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?
Description and Table of Contents
Description
John Stott describes the characteristics of an 'authentic' or 'living' church that conserves Scripture and radically combines tradition and that convention called 'culture'. He presents the Bible's wisdom with a teacher's skill and applies it with a pastor's heart. Stott shows that becoming a living church is not an impossible goal.
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