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Books I Have Read: Constructing Mission History

Mission history shouldn’t all be about missions. This book provides a nuanced and thoughtful approach to the way in which the church has grown through history.

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Books I Have Read: God Shines Forth

Yet God’s glory is not only the fuel of mission in the sense of being its grand objective. God’s glory–his own naturally overspilling life, showcased in his Son-is mission’s rationale and its motor. out into the world to In whatever sense mission is about our going
make God known, it is only ever our being caught up in the already gushing tide of blessing that flows from the heart of the Father in the Son.

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Books I Have Read: Following Jesus in the Great Outdoors

A little booklet that is a must read for those thinking about mountains, the outdoors and spirituality.

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Books I Have Read: The New Testament’s Vision of Mission

Your mission committee, agency leadership team or board should read this book together. It is very good.

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Notes On Our Theology of Creation

Any theology that abandons God’s desires for the present creation will diminish the significance of God’s activity in the present,

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Justification and Group Identity

Some excellent and controversial thoughts from a very good book.

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Books I Have Read: The Transformation of African Christianity

A rather good book, with a second half that deserves to be very widely read.

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Books I Have Read: Following Jesus in Turbulent Times

An excellent book, on a familiar topic, but from a very different cultural and religious background. Read my review, then buy the book.

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Books I Have Read: Taking Up The Mantle

our efforts to respond to the challenges of our environment, to think our faith within our particular contexts, have often been blocked by people or missionary organizations who want us to limit ourselves to just repeating what they have learned in their lands.

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Christianity in the Twentieth Century

A few quotes from a very good book.