This is a book for pacesetters -- church leaders who desire to help their churches break free of the things that turn them in on themselves and keep them from being outward-looking and outward-moving communities of Jesus Christ. The ingrown church is a common phenomenon. It is the "norm" for contemporary evangelical and Protestant churches. But ingrownness is a pathology. It can destroy the vital spiritual health of a church. It must, therefore, be combated with the norms of Scripture. And that is why this book was written. Outgrowing the Ingrown Church is a masterful mix of biblical principle, objective analysis, and personal experience. It traces the author's own growing awareness of the problem of ingrownness in his calling as a pastor, seminary professor, and evangelist/missionary. In his own discovery of the power and presence of God he discovered the tendency of the church to live by its own power and resources. This is a book written to help change churches by changing the individuals who read it. It offers one an unparalleled challenge to be evaluated, revitalized, and then used by God for the work of ministry. Thus it is a book not merely for pastors, but for the whole body of Christ. "I have never been as excited about any book concerning church growth as when I read this book . . . . (His biblical) principles, if followed, transform individual lives and then lead to a movement within a church to change the whole congregation," writes John Guest in the foreword.

Outgrowing the Ingrown Church

Religion & Spirituality

Miller, C. John

Christian Books & Bibles

Zondervan

Come Back Barbara

Juliani, Barbara Miller

Biographies & Memoirs

Repentance begins at conversion but doesn't stop there. It isn't penance, self-effort or condemnation, but an ongoing attitude for daily living in Christ, says Jack Miller. In this new edition Jack s widow, Rose Marie, adds an epilogue telling of Jack s own journey of living out repentance on a daily basis.

Repentance

CLC Publications

"Mom, Dad, I don’t want your rules and morals. I don’t want to act like a Christian anymore! And I’m not going to," Barbara declared at age 18. As her father desperately attempted to reason with her, Barbara grew more resentful, choosing a path of immorality that only deepened her parents’ pain. "I am not ignorant of human depravity," writes C. John Miller, "but I had long denied that it could exist in our family." That reality, however, forced him to confront his own sin, seek forgiveness, admit his inability to change his wayward daughter, and begin loving Barbara on God's terms. Here "Jack" Miller and Barbara Miller Juliani chronicle their journey from grief and conflict to joyful reconciliation. Come Back, Barbara is thus an irresistible portrayal of God's grace to the Millers and us all. With newly added study questions, this book offers invaluable lessons about facing our own struggles with humility, courage, and hope.

Come Back, Barbara

Presbyterian & Reformed Pub. Co

In these warm reflections on his own growth as a witness to the faith, written in the final weeks of his life, "Jack" Miller tells how he learned to share Good News with others—and how you can too.

A Faith Worth Sharing: A lifetime of conversations about Christ

P&R Publishing

These letters by a seasoned, influential pastor address a variety of ministry issues, as well as physical suffering, overcoming sin, learning to forgive, spiritual warfare, etc. We learn that a leader should be the chief servant and that right attitudes come only from a heart changed by an encounter with God.

The Heart of a Servant Leader: Letters from Jack Miller

Take heart! God's grace is for prodigal children (And Parent Too). When eighteen-year-old Barbara rejects her parents' Christianity, God's grace pursues all three-through grief and conflict to joyful reconciliation. This honest, vulnerable account, written by father and daughter, offers invaluable lessons for parents and children at any age or stage-and for anyone with a prodigal loved one-showing how struggles may be faced with humility, courage, and hope. Book jacket.

Come Back, Barbara: A Father's Pursuit of a Prodigal Daughter

In these lectures presented at Westminster Theological Seminary, Jack Miller integrates theology, literature, and modern culture as he discusses five of the most important European modern novelists of our time: Camus, Golding, Greene, Kafka, and Tolstoy. Best known as a church planter and mission founder, here he wears the scholar’s robe to diagnose the causes of modern aches and pains and apply the healing power of the gospel. At one time a Marxist, Jack treats the novelists and their revolutionary friends with sympathy and respect. Along the way the reader learns the Reformation roots of the novel as a genre, the basics of literary analysis, and how to dialogue with a Marxist. Jack provides a Christian perspective on many of our current issues: the lectures on Camus and Tolstoy and the lecture on the “Theology of Revolution” lay bare the skeleton of modern revolutionary thought and provide a gospel response filled with grace and courage.

Lectures from Jack Miller: The Modern Theological Novel

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Resource Publications

Reviens, Barbara !: La quête d'un père pour retrouver son enfant prodigue (French Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Miller Juliani, Barbara

Impact, Éditions

Sociology

Éditions Impact

Le cœur d'un leader-serviteur: Recueil de lettres pastorales pour former et guider les leaders chrétiens dans leur ministère (French Edition)

Leaders & Notable People

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