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Adventures in Missing the Pointby Brian D. McLarenISBN 0310267137 (0-310-26713-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures in Missing the Point'Book summary:How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel If you're brave enough to take an honest look at the issues facing the culture--controlled church---and the issues in your own life---read on. Do you ever look at how the Christian faith is being lived out in the new millennium and wonder if we're not doing what we're supposed to be doing? That we still haven't quite 'gotten it'? That we've missed the point regarding many important issues? It's understandable if we've relied on what we've been told to believe or what's widely accepted by the Christian community. But if we truly turned a constructive, critical eye toward our beliefs and vigorously questioned them and their origins, where would we find ourselves? Best-selling authors Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo invite you to do just that. Join them on an adventure---one that's about uncovering and naming faulty conclusions, suppositions, and assumptions about the Christian faith. In Adventures in Missing the Point, the authors take turns addressing how we've missed the point on crucial topics such as: salvation, the Bible, being postmodern, worship, homosexuality, truth, and many more. [via]
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Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospelby Tony Campolo, Brian D. McLarenISBN 0310253845 (0-310-25384-5)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel'Book summary:If you're brave enough to take an honest look at the issues facing the culture--controlled church--and the issues in your own life--read on. Do you ever look at how the Christian faith is being lived out in the new millennium and wonder if we're not doing what we're supposed to be doing? That we still haven't quite 'gotten it'? That we've missed the point regarding many important issues? It's understandable if we've relied on what we've been told to believe or what's widely accepted by the Christian community. But if we truly turned a constructive, critical eye toward our beliefs and vigorously questioned them and their origins, where would we find ourselves? Best-selling authors Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo invite you to do just that. Join them on an adventure--one that's about uncovering and naming faulty conclusions, suppositions, and assumptions about the Christian faith. In Adventures in Missing the Point, the authors take turns addressing how we've missed the point on crucial topics such as: Salvation, The Bible, Being Postmodern, Worship, Homosexuality, Truth, and many more... [via]
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Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Communityby Robert E. WebberISBN 0801091608 (0-8010-9160-8)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community'Book summary:Following his well-received Ancient-Future Faith, Robert Webber presents a new model for evangelism and discipleship, the first in a series of four books applying his theoretical ideas to practical situations.
Part 1 of Ancient-Future Evangelism surveys evangelism and Christian formation throughout the church and then translates the process for twenty-first-century Christians. Webber presents evangelism as four distinct stages and suggests three accompanying rites of passage that can be easily adapted to any church tradition.
Part 2 underscores how the four-fold process of faith formation is interwoven with three theological principles: Christ as victor over evil, the church as witness to God's salvation, and worship as a witness to God's mission accomplished in Jesus.
Ancient-Future Evangelism will appeal to both emerging evangelicals as well as traditional church leaders. It relates faith to Christian practice by drawing wisdom from the past and translating those insights into the present and future life of the church. [via]More editions of Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community:
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Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern Worldby Robert WebberISBN 080106029X (0-8010-6029-X)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World'Book summary:Paints a picture of the evangelical faith's future by showing how early church tradition provides the resources for answering today's postmodern generation. [via]
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Ancient-future Time: Forming Spirituality Through The Christian Yearby Robert E. WebberISBN 0801091756 (0-8010-9175-6)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ancient-future Time: Forming Spirituality Through The Christian Year'Book summary:Millions of Christians worldwide follow the liturgical Christian calendar in their worship services and in their own personal devotions. The seasons of the Christian year connect believers of diverse backgrounds and offer the sense of unity Jesus desired.
Robert Webber believes that we can get even more out of the Christian calendar. He contends that through its rich theological meanings the Christian year can become a cycle for evangelism and spiritual formation. He offers pastors, church leaders, and those of the "younger evangelical" mind-set practical steps to help achieve this end, including preaching texts and worship themes for Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Advent, and Christmas. [via]More editions of Ancient-future Time: Forming Spirituality Through The Christian Year:
Aquachurchby Leonard I. SweetISBN 0764421514 (0-7644-2151-4)
Hardcover, Group Pub Inc
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Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Churchby D. A. CarsonISBN 0310259479 (0-310-25947-9)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church'Book summary:A careful and informed assessment of the 'emerging church' by a respected author and scholar The 'emerging church' movement has generated a lot of excitement and exerts an astonishingly broad influence. Is it the wave of the future or a passing fancy? Who are the leaders and what are they saying? The time has come for a mature assessment. D. A. Carson not only gives those who may be unfamiliar with it a perceptive introduction to the emerging church movement, but also includes a skillful assessment of its theological views. Carson addresses some troubling weaknesses of the movement frankly and thoughtfully, while at the same time recognizing that it has important things to say to the rest of Christianity. The author strives to provide a perspective that is both honest and fair. Anyone interested in the future of the church in a rapidly changing world will find this an informative and stimulating read. D. A. Carson (Ph.D., University of Cambridge) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author of over 45 books, including the Gold Medallion Award-winning book The Gagging of God, and is general editor of Telling the Truth and Worship by the Book. He has served as a pastor and is an active guest lecturer in church and academic settings around the world. [via]
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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spiritualityby Donald MillerISBN 0785263705 (0-7852-6370-5)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality'Book summary:I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve...I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened.In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned out, and, once again, far away from God. In this intimate, soul-searching account, Miller describes his remarkable journey back to a culturally relevant, infinitely loving God. [via]
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Breaking the Missional Code: When Church Can Become Missionary in Your Communityby Ed Stetzer, David PutmanISBN 0805443592 (0-8054-4359-2)
Hardcover, B & H Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Breaking the Missional Code: When Church Can Become Missionary in Your Community'Book summary:[via]Across North America, many pastors are excited to see churches growing as they achieve their mission to connect the message of the gospel with the community at large. Still others are equally frustrated, following the exact same model for outreach but with lesser results. Indeed, just because a "missional breakthrough" occurs in one place doesnt mean it will happen the same way elsewhere.
One size does not fit all, but there are cultural codes that must be broken for all churches to grow and remain effective in their specific mission context. Breaking the Missional Code provides expert insight on church culture and church vision casting, plus case studies of successful missional churches impacting their communities.
"We have to recognize there are cultural barriers (in addition to spiritual ones) that blind people from understanding the gospel," the authors write. "Our task is to find the right way to break through those cultural barriers without removing the spiritual and theological ones."
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Carpe Manana: Is Your Church Ready to Seize Tomorrow?by Leonard SweetISBN 0310239478 (0-310-23947-8)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theologyby Eugene H. Peterson, Peter Santucci, Peter SanctucciISBN 0802832350 (0-8028-3235-0)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology'Book summary:Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places reunites spirituality and theology in a cultural context where these two vital facets of Christian faith have been rent asunder. Lamenting the vacuous, often pagan nature of contemporary American spirituality, Eugene Peterson here firmly grounds spirituality once more in Trinitarian theology and offers a clear, practical statement of what it means to actually live out the Christian life.
Writing in the conversational style that he is well known for, Peterson boldly sweeps out the misunderstandings that clutter conversations on spiritual theology and refurnishes the subject only with what is essential. As Peterson shows, spiritual theology, in order to be at once biblical and meaningful, must remain sensitive to ordinary life, present the Christian gospel, follow the narrative of Scripture, and be rooted in the "fear of the Lord" -- in short, spiritual theology must be about God and not about us.
The foundational book in a five-volume series on spiritual theology emerging from Peterson's pen, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places provides the conceptual and directional help we all need to live the Christian gospel well and maturely in the conditions that prevail in the church and world today. [via]More editions of Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology:
The Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectivesby Michael Horton, Frederica Mathewes-Green, Brian D. McLaren, Erwin Raphael McManus, Leonard I. Sweet, Andy CrouchISBN 0310254876 (0-310-25487-6)
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The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrixby Brian D. McLarenISBN 0310252199 (0-310-25219-9)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix'Book summary:Tested strategies for pastors and churches that want to be somewhere else in the postmodern world and need reliable and practical help to get there. Now revised and expanded. Formerly titled Reinventing Your Church. [via]
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Church Re-Imagined: The Spiritual Formation of People in Communities of Faithby Doug PagittISBN 031026975X (0-310-26975-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Church Re-Imagined: The Spiritual Formation of People in Communities of Faith'Book summary:The Spiritual Formation of People in Communities of Faith. This book isn't about quick-fix methods or bulleted, how-to lists. And it's certainly not a dry lecture about a heady theological topic. Instead this book is about striving, about trying, about experimenting with the idea that the old ways of approaching spiritual formation may not be the only avenues toward living lives in harmony with God in our day. Inside these pages you'll spend a full week with Solomon's Porch---a holistic, missional, Christian community in Minneapolis---and get a front row seat at their gatherings, meetings, and meals. Along the way, you'll also discover what spiritual formation looks like in a church community that moves beyond education based practices by including worship, physicality, dialogue, hospitality, belief, creativity, and service as means toward spiritual formation rather than mere appendices to it. Specifically, you'll get a glimpse into the lives of six people from Solomon's Porch and track their growth through their journals as they wrestle with various approaches to spiritual development. Church Re-Imagined is ideal for thinkers, pastors, church leaders, and anyone else seeking fresh ways of experiencing life with God. [via]
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Churchnext: Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministryby Eddie GibbsISBN 0830822615 (0-8308-2261-5)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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The Coming of the Son of Man: New Testament Eschatology for an Emerging Churchby Andrew PerrimanISBN 1842272993 (1-84227-299-3)
Softcover, Stl Distribution North Amer
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Confessions of a Reformission Rev.: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Churchby Mark DriscollISBN 0310270162 (0-310-27016-2)
Softcover, Zondervan
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An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churchesby Ray S. AndersonISBN 0830833919 (0-8308-3391-9)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Emergent Theology for Emerging Churches'Book summary:If the emerging church movement is looking for a theology, Ray Anderson offers clear and relevant theological guidance for it in this timely book. Reaching back through time, Anderson roots an emergent theology in what happened at Antioch, where Saul (Paul) and Barnabas were set apart for a mission to establish churches outside of Jerusalem--among Gentiles who had to be reached in their own cultures. He shows how the Lord Holy Spirit himself revolutionized and inspired how the message of salvation was offered to others, and provided a model to follow. Explaining that an emergent theology is messianic, revelational, kingdom-coming and eschatological, this book adresses many of the concerns of those looking for a church that is contemporary, yet true to the gospel. If you wrestle with the challenges that face the church in these "postmodern" days, you will benefit from this book. [via]
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The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generationsby Dan KimballISBN 0310245648 (0-310-24564-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations'Book summary:Includes -Samples and photos of emerging church worship gatherings -Recommended resources for the emerging church The seeker-sensitive movement revolutionized the way we did church and introduced countless baby boomers to Jesus. Yet trends show that today's post-Christian generations are not responding like the generations before them. As we enter a new cultural era, what do worship services look like that are connecting with the hearts of emerging generations? How do preaching, leadership, evangelism, spiritual formation, and, most of all, how we even think of 'church' need to change? The Emerging Church goes beyond just theory and gets into very practical ways of assisting you in your local church circumstances. There is no one right way, no model for us all to emulate. But there is something better. Dan Kimball calls it 'Vintage Christianity': a refreshing return to an unapologetically sacred, raw, historical, and Jesus-focused missional ministry. Vintage Christianity connects with emerging post-seeker generations who are very open spiritually but are not interested in church. For pastors, leaders, and every concerned Christian, Kimball offers a riveting and easy-to-grasp exploration of today's changing culture and gives insight into the new kind of churches that are emerging in its midst. Included is running commentary by Rick Warren, Brian McLaren, Howard Hendricks, and others. [via]
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Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Culturesby Eddie Gibbs, Ryan K. BolgerISBN 0801027152 (0-8010-2715-2)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures'Book summary:The "emerging church" movement is perhaps the most significant church trend of our day. The emerging church offers and encourages a new way of doing and being the church. While it largely resonates with an eighteen-to-thirty-four-year-old audience--the first fully postmodern generation--it is also gaining popularity with older Christians and encompasses a broad array of traditional and contemporary churches. Emerging Churches explores this movement and provides insight into its success.
Filled with the latest research and interesting, anecdotal testimonies from those on the cutting edge of ministry, this book provides pastors, church leaders, and interested readers with an insightful glimpse into the thriving churches of today--and tomorrow. [via]More editions of Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures:
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Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generationsby Dan KimballISBN 0310256445 (0-310-25644-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations'Book summary:Churches are aging. Even among megachurches with their modern technology and huge number of members, whole generations are now missing. In order to reach the 18-35 year olds, churches need to incorporate alternative worship services into their ministries that meet the unique needs of the emerging generations. In a conversational, narrative style, author Dan Kimball guides church leaders on how to create alternative services from start to finish. Using anecdotes from his own experience at Graceland, Kimball presents six creative models, providing real-life examples of each type. Emerging Worship covers key topics including * Developing a prayer team * Evaluating the local mission field and context * Determining leaders and a vision-based team * Understanding why youth pastors are usually the ideal staff to start a new service * Recognizing the difference in values between emerging worship and the rest of the church * Asking critical questions beforehand [via]
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Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Cultureby Michael FrostISBN 1565636708 (1-56563-670-8)
Softcover, Hendrickson Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture'Book summary:"Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture" presents a biblical, Christian worldview for the emergent church - people who are not at home in the traditional church or in the secular world. As exiles of both, they must create their own worldview that integrates their Christian beliefs with the contemporary world. "Exiles" seeks to integrate all aspects of life and decision-making and to develop the characteristics of a Christian life lived intentionally within emerging (postmodern) culture. It presents a plea for a dynamic, life-affirming, robust Christian faith that can be lived successfully in the post-Christian world of twenty-first century Western society. This book will present a Christian lifestyle that can be lived in non-religious categories and be attractive to not-yet Christians. Such a worldview takes ecology and politics seriously. It offers a positive response to the workplace, the arts, feminism, mystery and worship. "Exiles" seeks to develop a framework that will allow Christians to live boldly and courageously in a world that no longer values the culture of the church, but does greatly value many of the things the Bible speaks positively about. This book suggests that there us more to being a Christian than meets the eye. It explores the secret, unseen nooks and crannies in the life of a Christian and suggests that faith is about more than church attendance and belief in God. Written in a conversational, easy-to-read style, "Exiles" is aimed at church leaders, pastors and laypersons and seeks to address complex issues in a simple manner. It includes helpful photographs and diagrams. [via]
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Experiential Storytelling: (Re)Discovery Narrative to Communicate God's Messageby Mark MillerISBN 0310255147 (0-310-25514-7)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Experiential Storytelling: (Re)Discovery Narrative to Communicate God's Message'Book summary:The 'Been there, done that' culture is starving for reality. Hardly satisfied with the modern conventions of citing facts and figures and pushing propositions, emerging churches are jumping into the narrative form of communication with both feet. But not all emerging church leaders have an inherent handle on the craft and skill of using narrative as a sermon form. Experiential Storytelling zeros in on the hows and whys of narrative, as well as the importance of sharing personal experience to double your storytelling ammunition. In addition, author Mark Miller goes several steps further, giving examples of real-time, hands-on experiences for church members as innovative extensions of traditional teaching and preaching that offer them greater scriptural understanding and ownership of the gospel story. Chapters include: * The Dawning of the Age of Experience * Once Upon a Story * Awakening the Sleeping Giant in the Church---C*R*E*A*T*I*V*T*Y * Reimagining the 'Sermon' * Elements of Experiential Storytelling * Killer Apps [via]
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Finding Faithby B. McLarenISBN 0310238382 (0-310-23838-2)
Softcover, Zondervan
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The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Churchby Alan Hirsch, Leonard SweetISBN 1587431645 (1-58743-164-5)
Softcover, Brazos Pr
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Future Church: Ministry In A Post-seeker Ageby Jim L. Wilson, Sally MorgenthalerISBN 0805431349 (0-8054-3134-9)
Softcover, B & H Pub Group
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Generating Hope: A Strategy for Reaching the Postmodern Generationby Jimmy LongISBN 0830816801 (0-8308-1680-1)
Softcover, Intervarsity Pr
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A Generous Orthodoxyby Brian D. McLarenISBN 0310258030 (0-310-25803-0)
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A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calviniby Brian D. McLarenISBN 0310257476 (0-310-25747-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvini'Book summary:A confession and manifesto from a senior leader in the emerging church movement---A Generous Orthodoxy calls for a radical, Christ-centered orthodoxy of faith and practice in a missional, generous spirit. Brian McLaren argues for a post-liberal, post-conservative, post-protestant convergence, which will stimulate lively interest and global conversation among thoughtful Christians from all traditions. In a sweeping exploration of belief, author Brian McLaren takes us across the landscape of faith, envisioning an orthodoxy that aims for Jesus, is driven by love, and is defined by missional intent. A Generous Orthodoxy rediscovers the mysterious and compelling ways that Jesus can be embraced across the entire Christian horizon. Rather than establishing what is and is not 'orthodox,' McLaren walks through the many traditions of faith, bringing to the center a way of life that draws us closer to Christ and to each other. Whether you find yourself inside, outside, or somewhere on the fringe of Christianity, A Generous Orthodoxy draws you toward a way of living that looks beyond the 'us/them' paradigm to the blessed and ancient paradox of 'we.' [via]
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The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living With a Grande Passionby Leonard Sweet, Edward H. HammettISBN 1578566495 (1-57856-649-5)
Softcover, Waterbrook Pr
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The Gospel in a Pluralist Societyby Lesslie NewbiginISBN 0802804268 (0-8028-0426-8)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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A Heretic's Guide to Eternityby Barry Taylor, Spencer Burke, Brian D. McLarenISBN 0787983594 (0-7879-8359-4)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, And Churchby Shane A. Hipps, Brian McLarenISBN 0310262747 (0-310-26274-7)
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Houses That Change the World: The Return of the House Churchesby Wolfgang SimsonISBN 185078356X (1-85078-356-X)
Softcover, Stl Distribution North Amer
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How (Not) to Speak of Godby Peter RollinsISBN 1557255059 (1-55725-505-9)
Softcover, Paraclete Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How (Not) to Speak of God'Book summary:With sensitivity to the Christian tradition and a rich understanding of postmodern thought, Peter Rollins argues that the movement known as the emerging church offers a singular, unprecedented message of transformation that has the potential to revolutionize the theological and moral architecture of Western Christianity.
How (not) to Speak of God sets out to explore the theory and praxis of this contemporary expression of faith. Rollins offers a clear exploration of this embryonic movement and provides key resources for those involved in communities that are conversant with, and seeking to minister effectively to, the needs of a postmodern world.
Here in pregnant bud is the rose, the emerging new configuration, of a Christianity that is neither Roman nor Protestant, neither Eastern nor monastic; but rather is the re-formation of all of them. Here, in pregnant bud, is third-millennium Christendom. Phyllis Tickle
I am a raving fan of the book you are holding. I loved reading it. I have already begun widely recommending it. Reading it did good for my mind and for my soul. It helped me understand my own spiritual journey more clearly, and it gave me a sense of context for the work Im involved in. In fact, I would say this is one of the two or three most rewarding books of theology I have read in ten years. Brian McLaren, from the Foreword
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The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radicalby Shane ClaiborneISBN 0310266300 (0-310-26630-0)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?: A Professor And a Punk Rocker Discuss Science, Religion, Naturalism & Christianityby Preston JonesISBN 0830833773 (0-8308-3377-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Is Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?: A Professor And a Punk Rocker Discuss Science, Religion, Naturalism & Christianity'Book summary:Greg Graffin is frontman, singer and songwriter for the punk band . He also happens to have a Ph.D. in zoology and wrote his dissertation on evolution, atheism and naturalism. Preston Jones is a history professor at a Christian college and a fan of Bad Religion's music. One day, on a whim, Preston sent Greg an appreciative e-mail. That was the start of an extraordinary correspondence. For several months, Preston and Greg sent e-mails back and forth on big topics like God, religion, knowledge, evil, evolution, biology, destiny and the nature of reality. Preston believes in God; Greg sees insufficient evidence for God's existence. Over the course of their friendly debate, they tackle such cosmic questions as: Is religion rational or irrational? Does morality require belief in God? Do people only believe in God because they are genetically predisposed toward religion? How do you make sense of suffering in the world? Is this universe all there is? And what does it all matter? In this engaging book, Preston and Greg's actual e-mail correspondence is reproduced, along with bonus materials that provide additional background and context. Each makes his case for why he thinks his worldview is more compelling and explanatory. While they find some places to agree, neither one convinces the other. They can't both be right. So which worldview is more plausible? You decide. [via]
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A Is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Churchby Leonard Sweet, Brian D. McLaren, Jerry HaselmayerISBN 0310243564 (0-310-24356-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Church'Book summary:A Is for Abductive B is for Body C is for Carpe Manana D is for Double-Ring E is for EPICtivities F is for Fractals G is for Grace H is for Holarchy I is for Icon J is for the J-Factor K is for Kaleidoscopic Change L is for Loopy M is for Metanarrative N is for Neurological Pre-Rewirings O is for Open-Endedness P is for Prayer Q is for Quest-ions R is for Radical Orthodoxy S is for Systems Theology T is for Tribal U is for Unknown V is for Voice W is for Wonder X is for Xenophilia Y is for Yes! Z is for Zending Do You Know the Postmodern Alphabet? The letters are all the same, but the things they stand for are as different as the future is from the past. A Is for Abductive helps you get a handle today on the vocabulary of tomorrow, and on concepts indispensable for living out the old-fashioned gospel in these newfangled times. 'You caused this book,' writes one of the authors. 'People like you were insisting on a beginner's guide to the pathway of postmodern ministry.' Here it is. There is no right or wrong place to begin---just pick a letter and start reading. You'll acquire new words for a new world that will change how you think about church, about ministry, and about what it means to follow in Jesus' footsteps---entering today's culture in order to love it, serve it, and lead it home to God. [via]
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The Last Word And The Word After That: A Tale Of Faith, Doubt, And A New Kind Of Christianityby Brian D. McLarenISBN 0787975923 (0-7879-7592-3)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Word And The Word After That: A Tale Of Faith, Doubt, And A New Kind Of Christianity'Book summary:For all those seeking more authentic ways to hold and practice Christian faith, Brian McLaren has been an inspiring, compassionateand provocativevoice. Starting with the award-winning A New Kind of Christian, McLaren offered a lively, wide-ranging fictional conversation between Pastor Dan Poole and his friend Neil Oliver as they reflected about faith, doubt, reason, mission, leadership, and spiritual practice in the emerging postmodern world. That conversation widened to include several intriguing new characters in the sequel, The Story We Find Ourselves In, as Dan and friends continued to explore faith-stretching themes from evolution to evangelism, from death to the meaning of life. Now, in this third installment of their adventures, Dan and his widening circle of friends grapple with conventional Christian teachings about hell and judgment and what they mean for our relationship with God and each other. Is there an alternative to the usual polar views of a just God short on mercy or a merciful God short on justice? Could our conflicted views of hell be symptoms of a deeper set of problems misunderstandings about what Gods justice and mercy are about, misconceptions about Gods purpose in creating the world, deep misgivings about what kind of character God is and what the Christian gospel is for?
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Learn to Dance the Soul Salsa: 17 Surprising Steps for Godly Living in the 21st Centuryby Leonard SweetISBN 0310230144 (0-310-23014-4)
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Life After Godby Douglas CouplandISBN 0671874349 (0-671-87434-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life After God'Book summary:In a dazzlingly original collection of stories, Doug Coupland envisions a new kind of spiritualism for a culture fast-forwarding into the future. Coupland is the international bestselling author of Generation X and Shampoo Planet. [via]
Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectivesby Robert Webber, Mark DriscollISBN 0310271355 (0-310-27135-5)
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Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations About God, Community, and Cultureby Spencer Burke, Colleen Pepper, Stanley J. GrenzISBN 031025499X (0-310-25499-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations About God, Community, and Culture'Book summary:Samplings of online discussions about God, truth, and church---from theOoze.com Our culture is rapidly changing and people are searching for new models and paradigms to find meaning in their lives. As in all transitional periods, this search takes place in grass-roots conversations where the 'new' is taking form. No other place so uniquely captures this struggle more than the message boards at theOoze.com, the premier melting pot of emerging spiritual conversation. Making Sense of Church is a snapshot of this 'community conversation' as it tries to make sense of God in the emerging worldview. It represents a gathering of individuals with different points of view, theologies, life contexts, and feelings. Author Spencer Burke, creator of theOoze.com, provides the framework writing for each chapter and acts as a 'guide' to the accompanying e-mail postings that supplement the chapters. Subjects discussed include: * Authentic Community * Experiential Worship * The Internet and God * Art as a Vehicle for Communicating Truth * Spirituality and Sexuality * What Is the Church? * What Is Postmodernism? [via]
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Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North Americaby Darrell L. Guder, Lois BarrettISBN 0802843506 (0-8028-4350-6)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America'Book summary:What would a theology of the Church look like that took seriously the fact that North America is now itself a mission field? This question lies at the foundation of this volume written by an ecumenical team of six noted missiologistsLois Barrett, Inagrace T. Dietterich, Darrell L. Guder, George R. Hunsberger, Alan J. Roxburgh, and Craig Van Gelder.
The result of a three-year research project undertaken by The Gospel and Our Culture Network, this book issues a firm challenge for the church to recover its missional call right here in North America, while also offering the tools to help it do so.
The authors examine North Americas secular culture and the churchs loss of dominance in todays society. They then present a biblically based theology that takes seriously the churchs missional vocation and draw out the consequences of this theology for the structure and institutions of the church.
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More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism As Dance in the Postmodern Matrixby Brian D. McLarenISBN 0310239648 (0-310-23964-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'More Ready Than You Realize: Evangelism As Dance in the Postmodern Matrix'Book summary:WARNING: This is not just another book on evangelism. It's a simple idea of evangelism through friendship first, and the opportunities to share your faith that follow. It will bring friendships you already have to a new levels, and create opportunities for new, authentic friendships with those you will eventually meet. OUT: Evangelism as sales pitch, as conquest, as warfare, as ultimatum, as threat, as proof, as argument, as entertainment, as show, as monologue, as something you have to do. IN: Disciple-making as conversation, as friendship, as influence, as invitation, as companionship, as challenge, as opportunity, as conversation, as dance, as something you get to do. You're more ready for this than you realize, and so are your friends! [via]
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A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journeyby Brian D. McLarenISBN 078795599X (0-7879-5599-X)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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A New Kind of Christian's conversation between a pastor and his daughter's high school science teacher reveals that wisdom for life's most pressing spiritual questions can come from the most unlikely sources. This stirring fable captures a new spirit of Christianity--where personal, daily interaction with God is more important than institutional church structures, where faith is more about a way of life than a system of belief, where being authentically good is more important than being doctrinally "right," and where one's direction is more important than one's present location. Brian McLaren's delightful account offers a wise and wondrous approach for revitalizing Christian spiritual life and Christian congregations.
If you are interested in joining a discussion group devoted to a A New Kind of Christian please visit groups.yahoo.com/group/NKOC. [via]
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The New Testament and the People of Godby N. T. WrightISBN 0800626818 (0-8006-2681-8)
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Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happensby Neil Cole, Leonard I. SweetISBN 078798129X (0-7879-8129-X)
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The Out Of Bounds Church?: Learning To Create A Community Of Faith In A Culture Of Changeby Steven TaylorISBN 0310259045 (0-310-25904-5)
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Out of the Question... into the Mystery: Getting Lost in the GodLife Relationshipby Leonard SweetISBN 1578566479 (1-57856-647-9)
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A Peculiar People: The Church As Culture in a Post-Christian Societyby Rodney ClappISBN 0830819908 (0-8308-1990-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Peculiar People: The Church As Culture in a Post-Christian Society'Book summary:Voted one of 1997 Books of the Year! Christians feel increasingly useless, argues Rodney Clapp, not because we have nothing to offer a post-Christian society, but because we are trying to serve as "sponsoring chaplains" to a civilization that no longer sees Christianity as necessary to its existence. In our individualistic, technologically oriented, consumer-based culture, Christianity has become largely irrelevant. The solution is not to sentimentally capitulate to the way things are. Nor is it to retrench in an effort to regain power and influence as the sponsor of Western civilization. What is needed is for Christians to reclaim our heritage as a peculiar people, as unapologetic followers of the Way. Within the larger pluralistic world, we need to become a sanctified, subversive culture that develops Christian community as a truly alternative way of life. Christians must learn to live the story and not just to restate it. Writing inclusively with considerable verve, Clapp offers a keen analysis of the church and its ministry as we face a new millennium. [via]
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Perimeters of Light: Biblical Boundaries for the Emerging Churchby Elmer Towns, Ed StetzerISBN 0802415008 (0-8024-1500-8)
Softcover, Moody Pr
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The Post-Evangelicalby Dave TomlinsonISBN 0687066352 (0-687-06635-2)
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Post-Modern Pilgrims: First Century Passion for the 21st Century Worldby Leonard SweetISBN 0805421378 (0-8054-2137-8)
Hardcover, B & H Pub Group
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Post-rapture Radio: Lost Writings From The Failed Revolutionby 'Russell RathbunISBN 0787973939 (0-7879-7393-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Post-rapture Radio: Lost Writings From The Failed Revolution'Book summary:In Post-Rapture Radio, our faithful narrator finds a mysterious box containing the sermons and journal entries of a genuine, unvarnished American character the Reverend Richard Lamblove. The little-known Lamblovetried and failedto revolutionize contemporary Christian culture. As his journal entries, cereal box scribblings, and random notes written on paper scraps reveal, Lamblove sees contemporary culture as shallow, overly individualistic, and consumed with the kind of status measured by money, power, and celebrity. And American Evangelicalismwhich has been integrated into the culture as a wholehas similar failings. Reverend Lamblove vanished without a trace, but Russell Rathbun has compiled his papers into a compelling critique of contemporary faith an antidote to faith-as-usual and a wakeup call for Christians to genuinely respond to the gospel. [via]
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Practitionersby Greg Russinger, Alex Field, Erwin McManusISBN 0830738088 (0-8307-3808-8)
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Preaching Re-imagined: The Role of the Sermon in Communities of Faithby Doug PagittISBN 0310263638 (0-310-26363-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Preaching Re-imagined: The Role of the Sermon in Communities of Faith'Book summary:Are we preaching too much, engaging too little? What is the role of preaching in the postmodern Church? Author and pastor Doug Pagitt looks at the kind of preaching that 'creates followers of God who serve the world well and live the invitation to the rhythm of God.' He introduces you to an approach to engaging with the Bible with a focus on three questions: -What kind of communities are we forming? (Sociology) -What story are we telling? (Theology) -How can we tell it more effectively? (Communications) These questions are asked through the introduction of Progressional Implicatory Preaching---an innovative way of catalyzing an open dialogue with active participants. Envision Preaching Re-Imagined as an agent in the creation of Christian communities, and take a hopeful look toward new approaches to encouraging the spiritual formation of your church body. [via]
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Presence-centered Youth Ministry: Guiding Students into Spiritual Formationby Mike KingISBN 0830833838 (0-8308-3383-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Presence-centered Youth Ministry: Guiding Students into Spiritual Formation'Book summary:How many programs does it take to change a youth group? That question has bothered youth workers for decades, and the cracks in its logic are beginning to show. In place of the contrived, artificial mechanisms employed so widely in modern youth outreach and discipleship, Mike King proposes a ministry centered in the presence of God. Young people encounter Christ not in the flash and pop of arena ministry, but in the sacred shadow of his presence. They learn what it is to love and follow Christ by observing others loving and following Christ--letting Christ shape their worldviews, their habits, their virtues. gives shape to such ministry through the classic disciplines and potent symbols and practices that have sustained the church over the centuries. The sound and fury that has characterized youth ministry for so long has left too many youth workers tired and too many young people disillusioned. Come explore the deeper terrain; your students are sure to follow. [via]
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The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Churchby Reggie McNealISBN 0787965685 (0-7879-6568-5)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Also available: The Present Future DVD Collection (978-0-7879-8673-5), Reggie McNeal's DVD presentation of the ideas and insights featured in his best-selling book. [via]
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Radical Reformission: Reaching Out Without Selling Outby mark DriscolISBN 0310256593 (0-310-25659-3)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Radical Reformission: Reaching Out Without Selling Out'Book summary:Reformation is the continual reforming of the mission of the church to enhance God's command to reach out to others in a way that acknowledges the unique times and locations of daily life. This engaging book blends the integrity of respected theoreticians with the witty and practical insights of a pastor. It calls for a movement of missionaries to seek the lost across the street as well as across the globe. This basic primer on the interface between gospel and culture highlights the contrast between presentation evangelism and participation evangelism. It helps Christians navigate between the twin pitfalls of syncretism (being so culturally irrelevant that you lose your message) and sectarianism (being so culturally irrelevant that you lose your mission). Included are interviews with those who have crossed cultural barriers, such as a television producer, exotic dancer, tattoo studio owner, and band manager. The appendix represents eight portals into the future: population, family, health/medicine, creating, learning, sexuality, and religion. Mark Driscoll was recently featured on the ABC special The Changing of Worship. [via]
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Reimagining Spiritual Formation: A Week in the Life of an Experimental Churchby Doug PagittISBN 0310256879 (0-310-25687-9)
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The Relevant Church: A New Vision For Communities Of Faithby Jennifer Ashley, MIKE HOWERTON, Mark Driscoll, Mike BickleISBN 097469424X (0-9746942-4-X)
Softcover, Strang Communications Co
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The Resurrection of the Son of Godby N. T. WrightISBN 0800636155 (0-8006-3615-5)
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Rethinking the Wineskin: The Practice of the New Testament Churchby Frank ViolaISBN 0966665708 (0-9666657-0-8)
Softcover, Destiny Image Pubs
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Revolutionby George BarnaISBN 1414307586 (1-4143-0758-6)
Hardcover, Tyndale House Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Revolution'Book summary:World-renowned pollster George Barna has the numbers, and they indicate a revolution is already taking place within the Church--one that will impact every believer in America. Committed, born-again Christians are exiting the established church in massive numbers. Why are they leaving? Where are they going? And what does this mean for the future of the Church? Using years' worth of research data, and adhering to an unwavering biblical perspective, Barna predicts how this revolution will impact the organized church, how Christ's body of believers should react, and how individuals who are considering leaving (or those who have already left) can respond. For leaders working for positive change in the church and for believers struggling to find a spiritual community and worship experience that resonates, Revolution is here. Are you ready? [via]
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The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Lifeby Tony Jones, Phyllis TickleISBN 0310258103 (0-310-25810-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sacred Way: Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life'Book summary:Broaden your spiritual horizons. How has spirituality changed in the last 500, 1,000, or even 2,000 years? How can ancient approaches to faith help my relationship with God today? In The Sacred Way, popular author and speaker Tony Jones mines the rich history of 16 spiritual disciplines that have flourished throughout the ages and offers practical tips for implementing them in your daily life. Find encouragement and challenge through time-tested disciplines such as: *Silence and solitude *The Jesus prayer *Meditation *Pilgrimage Explore these proven approaches to deepening your faith. As you do, your way of living your spiritual life will never be the same. [via]
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The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groupsby Joe MyersISBN 0310255007 (0-310-25500-7)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups'Book summary:A practical guide for those struggling to build a community of believers in a culture that wants to experience belonging over believing Who is my neighbor? Who belongs to me? To whom do I belong? These are timeless questions that guide the church to its fundamental calling. Today terms like neighbor, family, and congregation are being redefined. People are searching to belong in new places and experiences. The church needs to adapt its interpretations, definitions, and language to make sense in the changing culture. This book equips congregations and church leaders with tools to: * Discern the key ingredients people look for in community * Understand the use of space as a key element for experiencing belonging and community * Develop the 'chemical compound' that produces an environment for community to spontaneously emerge * Discover how language promotes specific spatial belonging and then use this knowledge to build an effective vocabulary for community development * Create an assessment tool for evaluating organizational and personal community health [via]
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Searching for God Knows Whatby Donald MillerISBN 0785263713 (0-7852-6371-3)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth That Could Change Everythingby Brian McLarenISBN 0849918928 (0-8499-1892-8)
Softcover, Nelson Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth That Could Change Everything'Book summary:When Brian McLaren began offering an alternative vision of Christian faith and life in books such as A New Kind of Christian and A Generous Orthodoxy, he ignited a firestorm of praise and condemnation that continues to spread across the religious landscape. To some religious conservatives, McLaren is a dangerous rebel without a doctrinally-correct cause. Some fundamentalist websites have even claimed he's in league with the devil and have consigned him to flames.
To others though, Brian is a fresh voice, a welcome antidote to the staleness, superficiality, and negativity of the religious status quo. A wide array of people from Evangelical, Catholic, and Mainline Protestant backgrounds claim that through his books they have begun to rediscover the faith they'd lost or rejected. And around the world, many readers say that he has helped them find-for the first time in their lives-a faith that makes sense and rings true. For many, he articulates the promise of what is being called "emerging Christianity."
In The Secret Message of Jesus you'll find what's at the center of Brian's critique of conventional Christianity, and what's at the heart of his expanding vision. In the process, you'll meet a Jesus who may be altogether new to you, a Jesus who is.
- Not the crusading conqueror of religious broadcasting;
- Not the religious mascot of partisan religion;
- Not heaven's ticket-checker, whose words have been commandeered by the church to include and exclude, judge and stigmatize, pacify and domesticate.
McLaren invites you to discover afresh the transforming message of Jesus-an open invitation to radical change, an enlightening revelation that exposes sham and ignites hope, an epic story that is good news for everyone, whatever their gender, race, class, politics, or religion.
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The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Churchby Alan Hirsch, Michael FrostISBN 1565636597 (1-56563-659-7)
Softcover, Hendrickson Pub
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Soul Shaper: Exploring Spirituality and Contemplative Practices in Youth Ministryby Tony JonesISBN 031025101X (0-310-25101-X)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Soulsalsa: 17 Surprising Steps for Godly Living in the 21st Centuryby Leonard SweetISBN 0310242800 (0-310-24280-0)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Soultsunami: Sink or Swim in New Millennium Cultureby Leonard SweetISBN 0310243122 (0-310-24312-2)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'SoulTsunami : Sink or Swim in New Millennium Culture'Book summary:Will the tsunami wave of change sweep Christianity away? Or will religious followers be able to ride the cresting tidal wave of cyberterrorism and social malaise that threaten Christian values in the 21st century? Rather than sink into denial or flee to safe bunkers, Sweet suggests that devout Christians "hoist the sails" just as Noah did when faced with a flood. "While the world is rethinking its entire cultural formation, it is time to find new ways of being the church that are true to our postmodern context," writes author Leonard Sweet, vice president of postmodern Christianity at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. This book is packed with suggestions (framed as "Life Rings") for keeping Christianity a thriving and vital global force. "Life Ring" chapter titles include "Get Glocal--the Global Renaissance," and "Get De-Churched-De-Everything." Although the tsunami metaphor feels overextended, devout Christians appreciate the savvy and passionate vision of this popular author. [via]
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Stories of Emergence: Moving from Absolute to AuthenticISBN 0310253861 (0-310-25386-1)
Softcover, Zondervan
Find This BookBook summary:Imagine coming to a crossroads where you're no longer sure who you are, why you do what you do, why you believe the way you do. You're not even sure you care. Where do you go? Follow the stories of people who were steeped in their beliefs--a former fundamentalist, a former Pentecostal, a former liberal, a former feminist, a former communist, and several other 'formers'--and walk with them on their journeys out of those beliefs. See what twists and turns arise before them, and find out what they learned (about faith, themselves, their beliefs, the world) as they emerged on the other side. This diverse group of Christian leaders discloses and shares in vulnerable, uncommon ways, allowing you full access into their doubts, fears, convictions, and unanswered questions. Each takes you on a path from absolute to authentic: from a place of false conviction and thin resolution, through struggles and growing pains, to a new place that's much more about process than about having 'arrived.' When it comes to journeys of faith, we often don't know what lies at the end of the road. It's difficult to take the first step when we are so unsure of the destination. As you read these stories, you'll find there is room to challenge your fears as well as your faith. [via]
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The Story We Find Ourselves Inby Brian D. McLarenISBN 0787963879 (0-7879-6387-9)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story We Find Ourselves In'Book summary:After many years as a successful pastor, Brian McLaren has found, as more and more Christians are finding, that none of the current strains of Christianity fully describes his own faith. In The Story We Find Ourselves In -- the much anticipated sequel to his award-winning book A New Kind of Christian-- McLaren captures a new spirit of a relevant Christianity, where traditional divisions and doctrinal differences give way to a focus on God and the story of God's love for this world. If you are searching for a deeper life with God-- one that moves beyond the rhetoric of denominational and theological categories-- this delightful and inspiring fictional tale will provide a picture of what it could mean to recapture a joyful spiritual life. [via]
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They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generationsby Dan KimballISBN 0310245907 (0-310-24590-7)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Roadby Don MillerISBN 0785209824 (0-7852-0982-4)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Traveling Merciesby Anne LamottISBN 0385496095 (0-385-49609-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Traveling Mercies'Book summary:Anne Lamott claims the two best prayers she knows are: "Help me, help me, help me" and "Thank you, thank you, thank you." She has a friend whose morning prayer each day is "Whatever," and whose evening prayer is "Oh, well." Anne thinks of Jesus as "Casper the friendly savior" and describes God as "one crafty mother."Despite--or because of--her irreverence, faith is a natural subject for Anne Lamott. Since Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird, her fans have been waiting for her to write the book that explained how she came to the big-hearted, grateful, generous faith that she so often alluded to in her two earlier nonfiction books. The people in Anne Lamott's real life are like beloved characters in a favorite series for her readers--her friend Pammy, her son, Sam, and the many funny and wise folks who attend her church are all familiar. And Traveling Mercies is a welcome return to those lives, as well as an introduction to new companions Lamott treats with the same candor, insight, and tenderness. Lamott's faith isn't about easy answers, which is part of what endears her to believers as well as nonbelievers. Against all odds, she came to believe in God and then, even more miraculously, in herself. As she puts it, "My coming to faith did not start with a leap but rather a series of staggers." At once tough, personal, affectionate, wise, and very funny, Traveling Mercies tells in exuberant detail how Anne Lamott learned to shine the light of faith on the darkest part of ordinary life, exposing surprising pockets of meaning and hope. [via]
Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faithby Anne LamottISBN 0679442405 (0-679-44240-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith'Book summary:For most writers, the greatest challenge of spiritual writing is to keep it grounded in concrete language. The temptation is to wander off into the clouds of ethereal epiphanies, only to lose readers with woo-woo thinking and sacred-laced clichés. Thankfully, Anne Lamott (Operating Instructions, Crooked Little Heart) knows better. In this collection of essays, Lamott offers her trademark wit and irreverence in describing her reluctant journey into faith. Every epiphany is framed in plainspoken (and, yes, occasionally crassly spoken) real-life, honest-to-God experiences. For example, after having an abortion, Lamott felt the presence of Christ sitting in her bedroom:
This experience spooked me badly, but I thought it was just an apparition born of fear and self-loathing and booze and loss of blood. But then everywhere I went I had the feeling that a little cat was following me, wanting me to reach down and pick it up, wanting me to open the door and let it in. But I knew what would happen: you let a cat in one time, give it a little milk and then it stays forever.
Whether she's writing about airplane turbulence, bulimia, her "feta cheese thighs," or consulting God over how to parent her son, Lamott keeps her spirituality firmly planted in solid scenes and believable metaphors. As a result, this is a richly satisfying armchair-travel experience, highlighting the tender mercies of Lamott's life that nudged her into Christian faith. --Gail Hudson [via]More editions of Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith:
Truth And the New Kind of Christian: The Emerging Effect of Postmodernism in the Churchby R. Scott SmithISBN 1581347405 (1-58134-740-5)
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An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mindby Erwin Raphael McManusISBN 0764423061 (0-7644-2306-1)
Hardcover, Group Pub Inc
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Uprising: A Revolution of the Soulby Erwin Raphael McManusISBN 0785288031 (0-7852-8803-1)
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This book is dangerous!
It is only for those who are ready to join an uprisinga revolution of the soul that will change an ordinary life into an extraordinary one. It is only for those who want something more out of life, who desire to tap into the divine potential that was placed in them at their creation.
You were in God's imagination before you were ever born. All the talent, gifting, and creativity you possess was placed in you by God Himself. Can you imagine the things you could do, the impact you could have on the world, if you tapped into the dreams God has for your life?
In Uprising: A Revolution of the Soul, Erwin Raphael McManus boldly invites you to join the revolution. He illuminates the desperate heart cry of every human being"I want to live!"and then serves as a guide on a quest to answer that cry.
Find your true purpose and destiny in the pursuit of the passion and character of God. Be a part of a revolution that changes a life of imitation and mediocrity into one of passion and character . . . a radical revolt that will forever change the world!
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Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faithby Rob BellISBN 0310273080 (0-310-27308-0)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith'Book summary:We have to test everything. I thank God for anybody anywhere who is pointing people to the mysteries of God. But those people would all tell you to think long and hard about what they are saying and doing and creating. Test it. Probe it. Do that to this book. Don't swallow it uncritically. Think about it. Wrestle with it. Just because I'm a Christian and I'm trying to articulate a Christian worldview doesn't mean I've got it nailed. I'm contributing to the discussion. God has spoken, and the rest is commentary, right? [via]
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Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, And Foucault to Churchby James K. A. SmithISBN 080102918X (0-8010-2918-X)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Each chapter opens with an illustration from a recent movie and concludes with a case study considering recent developments in the church that have attempted to respond to the postmodern condition, such as the "emerging church" movement. These case studies provide a concrete picture of how postmodern ideas can influence the way Christians think and worship.
This significant book, winner of a Christianity Today 2007 Book Award, avoids philosophical jargon and offers fuller explanation where needed. It is the first book in the Church and Postmodern Culture series, which provides practical applications for Christians engaged in ministry in a postmodern world. [via]More editions of Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, And Foucault to Church:
Worship Evangelism : Inviting Unbelievers into the Presence of Godby Sally MorgenthalerISBN 0310485614 (0-310-48561-4)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Younger Evangelicals: Facing the Challenges of the New Worldby Robert E. WebberISBN 0801091527 (0-8010-9152-7)
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Carpe Mananaby Leonard SweetISBN 0310250129 (0-310-25012-9)
Softcover, Zondervan
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