false 7 37 27 true 5969022 read 5 true 2492538 currently-reading 6 true 2492537 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67875846 Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation (Paperback) by James K.A. Smith
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62419192 The New Testament and the People of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God) by N.T. Wright
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62331524 to: A Peculiar People: The Church As Culture in a Post-Christian Society (Paperback) by Rodney Clapp
My hat is off to Rodney Clapp! This book is an important resource for helping Christians learn how much the wholesome gospel has been corrupted by unholy ways of thinking and doing that are standard operating procedures in modern Western cultures. The alternative is to embrace a life patterned after Jesus and early Christians. Then, we should hope, the world and the church will see more clearly what it means to be a "follower of Jesus." This book has the ability to help the church BE the church. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62418758 Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling (Hardcover) by Andy Crouch
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When this book came out in the late 1990s, Stanley Hauerwas said it was "the best book we have on the family by a Christian theologian." I think this is still the case. Rodney Clapp talks about how much the family is harmed by values of the common culture, and how Christians should instead be a people who embody a truly Christian way of life. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57731283 to: How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour (Paperback) by Gordon D. Fee
This book is a guide to helping people come to grips with the fact that in order to be able to better understand the Bible, one ought to first learn something about the social, historical, and literary contexts of the writings therein. Otherwise, the reader’s worldview and life experiences act as final judge concerning what “the Bible says.” The most obvious sign of this error is the common practice of picking and choosing scripture verses (typically, out of context!) to back up preexisting beliefs. Fee’s book should help readers move away from this subjective handling of verses toward reading scripture with a mind and heart that yearns to understand the Word of God. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57731049 Justification: God's Plan and Paul's Vision (Hardcover) by N. T. Wright
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57730873 Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church (Hardcover) by N.T. Wright
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]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57730644 The Climax of the Covenant: Christ and the Law in Pauline Theology (Paperback) by N.T. Wright
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