Christian Witness To The State

Christian Witness To The State
Author: John Howard Yoder
Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc.
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2007-05-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0836197410

"Our purpose is to analyze whether it is truly the case that a Christian pacifist position rooted not in pragmatic or psychological but in Christological considerations is thereby irrelevant to the social order." —John Howard Yoder These words by John Howard Yoder set the course of his pathbreaking treatise, The Christian Witness to the State. Yoder’s novel contribution to the debate concerning the church’s and the Christian’s calling is his starting point. He insists that Christ, through his death and resurrection, is now exercising dominion over the world. God has reclaimed his intention for creation. Thus the structures of the social order has as much potential for good as for evil. The church belongs in this world; it has a mission to and even with society.

Christian Political Witness

Christian Political Witness
Author: George Kalantzis
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2014-02-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830896201

George Kalantzis and Gregory W. Lee edit twelve essays that explore the topic of Christian political witness, originally presented at the 2013 Wheaton Theology Conference. Contributors include Stanley Hauerwas, Mark Noll, William Cavanaugh, Peter Leithart and Scot McKnight.

The State of Missiology Today

The State of Missiology Today
Author: Charles E. Van Engen
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2016-10-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830893490

The 2015 Missiology Lectures at Fuller Theological Seminary marked the fiftieth anniversary of the School of Intercultural Studies. The papers from that conference explore the developments and transformations in the study and practice of mission, as contributors chart the current shape of mission studies and its prospects in the twenty-first century.

Risky Gospel

Risky Gospel
Author: Owen Strachan
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1400205808

How do you access a real, thriving, vibrant faith? You trust a big God, and you start living like he’s real. It’s time to put our comfort and ease and false security on the line. If we know God is real, let’s pray as if he’s actually listening. If we know he’s good, let’s reflect that goodness in the world. When our problems feel big, let’s lean on the One who is bigger. Is that risky? “Sure,” says Owen Strachan. “Embrace it anyway. It’s literally the only way to live.”

The Moment of Christian Witness

The Moment of Christian Witness
Author: Hans Urs Von Balthasar
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2012-09-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1681495236

Balthasar puts his finger on the precise origin of all those elements in modern Christianity which see the real Jesus Christ as unknowable, the Gospels as merely the confused reflections of later Christians, and Christian tradition as a perpetuation of the mythology.

Communication Theory for Christian Witness

Communication Theory for Christian Witness
Author: Charles H. Kraft
Publisher: Orbis Books
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1991-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 160833239X

In this revision of a long-enduring classic, Kraft draws upon faith experience and the social sciences to make pastors, preachers, missionaries, and religious educators aware of the mystery of human communication in the service of God who calls all into communion. The question is how to communicate with these other cultures so that the message is effectively transmitted and received? How to we recognize the gaps--of language, tradition, life experience--that separate us and build bridges over them.

Blind Spots

Blind Spots
Author: Collin Hansen
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2015-04-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433546264

Christians talk a lot about church unity. Unfortunately, however, God’s people are often better known for their divisions and disagreements than for a common commitment to the gospel. At the root of this disunity are the blind spots that prevent us from seeing other points of view and reevaluating our own perspectives. In this provocative book, Collin Hansen challenges Christians from various “camps” to view their differences as opportunities to more effectively engage a needy world with the love of Christ. Highlighting the diversity of thought, experience, and personality that God has given to his people, this book lays the foundation for a new generation of Christians eager to cultivate a courageous, compassionate, and commissioned church.

Christian Witness in a Postmodern World

Christian Witness in a Postmodern World
Author: Harry Lee Poe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2001
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

A professor of religion asserts that the difficulties faced in communicating the gospel are as much an opportunity as they are a challenge. This book analyzes contemporary trends in American cultural life related to what those who don't attend church know about Christianity and how they think about questions of ultimate meaning.

Picturing Christian Witness

Picturing Christian Witness
Author: Stanley H. Skreslet
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2006-05-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802829566

Christian mission in previous centuries often drew on images of imperial expansion and war. While few today would describe the gospel task in such imperialistic terms, have we developed appropriate alternate images to associate with the good news of Jesus Christ? In "Picturing Christian Witness" missiologist Stanley Skreslet searches for new, more holistic images of mission from Scripture. Undertaking a novel exegetical study of mission in the New Testament, he highlights five actions that depict the witness of Jesus' first followers: announcing good news, sharing Christ with friends, interpreting the gospel, shepherding, and building/planting. After carefully examining key biblical passages, Skreslet draws out the implications of these five images for the theology of mission and lets each image take shape visually through an array of Western and non-Western art. "Picturing Christian Witness" will provoke readers to imagine what mission will look like when actively embodied by contemporary disciples of Jesus.