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The Church And The Surprising Offense Of God's Love: Reintroducing The Doctrines Of Church Membership And Discipline (2010)

by Jonathan Leeman(Favorite Author)

4.2 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1433509059 (ISBN13: 9781433509056)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Crossway Books

review 1: I would actually rate this a 2.5 stars. It's a little lengthy for what it is, but he has some really great moments in it. The basic premise is that the Gospel shapes the practices and structure of the church. He spends a lot of time defining how our consumer-individulistic culture has shaped our expectations of church, but that as believers we should be committed to a local church. The surprising of offense of God's love is that ultimately God's love is centered on himself but not man, and that he is giving himself to man that man might enjoy him. Yet because man's not the center of God's existence, he is not obliged to love all men the same - that is why there is those who are inside the church and those that are outside. That is why the church has membership and discipli... morene - it identifies who's out and who's in.
review 2: A very insightful and biblical study into church membership and discipleship. This book covers one of the most needed, and unfortunately most forgotten, principles that drives believers towards holiness. That principle being God's love for Himself. From there we are able to see our roles in loving fellow believers. Please read if you want to know what love really is. In truth, there is nothing "new" in this book, rather old truths painted in a beautiful and refreshing light. less

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