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My philosophy of church

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Four books that have strongly influenced my philosophy of church:

 No Perfect People Allowed — John Burkeno perfect people allowed

An Unstoppable Force — Erwin McManusan unstoppable church

The Jesus Creed – Scot McKnightThe Jesus Creed

They Like Jesus But Not the Church — Dan Kimballthey like jesus but not the church

Written by charliedean

April 15, 2007 at 11:30 am

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  1. Hey Charlie,
    this doesn’t exactly have to do with this post, but i knew it was the best way to get your attention perhaps. Have you read Nouwen’s “The Wounded Healer”? Let me know. Thanks!
    LB

    Laura B

    April 16, 2007 at 3:35 am

  2. For sure!
    Read it in Seminary, but it’s been a few years. Great book!

    charliedean

    April 17, 2007 at 12:06 pm

  3. How about George Barna’s Revolution? I’m wrestling with it now. Not sure I agree with everything but the Church as we knew it is changing … Have these books caused major paradigm shifts in your thinking or just tweaked it here and there?

    jimmenne

    April 23, 2007 at 8:19 pm

  4. I wouldn’t say “major paradigm shifts,” per se, but that they articulate what I think/feel about the church.

    Barna’s book kinda ticked me off — as I saw him basically condoning this idea of un-church. (I’m not a huge Barna fan, so that doesn’t help).

    charliedean

    April 24, 2007 at 9:27 am


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