Claim: Modeling life after "the strong-group, surrogate family relations of early Christianity" is the only and best way to be Jesus-followers.
Powerful, researched, ecclesiology must-read.
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I will have to read that. Sounds interesting and true! No more of this I am a Christian because I attend church on Sunday once a week, even though I know no one there! Grrr.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Joe's book sets a high bar: one worth striving for. (And it's founded on buckets of research. I took a course from him on church as family during my Th.M. and had the opportunity to read the draft of his monograph on the topic. Wow!)
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