Brad Edwards
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The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism
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The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism:
"As a pastor, it's helpful to read an approachable reminder of why the church serves a unique role in the world. I found Edwards attempts to redeem the necessity of "institutions" a helpful reset to the assumption that all institutions are inherently "
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Christopher-James Neethling's review
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The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism:
"A fantastic book on why the local church is critically important if we want to see God’s kingdom come. This book is specifically written for people who are based in a ‘westernized’ society which probably includes everyone who uses Goodreads 😜"
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Charlie Grimes's review
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The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism:
"Thoroughly enjoyed this book! Edwards has done a great work to describe exactly what many of us in active ministry are facing today. I found myself dismayed in the beginning of the book as the author outlined 5 key factors that "Babylon" has offered "
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Artis Love's review
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The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism:
"This was a good book that opened up a very important conversation about church. We have become a post institution society. People don’t trust institutions and live their spiritual life in an extremely individualistic way. This is the root of distrust"
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“Institutions are far from perfect, and the church is no exception. However, at their best, they are external and shared ways of embodying community, ritual, meaning, and purpose so that anyone who wants to be invited in, can be.”
― The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism
― The Reason for Church: Why the Body of Christ Still Matters in an Age of Anxiety, Division, and Radical Individualism










