Churchfails: 100 Blunders in Church History ( & What We Can Learn from Them)
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churchfails is a collection of 100 articles describing people who claim to be Christians doing foolish things. Each article will include a picture of the subject.
From the Introduction: "Groucho Marx once said, “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.” If Christianity is a club, it has featured innumerable inglorious members. As abashed affiliates of said club, what can we do? We can try to deny our past and present peccadilloes, but covering up a crime is like poking a polecat—it’s worse in the end. So, we can rant and rave, or we can laugh and learn. This book settles on the second strategy."
From the Introduction: "Groucho Marx once said, “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.” If Christianity is a club, it has featured innumerable inglorious members. As abashed affiliates of said club, what can we do? We can try to deny our past and present peccadilloes, but covering up a crime is like poking a polecat—it’s worse in the end. So, we can rant and rave, or we can laugh and learn. This book settles on the second strategy."
Product Details
- Title : churchfails: 100 Blunders in Church History (& What We Can Learn from Them)
- Authors:
- Stabnow, David K.
- Butler, Rex
- Cleaver, Ken
- Durst, Rodrick K.
- Harsch, Lloyd A.
- Lutzweiler, James
- Presley, Stephen
- Publisher: Holman Reference
- Publication Date: 2016
- ISBN: 9781433608148
General Editor, David K. Stabnow, Bible and Reference Book Editor at B&H Publishing Group. He lives in Nashville with Bonnie, his wife of 30 years.
Contributors
Dr. Rex Butler, Professor of Church History and Patristics, occupying the John T. Westbrook Chair of Church History, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. .
Dr. Ken Cleaver, Associate Professor, Church History & Theology, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.
Dr. Rodrick K. Durst, Professor of Historical Theology, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Lloyd A. Harsch, Professor of Church History and Baptist Studies, occupying the Cooperative Program Chair of SBC Studies, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
James Lutzweiler, American historian.
Dr. Stephen Presley, Assistant Professor of Biblical Interpretation, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Contributors
Dr. Rex Butler, Professor of Church History and Patristics, occupying the John T. Westbrook Chair of Church History, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. .
Dr. Ken Cleaver, Associate Professor, Church History & Theology, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA.
Dr. Rodrick K. Durst, Professor of Historical Theology, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.
Dr. Lloyd A. Harsch, Professor of Church History and Baptist Studies, occupying the Cooperative Program Chair of SBC Studies, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
James Lutzweiler, American historian.
Dr. Stephen Presley, Assistant Professor of Biblical Interpretation, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Reviews
2 ratings
David Anfinrud
3/9/2021
Interesting Book. Easy to read and lots of humor. But the key is to learn about the failures each had to prevent them from happening again. Nice to know a bit of the Biography, Short churchfail emphasis of their failings. Followed by an application. Some of the people listed I knew about. OThers are new to me. IT is not theology but basically warnings about going into the wrong Rabbit hole.
Ray Mills
4/28/2020
