Permission Granted to Do Church Differently in the 21st Century

by Graham Cooke, Gary Goodell

SING UNTO HIM A NEW SONG!!...(psalm 33:3)

Did you ever wish you had permission to change the way you "do church"? Well, now you have it.You have permission

Welcome His presence Grow in Christ as He has desired Experience a God-orchestrated meeting Become the Church, not attend the church Grow in intercessory prayerThis "how to" book provides proven tactics to move your church into a "Third Day" realm fully committed to worship. Follow along with authors Graham Cooke and Gary Goodell as they share their years of experience developing new ways to welcome His presence into your church, home, community, your life and the lives of those in the congregation.

God gives all of His children His permission to become the Bride He loves and adores.

Remember, "...on the third day, anything can happen."

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction

290 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

Graham Cooke is a popular conference speaker and is well known for his training programs on the prophetic, spiritual warfare and intimacy with God, leadership and spirituality. He functions as a consultant, specifically helping churches make the transition from one dimension of calling to a higher level of vision and ministry.

Graham has written sixteen books and co-authored two more. He is presently engaged in completing a six volume training series on the prophetic; the first two books in this set are already in print. He has just completed a three book series on The Way of the Warrior and is also working on a second book in The Wisdom Series.

Originally from Manchester, England, he now lives in California. He is the founder of Brilliant Book House and My Emerging Light.

Reviews

[Sue · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are some useful insights in this book, which - like many others - looks at ways in which the church needs to move beyond the traditional Sunday morning 'entertainment' style. But I found it over-prescriptive, with several rather depressing sections about stages which the authors feel everyone needs to go through before moving into new expressions of faith.

My main gripe, though, is the sloppy writing style and repetition. Frequently the same thing is said two or three times, or one point takes several pages to be made. I was also irritated (and sometimes amused) by the almost continual clichés; there were sometimes three or four within the space of one paragraph.

I downloaded this free for my Kindle a couple of years ago. Perhaps worth reading if you can find it free again, or borrow it, but I would not recommend buying it.

Two and a half stars might be fairer.

[Rob Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple but Not Easy

I found this book many years ago. I have picked it up on numerous occasions and completed reading most of the chapters. This last time I managed to read it from beginning to end. The thoughts presented and questions asked makes you have to think. Being a follower of Christ is not just following the crowd. It is about following Jesus. It is about helping others find their way to Jesus. If you are wanting to grow in your faith and enjoy being challenged then this book is for you.

[Shaun Lee · Rating 1 out of 5]

Most reviewers who gave this book 5 stars probably would be of the same mindset as the Cooke and Goodell- one of an uninstituitional Frank Viola type of church. This book suffers from the same fatal flaw as its cousin Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore by Thom Schultz, Joani Schultz. The latter simply seems to adopt a highly critical and proof-texting approach to support their lifetree cafe model, and the former, third day church model.

While my background of growing up in a dysfunctional, legalistic and dogmatic church should incline me to agree with Cooke, Goodell and the Schultzs, I'm not convinced by the pages after pages of criticism against the church as we know it. I did agree with some of the criticisms, but I struggled to get past the weak hermeneutics and puzzling reconstructions that were utilised to explain why we have to do church exactly the same way as in the new testament. I could only bring myself to read until page 111 on my kindle before I gave up.

[Phillip · Rating 5 out of 5]

This - along with every other book or audio series that Graham Cooke does - is absolute spiritual GOLD. Graham has a gift for enabling us to see things from a wholly different - and still theologically proper - perspective. Of moving us from seeing things as we see them to how God sees them. I cannot recommend him enough. I've been on a steady diet of Graham since January (as of this writing it's May) and his ministry has been totally transforming my whole outlook towards God and helping me to gain a fuller understanding of God's outlook towards me.

Whatever you can get of Graham's BUY it!

[Bobbie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting concept very similar to what I experienced at Laguna Church many years ago. Unfortunately, that experience was borderline cultish and I fear the Third Day Church concept could turn out to be cultish as well. Time will tell. The reading was difficult though. It was easy to tell which author was writing which segment as one of those like to write in an "anthropologist" style