Dickerson
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441241054
In 2006, few Americans were expecting the economy to collapse. Today the American church is in a similar position, on the precipice of a great spiritual recession. While we focus on a few large churches and dynamic leaders that are successful, the church's overall membership is shrinking. Young Christians are fleeing. Our donations are drying up. Political fervor is dividing us. Even as these crises eat at the church internally, our once friendly host culture is quickly turning hostile and antagonistic. How can we avoid a devastating collapse? In The Great Evangelical Recession, award-winning journalist and pastor John Dickerson identifies six factors that are radically eroding the American church and offers biblical solutions to prepare evangelicals for spiritual success, even in the face of alarming trends. This book is a heartfelt plea and call to the American church combining quality research, genuine hope, and practical application with the purpose of igniting the church toward a better future.
Author : Thomas S. Kidd
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300241419
A leading historian of evangelicalism offers a concise history of evangelicals and how they became who they are today Evangelicalism is arguably America's most controversial religious movement. Nonevangelical people who follow the news may have a variety of impressions about what "evangelical" means. But one certain association they make with evangelicals is white Republicans. Many may recall that 81 percent of self-described white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, and they may well wonder at the seeming hypocrisy of doing so. In this illuminating book, Thomas Kidd draws on his expertise in American religious history to retrace the arc of this spiritual movement, illustrating just how historically peculiar that political and ethnic definition (white Republican) of evangelicals is. He examines distortions in the public understanding of evangelicals, and shows how a group of "Republican insider evangelicals" aided the politicization of the movement. This book will be a must-read for those trying to better understand the shifting religious and political landscape of America today.
Author : Molly Worthen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199334155
Evangelical Christianity is a paradox. Evangelicals are radically individualist, but devoted to community and family. They believe in the transformative power of a personal relationship with God, but are wary of religious enthusiasm. They are deeply skeptical of secular reason, but eager to find scientific proof that the Bible is true. In this groundbreaking history of modern American evangelicalism, Molly Worthen argues that these contradictions are the products of a crisis of authority that lies at the heart of the faith. Evangelicals have never had a single authority to guide them through these dilemmas or settle the troublesome question of what the Bible actually means. Worthen chronicles the ideological warfare, institutional conflict, and clashes between modern gurus and maverick disciples that lurk behind the more familiar narrative of the rise of the Christian Right. The result is an ambitious intellectual history that weaves together stories from all corners of the evangelical world to explain the ideas and personalities-the scholarly ambitions and anti-intellectual impulses-that have made evangelicalism a cultural and political force. In Apostles of Reason, Worthen recasts American evangelicalism as a movement defined not by shared doctrines or politics, but by the problem of reconciling head knowledge and heart religion in an increasingly secular America. She shows that understanding the rise of the Christian Right in purely political terms, as most scholars have done, misses the heart of the story. The culture wars of the late twentieth century emerged not only from the struggle between religious conservatives and secular liberals, but also from the civil war within evangelicalism itself-a battle over how to uphold the commands of both faith and reason, and how ultimately to lead the nation back onto the path of righteousness.
Author : Mark Labberton
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830880423
2018 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalists - Religion Evangelicalism in America has cracked, split on the shoals of the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath, leaving many wondering if they want to be in or out of the evangelical tribe. The contentiousness brought to the fore surrounds what it means to affirm and demonstrate evangelical Christian faith amidst the messy and polarized realities gripping our country and world. Who or what is defining the evangelical social and political vision? Is it the gospel or is it culture? For a movement that has been about the primacy of Christian faith, this is a crisis. This collection of essays was gathered by Mark Labberton, president of Fuller Theological Seminary, who provides an introduction to the volume. What follows is a diverse and provocative set of perspectives and reflections from evangelical insiders who wrestle with their responses to the question of what it means to be evangelical in light of their convictions. Contributors include: Shane Claiborne, Red Letter Christians Jim Daly, Focus on the Family Mark Galli, Christianity Today Lisa Sharon Harper, FreedomRoad.us Tom Lin, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Karen Swallow Prior, Liberty University Soong-Chan Rah, North Park University Robert Chao Romero, UCLA Sandra Maria Van Opstal, Grace and Peace Community Allen Yeh, Biola University Mark Young, Denver Seminary Referring to oneself as evangelical cannot be merely a congratulatory self-description. It must instead be a commitment and aspiration guided by the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ. What now are Christ's followers called to do in response to this identity crisis?
Author : J. B. Hixson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0979963796
A study of evangelical soteriology. Includes critiques of proponents of various "gospels": Purpose gospel (Rick Warren, Kerry Shook, Gotlife.org); Puzzling gospel (Billy Graham, Bible colleges, Leonard Sweet); Prosperity gospel (Joel Osteen, T.D. Jakes, Kirbyjon Caldwell); Pluralistic gospel (Clark Pinnock, John Sanders); Performance gospel (John F. MacArthur, Bill Bright, D. James Kennedy, David Wells, James Montgomery Boice, R.C. Sproul, John Piper); Promise-only gospel (Zane Hodges, Bob Wilkin).
Author : Milt Partee
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781449085360
This book is awake-up callfor the twenty-first century church. Milt compares today's church with the first century church model. He believes the church has been weighed in the balance and found wanting, especillay in the areas of personal evangelism and discipleship.He draws on his forty-eight years of bible study, his ministerial experience, and his keen analytical skills to assess what's wrong with the churchand gives suggestions on what can be done to fix it. When Milt speaks of the church he is referring, not to an organization, but to an organism,the body of Christ, made up of all true followers of Christ, irregardless of their denominational affiliation.Bible texts are from either the KJV or the NKJV bibles. Much scripture is quoted in this book. This is iinten- tional."Thus sayeth the Lord " is what gives any Christian work its sanction and authority.If God said it. I believe it. And that settles it.
Author : Carl Ferdinand Howard Henry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041239117
Author : Christine Wicker
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780061850394
Evangelical Christianity in America is dying. The great evangelical movements of today are not a vanguard. They are a remnant, unraveling at every edge. Conversions. Baptisms. Membership. Retention. Participation. Giving. Attendance. Impact upon the culture at large. All are down and dropping. When veteran religion reporter Christine Wicker set out to investigate the evangelical movement, her intention was to forge through the stereotypes and shed new light on this highly divisive religious group. But the story soon morphed into an entirely new and shocking tale of discovery, as Wicker's research unearthed much more than she originally bargained for. Everywhere Wicker traveled she heard whispers of diminishing statistics, failed campaigns, and empty churches. Even as evangelical forces trumpet their purported political and social victories on the national and local fronts, insiders are anguishing over their significant losses and preparing to rebuild for the future. The idea that evangelicals represent and speak for Christianity in America is one of the greatest publicity scams in history, a perfect coup accomplished by savvy politicos and zealous religious leaders who understand the weaknesses of the nation's media and exploit them brilliantly. With her trademark vivid, firsthand reporting, Christine Wicker takes us deep inside the world of evangelicals, exposing the surprising statistics and details of this unexpected fall. Wicker shows us how the virtues of evangelicals are killing them as surely as their vices and that, to fully comprehend how and why this is happening, we'll need to understand both.
Author : Mark A. Noll
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467464628
Winner of the Christianity Today Book of the Year Award (1995) “The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind.” So begins this award-winning intellectual history and critique of the evangelical movement by one of evangelicalism’s most respected historians. Unsparing in his indictment, Mark Noll asks why the largest single group of religious Americans—who enjoy increasing wealth, status, and political influence—have contributed so little to rigorous intellectual scholarship. While nourishing believers in the simple truths of the gospel, why have so many evangelicals failed to sustain a serious intellectual life and abandoned the universities, the arts, and other realms of “high” culture? Over twenty-five years since its original publication, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind has turned out to be prescient and perennially relevant. In a new preface, Noll lays out his ongoing personal frustrations with this situation, and in a new afterword he assesses the state of the scandal—showing how white evangelicals’ embrace of Trumpism, their deepening distrust of science, and their frequent forays into conspiratorial thinking have coexisted with surprisingly robust scholarship from many with strong evangelical connections.
Author : Russell Penney
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0825497132
A wake-up call to evangelicals to return to the biblical mandate and model for missions before we have no unique message to proclaim. An alarming view of missions in the twenty-first century.
Author : Stephen F. Huss, Ph.D.
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781512714586
This book recognizes an alarming and increasing trend of Americans rejecting membership in organized religion and moving further and further away from Christianity. It provides a critical and historic analysis of Jesus’s life, his teachings, his example for others, and his existence as a caricature in modern American denominations. The final chapter presents a new paradigm that could stimulate the revitalization of modern Christianity. The author has synthesized his Ph.D. in American studies, masters’ in history, BSE in education, professional training in mental health, his experiences in teaching American history, world religions, and other courses for over twenty years with his church life and personal spiritual development. This has resulted in the book that answers the question, “Where’s Jesus?”