Tickle, Phyllis The Great Emergence
If you’re looking for a well written summary of the cultural factors behind the emergence of the Emergents (no pun intended) this book is for you. Tickle couches the entire drama within the context of “who or where is the authority?” I have two problems with the book. First, like all emergent writings the verdict […]
Dan Tapscott, Growing Up Digital
Tapscott, DanGrowing Up Digital (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1998), 338 pages, hardback, $22.95. Obtain from McGraw-Hill, 800-262-4729. This book just made my top ten best list for the 1990’s. I give it four stars. Finally, a book about the millennial generation that makes sense. Tapscott calls them the N-Gen for Net Generation. He uses the […]
Leonard Sweet, Soul Salsa
Sweet, LeonardSoul Salsa: 17 Surprising Steps For Godly Living In The 21st Soul Salsa: 17 Surprising Steps For Godly Living In The 21st Century (Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI, 2000) 224 pages, hardback, $18.99. Obtain from Zondervan Publishing House, 5300 Patterson Ave. S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49530. Soul Salsa is vintage Sweet. The author […]
Leonard Sweet, Soul Tsunami
Sweet, LeonardSoulTsunami (Zondervan) This book just made my top ten list for congregations. It sets a new standard by which all church leaders will be measured. Sweet floods our souls with a mind-stretching, eye-opening, look at our world and dares to say what many of us have only dreamed of saying. This quote says it […]
Jesus Manifesto, by Sweet and Viola
This book could become one of the all time devotional classics rivaling The Imitation of Christ. The authors take our devotion and application beyond imitation to implantation and impartation. For a long time I’ve taught there are only two critical questions facing humankind: What is it about my relationship to Christ that my neighbor needs to […]
Stetzer, Viral Churches
By Stetzer and Bird Viral Churches is one of the most important books I’ve read in a long time and could possibly become a church planting classic. It’s message is so simple – “multiply everything.” The book is filled with myth busting information such as 68% of all church plants are still in existence after […]