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In visible fellowship : a contemporary view of Bonhoeffer's classic work Life together / Jon Walker

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Walker, Jon, 1958-
Additional Titles
Invisible fellowship
Published
Abilene, Tex. : Leafwood Publishers, 2011.
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1 online resource (174 pages)
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Title Page -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- DIETRICH BONHOEFFER -- INTRODUCTION -- WE WERE CREATED TO LIVE IN VISIBLE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY -- WE WERE CREATED TO SHARE GOD�S GRACE TOGETHER -- WE WERE CREATED FOR THE LIFE OF JESUS TO LIVE INSIDE US -- WE WERE CREATED TO LIVE IN THE REALITY OF CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY -- WE WERE CREATED TO LEARN HOW TO LOVE IN CHRIST-COMMUNITY -- THE DAY�S BEGINNING: MORNING PRAISE -- THE DAY�S BEGINNING: PRAYING THE PSALMS -- THE DAY�S BEGINNING: GOD�S WORD -- THE DAY�S BEGINNING: SINGING THE NEW SONG, THE DAY�S BEGINNING: SAYING OUR PRAYERS TOGETHERTHE DAY�S BEGINNING: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE TABLE -- THE DAY�S WORK -- MID-DAY WORSHIP -- EVENING WORSHIP -- THE DAY ALONE: WHEN LONELINESS MISUSES COMMUNITY -- THE DAY ALONE: SOLITUDE AND SILENCE -- THE DAY ALONE: MEDITATION -- THE DAY ALONE: PRAYER -- THE DAY ALONE: INTERCESSION -- THE TEST OF MEDITATION -- RANKING RIVALS WHILE IGNORING GOD -- THE MINISTRY OF SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE -- THE MINISTRY OF MEEKNESS -- THE MINISTRY OF LISTENING -- THE MINISTRY OF HELPFULNESS -- THE MINISTRY OF BEARING, and The ministry of proclaimingthe ministry of authority -- the ministry of confession and communion -- in confession we break through to the community -- in confession we break through to the cross -- in confession we break through to new life -- in confession we break through to certainty -- confession: to whom do we confess? -- confession: two dangers to avoid -- the ministry of communion
Summary
Jon Walker engages Bonhoeffer's classic work on Christian life in community, presenting its rich and vital themes for Christians in the twenty-first century. Christians were never meant to live life alone. Only "in visible fellowship" do we learn to love one another and to live like Jesus is real. Can you go it alone in this world and live out the Christian mission and life? Can you possibly live out the full life Christ promised with all of its power and wonder without the love of the family of God? In his first book on Bonhoeffer's writings, "Costly Grace," Jon Walker gave a contemporary view of "The Cost of Discipleship." In this second book, focusing on Bonheoffer's follow-up book, "Life Together," Walker searches deeply into Bonheoffer's classic work to bring us a contemporary view of life in the body of Christ. In our individualistic culture, Christians learn how to live in communities of love. God is relentless in his command to "love each other in the same way that I have loved you"--Personal and up-close, meeting the needs of the undeserving, not attacking their faults. Walker brings a clear voice and powerful teaching to Bonheoffer's classic work on the church enabling you to understand the great importance of the Body of Christ. Through life together we grow into authentic spiritual maturity. As we live out the life of faith together, the love, forgiveness, and power of Christ literally and visibly comes alive for the world.
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ISBN
0891127976 (electronic bk.)
9780891127970 (electronic bk.)
9780891122951
0891122958
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