How can we reconcile the ideal church described by theology with the broken church that we see in the world? In this book Joseph Small argues that the church’s true identity is known somewhere in the tension between the two. 
Small revisits familiar ecclesiological concepts—people of God, the body of Christ, the communion of the Holy Spirit—but rather than focusing on theological abstractions or worldly cynicism, he carefully evaluates the church in its scriptural, historical, theological, and social contexts. Both sociologically honest and theologically discerning, Flawed Church, Faithful God offers a constructive Reformed yet ecumenical ecclesiology for the real world.

Flawed Church, Faithful God: A Reformed Ecclesiology for the Real World

Religion & Spirituality

Small, Joseph D.

Christian Books & Bibles

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

The pastoral office has always been a difficult calling. Today, the pastor is often asked to fulfill multiple roles: preacher, teacher, therapist, administrator, CEO. How can pastors thrive amid such demands? What is needed is a contemporary pastoral rule: a pattern for ministry that both encourages pastors and enables them to focus on what is most important in their pastoral task. This book, coauthored by three experts with decades of practical experience, explains how relying on a pastoral rule has benefited communities throughout the church's history and how such rules have functioned in the lives and work of figures such as Augustine, Calvin, Wesley, and Bonhoeffer. It also provides concrete advice on how pastors can develop and keep a rule that will help both them and their congregations to flourish.

A Pastoral Rule for Today: Reviving an Ancient Practice

History

Burgess, John P.

Andrews, Jerry

World

IVP Academic

The Great Ends of the Church: Short-Term Study Course for Adults

Presbyterian Church USA

Small describes the Great Ends of the Church as a holistic vision of the church's life. He provides a clear understanding of truth in the context of this vision.

Preservation of Truth

Witherspoon Press

Joseph D. Small explores the particular characteristics of the Reformed confessional tradition in this volume. Reformed churches and the tradition they embody share a distinctive appreciation of what it means to confess the faith, and a characteristic understanding of the role of confessions in reforming the church.

To Be Reformed

Let us Reason Together: Christians and Jews in Conversation addresses the theological understanding of the relationship that God intends between Christians and Jews. You will learn to welcome the differences between faiths and appreciate the how it affects the God we know and worship.

Let Us Reason Together: Christian and Jews in Conversation

Rosenthal, Gil

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