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Soon enough, the most central question for both mainline and evangelical pastors was, How can we reach more and more people? They did not ask how they could testify to God’s eternity breaking into time. They asked how they could keep from losing pace up against the threat of secular 2.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
the mission of converting the world while putting the great human aspiration to freedom on a firmer spiritual and moral foundation.
George Weigel • Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II
Here is the ultimate mark of our decline. Because the church has largely lost its theological orientation in the wake of the Enlightenment and the ascendancy of a consumer culture, we have, perhaps unwittingly, redefined our God and what it means to know Him.
Owen Strachan • Jonathan Edwards on True Christianity (The Essential Edwards Collection Book 4)
The New Apologetics: At the Intersection of Secularism, Science, and Spirituality
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churches that can thrive in our secular age.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
We should look to scripture to provide the context for our life with God.
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
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Philip R. Theibert • How to Give a Damn Good Speech (30-Minute Solutions)
70% of these faith communities have 100 or fewer weekly attendees.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
Embracing True Christianity The Need for Evangelical Self-Examination in Our Denominations and Churches