{"id":8622,"date":"2019-06-26T13:26:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8622"},"modified":"2019-06-26T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T17:26:58","slug":"book-bible-study-the-gospel-above-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8622","title":{"rendered":"BOOK & BIBLE STUDY: The Gospel Above All"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Source: B&H Books, LifeWay Press<\/p>\n

Above All: The Gospel Is the Source of the Church\u2019s Renewal<\/em>, by J. D. Greear. B&H Books, 2019. 240 pages.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs gospel Christianity dead? Pundits are writing the obituary of historic, orthodox Christianity, but pastor and author J. D. Greear believes the postmortems are premature. Jesus promised to build his church. He said that the gates of hell would not prevail against it. The church is not going away. Along with this promise, Jesus gave clear instructions for how the church would prevail. He promised to build it on the rock of the gospel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most pressing need for Christianity today is not a new strategy. It is not an updated message. It is a return to keeping the gospel above all.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is new and I haven\u2019t had a chance to read it. If you want to use it with a group, pick up Gospel Above All: Bible Study Book<\/em> (also available in a teen edition). That folds in discussion questions and a series of videos, most 20-30 minutes in length, in which Greear discusses the topic with other Christian leaders. I don\u2019t think you can watch the videos without purchase, but I found clips on the author\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Learn more and download a sample chapter from the book website<\/a>. On Amazon, the paperback is US$15.29, US$8.49 for the Kindle edition. See also Aren\u2019t Short-term Mission Trips a Big Waste of Money?<\/a> (episode from Greear\u2019s podcast, Ask Me Anything).<\/p>\n

\u00bb Looking for something to help you or your church get back to the basics when it comes to global outreach? Check out When Everything Is Missions<\/a>, by Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison. It packs a punch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: B&H Books, LifeWay Press Above All: The Gospel Is the Source of the Church\u2019s Renewal, by J. D. Greear. B&H Books, 2019. 240 pages. \u201cIs gospel Christianity dead? Pundits are writing the obituary of historic, orthodox Christianity, but pastor and author J. D. Greear believes the postmortems are premature. Jesus promised to build his … Continue reading BOOK & BIBLE STUDY: The Gospel Above All<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8624,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8622\/revisions\/8624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}