Switching Churches: A Layman's Guide to a New CommitmentUnlimited Publishing LLC, 2002 - 118 Seiten This book provides quick, basic knowledge about American churches, doctrines, and practices, thereby empowering readers to recognize and react to ultraliberal trends. Church organization, worship, and clergy, and their relationship to the people are treated. Fully returnable. |
Inhalt
What Do You Really Believe? | 9 |
The Good Book | 21 |
Whats So Different About Churches Anyhow? | 29 |
The Core Problem Language Changes | 45 |
The Problem of the Clergy | 59 |
How to Control Change | 77 |
Asserting Your Spiritual Rights | 87 |
In Praise of Dynamic Orthodoxy | 97 |
Are You Willing to Lose Friends | 105 |
Afterword | 117 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action Amen American Anglican answer apostolic succession Archdiocese of Boston attitudes basic beliefs Bible biblical bishops canon Catholic Church Catholicism changes Christian Church clergy clerical Confirmation congregations culture decades diocese divine doctrine dynamic orthodoxy ECUSA Episcopal Church Episcopalians example expression fact Father God's Gospels heart heresy historic creeds Holy Scripture Holy Spirit homosexuality horizontal language human Jesus Christ Jesus Seminar laity Let us pray liberal linguistics liturgical Lord Lord's Supper Lutheran Church mainline matter means Methodist minister ministry moral national church never ordain women orthodoxy outright parish parishioners pastor pedophilia politically correct prayer books preach Presbyterian Church priests problems Protestant church Protestantism recognize Reformation rejected religion religious language sacraments secular seminary sermons social society sort Southern Baptist Convention spiritual rights Testament Theolinguistics theology thing tion traditional truth understand United Vatican II words worship