Summer 2008: Suggested Reading
Suggestions for Further Reading
Tim Keel, “An Efficient Gospel?: The modern world was inclined toward reduction, efficiency, and things you can count” Leadership Journal (Winter 2008). http://www.christianitytoday.com/le/2008/001/3.19.html
Earl G. Creps, “Moving Target: Reframing Discipleship for Postmoderns” Enrichment (Winter 2008), pages 68-73. http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200801/200801_068_MovTarget.cfm
TS says, “Christianity Today has a number of articles that seem to apply to this discussion. Here are a few I’ve seen.”
- J. Todd Billings, “What Makes a Church Missional?: Freedom from cultural captivity does not mean freedom from tradition” Christianity Today (March 2008). http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/march/16.56.html
- “You Have Heard It Said: Caputo’s What Would Jesus Deconstruct? sends us to take another look at Jesus” in February 2008 is a review by Bruce Ellis Benson. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/februaryweb-only/107-12.0.html
- Richard J. Mouw, “An Open-Handed Gospel: We have to decide whether we have a stingy or a generous God” Christianity Today (April, 2008). http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/april/15.44.html
Hear Jamie Smith speaking at Northwest University for the 2006 Pentecostal Lectureship Series presenting his paper “Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism? Azusa Street as Postmodern Revival.” The lecture may be downloaded here: http://eagle.northwestu.edu/chapel_mp3/20060207e.mp3 [link unavailable as of October 23, 2014].
Another perspective in this conversation: see the review of Rob Bell, Velvet Elvis by Robert Huckleberry in this issue.
Category: Ministry, Summer 2008