The Church Before the Watching World: A Practical Ecclesiology"...This book begins with a historical critique of theological liberalism, considers the practice of the principle of the purity of the visible church and ends with a set of principles that should govern the attitudes and actions of Christians as they face today's doctrinal and institutional church turmoil. |
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