Westfall Don (3 results)
Language: English
Published by Fortress Press, Philadelphia 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.Don's Book Store
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 8.25
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Hard Back. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Assumed First Edtion. 54 Pages. No marks or stamps. Faultless interior. Dust jacket is a bit tattered around the edges but complete. Dust jacket price $2.00 is unclipped. All sorts of books are written about the renewal of the church and the ministry of the laity. Thi…s book will be different from any thus far published. The subject church renewal is not new. The style, similar to hill-billy is not new. What is new is the marriage of the two. The result is off-beat humor with a barb. It tells the awful truth about the poverty of faith from which so many Christians suffer. It describes this poverty in various ways: Church membership has become a substitute for faith. A good many church folks believe all sorts of things, most of which are pretty far from what Christianity means. What good is it if we say how sorry we feel for the starving or hungry if we forget about them as soon as we leave the sanctuary and begin wondering what's for dinner instead? It suggests counter-measures, too, such as: The church ought to get into the thick of things where people live, and if that causes the people of the church to get their heads bloody, well, that's what happened to the Founder of the Church, too.The essential purpose of the book is to cause the reader to think again about theology, the Bible, and the work of the church. It doesn't intend to tell him what to believe, but it does tell him some of the things that are worth thinking about. It should penetrate deep into the hearts and souls and gizzards and whatever else is important in the makeup of laymen, and it might even touch a clergyman here and there, too. Humorous illustrations by Johanna Sperl. Sperl, Johanna (illustrator).
Published by Fortress Press
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.01.
Published by Phil Fortress Press C1965. 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ann Wendell, Bookseller, Oroville, CA, U.S.A.Ann Wendell, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellervg+/vg, lite edgewear, dj sm tear, o/w bright & tight copy. Illustrated by Johanna Sperl drawings. 1st (NAP) edition. Binding is hc.
