Dining with the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with ModernityWhat shapes the message of the church? The Bible and Spirit? Or society and culture? Os Guinness points out perils of compromise in the church growth movement. |
Contents
| 9 | |
One Main Question | 35 |
Four Main Steps in Compromise | 55 |
Six Main Carriers of Modernity | 69 |
The Celestial Railroad by Nathaniel Hawthorne | 91 |
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Dining with the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with Modernity Os Guinness Limited preview - 1993 |
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