The living church : convictions of a lifelong pastor
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The living church : convictions of a lifelong pastor
IVP Books, c2007
- : cloth
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-178) and index
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Contents of Works
- The postmodern world
- Essentials : God's vision for his church
- A learning church
- A caring church
- A worshiping church
- An evangelizing church
- Worship : glorying in God's holy name
- Biblical worship
- Congregational worship
- Spiritual worship
- Moral worship
- Evangelism : mission through the local church
- Forms of evangelism
- The church must understand itself : its theology
- The church must organize itself : its structures
- The church must express itself : its message
- The church must be itself : its life
- Ministry : the twelve and the seven
- An every-member ministry
- The pastoral ministry
- The example of the apostle (the shepherd)
- The invasion of false teachers (the wolves)
- The value of the people (the sheep)
- Fellowship : the implications of Koinonia
- Our common inheritance
- Our common service
- Our mutual responsibility
- Some practical illustrations
- Preaching : five paradoxes
- Biblical and contemporary
- Authoritative and tentative
- Prophetic and pastoral
- Gifted and studied
- Thoughtful and passionate
- Giving : ten principles
- Springing from the Trinity
- Creating equality according to our means
- Careful supervision and friendly rivalry
- A harvest with symbolic significance
- The result : thanksgiving to God
- Impact : salt and light
- The truths of salt and light
- Weapons for social change
- Christian distinctives
- Conclusion: Looking for timothys in the twenty-first century
- A threefold appeal
- Where are the Timothys?