Today many believers have been led astray and are in bondage, because they have been fed on the old wine - the traditions of men that have accumulated in Christendom through twenty centuries, and that have been added to God's Word, or that have replaced God's Word. When the new wine is offered to them, they say, "The old is good enough" (Luke 5:39). This they remain in spiritual stagnation, year after year. Most Christians are unwilling to give up the traditions of their elders, even when they see these to be clearly contrary to the teaching of God's Word. We need to come back to the faith that was revealed by God to His holy apostles and prophets, as recorded in the New Testament Scriptures, if we are to fulfil God's purpose in our day and age. To come back to that, we must be willing to do violence to every tradition of man that is contrary to God's Word (Matthew 11:12). This book will change your life and your ministry, because it will question many 'sacred' ideas that you have held that have no foundation in God's Word. That in turn will save you from regret and loss when you stand before the judgment seat of Christ to give an account of your life to Him. He who has an open mind and a bold heart, let him read on...
New Wine, New Wineskins helps African American congregations understand and benefit from the cultural shifts we are now experiencing.
This book chronicles the actions of the men and women who struggled with and against one another to shape their church.
The distinctive contribution of this volume is the interweaving of three key concerns, all of which arise out of a critical self-reflection on the task of moral theology today: the character and adequacy of training and ongoing formation in ...
In Pouring New Wine into Old Wineskins, Aubrey Malphurs classifies church members into four groups: early adopters, middle adopters, late adopters, and never adopters.
The authors have done an excellent job of understanding the challenge and offering usable instruction on how to meet it. This book is recommended reading for preachers of the Bible as we launch out into a new millennium.'-Duane Litfin
These Guidelines are brought together as an exercise in evangelical discernment, wherein we strive to recognize - in the Light of the Spirit - a call for religious men and women which God causes to resound in our historical and social ...
Deacons Today challenges that the approved restoration of the permanent diaconate will only be effective if there is a deeper understanding of the nature of diaconate in the witness of the New Testament and the history and tradition of the ...
" This book explains on the parable, on what is the new wine, how to become new wineskin. This book offers new insights to the parable and guides us to live for the glory of God.
Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction: Christianity and the Battle for the Soul of a Nation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2008. Davis, Ellen F. “Property and Trespass: The Drama of Eating.” Ex Auditu, forthcoming.
This volume offers the first collection of a new generation's approaches to Catholic sexual ethics. The collection displays young scholars with diverse views, yet whose work moves beyond the impasses that have beset the field.