The Neutralized Church
The Neutralized Church

Author: Gene Baldock

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2011-03

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1426959214

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The Neutralized Church offers an introduction to the answers to questions that many Christians are raising today. We have been manipulated into ignoring the obvious answers and dismissing the evidence of their truth, even though they have been readily available to all for generations. We reject and ignore those who defy political correctness and yet they speak the truth. The United States is in decline, and the US Dollar is now in jeopardy. Our educational system is falling further behind international competition, and our foreign policy has made us targets for hatred and unhappiness generated all over the planet. Morality has been abandoned, and powerful new government agencies have been created that threaten our freedom. Christians must learn what God expects of them before it's too late! The Neutralized Church calls on people with a foundational knowledge of the Bible-those who accept it as the Word of God. Only by understanding what Satan has done to the church can we truly begin to understand why all efforts to bring about change will fail. God works through those who willingly serve Him; therefore, the church is God's change agent. God will not change His strategy just because Christians permit Satan's unwanted influence over the church.

The Myth of a Christian Nation
The Myth of a Christian Nation

Author: Gregory A. Boyd

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0310267315

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Arguing from Scripture and history, the author makes a compelling case that getting too close to any political or national ideology is disastrous for the church and harmful to society.

Losing Faith in Faith
Losing Faith in Faith

Author: Dan Barker

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13:

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Losing Faith in Faith records Dan Barker's dramatic journey from devout soul-winner to one of America's most prominent freethinkers.Following his "calling" at age 15, Dan Barker worked as a missionary, ordained minister, associate pastor, touring evangelist, Christian songwriter, performer and record producer. After preaching for 19 years, Barker "lost faith in faith." Throwing out the bath water, he discovered: "There is no baby there!"Today Barker, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., (www.ffrf.org) frequently represents freethought on the talkshow circuit and at personal appearances, concerts, and debates around the country, turning his experience as a former minister into ammunition against superstition and irrationality.In Losing Faith in Faith, Barker explains why he left the ministry. He also offers a definitive, compelling analysis of why he rejects belief in a god and the claims of religion. He explores the fallacies, inconsistencies, and harm of Christian doctrine and theistic dogma. In its place, he issues an appealing and compassionate invocation of freethought, reason, and humanism.Losing Faith in Faith is both a challenge to believers and an arsenal for skeptics.

Church Comes Home
Church Comes Home

Author: Dave Barnhart

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2020-09-15

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1791007341

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People have lost faith in all collective institutions: government, corporations, the media, and the church. We are in the midst of a spiritual disaster, a flood of biblical proportions, and house churches provide lifeboats for people who are seeking a more authentic, life-giving form of Christian community. Many people remember that the early church started in homes, but they don’t understand that house churches are still a legitimate and viable model today. House churches can create the intimacy so many people are hungry for. They can nurture life-changing discipleship for individuals and create justice-centered communities. Networked house churches can become truly diverse, multi-ethnic communities that spread the Gospel by emphasizing practices over programs. These communities de-center the preacher, opting instead for grassroots organizing, but they are not leaderless — they are leader-full. This book provides an alternative model for denominations and established churches to consider. It will help pastors reconnect with the traditions of community organizing, itinerant preaching, and discipleship training that sparked Methodism and other church movements in the United States. Church Comes Home offers alternative ways to look at some of the problems facing our church and our culture.