If you're brave enough to take an honest look at the issues facing the culture--controlled church--and the issues in your own life--read on. Do you ever look at how the Christian faith is being lived out in the new millennium and wonder if we're not doing what we're supposed to be doing? That we still haven't quite 'gotten it'? That we've missed the point regarding many important issues? It's understandable if we've relied on what we've been told to believe or what's widely accepted by the Christian community. But if we truly turned a constructive, critical eye toward our beliefs and vigorously questioned them and their origins, where would we find ourselves? Best-selling authors Brian McLaren and Tony Campolo invite you to do just that. Join them on an adventure--one that's about uncovering and naming faulty conclusions, suppositions, and assumptions about the Christian faith. In Adventures in Missing the Point, the authors take turns addressing how we've missed the point on crucial topics such as: Salvation, The Bible, Being Postmodern, Worship, Homosexuality, Truth, and many more...

Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel

Tony Campolo

Brian D. McLaren

Religion & Spirituality

Zondervan/Youth Specialties

A hands-on resource for all Christians who want to communicate with more passion and power. Tony Campolo and Mary Albert Darling have teamed up to explore the dynamic connection that occurs when spirituality/spiritual practices are combined with effective communication practices. Churches and other religious organizations depend on the ability of their leaders and members to communicate (speak, teach, and preach) within their congregations and beyond. This important, practical guide will reveal Campolo's preaching secrets and Darling's wise counsel as a professor of communication. <ul> <li>Includes interviews with prominent Christian leaders and thinkers</li> <li>Written by two experts on the topic of communication and spirituality</li> <li>Tony Campolo is one of America's most remarkable and beloved Christian communicators</li> <li>This is a key resource written for any Christian who would like to become a more skilled and spiritually mature communicator.</li> </ul>

Connecting Like Jesus

Mary Albert Darling

Jossey-Bass

Revelation and Renewal tells of churches that infused new life into urban communities. It is the story of brave men and women who refused to walk away from an apparently hopeless situation. Their inspiring example of faith-based social action presents a blueprint for reclaiming the future of our cities.

Revolution and Renewal

History

Americas

Westminster/John Knox Press

There is no end to clichés and easy assumptions about congregational health and vitality. It's much easier to start a new church than turn around an old one; nondenominational churches are growing, while denominational churches are dying; small-membership churches are concerned only with survival; suburban churches care only about endless programming and "spiritual entertainment"; downtown churches are doomed to decay. Whatever kernel of truth such analyses might contain, they miss the actual point. Churches stagnate, decline, and die for a number of reasons, but principally because they have forgotten who they are. They have forgotten their mission to reach out to those who do not know God in Christ. They have forgotten that we worship--not to feel comfortable and safe--but to come into the presence of a God who leads us out into the world. They have forgotten the "cloud of witnesses" who have gone before us in the Christian faith, providing models for how we can proclaim the message of the gospel in ways that new generations can hear it. Paul Nixon calls this failure of memory "spiritual amnesia." Concerned with institutional survival and personal comfort, congregations have forgotten what previous generations of Christians have learned time and again: that the church's great challenge is to make the gospel available in new and compelling ways to those who need most to hear it. In a series of sweeping insights into congregational life and contemporary culture, Nixon maps a course that will help churches remember who they are and for whom they exist.

Healing Spiritual Amnesia: Remembering What it Means to be the Church

Nixon, Paul

ABINGDON PRESS *

Let Me Tell You a Story

World Publishing: Nashville

Stories That Feed Your Soul

Bestselling author and modern-day prophet Tony Campolo believes that one of the best ways to tell the grand story of the gospel is to tell stories of everyday life where God is at work. . .just as Jesus did during his earthly ministry. This collection of stories from Tony's lifelong friendships and international travels allow readers to "overhear" the gospel at work around the world. Set around Romans 8, the stories center on eight gospel themes: freedom of condemnation, new life in Christ, intimacy with God, the call to rescue creation, living with hope, praying in the Spirit, God's plans for us, and the assurance we need. Whether humorous or poignant, each one is an unforgettable echo of God at work around us and within us.

Baker Books

101 Ways Your Church Can Change the World: A Guide to Help Christians Express the Love of Christ to a Needy World

Book by Tony Campolo, Gordon Aeschliman

Gordon Aeschliman

Baker Pub Group

"Everywhere I go", states bestselling author Tony Campolo, "I encounter Christians who believe all the right things, but lack the vital aliveness that can come through total surrender to the ministry of the Holy Spirit". Tony's stirring message and moving stories help all Christians become more aware of the Holy Spirit's desire to lead and strengthen them.

How to be Pentecostal Without Speaking in Tongues

Word Publishing

With his trademark passion and humor, author Tony Campolo tackles the topic of how to experience an authentic Christian walk without being ridiculous. How to Be a Christian Without Being Ridiculous is a dynamic, fast-paced book that helps readers be serious about their relationship with Christ without taking themselves too seriously.

Follwing Jesus Without Embarrassing God

W Pub Group

Kingdom of God Is a Party

W. Publishing Group

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