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100 _aJethani, Skye,
_d1976-
_eauthor,
_e illustrator.
_952415
245 1 0 _aWhat if Jesus was serious about the church? :
_ba visual guide to the spiritual practice most of us get wrong /
_cSkye Jethani.
260 _aChicago :
_bMoody Publishers,
_c [2022]
300 _a231 pages :
_billustrations (chiefly color) ;
_c20 cm
440 _952416
_aWhat if Jesus was serious?
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 229-231).
520 _a"Following the model set by What If Jesus Was Serious?--short readings and engaging illustrations--What If Jesus Was Serious about the Church? looks at what the Bible really says about the church, its purpose, and the impact of its modern captivity to consumer values. Rather than an event, a building, or an institution, the New Testament calls the church to be a community living in communion with God and one another for the sake of the world"--
520 _a"Researchers have uncovered the following three trends: First, distrust of institutions, including the church, is at an all-time high. Second, young people raised in the church are leaving at alarming rates and not returning. Third, loneliness and social isolation are at pandemic levels. What's the connection? It appears that an entire generation is starving for the very thing the church is called to provide but has chosen to look for it elsewhere. Why is this happening? Following the model set by What If Jesus Was Serious?-short readings and engaging illustrations-What If Jesus Was Serious about the Church? looks at what the Bible really says about the church, its purpose, and the impact of its modern captivity to consumer values. Rather than an event, a building, or an institution, the New Testament calls the church to be a community living in communion with God and one another for the sake of the world"--
650 0 _aChurch.
650 0 _aChurch
_xBiblical teaching.
_952414
942 _2ddc
_cNONFIC
948 _hHELD BY NZWMT - 45 OTHER HOLDINGS
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