New Books by Gordon MacDonald, Daniel Henderson, More
April 1, 2005
Fresh Encounters
Experiencing transformation through united worship-based prayer
by Daniel Henderson (Navpress, 2004) I am often disappointed by books on prayer. Despite their helpful information, they rarely fire me up to pray more. Henderson's book, Fresh Encounters, is not a disappointment. The book motivates with stories of life change that resulted from prayer. One significant emphasis is corporate prayer, and Henderson does an excellent job of biblically defending it. He suggests that our private prayer life will rise and fall on our corporate prayer experience, and he fills the book with many creative ideas for corporate prayer meetings. The appendices include schedules, songs, and Scripture for worship-based meetings that will inspire a congregation to pray. Dee Duke, Jefferson, Oregon Invading Secular Space
Strategies for tomorrow's church
Martin Robinson & Dwight Smith (Kregel, 2004) Conversations about the future of the modern American church often neglect two facts: the church is neither American nor modern. Robinson and Smith avoid this oversight in their book, Invading Secular Space: Strategies for Tomorrow's Church. The book successfully combines history, sociology, theology, and practical strategy. And the authors' European point of view gives a refreshing outsider's perspective of the church in America. They examine the incredible growth of the church throughout the world, and then ask why the Western church currently is failing to experience the same vigor. They reexamine our assumptions about the church's mission, structure, history, and place in the culture. By looking at the rapid advancement of the gospel in emerging ...
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