This entry is part 1 of 22 in the series Book Reviews One recent Sunday morning I met a man visiting our church. His wife Jane had stayed home while he and his boys attended worship. When I asked him about Jane, he said, “She wasn’t raised in any faith. That’s why she’s not here.” Two hours [...]
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Pagan Character and Christian Character (After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters – N. T. Wright)
In his book “After You Believe” N. T. Wright describes the character-culture into which Jesus and Paul entered. It was dominated by Aristotle “about 350 years before the time of Jesus, who developed the threefold pattern of character transformation. As noted earlier, there is first the “goal,” the telos, the ultimate thing we’re aiming at; [...]
Why Character Counts (After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters – N. T. Wright)
In his book Why Christian Character Matters, N. T. Wright says character matters for three basic reasons: First, character solves the question of “What am I here for?” It defines what we do after we believe and before we reach heaven: “It’s as though they were standing on one side of a deep, wide river, looking [...]
Being Missional: 2007-2009 Books on Missional Ministry
From January, 2007 through December, 2009 more than 40 books on missional ministry were published. Below is a listing of these resources: Grace Theology For Missional Church by Abi Olowe (Omega Publishers: December, 2009). The Missional Entrepreneur: Principles and Practices for Business as Mission by Mark L. Russell (New Hope Publishers: December, 2009). Missional [...]
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