From the Back Cover: We live in a world of communication - telephones, the internet and satellite serve to connect people all over the world.  Still, communication is messy business.  Poor call quality, dropped lines and misdials are all too common and frustrating … and that is before we get to try and understand what the other person is really saying. 

Perhaps this is how we fell about communicating with God.  When the Bible was seen as the central means of dialogue it wasn’t so bad, but the new and “improved” methods popularized by modern movements and mystics have disillusioned many individuals.  The quest to “discover the will of God”, discern the mysterious promptings of the Spirit and open the floodgates of divine communication are all hot topics in popular Christian culture, and cause much unnecessary anguish and confusion.  

But what does the Bible say?  Dr. Gary E. Gilley shows us, in clear and precise language, what God’s Word teaches on this important subject.  Essential reading for pastors, teachers, college students, and anyone interested in the Holy Spirit’s communication to humanity, Is That You Lord? Will guide you to biblical soundness and Christian sanity.

Many churches, riding the faddish waves of our times, have 'gone to market', but not all. Some churches are trying to 'stay home', that is, remain firmly grounded in the Scriptures. Still, the pressures mount, the temptations are repackaged, and the schemes of the world become more and more persuasive.

In This Little Church Stayed Home, Dr. Gilley explores the manifold pressures of conservative churches to sell out to modern trends and innovations, including the present temptation towards mystical theology. Churches toying with 'new measures' will be challenged to remain true to the historic doctrines of the Christian faith and to remain faithful to God's chosen means of converting sinners to himself: the good news of Jesus Christ.

Pastors, seminary students, church leaders and Christians who want God's Word to be paramount in their lives will find This Little Church Stayed Home a timely message to a Christian subculture fixated on marketing the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.

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In an effort to draw sellout crowds, is the modern Church in danger of selling out? This is the question author and pastor Gary E. Gilley addresses in This Little Church Went to Market.

He believes that under pressure from secular philosophies and fads, many evangelical churches have subscribed to pragmatic rather than scriptural patterns for ministry. Marketing tactics, demographic analyses and entertainment-oriented worship have taken the new paradigm Church by storm. The result is a Christian community which is rapidly losing its focus and forfeiting its biblical mandate. This Little Church Went to Market is a call for the Church to return to its scriptural roots.

This book, now in its second edition, fully updated and revised with additional material is a serious and timely call for churches to return to their Scriptural roots.

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