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The Dust Off Their Feet: Lessons from the First Church
Did you know the First Church of Acts is actually the original Emerging Church?
Experience first hand the calling and mission God has on the church as you read The Dust Off Their Feet -a life-changing retelling of the Book of Acts!
Pastor and accomplished author Brian McLaren has teamed with Bible scholars and theologians to recapture the passion, power, struggles, and beauty of Luke's supernatural action-adventure. Fellow-author Chris Seay further enriches this story of the first emerging church with intriguing and applicable background into its history and teachings.
Join Brian, Chris, and a group of eight scholars and pastors to hear their fresh challenges to today's emerging church-messages of guidance andencouragementfor spreading the good news in our world.
The second book in The Voice Scripture project, The Dust Off Their Feet is a foundational read for all Christians, but particularly those of today's Emergent Church movement.
Experience first hand the calling and mission God has on the church as you read The Dust Off Their Feet -a life-changing retelling of the Book of Acts!
Pastor and accomplished author Brian McLaren has teamed with Bible scholars and theologians to recapture the passion, power, struggles, and beauty of Luke's supernatural action-adventure. Fellow-author Chris Seay further enriches this story of the first emerging church with intriguing and applicable background into its history and teachings.
Join Brian, Chris, and a group of eight scholars and pastors to hear their fresh challenges to today's emerging church-messages of guidance andencouragementfor spreading the good news in our world.
The second book in The Voice Scripture project, The Dust Off Their Feet is a foundational read for all Christians, but particularly those of today's Emergent Church movement.
201 pages, Paperback
First published October 15, 2006
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September 8, 2010
This book retells the New Testament Book of Acts in modern language. It's the story of the very first Christian churches - a church being not a building, but rather a community of people who sought to follow Jesus in their thoughts and actions.
The text is interspersed with comments from various modern-day Christians, and there are also helpful essays at the end of the book to orient the reader to both ancient and contemporary church life. This book is also part of an entire series, which takes different books of the Bible and publishes them in this format. It's to be applauded for the way it takes each book seriously in its own right, as a separate part of the biblical canon.
Sometimes I found the essays and comments to be a bit simplistic, but despite that, I would recommend this book.
For those completely new to Acts, the book is very easy to read, providing a way into learning about these early churches and how the early Christians lived their lives. For those who are already familiar with Acts, the book helps to connect the ancient with modern-day life, its essays and comments challenging Christians on how they might live more like those early communities of Jesus' friends today.
The text is interspersed with comments from various modern-day Christians, and there are also helpful essays at the end of the book to orient the reader to both ancient and contemporary church life. This book is also part of an entire series, which takes different books of the Bible and publishes them in this format. It's to be applauded for the way it takes each book seriously in its own right, as a separate part of the biblical canon.
Sometimes I found the essays and comments to be a bit simplistic, but despite that, I would recommend this book.
For those completely new to Acts, the book is very easy to read, providing a way into learning about these early churches and how the early Christians lived their lives. For those who are already familiar with Acts, the book helps to connect the ancient with modern-day life, its essays and comments challenging Christians on how they might live more like those early communities of Jesus' friends today.
April 17, 2008
I had never really read a straight commentary or paraphrase of an entire book. Reading this really helped me understand the Church and its foundation. The author did a great job on challenging me to continue on with the Acts.
May 26, 2015
A fresh, insightful read about the Book of Acts.
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