false 5952946 1 <p>The church is Jesus’ hands and feet today. But critics see it as hypocritical, irrelevant, and unloving. Materialism and consumerism abound. Mike Erre, teaching pastor and author of <i>Jesus of Suburbia</i> and <i>Why Guys Need God, </i>reveals how this has happened and how Christians can more effectively demonstrate Christ’s presence by again becoming...</p> <ul> <li>incarnational—allowing Jesus to live in and through His people</li> <li>eucharistic—reenacting the ministry and sacrifice of Jesus to the world</li> <li>baptismal—dying to old ways of thinking and presenting the resurrection of Jesus as the beginning of the renewal of all things</li> <li>communal—correcting an overly individualistic spirituality by living as the community of God</li> <li>eschatological—presenting a more helpful and hopeful interpretation of the end of our story</li> </ul> <p>Readers will discover how the church can cooperate with Jesus in the world in which they live.</p> 6125515 1 1 2009 Death by Church: Rescuing Jesus from His Followers, Recapturing God's Hope for His People (ConversantLife.com®) total:5|5:1|4:3|3:1| 5 20 22 2 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 19:07:12 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 19:16:00 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 22:13:09 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:39:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:26:40 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 00:26:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 06:09:29 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 06:09:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 19 09:46:52 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 20:55:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 07:09:33 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:09:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 13 18:23:43 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 18:24:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jul 18 01:12:22 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 01:12:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 07 22:22:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 22:22:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 21:49:52 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 21:49:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 16 21:32:13 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 21:32:13 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 02 13:42:30 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 13:42:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 09 23:00:13 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 23:00:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Mar 18 14:03:31 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 21 07:57:12 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 14:03:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:15:26 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 00:15:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 11 18:15:49 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:15:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 17:31:12 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 17:31:12 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 27 11:12:09 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 11:28:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 23 21:21:28 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 21:41:34 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 19 22:01:33 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 19 20:36:40 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5952946