Archive for the 'Outreach' Category
Ray Comfort. What Did Jesus Do? A Call to Return to the Biblical Gospel. Genesis, 2005. 176 pp.
What Did Jesus Do? A Call to Return to the Biblical Gospel answers the skeptic’s question “Where is the Law used evangelistically?” The cynic will be surprised to find that three chapters of this book are devoted to Jesus and His use of the Ten Commandments to reach the lost. Two chapters are devoted to Paul’s evangelistic use of the Law. Paul imitated Jesus. So did Stephen, James, Peter, John the Baptist, and Jude. So did Spurgeon, Wesley, Whitefield, and others down through the ages. Each of these men of God did what Jesus did: they used the Law to reach the lost.
Continue reading ‘What Did Jesus Do? | Ray Comfort’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed 
.
Andy Stanley & Lane Jones. Communicating for a Change: Seven Keys to Irresistible Communication. Multnomah, 2006. 208 pp.
When You Talk, Are People Changed?
Whether you speak from the pulpit, podium, or the front of a classroom, you don’t need much more than blank stares and faraway looks to tell you you’re not connecting. Take heart before your audience takes leave! You can convey your message in the powerful, life-changing way it deserves to be told. An insightful, entertaining parable that’s an excellent guide for any speaker, Communicating for a Change takes a simple approach to delivering effectively.
Continue reading ‘Communicating for a Change | Andy Stanley & Lane Jones’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Mark Labberton. The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God’s Call to Justice. IVP, 2007. 198 pp.
What’s at stake in our worship? Everything.
Worship is the dangerous act of waking up to God and God’s purposes in the world. But something has gone wrong with our worship. Too often worship has become a place of safety and complacency, a narrowly private experience in which solitary individuals only express their personal adoration. Even when we gather corporately, we often close our eyes to those around us, focusing on God but ignoring our neighbor. But true biblical worship does not merely point us upward—it should turn us outward as well.
Continue reading ‘The Dangerous Act of Worship | Mark Labberton’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Randy Newman. Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did. Kregel, 2004. 240 pp.
A much-needed look at sharing Christ with unbelievers, based not on the techniques of guerrilla hard-sell tactics, but on engaging questions and caring interaction. Filled with humor and stories, this book provides a challenging yet encouraging look at evangelism in our world today. This volume argues that asking questions and starting meaningful conversations is a far better method for sharing faith than prepared lectures or statements. It gives advice on what people need to hear in response to the world around them.
Continue reading ‘Questioning Evangelism | Randy Newman’
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Kevin Blue. Practical Justice: Living Off-Center in a Self-Centered World. IVP, 2006. 143 pp.
I know the world is full of injustice. I know that God calls Christians to work for God on the earth. But what can I do?
Many of us have questions like these. We are well-intended, but stuck in the rut of the everyday. We want to make our lives matter. But we don’t know where to start. We wonder about everything from whether to give a dollar to a beggar to how to participate in the political process; from whether to shop at Wal-Mart to how much to spend on a car.
Kevin Blue has spent his adult life answering these questions for himself and for others. He lives in the heart of Los Angeles, where these questions can’t be set aside. And he has led college students through experiences in urban ministry as well as international treks to the poorest parts of the world. In Practical Justice he combines what he has learned with the experiences of others to answer your questions.
Right thinking. Right action. Just living. God calls us to step up and get involved. This book will help you get started.
Author: IVP Bio | Servant Partners Bio
Overview: Amazon | CBD | IVP | Google Books
Excerpts: TOC | Intro | Ch. 1 | Browse in Amazon
Reviews: Amazon | Endorsements
Laymen/Unknown
- Beth Winton at RememberAndAdjustAccordingly (03/07) Review
- Carrie at It’sNotAboutMe (01/07) Review
- Chris Fann at ThePreface (12/06) Review
Extras: Book Info PDF
Buy It: Compare Prices | Amazon | CBD | IVP
Find It: WorldCat
Search It: Amazon
Rate It:
Loading …
Related Books: Amazon
Update This: Have you reviewed the book? Have something else to add? Post a link in the comments, and I’ll update this entry.
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Paul D. Bramsen. One God One Message. Xulon, 2007. 396 pp.
One God One Message provides seekers with a captivating and contrastive journey through the world’s all-time best seller. The book’s two-fold purpose is to:
- clear up the confusion that prevents people from taking the Bible seriously, and
- clearly present God’s age-old story and consistent message.
Weaving together real-life illustrations, e-mail excerpts from Muslims and others, and more than a thousand verses from Scripture, One God One Message uses the Bible’s first four chapters as a key to unlock the readers’ interest and understanding, and help them overcome countless obstacles as they take part in an unhurried journey through the best story ever told.
Author: Xulon Bio
Overview: Xulon | Amazon | TWOR.com
Excerpts: Whole Book! | Browse in Amazon
Reviews: Amazon | CBD | LibraryThing | Endorsements
Laymen/Unknown
- Joel Richardson at JoelsTrumpet.com (05/07) Review
- Darnell at BibleForums.org (06/07) Review
Extras:
Buy It: Compare Prices | Amazon | Xulon | CBD
Find It: WorldCat
Search It: Amazon
Rate It:
Loading …
Related Books: Amazon | LibraryThing
Update This: Have you reviewed the book? Have something else to add? Post a link in the comments, and I’ll update this entry.
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Craig Ott and Harold A. Netland, eds. Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity. Baker, 2006. 384 pp.
It is no secret that globalization is one of the most powerful forces in the twenty-first century. In nearly every realm—political, economic, cultural, ethnic, and religious—traditional boundaries are disappearing and people worldwide are more interconnected than ever. Recent decades have also seen the globalization of Christianity and the accompanying shift in the center of gravity of Christianity from the West to the southern hemisphere and Asia. As these realities take deeper root, scholars, students, and church leaders must grapple with the implications for theological reflection and method, not to mention missiological practice.
It is to this set of vital and complex issues that the contributors to Globalizing Theology address themselves in this collection of original and groundbreaking essays. This international and internationally recognized group of scholars brings a multidisciplinary approach to the questions involved, including not only theological and missiological perspectives but also insights from history, sociology, ecclesiology, and anthropology. Part one examines the challenges for theology brought about by globalization. Part two focuses on methodological issues. Part three examines the implications of a global theology on various practical issues. Here is a vital text for courses in theology, missions, and cultural studies.
Authors:
- Harold A. Netland: TEDS
- Craig L. Ott: TEDS
Overview: Baker | Amazon | Google Books
Excerpts: TOC & Forward | Browse in Amazon
Reviews: Amazon | CBD | LibraryThing | Endorsements
Professors/Teachers
- Sean Michael Lucas at his blog (02/07) Review
Pastors/Church Leaders
- Jim Sawyer at Missional Explorer (01/07) Review
Laymen/Unknown
- Dave Broucek at Christianity Today (04/07) Review
Buy It: Compare Prices | Amazon | Baker | CBD
Find It: WorldCat
Search It: Amazon
Rate It:
Loading …
Related Books: Amazon | LibraryThing
Update This: Have you reviewed the book? Have something else to add? Post a link in the comments, and I’ll update this entry.
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
David Murrow. Why Men Hate Going to Church. Nelson, 2005. 224 pp.
It’s Sunday morning. Where are all the men? Golfing? Playing softball? Watching the tube? Mowing the lawn? Sleeping? One place you won’t find them is in church. Less than 40 percent of adults in most churches are men, and 20 to 25 percent of married churchgoing women attend without their husbands. And why are the men who do go to church so bored? Why won’t they let God change their hearts?
David Murrow’s groundbreaking new book reveals why men are the world’s largest unreached people group. With eye-opening research and a persuasive grasp on the facts, Murrow explains the problem and offers hope and encouragement to women, pastors, and men. Why Men Hate Going to Church does not call men back to the church—it calls the church back to men.
Author: TN Bio | Faithful Reader Bio | ChurchforMen
Overview: Amazon | Nelson | Google Books
Excerpts: Browse in Amazon
Reviews: Amazon | CBD | LibraryThing
Pastors/Church Leaders
- Jamie Dunlop at 9Marks (12/06) Review
- Lillian Daniel at The Christian Century (04/07) Review
Laymen/Unknown
- Marcia Ford at FaithfulReader.com (ND) Review (or at BookReporter.com Review)
- R. Aeschliman at PCACEP (03/06) Review
- BJ Bergfalk at Naked Religion (05/06) Review
- Jason at ChristianBookLounge (06/07) Review
Extras:
Buy It: Compare Prices | Amazon | CBD | Nelson
Find It: WorldCat
Search It: Amazon
Rate It:
Loading …
Related Books: Amazon | LibraryThing
Update This: Have you reviewed the book? Have something else to add? Post a link in the comments, and I’ll update this entry.
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger. Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process for Making Disciples. B&H, 2006. 272 pp.
The simple revolution has begun. From the design of the iPod to the uncluttered Google home page, simple ideas are changing the world.
Simple Church clearly calls for Christians to return to the simple gospel-sharing methods of Jesus. No bells or whistles required, so to speak.
Based on case studies of four hundred American churches, authors Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger prove that the process for making disciples has quite often become too complex. Simple churches are thriving, and they are doing so by taking these four ideas to heart: Clarity. Movement. Alignment. Focus.
Each idea is examined here, simply showing why it is time to simplify.
Authors:
Overview: Amazon | B&H
Excerpts: TOC & Ch 1
Reviews: Amazon | B&H | CBD | LibraryThing
Pastors/Church Leaders
- James Grieme at SharperIron (03/07): Review
- Aaron Carpenter at ShaperIron (04/07): Review
- Frank Sansone at SharperIron (03/07): Review
- Benjamin Potter at PastorBookshelf Reviews (07/07): Review
Laymen/Unknown
Extras:
- Watch Dr. Thom Rainer discuss the concepts in Simple Church:
Buy It: Compare Prices | Amazon | B&H
Find It: WorldCat
Rate It:
Loading …
Related Books: Amazon | LibraryThing
Update This: Have you reviewed the book? Have something else to add? Post a link in the comments, and I’ll update this entry.
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
Dean E. Flemming. Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission. IVP, 2005. 344 pp.
From Cairo to Calcutta, from Cochabamba to Columbus, Christians are engaged in a conversation about how to speak and live the gospel in today’s traditional, modern and emergent cultures. The technical term for their efforts is contextualization. Missionary theorists have pondered and written on it at length. More and more, those who do theology in the West are also trying to discover new ways of communicating and embodying the gospel for an emerging postmodern culture. But few have considered in depth how the early church contextualized the gospel. And yet the New Testament provides numerous examples.
As both a crosscultural missionary and a New Testament scholar, Dean Flemming is well equipped to examine how the early church contextualized the gospel and to draw out lessons for today. By carefully sifting the New Testament evidence, Flemming uncovers the patterns and parameters of a Paul or Mark or John as they spoke the Word on target, and he brings these to bear on our contemporary missiological task.
Rich in insights and conversant with frontline thinking, this is a book that will revitalize the conversation and refresh our speaking and living the gospel in today’s cultures, whether in traditional, modern or emergent contexts.
Author: IVP Bio | European Nazarene College Bio
Overview: Amazon | IVP
Excerpts: TOC | Preface | Intro | Ch 1
Reviews: Amazon | CBD | IVP | LibraryThing
Professors
Pastors/Church Leaders
Extras:
- Winner of a 2006 Christianity Today Book Award for Missions/Global Affairs
- Honored as one of the “Fifteen Outstanding Books of 2005 for Mission Studies” by International Bulletin of Missionary Research
Buy It: Compare Prices | Amazon | IVP | WTSBooks
Find It: WorldCat
Rate It:
Loading …
Related Books: Amazon | LibraryThing
Update This: Have you reviewed the book? Have something else to add? Post a link in the comments, and I’ll update this entry.
Like this post? Subscribe to our feed .
