02940cam a2200577 a 4500 ocm27728267 OCoLC 20241212064826.0 930224s1993 miu b 000 0 eng 93016794 0801038553 9780801038556 AU@ 000009906943 HEBIS 121130525 NLGGC 105102806 NZ1 4475141 YDXCP 640569 ZWZ 051883864 (OCoLC)27728267 (OCoLC)1244465334 DLC eng ZAAPA BAKER BTCTA YDXCP ZWZ BDX OCLCO OCLCF CFT OCLCQ MXL OCL ICW SJG OCLCQ OCLCO ZAAPA n-us--- ZAAA BR526 .G85 1993 254/.5 20 Guinness, Os. Dining with the devil : the megachurch movement flirts with modernity / Os Guinness. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Book House, �1993. 113 pages ; 22 cm "Hourglass books." Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-113). Opening meditation : "Fishers of men" / S�ren Kierkegaard -- Introduction -- One main question -- Two main roots of the challenge -- Three main dangers of modernity -- Four main steps in compromise -- Five main ironies -- Six main carriers of modernity -- Seven main tips for discernment -- Conclusion -- Closing meditation : "The celestial rail-road" / Nathaniel Hawthorne. "He who sups with the devil had better have a long spoon"--Peter L. Berger. Today's megachurch movement should heed this warning, because of its often uncritical use of management and marketing tools to induce growth. Os Guinness provides a perceptive, thoughtful assessment of this powerful movement and its proneness to compromise with modernity. Each chapter concludes with thought-provoking questions for reflection and discussion. This book also includes two unique meditations: S�ren Kierkegaard's "Fishers of Men" and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Celestial Rail-road." --! From back cover. 1900-1999 fast Church growth United States. Big churches. Christianity and culture. �Eglise Expansion �Etats-Unis. Grandes �eglises (Communaut�es) Big churches. fast Christianity and culture. fast Church growth. fast Christianisme et culture. ram Croissance de l'�Eglise �Etats-Unis. ram United States Church history 20th century. �Etats-Unis Histoire religieuse 20e si�ecle. United States. fast �Etats-Unis Histoire religieuse 20e si�ecle. ram United States Church history 20th century. sears Church history. fast ddc BK 55035 55035 0 0 ddc 0 0 DAPA DAPA 2022-07-19 254.5 GUI APA062051 2022-07-19 1 2022-07-19 BK