A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel of Saint Matthew
W. D. Davies and Dale C. Allison
International Critical Commentary,
Edinburgh:
T. & T. Clark (1988-97)
3 volumes
The Gospel According to Matthew
Leon Morris
Grand Rapids: Eerdmans (1992)
Encountering Religious Pluralism-The Challenge to Christian Faith and Mission
Harold Netland
Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press (2001)
368 pages.
The Second Coming Of The Church-A Blueprint For Survival, George Barna. Nashville, Tennessee: Word Publishing (1998). 223 pages, cloth, $18.99
One of the dustcover endorsements for this book states "This book ... will probably alarm, anger or arouse you." It certainly had that effect on this reviewer ... even before I opened it. I was startled by Barna's statement on the cover: "Today's church is incapable of responding to the present moral crisis. It must reinvent itself or face virtual oblivion by mid-21st century." Like some aging actress, the church must get a liturgical facelift and an evangelistic makeover if it is to revive its sagging career in the next millennium, and Christian sociologist George Barna purports to have just the cosmetics to do the job in The Second Coming of the Church.
The Resurgence is a reformed, complementarian, missional movement that trains missional leaders to serve the Church to transform cultures for Christ.
