03191cam a22005174a 4500 ocm52047479 OCoLC 20220422121745.0 030321s2003 miu b 000 0 eng 2003006965 DLC eng DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP IG# BDX OCLCF OCLCQ XBE SGB TDL ZAAPA 1244466970 0801012600 9780801012600 0801065607 (pbk) 9780801065606 AU@ 000024580514 IG# 9780801012600 NZ1 7637604 YDXCP 1984308 (OCoLC)52047479 (OCoLC)1244466970 pcc BV4501.3 .G85 2003 270.8/3 21 ZAAA Guinness, Os. Prophetic untimeliness : a challenge to the idol of relevance / Os Guinness. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, �2003. 123 pages ; 21 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 121). Introduction -- Part one : The tool that turned into a tyrant. Faces of the sinister God -- The tyrannies of time -- Part two : Shorn of our secret strength. Impossible stances -- Siren calls to captivity -- Part three : Restoring the Archimedean point. The price of faithfulness -- Escaping cultural captivity -- Conclusion -- For further reading. The buzz among evangelicals today is about relevance and reinvention, about new ways of "doing church" through revising, innovating, borrowing, mixing, and experimenting. Yet, says Os Guinness, in our uncritical pursuit of relevance, Christians have actually become irrelevant. By our determined efforts to redefine ourselves in ways that are more in line with the modern world than are faithful to Christ, we have lost not only our identity but our authority and significance. Prophetic Untimeliness addresses this issue by giving practical, constructive solutions for living with integrity in the midst of modern pressures. Guinness explores what it means to be both faithful and relevant, and how to be truly relevant without being trivial or trendy. Readers will be challenged to develop "resistance thinking," an approach inspired by C. S. Lewis that balances the uncomfortable truths of the gospel with the pursuit of relevance. Only by being true to Christ and living with integrity and wisdom will we meet the needs of a world that is hungry for some really good news. - Google Books. Christian life. Christian life. fast (OCoLC)fst00859185 Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip041/2003006965.html Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip041/2003006965.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 16.99 12.74 0801012600 0004212275 active Brodart BROD 00669717 $16.99 Baker and Taylor BTCP 2003006965 Ingram INGR 9780801012600 YBP Library Services YANK 1984308 C0 ZAAPA 54159 54159 0 0 ddc 0 0 DAPA DAPA 2022-04-22 0 270.83 GUI APA060933 2022-04-22 1 2022-04-22 BK