Flawed Church, Faithful God
Author | : Joseph D. Small |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2018-05-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781467450638 |
ISBN-13 | : 1467450634 |
Rating | : 4/5 (634 Downloads) |
Download or read book Flawed Church, Faithful God written by Joseph D. Small and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we reconcile the ideal church described by theology with the broken church that we see in the world? In this book Joseph Small argues that the church’s true identity is known somewhere in the tension between the two. Small revisits familiar ecclesiological concepts—people of God, the body of Christ, the communion of the Holy Spirit—but rather than focusing on theological abstractions or worldly cynicism, he carefully evaluates the church in its scriptural, historical, theological, and social contexts. Both sociologically honest and theologically discerning, Flawed Church, Faithful God offers a constructive Reformed yet ecumenical ecclesiology for the real world.