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Text Message (Hardcover)
Ian Stackhouse, Oliver D. Crisp; Foreword by Thomas G. Long
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R1,107
Discovery Miles 11 070
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Day Is Yours is a protest against the culture of speed both in
society at large but also, more ominously, in the church itself.
Rooted in the monastic liturgy of the hours, The Day is Yours
argues that in order for Christians to act as a truly prophetic
witness, in a time of cultural decadence, they must recover a more
biblical rhythm in which work, rest, relationships, worship and
prayer are held together in creative tension. Written by a pastor,
the central thrust of The Day Is Yours is that living one day at a
time with gratitude and contentedness is vital, lest the church
capitulates to the distractedness of modern life.
The first in the Deep Church series, this book is an enquiry into
the culture of revivalism and the urgent need to retrieve core
ministry practices of the church. Charismatic Renewal has at the
core of its ideology an aspiration for revival. This is a laudable
aspiration, but in recent years, in the absence of a large-scale
evangelistic impact, it has encouraged a faddist mentality among
church leaders. The Gospel Driven Church documents this development
and the numerous theological and pastoral distortions that take
place when genuine revival fervour transmutes into revivalism.
Moreover, Stackhouse aims to show how a retrieval of some of the
core practices of the church, such as preaching, sacraments, the
laying of hands and prayer is essential at this crucial stage in
the trajectory of the renewal movement in the UK. He commends to
church leaders a recovery of these means of grace - including
Spirit baptism - as a way of keeping the church centred on gospel
rather than mere pragmatic concerns about size and numbers. - A
constructive critique of present-day Evangelicalism. - Mounts a
powerful attack on many of the fads found within the church today.-
Paints a picture of what the gospel driven church should look like.
Preaching has fallen on hard times with many questioning its
relevance and even its validity as a New Testament practice. This
symposium of specially commissioned essays draws together an
international team of thirteen scholars and pastors to address the
importance of textual preaching in the history and life of the
early church, the historic church, and the contemporary church.
Contributions include essays on Old Testament preaching; preaching
in Eastern Orthodoxy; gender-sensitive preaching; and preaching in
the theology of Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon and Dietrich
Bonhoeffer. It also includes essays on a range of homiletical
challenges that textual preaching raises for the contemporary
preacher, including genre, preaching without notes, inhabiting the
text, and preaching without platitudes. A final reflection by Dave
Hansen on the state of textual preaching rounds out the collection.
The preaching of the gospel stands at the heart of Christian
praxis. These essays make a vital contribution to the recovery of
the importance of preaching, focused on the text of Scripture.
Written with an eye to the pastor and practitioner as well as those
in the pews and in the classroom, this is a book that is appealing
to a wide range of readers.
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Text Message (Paperback)
Ian Stackhouse, Oliver D. Crisp; Foreword by Thomas G. Long
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R877
Discovery Miles 8 770
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Description: Preaching has fallen on hard times with many
questioning its relevance and even its validity as a New Testament
practice. This symposium of specially commissioned essays draws
together an international team of thirteen scholars and pastors to
address the importance of textual preaching in the history and life
of the early church, the historic church, and the contemporary
church. Contributions include essays on Old Testament preaching,
preaching in Hebrews, gender-sensitive preaching, preaching in the
theology of Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, and in Eastern Orthodoxy. It also includes essays on a
range of homiletical challenges that textual preaching raises for
the contemporary preacher, including genre, preaching without
notes, inhabiting the text, and preaching without platitudes. A
final reflection by Dave Hansen on the state of textual preaching
rounds out the collection. The preaching of the gospel stands at
the heart of Christian praxis. These essays make a vital
contribution to the recovery of the importance of preaching,
focused on the text of Scripture. Written with an eye to the pastor
and practitioner as well as those in the pews and in the classroom,
this is a book that should appeal to a wide range of readers.
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