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Live to Tell: Evangelism in a Postmodern Age 3 reviews
Brad J. Kallenberg
Brazos Press, 2002
What it would be like to sing the gospel song in a postmodern key.
+ Good
+ Great Book on Postmodern evangelism
This book is superb. Unlike many who write about postmodernism in the church, Kallenberg truly understands it. He does not describe it in sweeping generalizations and half-truths. Rather he explains it clearly and (most importantly) accurately. If you have no idea what postmodernism is, or are ...
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Revolution 90 reviews
George Barna
BarnaBooks, 2005
Many Churches operate like a Business not a Ministry!
+ The Face of the Church is Changing
+ Church & church
Many churches especally the larger they become are functioning like a big business enterprise and not a Ministry which was once relevant to the timeless Gospel message of the Cross. As an example in this consumer age of attracting self-focused & self-seeking crowds churches are now using big ...
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What's So Amazing About Grace?188 reviews
Philip Yancey
Zondervan, 2002
Christian Manifesto
+ What's So Amazing About Grace
+ Grace for us all
+ secret to happyness
+ What's So Amazing About Grace?
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Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture 4 reviews
Lesslie Newbigin
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1986
Solid and creative thinking
+ Great Book
+ Searching honesty
+ Academic, Powerful, and Profound
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The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church38 reviews
Reggie McNeal
Jossey-Bass, 2003
Rarely Shocked
+ Must Read
+ It's about time!
+ Eye Opening!
+ Asking The Hard Questions
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Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples78 reviews
Thom S. Rainer, Eric Geiger
B&H Books, 2006
Great reminder
+ "Simple Church" is simply great!
+ Great way to look at revamping church...
This simple book was a great reminder to me to focus on the essentials of church and cut out some of the clutter. Could have done without all the charts in the book :)
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Grow Your Church from the Outside in: Understanding the Unchurched and How to Reach Them2 reviews
George Barna
Regal Books, 2002
Not just opinions solid research!
+ Excellent Resource Book
I hear a lot of people making comments like, "We don't need to reinvent the wheel, if it worked for Rick Warren..." and "People are looking for relevant worship" Do you know that practically none of the people I have met take research seriously enough?
Everyone seems content to just read a ...
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Worlds Apart: A Handbook on World Views; Second Edition1 review
Norman L. Geisler, William D. Watkins
Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2003
My Favorite Popular Geisler
The basic structure and content of this book is taken from the middle section of his legendary textbook _Christian Apologetics_. However, it is written in a more accessible way and has handy charts and illustrations to help the reader. Amazon has done well in offering it along side Sire's ...
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The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of ...12 reviews
Dick Staub
Jossey-Bass, 2008
What's wrong with Christianity-lite?
+ Interesting and well written
+ Savvy, not Superficial
+ A book for the front lines of minstry.
+ defining a culturally savvy Christian
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Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens38 reviews
Neil Cole
Jossey-Bass, 2005
Organic Church answers the heart-cry of a worship-hungry soul
+ Yes!!!! No!!!!!
+ Great Read
+ One of the best
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The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical135 reviews
Shane Claiborne
Zondervan, 2006
Wow
+ Read with an open mind...
+ Someone who hears the message of Jesus in his heart
+ getting back to the basics
+ Shane Claiborne's Manifesto
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Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony20 reviews
Stanley Hauerwas, William H. Willimon
Abingdon Press, 1989
Timeless
+ A Christian classic
+ A Book to Be Pondered
+ It'll mess with your mind...in a good way
+ A Post-liberal primer on church and culture
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The Millennium Matrix: Reclaiming the Past, Reframing the Future of the Church (J-B Leadership Network Series)7 reviews
M. Rex Miller
Jossey-Bass, 2004
Connections, connections, connections.......
+ Something to think about
+ Should be required reading for all leaders
+ A Communication Chart for all Offices
+ relevant magazine reveiw
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Sidewalks in the Kingdom: New Urbanism and the Christian Faith (The Christian Practice of Everyday Life)6 reviews
Eric O. Jacobsen, Eugene H. Peterson
Brazos Press, 2003
City dwellers are divine
+ Putting back Sidewalks
+ Weaving faith and life into an integrated fabric
People of all religious persuasions can find wisdom in this plain-spoken portrait of how humanity and culture are enriched by the informal social contacts of city life. Jacobsen, a pastor at the First Presbyterian Church in Missoula, Montana, builds a case for why Christians should have special ...
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Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: The None Zone1 review
Patricia O'Connell Killen
AltaMira Press, 2004
Hit the Nail on the Head!
The authors of this book have named some very important truths about living the life of faith in the Pacific Northwest! Growing up in Seattle, I have understood the culture at a deep level, but these authors explicate the rationale for WHY it is this way making the implicit more explicit. Very ...
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Finding God in the Movies: 33 Films of Reel Faith4 reviews
Catherine M. Barsotti, Robert K. Johnston
Baker Books, 2004
A book for finding God's grace in the secular world
+ Helpful
+ Good book
+ Help me open my eyes wide!
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The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church22 reviews
Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch
Hendrickson Publishers, 2003
new ideas for what "church" might look like
+ General Thoughts on the subject
+ Emergent training course
I recommend this book to everyone who is tired of the institutional church. Even if someone doesn't want to start a house church, or be quite different, this book helps to challenge the need to always do things the same way. Do we really need a building? Paid staff? How can the church adapt to a ...
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Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story108 reviews
Brian Welch
HarperOne, 2008
Emotional tug of war
+ Brians book.... Quit Korn
+ Impacts Korn Fans & Those Suffering from Life Dominating Sins
+ Now I understand why he left.
+ Great book, very inspirational!
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Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America (The Gospel and Our Culture Series)12 reviews
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1998
This is a must, excellent read
+ Good Introduction to Missional Theology and Ecclesiology
+ A sign of hope
+ Prepare to Re-Think
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Save Me from Myself: How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story108 reviews
Brian Welch
HarperOne, 2008
Emotional tug of war
+ Brians book.... Quit Korn
+ Impacts Korn Fans & Those Suffering from Life Dominating Sins
+ Now I understand why he left.
+ Great book, very inspirational!
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