Tuesday, March 4, 2008
- NTS
Suggested Resources and Must Reads!
From Rev. Dirdre Brower Latz, Nazarene Theological College (Manchester, Englad), Lecturer in Pastoral and Social Theology . Rev. Brower was the NTS Preacher of the Year in the spring 2007 semester.
The Shaping of
Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch (Hendrickson Publishing, 2003)
Frost and Hirsch touch on critical changes in the world and ask how Kingdom
people respond with grace. At different
points in the book the author says things that are important—but might hurt
to hear.
Methodism:
Empire of the Spirit
by David
Hempton (Yale University Press, 2005)
This
book is a thorough and helpful analysis of Methodism and the movement of
the spirit. It touches on Methodist history in America and is very interesting.
The
Powers that be: Theology for a New Millennium by Walter
Wink (Doubleday, 1998)
This
is a brilliant analysis of the world we live in and the age old powers and
principalities.
Ancient-Future
Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World by Robert E. Webber
(Baker Books, 1999)
Robert Webber gives a thought provoking look at drawing the best from the past
and being both aware and visionary in relation to the future.