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If I Were the Devil: Seeing Through the Enemy's Smokescreen: Contemporary Challenges Facing Adventism
In some parts of the world it seems the Seventh-day Adventist Church is in danger of settling down into a social club. That is, unless it remembers its mission.
With growing secularization, disorientation, and institutionalism, how can the church maintain its identity? How is the church to function considering it was founded on the belief that time is short--yet time keeps going on?
George Knight tackles these and other tough questions in this shining collection of articles, speeches, and papers. Including the courageous speech "If I Were the Devil," presented at the 2000 General Conference session, this book is an insightful look at Adventism's mission, structure, and contemporary challenges.
Not just for church administrators and academics--this is a call to duty to all church members, a call to become a church alive with passion and purpose. Let these pages reinvigorate you with fresh thoughts about the Adventist mission and how to accomplish it. Because the world doesn't need another social club. It needs to hear God's message.
With growing secularization, disorientation, and institutionalism, how can the church maintain its identity? How is the church to function considering it was founded on the belief that time is short--yet time keeps going on?
George Knight tackles these and other tough questions in this shining collection of articles, speeches, and papers. Including the courageous speech "If I Were the Devil," presented at the 2000 General Conference session, this book is an insightful look at Adventism's mission, structure, and contemporary challenges.
Not just for church administrators and academics--this is a call to duty to all church members, a call to become a church alive with passion and purpose. Let these pages reinvigorate you with fresh thoughts about the Adventist mission and how to accomplish it. Because the world doesn't need another social club. It needs to hear God's message.
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 31, 2007
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December 26, 2020
El título, a mi gusto, se percibe un tanto sensacionalista. Si alguien más no me lo hubiera recomendado, nunca lo habría leído. Sin embargo, ha sido una de las mejores lecturas que he tenido respecto al tema.
El análisis y estudio de la historia del adventismo no habría encontrado mejor autor, en la actualidad, que el Dr. Knight. Pero lo que hace imprescindible no es solamente su conocimiento sino la posibilidad de interpretación en búsqueda de respuestas del presente y del futuro. No sé si esa es una labor de un historiador, pero sus conclusiones son fantásticas.
A cualquiera que desee aventurarse en este texto, podrá asegurar un mar de preguntas nuevas flotando por sus pensamientos.
El análisis y estudio de la historia del adventismo no habría encontrado mejor autor, en la actualidad, que el Dr. Knight. Pero lo que hace imprescindible no es solamente su conocimiento sino la posibilidad de interpretación en búsqueda de respuestas del presente y del futuro. No sé si esa es una labor de un historiador, pero sus conclusiones son fantásticas.
A cualquiera que desee aventurarse en este texto, podrá asegurar un mar de preguntas nuevas flotando por sus pensamientos.
July 25, 2019
Un muy buen libro para un tema álgido y tórrido, la pérdida de sentido y la institucionalización. Debería ser un libro obligado de adventistas y otras personas interesadas en los procesos que viven los grupos religiosos cuando van perdiendo el rumbo misional y los ideales que dieron origen a su movimiento.
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