Today I spent a couple of hours in the Christian bookshop my wife manages, so she could attend an important meeting. Since it was quiet afternoon with very few customers—and I have a weakness for bookstores—I spotted a new book by Floyd McClung entitled You See Bones, I See an Army: Changing the Way We […]
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Posted 01 April 2008
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Christian life § Church Structures § Daily Scribe § The Church
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Tagged: apostolic passion, biblical mavericks, courageous leadership, Floyd McClung, hierarchical leadership, holy dissatisfaction, organizational bureaucracy, pioneering, simple church, visionary leadership, You See Bones I See An Army
Several weeks ago, I announced that The Thin Edge would be hosting the very first blog interview of George Barna and Frank Viola, co-authors of the new book, Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices. Their eye-opening book has been printed under the Barna imprint of Tyndale House Publishing and officially launched earlier […]
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Posted 27 February 2008
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Church History § Church Structures § Daily Scribe § Institutional Church § Interviews § Organic Church § The Church
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Tagged: agenda, Anabaptists, Blog interview, Body of Christ, clergy, community of faith, contemporary church, deconstruction, denominations, ecclesia, ekklesia, ex-pastors, Frank Viola, George Barna, House Church, institutional Christianity, laity, leaving the church, New Testament church, Organic Church, Pagan Christianity, paid ministers, Radical Reformation, Reggie McNeal, The Barna Group, Tyndale
As I stated in my previous post, George Barna and Frank Viola's recent collaborative project, Pagan Christianity, has created some lively discussion and debate among bloggers, particularly those who serve in full-time vocational ministry. This is to be expected. The book simultaneously engages multiple targets that impact them and their future: like sermons, pastors, church […]
With so much heated rhetoric flying around the blogosphere regarding the newly revised and updated Pagan Christianity by George Barna and Frank Viola, I thought some readers might like to read the Publisher's Preface, written by Tyndale House, especially noting the statements I have underlined:
Dear Reader,
Perhaps you wonder why a publisher of Christian books […]
Before the holidays, I sold a few sets of books that were collecting dust in my library and ordered a stack of new ones from Amazon, including Divine Nobodies: Shedding Religion to Find God (and the unlikely people who help you) by Jim Palmer. What a ride! I’m trying my best to finish the last […]
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Posted 22 January 2008
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Authenticity § Christian life § Culture § Daily Scribe § God's will § Transparency § marginalized
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Tagged: Asia, Blogging, confessional, cruelty, Divine Nobodies, divine vending machine, do something, entering into pain, get off your ass, God's anger, God's hurt, homeless, I Want to Talk About Me, injustice, International Justice Mission, intimacy, Jim Palmer, rape, seeing through God's eyes, sex trafficking, sharing experiences, Thailand, the Other, Toby Keith, where is God today
It’s been amazing to watch the success of The Shack, a paperback theological novel written by an unknown author and published by a couple of guys who only spent $200 on marketing and have just initiated their fourth printing since May 1st of this year. My wife manages a small Christian bookshop in South Wales […]
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Posted 09 December 2007
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Daily Scribe
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Tagged: Christian book, God and suffering, publishing phenomenon, spiritual impact, The Shack, the shack book, The Shack movie, theological novel, viral marketing, Wayne Jacobsen, William P. Young, Windblown Media
