Why We Love the Church In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion

Name: Why We Love the Church In Praise of Institutions and Organized Religion
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ISBN: 9780802458377

ISBN-10: 0802458378

ISBN-13: 9780802458377

Edition: 2009

Authors: Kevin L. DeYoung, Ted A. Kluck

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Why We Love the Churchpresents the case for loving the local church. It paints a picture of the local church in all its biblical and real life guts, gaffes, and glory in an effort to edify local congregations and entice the disaffected back to the fold. It also provides a solid biblical mandate to love and be part of the body of Christ and counteract the "leave church" books that trumpet rebellion and individual felt needs. Why We Love the Churchis written for four kinds of people - the Committed, the Disgruntled, the Waffling & the Disconnected.

Book details

List price: $16.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Publication date: 7/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

KEVIN DEYOUNG is Senior Pastor of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan, across the street from Michigan State University. A graduate of Hope College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, he serves on the executive team of RCA Integrity, a renewal group within the Reformed Church of America. DeYoung is the author of Just Do Something and Freedom and Boundaries, as well as Why We're Not Emergent and Why We Love the Church with co-authorTed Kluck. Kevin and his wife, Trisha, have four children.

KEVIN DEYOUNG (MDiv, Gordon-Conwell TheologicalSeminary) is senior pastor at University Reformed Church in EastLansing, Michigan. He is the author of several popular books,including Just Do Something and Why We Love theChurch . DeYoung leads a renewal group in the Reformed Churchin America called RCA Integrity.



Introduction: Open Basements, Bad Marriages, and Decorpulation (Kevin)


Styles Make Fights (Ted)



The Missiological: Jesus among the Chicken Littles (Kevin)



Turn the Page: Getting off the Road and Getting Back to Church (Ted)



The Personal: On Hurt and Heresy (Kevin)



Appetite for Deconstruction: Why church is boring, Christians are (insert: lame, close-minded, or cliquish), and the church doesn't care about (insert my issue). Why all of this is both true and untrue. (Ted)



The Historical: One Holy, Catholic Church (Kevin)



Brief Interviews: Snapshots of Churched People (including Chuck Colson and Art Monk) (Ted)



The Theological: The Church of Diminishing Definition (Kevin)



The Year of Jubilee: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Church (Ted)


Dear Tristan: To My Son regarding My Hopes and Dreams for Him as They Pertain to the Church (Ted)


Epilogue: Toward a Theology of Plodding Visionaries (Kevin)


Acknowledgments