Korn – Brian Welch – I Am Second

Does your Church have visitors?

The reason I ask is because I am curious as to how often un-churched (non-believers) visit your church.  Also, how often do these visitors become a part of your church?  What role does your church play in reaching out to your community?  Is reaching out a priority in your church?

Do you think that the theological (i.e. Doctrine of Salvation) position your church significantly impacts the emphasis on reaching out to your community (i.e. non-believers)?

Growing a church that simply adds existing Christians does nothing in expanding the kingdom of God, and by that I mean leading non-believers to Christ.  For example in our church which we run about 200 adults, I would say that easily 80% of those were not Christians prior to coming to our church.  We place a high emphasis on reaching the lost, and on prayer.  On a weekly basis we have visitors all of the time.

Just curious what is going on in your churches.

New Books

New books I recently received, in the last week or so.  Except for the Cornerstone commentary I have had that for a few weeks.

Grace, Faith, Free Will - Contrasting Views of Salvation: Calvinism & Arminianism by Robert E. Picirilli, 2002

• Paperback: 245 pages
• Publisher: Randall House Publications (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0892656484
• ISBN-13: 978-0892656486
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches

Word Biblical Commentary, Vol. 38B, Romans 9-16 by James D. G. Dunn

• Hardcover: 502 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (November 29, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849902525
• ISBN-13: 978-0849902529
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 1.7 inches

Jesus, Paul and the Law by James D. G. Dunn

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press (January 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0664250955
• ISBN-13: 978-0664250959
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches

Romans, Galatians Cornerstone Biblical Commentary by Gerald L. Borchert (Author), Roger Mohrlang (Author)

• Hardcover: 356 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (March 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0842383425
• ISBN-13: 978-0842383424
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches

New Perspective on Paul – The Paul Page

I found a great website that is dedicated in the furtherance and understanding on the New Perspective on Paul.  For those of you that are not familar on the on going writings on the New Perspective on Paul, I would encourage you to stop by this site.  They have book reviews, articles, links, and book recommendations.

Stop by and check out “The Paul Page“

I finally did it

That’s right I finally did it.  I bought my first book by none other than Gregory Boyd, this one is co-authored with Paul R. Eddy.  The book I bought was “Across the Spectrum, understanding issues in Evangelical Theology“.  The book deals with doctrines that have been debated with evangelicals, and each position is presented as persuasively as possible. According to the introduction:

The goal is to broaden students’ minds by helping them empathetically understand a variety of perspectives while training them to think critically for themselves.

The goal is not indoctrination, in other words, but the development of people who are able to arrive at their own convicitions in a prayerful, critically informed manner — whether they agree with the teacher or not… The purpose of this book is to facilitate teachers in achieving these objectives…

Our hope and prayer is that this textbook will aid students in arriving at their own informed theological convictions and in developing an understating of and appreciation for the views of those with whom they disagree.  We trust that the attitude this learning experience fosters is that captured in the ancient maxim, “In the essential things, unity.  In the nonessential things, liberty.  In all things, charity.”

I cannot express how much I appreciated the tone of the introduction.  I hope that this book lives up to its proimse and does present all views fair and persuasively.

Greek and Hebrew Readers

All you Greek and Hebrew readers, and those learning you have to check out this website.

Greek & Hebrew Readers Bible

Does God Exist – Debate Tonight 4/4/09

Check it out it’s tonight!