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100	1		_aWells, David F.
245	1	4	_aThe Courage to Be Protestant : _bReformation Faith in Today's World.
250			_a2nd ed.
264		1	_aGrand Rapids : _bWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., _c2017.
264		4	_c©2017.
300			_a1 online resource (168 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Inside the Evangelical World -- The Beginnings -- On Selling the Church -- Church Is a Business -- The End of Christendom -- The Emergents' Adventure -- Doctrine Goes -- The Emergents Emerge -- A New Evangelical Chapter -- Reformation Then and Now -- Differences -- Similarities -- Church and Gospel -- 2. Truth -- Our Modernized World -- Craft -- Community -- Family -- The Changing World Inside -- We Live Alone -- Postmodern Selves -- What Is Truth? -- Christian Truth -- Biblical Baseline -- Biblical Heartbeat -- Truth Engagement -- A Better Way Forward -- 3. God -- Thinking Biblically -- Evil -- Sin -- The Culture's Answer -- Emptiness -- Postmoderns Emerge -- Nothing Makes Sense -- God Dies, We Die -- Reinvented Selves -- Being Private -- The Inside God -- What Does Nearness Mean? -- Misunderstanding God's Nearness -- The Outside God -- God Above -- God as Holy -- And So . . . ? -- There Is a Law -- There Is Sin -- There Is a Cross -- There Is Conquest -- Knowing God -- 4. Self -- In Pursuit of the Self -- The Nation Signs On -- Virtues to Values -- Virtues -- Values -- Character to Personality -- Personality Emerges -- Self-Marketing -- The Commerce of Images -- The Fallout -- Nature to Self -- Nature -- Nature Dies -- Self Emerges -- Rights -- Loss -- Guilt to Shame -- Shame -- Guilt -- Healing Ourselves -- A Different Universe -- Rupture -- Reconciliation -- It's Not Just about Me -- About the Salt -- Where We Stand -- 5. Christ -- Christian and Pagan Paths -- From Below -- The Facts -- The Church's Failure -- The New but Old Spirituality -- Secular but Spiritual -- How Spiritualities Work -- Nature -- Sin -- Speaking -- From Above -- Christ's Descent -- A New Age Dawns -- In Christ Alone -- Does This Preach? -- Christ's Rule Now -- 6. Church -- Trouble in the House.
505	8		_aMiddling Standards -- Be Appealing! -- Losing the Church -- Discovering the Church Again -- Visible and Invisible -- What Is Hidden -- Forget Rethinking the Church -- Distance and Impact -- Marks of Authenticity -- Word of God -- SUFFICIENT -- DOCTRINE -- PREACHING -- Sacraments -- Discipline -- Who Builds the Church? -- God Is Sovereign -- We Are Captive -- Means of Growth -- Let God Be God over the Church -- Index.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aEvangelicalism.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aWells, David F. _tThe Courage to Be Protestant _dGrand Rapids : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.,c2017 _z9780802875242
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5340304 _zClick to View
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