TY  - BOOK
AU  - DeYoung,Kevin
AU  - Kluck,Ted
TI  - Why we love the church: in praise of institutions and organized religion 
SN  - 9780802458377
AV  - BV600.K66.W499 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - Moody Publishers
KW  - Church
KW  - Apologetics
N1  - 1; Introduction: Open basements, bad marriages, and decorpulation (Kevin) --; Styles make fights (Ted) --; The missiological : Jesus among the chicken littles (Kevin) --; Turn the page : getting off the road and getting back to church (Ted) --; The personal : on hurt and heresy (Kevin) --; Appetite for deconstruction : why church is boring, Christians are --; Lame, close-minded, or cliquish, and the church doesn't care about (insert my issue) --; Why all of this is both true and false (Ted) --; The historical : one holy, Catholic Church (Kevin) --; Snapshots : brief interviews with churched people (including Chuck Colson and Art Monk) (Ted) --; The theological : the church of diminishing definition (Kevin) --; The year of jubilee : how I learned to stop worrying and love the church (Ted) --; Dear Tristan : to my son regarding my hopes and dreams for him as they pertain to the church (Ted) --; Epilogue: Toward a Theology of Plodding Visionaries (Kevin); 2
N2  - Authors Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck present the case for loving the local church. Their newest book paints a picture of the local church in all its biblical and real life guts, gaffes, and glory in an effort to edify local congregations and entice the disaffected back to the folded It provides a solid biblical mandate to love and be part of the body of Christ and counteract the "leave church" books that trumpet rebellion and individual felt needs. - Publisher
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