Uncomfortable : The Awkward and Essential Challenge of Christian Community

McCracken, Brett

Crossway Books（2017/09発売）

Crossway Books（2017/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781433554254
• DDC分類 250

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Winner of the 2018 ECPA Book of the Year for Christian Living

Does your church make you uncomfortable?

It's easy to dream about the "perfect" church—a church that sings just the right songs set to just the right music before the pastor preaches just the right sermon to a room filled with just the right mix of people who happen to agree with you on just about everything.

Chances are your church doesn't quite look like that. But what if instead of searching for a church that makes us comfortable, we learned to love our church, even when it's challenging? What if some of the discomfort that we often experience is actually good for us?

This book is a call to embrace the uncomfortable aspects of Christian community, whether that means believing difficult truths, pursuing difficult holiness, or loving difficult people—all for the sake of the gospel, God's glory, and our joy.

Contents

Foreword by Russell Moore
Introduction: My Dream Church

Part 1: Uncomfortable Faith

Embrace the Discomfort
The Uncomfortable Cross
Uncomfortable Holiness
Uncomfortable Truths
Uncomfortable Love
Uncomfortable Comforter
Uncomfortable Mission

Part 2: Uncomfortable Church

Uncomfortable People
Uncomfortable Diversity
Uncomfortable Worship
Uncomfortable Authority
Uncomfortable Unity
Uncomfortable Commitment
Countercultural Comfort

Acknowledgments
Notes
General Index
Scripture Index