Perspectives on Church Government | Chad Owen Brand & R. Stanton Norman, eds.

Chad Owen Brand & R. Stanton Norman, eds. Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity. B&H, 2004. 353 pp.

Perspectives on Church Government presents in counterpoint form the basic models of church government which have developed over the course of church history with a view toward determining which is most faithful to Scripture. Each chapter will be written by a prominent person from within each tradition—with specific guidelines dealing with the biblical, historical, and theological issues within each governance tradition. In addition, each writer will have the opportunity to give a brief response to the other traditions.

Authors:

• Chad Owen Brand: Boyce College Bio
• R. Stanton Norman: B&H Bio | NOBTS Page
• Daniel Akin: Wikipedia | SEBTS Bio
• James Leo Garrett: Bio
  
• Robert L. Reymond: Wikipedia | Theopedia | Knox Seminary
• James R. White: Monergism Bio | A&O Min | Wikipedia
• Paul F. M. Zahl: TESM Page

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Excerpts: TOC & Intro

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• David Roach, Baptist Press (09/04) Review (or here)
  
• Dennis M. Swanson, Narnia3.com (02/06) Review
• Joe Schluchter, Evangelical Presbyterian Church (03/06) Review
• Jerry Hamilton, SharperIron (08/06) Review

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• Audio overview of the book by Stan Norman

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Always Reforming | A. T. B. McGowan, ed.

A. T. B. McGowan, ed. Always Reforming: Explorations in Systematic Theology. IVP, 2006. 365 pp.

The Reformed churches of the sixteenth century affirmed the need to be semper reformanda—always reforming.

But in the ensuing centuries, some have taken this conviction as a mandate to abandon received orthodoxy, while others have progressed toward a rigid confessionalism that cements the Reformation itself as a final codification of truth.

Between these extremes is the ongoing need of the church to be always reforming—subjecting its beliefs and practices to the renewed scrutiny of Holy Scripture and restating the truth of Scriptures in ways that faithfully communicate the gospel, advance the mission of the church and empower the people of God.

This collection of essays by senior theologians and edited by A. T. B. McGowan practices what it preaches, mining the whole terrain of systematic theology to refresh, renew and yes, even reform the church for its next season.

Authors:

• A. T. B. McGowan: IVP Bio | University of Aberdeen
• Gerald Bray: IVP Bio | Theopedia | Beeson Divinity | Alliance
• Stephen Williams: Union Theological College
• Robert L. Reymond: Knox Seminary | Wikipedia | Theopedia
• Kevin J. Vanhoozer: IVP Bio | TEDS | Wikipedia | Theopedia
• Richard C. Gamble: RPTS | De Regno Christi
• Henri Blocher: IVP Bio | Wheaton | Wikipedia | Theopedia
• Richard B. Gaffin: WTS
• Cornelis Venema: Mid-America Reformed Seminary
• Derek W. H. Thomas: RTS | FPC

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