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Dave Hunt & James White. Debating Calvinism: Five Points, Two Views. Multnomah, 2004. 432 pp.
One of the purposes of a debate in the formal sense of the word is to persuade. The object is to persuade the audience that your position is the appropriate view to adopt. Over several generations the debate over the theological views developed by John Calvin has become more and more heated. In response, James White (the champion of Reformed Theology) and Dave Hunt (the Opponent of Calvinism) have participated in a lengthy formal debate. The debate has been removed from the classical oral format and collected in the volume Debating Calvinism.
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John Shore. I’m OK—You’re Not: The Message We’re Sending Nonbelievers and Why We Should Stop. NavPress, 2007. 171 pp.
I was first introduced to this book by Kevin Bussey whose recommendation came as a result of his desire to be Jesus to friends he encounters every day (often as he sips a tall one at the local Starbucks). My attention was piqued when Paul Littleton also had it on his reading list. So, when I finally found it on a bookstore shelf, I relieved my wallet of the 13 bucks and the bookstore of its sole copy.
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Craig Groeschel. Chazown: A Different Way to See Your Life. Multnomah, 2006. 240 pp.
Even without the hint presented by the subtitle, just picking up a copy of Craig Groeschel’s book Chazown gives the reader a suggestion of something different. To begin with the title itself looks like a made up word. Chazown, Groeschel explains early on, is the Hebrew word (pronounced khaw – ZONE) that the writer uses in Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (KJV, emphasis mine). The word, he says, can be translated “dream, revelation, or vision.”
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Gene Mims. The Kingdom-Focused Church: A Compelling Image of an Achievable Future for Your Church. B&H, 2003. 182 pp.
Not only has Gene Mims served as the vice president of the church resources division of LifeWay Christian Resources, but he also seems to be the king of re-statement. The Kingdom-Focused Church starts with a three-chapter introduction (Preface plus the first two chapters) in which he repeatedly tells the reader that he has a system that will work for the pastor who wants his church to be successful. He actually guarantees that the advice held within the pages of the book will work if it is genuinely applied.
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Jim Henderson & Matt Casper. Jim & Casper Go to Church: Frank Conversations About Faith, Churches, and Well-Meaning Christians. Tyndale, 2007. 172 pp.
Jim Henderson, the co-founder and executive director of Off the Map, has been looking for ways to improve churches for years. His desire is to reach “the people Jesus misses the most” (formerly known as “lost”) with the love that Jesus offers. To this end, he has paid people to go to church. Enter Matt Casper, atheist without an agenda.
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Thom S. Rainer & Eric Geiger. Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process for Making Disciples. B&H, 2006. 257 pp.
In a day when “how to” books are being published in every area of life, it is not surprising that churches and denominations should find ways to develop their own how to books about doing and being church. Thom Rainer (president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources and author of Breakout Churches) and Eric Geiger (executive pastor of Christ Fellowship in Miami) present this answer to how churches can be church.
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