Real church
Subtitle: does it exist? can I find it?
By: Larry Crabb.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Nashville, TN
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780785229209
Subjects: Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: I don't much like going to church anymore (and I'm not alone); title: Why have we lost interest in church?; title: Why do so many people still attend church and like it?; title: So what is it that makes a gathering a church?; title: So what is it that causes a gathering to cease being a church?; title: Why should I go to church? : three answers that don't work for me; title: It will make my life better : is that what God's up to?; title: What's better than a better life?; title: It will show me how to change my world : is that the center of the church?; title: Authenticity and mission are good values but are they enough?; title: It will offer salvation and help for righteous living : is that the deep change God wants?; title: What church do I want to go to?; title: One that knows I'm not okay and neither is anyone else; title: One that acknowledges where we are and meets us there with truth; title: That understands my need to talk to God about what's going on in me; title: What will make me want to go to church (not another new program!); title: Marks of the church I want to be part of; title: Mark #1: hungers for the truth that sets addicts free; title: What is living and active truth exactly?; title: Story truth and signpost truth; title: Signposts pointing into the fog; title: Mark #2: respects the necessary ingredients in the remedy for addiction; title: Helping me become more like Jesus, inside, where it counts; title: Mark #3: finds contentment in wanting what Jesus wants; title: Mark #4: is mission-energized; title: Now what? where to? what for?; title: Let the conversation continue.