Note: The first half of this article is in the January 2003 issue of Aletheia. Although I give space to expand the introduction, the main points are a continuation of the first three points which appear in the first issue. I have proposed that the description “contemporary church” in the sense of “new,” “fresh” or […]
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Feed My Sheep
The subtitle is: “A Passionate Plea For Preaching.” Eleven authors, mostly of a Reformed persuasion, contributed to this book (Mohler, Boice, Sproul, Piper, MacArthur). I enjoyed the book (and quoted it in this month’s article) and was encouraged in many areas of my own preaching and pastoring. Because these men are mostly Reformed and I […]
Generic Church: The New Formalism (part...
Note: I have been intending to write the following article for a few months. It will probably take two issues to finish. It describes my disagreement with the contemporary church movement and what I believe to be unbiblical trends among our conservative churches. I have no antipathy toward individual people or churches. I do have […]
Road To Revival
I have reviewed a number of Havner books this year. His books become addictive and I find myself breezing through them in a day or so. Most of them are a little over 100 pages and sometimes stories and sayings are repeated. This book hit a tender note with me concerning our need for revival. […]
Giving Thanks: For the Church of the Chr...
I look forward to my regular reading of Revelation 1-3 as much as any portion of Scripture. The description of The Lord Jesus Christ in chapter one ought to become familiar to any believer who is waiting for His return—for that is how He will appear when we see Him. And we ought to desire […]
Escape From Church, Inc.
Wagner, pastor of Calvary Church in Charlotte, NC and former Promise Keepers employee, is speaking out against the CEO style pastor and for the Shepherd style pastor. I enjoyed his statements against using current business and leadership techniques to build churches, including daring to question evangelical gurus such as George Barna (whom I have often […]
The Call
Guinness is arguing for a return to what he sees as the original Protestant and Puritan idea of calling: “the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion, dynamism, and direction lived out as a response to […]
The Doctrine and Administration of the C...
Paul Jackson (d. 1969) was a pastor and president of Baptist Bible Seminary in Johnson City, NY. His book was and is used as a textbook for Administration classes in Bible Colleges and Seminaries. I reread this book recently and enjoyed his direct, Baptistic approach to local church polity and to individual character and responsibility. […]
Rethinking the Successful Church
This is another in the line of “why I have a big church but am not caught in the success syndrome” books. Rima says some insightful things about the “manic” obsession with church growth and recounts how he decided to redirect his own thinking. His answer, and the sub-title of the book, is: “Finding serenity […]
The Measure of a Church
This is a 2001 reprint of the book by Getz in the line of many books on the church. This book grew out of the experience Getz had starting the Fellowship Bible Church in Dallas. Howard Hendricks credits Getz with pioneering the Bible Church movement through these experiences. In many ways the book is typical […]