Matt Williams & Ken Collier. Biblical Leadership: Becoming a Different Kind of Leader. Ambassador-Emerald, 2004. 184 pp.
A Leader Like No Other
Leadership is influence, so the accepted definition goes. Influence is the ability to move another person in a direction you believe is important. By any definition, Jesus Christ was a leader like no other! . . .
Jesus Christ was the greatest leader the world has ever known because He was the greatest follower the world has ever known. He had a sharply focused view of exactly what His Father desired of Him. No trial, no deprivation, no conflict, no misunderstanding, and no death threat made Him swerve from following the will of His Father. What a leader! What a Follower!
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Michael P. V. Barrett. The Beauty of Holiness: A Guide to Biblical Worship. Ambassador-Emerald, 2006. 285 pp.
Contemporary! Traditional! Divisive words—particularly when referring to methods of worship. Some churches commit themselves to one particular style while others divide themselves into distinct congregations with separate services to accommodate a mismatched membership with dissimilar preferences regarding music or dress. For some reason music always seems to be at the heart of the issue. Should the congregation find the words to hymns in hardback hymnals or the words to choruses projected on a screen? Should soloists sing to recorded music with microphone in hand or to organ accompaniment with arms passively at the side? Should the congregation applaud or whisper “amen” when blessed? Should drums and guitars be allowed in church? Should music styles reflect changing cultural models, or are some melodies and rhythms inherently inappropriate for worship? These are tough questions with answers that almost always fail to convince or change the other side.
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Rolland McCune. Promise Unfulfilled: The Failed Strategy of Evangelicalism. Ambassador-Emerald, 2004. 398 pp.
Biblical Inspiration and Inerrancy
Concessions concerning inspiration and inerrancy, especially inerrancy, are where the principal departures of some new evangelicals lie and where the deviations are most visibly pronounced, and destructive. Non-evangelicals have been quick to notice the concessions. L. Harold DeWolf, a liberal from Boston University, in 1960 noted “revisions” in the “fundamentalist” view of inspiration, as did John B. Cobb and William Hordern (neo-orthodox).
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