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95 Theses for a New Reformation: For the Church on the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Five hundred years ago Martin Luther wrote his Ninety-Five Theses, inaugurating the Protestant Reformation, and with it exemplified an unflinching devotion to return to the Word of God as the ultimate authority. Today, the church is also in desperate need for reformation--a new reformation to correct her shortcomings and meet the challenges of the day. Some might see everything as fine, some might see everything as hopeless, and others might simply dismiss the church as irrelevant, too impotent to reform herself, much less to strengthen the disintegrating family or address the downward-spiraling culture with a prophetic voice. 95 Theses for a New Reformation confronts the necessity for reformation today head-on. Over thirty of today's pastors, theologians, and church leaders analyze ninety-five current problems, search the Scriptures for solutions, and make sound biblical appropriations to implement into the life of the church, family, and culture. On this 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, let us pray that the Lord will again revive his church for his own glory and for the purification of Christ's beloved bride, the church. And let us prepare ourselves to respond with urgency to God's call to action by reforming the church, family, and culture. Aaron B. Hebbard currently serves as the Academic Dean at Community Christian College. He is founder and fellow of theology and the arts at Sovereignty College, as well as church planter, pastor, and professor in Southern California. He earned his PhD in Literature, Theology, and the Arts at the University of Glasgow.
244 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 20, 2017
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October 16, 2020
I enjoyed much of the content, but I found a few things that really brought down the reading experience in my evaluation as a reader.
First, it was largely rudimentary information, at least for where I am in my knowledge and Christian walk.
Second, it felt a little disingenuous. The reason for this feeling is that various authors are vastly different in their theological formulations and definitions. For example, the editor, and many of the contributors, are reconstructionists/theonomists. Many authors, especially the big name ones, are not, such as the premillennial dispensational ones. For example, when those dispy authors mentioned defending and preaching the gospel, it is a truncated version compared to that of the recons. It feels like using big names to sneak in their views, which are largely at odds with the celebrities.
Third, some of the big-name authors were almost copy and past from other things they wrote. For example, I knew Lawson was the author of one of the Thesis because it started with 'There is a famine in the land...'
First, it was largely rudimentary information, at least for where I am in my knowledge and Christian walk.
Second, it felt a little disingenuous. The reason for this feeling is that various authors are vastly different in their theological formulations and definitions. For example, the editor, and many of the contributors, are reconstructionists/theonomists. Many authors, especially the big name ones, are not, such as the premillennial dispensational ones. For example, when those dispy authors mentioned defending and preaching the gospel, it is a truncated version compared to that of the recons. It feels like using big names to sneak in their views, which are largely at odds with the celebrities.
Third, some of the big-name authors were almost copy and past from other things they wrote. For example, I knew Lawson was the author of one of the Thesis because it started with 'There is a famine in the land...'
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