Called to Be Church

<DIV>Biblical scholar Robert Wall and pastoral leader Anthony Robinson here join forces to bring the Acts of the Apostles forward to our time as a resource for congregational renewal and transformation.<br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); /><br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); />Featuring both careful exegetical study and exciting contemporary exposition the fifteen chapters of <I>Called to Be Church</I> each first interpret the text of Acts as Scripture and then engage Acts for today's church. The book dives into many of the most vexing issues faced by the church then and now -- such issues as conflict resolution pluralism and multiculturalism sexuality money church and state the role of the Holy Spirit and more.<br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); /><br style=color: rgb(57 49 19); font-family: Verdana Arial sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(248 245 238); />Enhanced by study questions at the end of each chapter <I>Called to Be Church</I> will lend itself especially well to small-group study within congregations. Pastors lay readers students and ordinary believers alike will find the book helpful and inspiring.</DIV>