The Crucifixion of Ministry: Surrendering Our Ambitions to the Service of Christ

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InterVarsity Press, 15 dec. 2009 - 152 pagini

As a pastor, do you ever get the feeling that no matter what you try, nothing much seems to change? That is because the ministries themselves are not redemptive--they are not up to you. Only Jesus' ministry is redemptive. Jesus has to "show up." Theologian Andrew Purves explores at the deepest level the true and essential nature of Christian ministry. He says that the attempt to be an effective minister is a major problem. Ministers are "in the way." He radically claims that ministries need to be crucified. They need to be killed off so that Christ can make them live. Rooting church service in Christ's own continuing ministry, Purves provides a vision for students and practicing clergy to reclaim the vital connection between Christ and participation in his ministry today, even if it means letting Christ put to death the ministries to which pastors cling so closely. A radical appraisal for a critical malady affecting the life of the Christian church written in plain, down-to-earth language.

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Preface
9
Introduction
11
Whats In a Name?
27
Who Are You Lord and What Are You Up To?
47
The Crucifixion of Ministry
73
Getting In on Christs Ministry
100
Having Hitched a Ride
122
Benediction
140
Case Studies for Reflection
142
Name Index
150
Scripture Index
151
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Pagina 102 - I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brethren, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.‎
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Pagina 73 - That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us : and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.‎
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Pagina 44 - He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be pre-eminent.‎
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Pagina 47 - These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.‎
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Pagina 67 - The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you.‎
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Pagina 43 - God. And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.‎
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Pagina 119 - Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.‎
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Despre autor (2009)

Andrew Purves (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Jean and Nancy Davis Professor of Historical Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books including Reconstructing Pastoral Theology: A Christological Foundation, The Crucifixion of Ministry and The Resurrection of Ministry. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister and has three grown children with his wife Catherine, who is minister of the Bellevue United Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh.

Informații bibliografice

TitluThe Crucifixion of Ministry: Surrendering Our Ambitions to the Service of Christ
AutorAndrew Purves
EditorInterVarsity Press, 2009
ISBN0830878580, 9780830878581
Lungime152 pagini
  
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