Mother Kirk: Essays and Forays in Practical EcclesiologyCanon Press & Book Service, 2001 - 283 էջ Modern evangelicals have gained money, power, and influence, and it has been like giving whiskey to a two-year-old. The need of the hour is theological, not political. The arena is the pulpit and the table, not the legislative chamber. Before we are equipped to proclaim His lordship to the inhabitants of all the earth, we must live as though we believed it in the Church. Mother Kirk presents a very practical and pastoral guide to many of the countless issues that arise in conservative Christian churches. The essays span subjects ranging from the nature of legalism and church authority to worship music, debt, youth ministry, and pastoral character. |
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Foreword by Peter J Leithart | 9 |
Introduction | 15 |
What is the Church? | 23 |
Reformational Identity | 35 |
Receive the Word | 51 |
Thunder the Word | 67 |
Observing the Sacraments | 93 |
The Lords Day | 111 |
The Worship Service | 121 |
The Government of the Church | 155 |
The Ministers Character | 185 |
The Life of the Church | 217 |
Outreach | 249 |
Epilogue | 267 |
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