Proclaiming the Scandal: Reflections on Postmodern MinistryTrinity Press International, 2000 - 123 pagini According to Burce, Christians today find it difficult to believe that Christ calls them as authorized messengers of the Gospel. The author proposes that only a "cheerful, vivid, sharp, and unrelenting iteraction of the very Gospel" from which its hearers shrink is needed to restore the church to its purpose. |
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THE GOSPEL AS PROSCRIBED SPEECH | 36 |
THE GOSPEL AS REQUIRED SPEECH | 60 |
THE GOSPEL AS PROMISING PROCLAMATION | 83 |
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