Posted in Bible Teaching, Doctrine / Theology, Misc Books, Misc Topics, The Living Church, tagged Calvary Chapel, church growth, Church Planting, Emergent Church, Emerging Christianity, Evangelism, John Stott, missional, Modernism, Postmodernism, Purpose Driven, The Living Church on July 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Every good book describing a healthy church covers at least Acts 2:42-47 and this one is no different.
Here in Chapter 1 John Stott covers what he calls the essential marks of a living church hence the title Essentials.
On the outset he describes a 3 – fold commitment.
We are committed to the church
We are committed to [...]
Posted in Misc Books, Misc Topics, The Living Church, tagged Calvary Chapel, church growth, Church Planting, Emergent Church, Emerging Christianity, Evangelism, John Stott, missional, Modernism, Postmodernism, Purpose Driven, The Living Church on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For my birthday I received a gift card to a local Christian Bookstore so I went and picked out a few books. The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor by John Stott (IVP, 2007) seemed like a good buy.
I respect John Stott as a doctrinally sound thinker enough to want to hear (read) what [...]
