God's Glorious Church: The Mystery and Mission of the Body of Christ (Understanding God Series) - Softcover

Evans, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802439519 ISBN 13: 9780802439512

Publisher: Moody Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

Is your view of the Church too low?

Tony Evans defines the church in vibrant terms: "It is a continuation of Christ's incarnation." As such, it is the most important spiritual institution in human history.

In God's Glorious Church, Evans discusses the church's identity and purpose for existence, and he provides believers a biblically healthy context in which to grow and live out their lives. This book will inspire you to help make your place of worship all that God intends it to be.

About this title

About the Author:

DR. TONY EVANS is the founder and senior pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, founder and president of The Urban Alternative, former chaplain of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and present chaplain of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. His radio broadcast, The Alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, can be heard on over 1,200 US radio outlets daily and in more than 130 countries. Dr. Evans launched the Tony Evans Training Center in 2017, an online learning platform providing quality seminary-style courses for a fraction of the cost to any person in any place. The goal is to increase Bible literacy not only in lay people but also in those Christian leaders who cannot afford nor find the time for formal ongoing education. For more information, visit: http://www.TonyEvans.org.

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All of us are familiar with the story of Humpty Dumpty, the figure from the children's nursery rhyme whose world was shattered after he had a great fall. He called on the best his world had to offer to address his problem-"all the kings horses and all the king's men." But the tragedy of the story is that none of these human powers could put Humpty Dumpty's life and world back together again. Apparently Mr. Dumpty had no biblically functioning church available to help him, because if he had he would not have had to call on the king in the first place. Now its one thing when a nursery rhyme character cannot find the help he needs to repair his shattered world, even when his problem is being attended to by the highest authorities the culture has to offer. But it's another thing altogether when real people in the real world discover that all the king's horses and all the king's men-can't fix society's deepest problems and address the people's deepest needs. This is where the church comes in, because the church is the most important institution on earth. The church, and only the church, has been commissioned by the sovereign Lord to be His representative agency in history.

About this edition

• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0802439519
• ISBN 13: 9780802439512
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288