God’s New Community
New Testament Patterns for Today’s Church
by Graham Beynon
Paperback
Price: £7.99
Publisher:IVP(Inter Varsity Press)
Published:September 2010
ISBN:978-1-844-74481-7
GoodBookStall Review:
Originally published 2005 and reviewed 2007
This is a straight-forward, down-to-earth book about the community of those who trust Jesus being known by their love for one-another, and what this means for Christians today. Modern individualism and self-sufficiency is not the way; only interdependence will enable the church family to grow in unity and show God's wisdom to the world, as he intends. The church is God's idea, and the gospel can still transform it and its members through biblical example and teaching, despite inevitable mistakes and failures. Beynon avoids any stereotype organisation for this, although showing house-groups can be important in this intimate, family-style nurturing, as we accept and help each other grow in knowledge of God in various ways.
Reviewer: Bryan Nicholls (06/09/10)
Originally published 2005 and reviewed 2007
This is a straight-forward, down-to-earth book about the community of those who trust Jesus being known by their love for one-another, and what this means for Christians today. Modern individualism and self-sufficiency is not the way; only interdependence will enable the church family to grow in unity and show God's wisdom to the world, as he intends. The church is God's idea, and the gospel can still transform it and its members through biblical example and teaching, despite inevitable mistakes and failures. Beynon avoids any stereotype organisation for this, although showing house-groups can be important in this intimate, family-style nurturing, as we accept and help each other grow in knowledge of God in various ways.
Reviewer: Bryan Nicholls (06/09/10)
