Adventism for a new generation /

Daily, Steven,

Adventism for a new generation / Steven G. Daily ; foreword by Tony Campolo. - 3ed. - xviii, 331 páginas : ilustraciones ; 22 centímetros

Part I: Introduction -- 1. Adventism in a crazy and mixed up world -- The challenge of Valuegenesis -- Lack of warmth -- Lack of acceptance -- Standards overemphasized -- Unquestioning loyalty -- Irrelevance to felt needs -- Lack of grace orientation -- Conclusion -- 2. Toward an "Adventist Perestroika" -- Embracing a radical, risky faith -- Redefining our priorities -- Embracing Christ's acceptance -- Letting the Spirit give life -- Embracing the Kingdom of God -- Empowering our youth -- Embracing our world -- 3. Spiritual megatrends and twenty-first century Adventism -- From Christian to post-Christian America -- From self-serving to people-serving religion -- From left brain to right brain religion -- Authoritarian hierarchies to grassroots participation -- From patriarchal/ethnocentric to egalitarian religion -- From behavior-centered to grace-center religion -- From institutionalism to spiritual revivalism -- Part II: Rediscovering our Adventist roots -- 4. The essence of healthy religion -- Christianity without Christ -- Jesus -- the essence of healthy religion -- Doctrine and the essence of healthy religion -- Personal piety and the essence of healthy religion -- Service and the essence of healthy religion -- Is Jesus the essence of Adventism? -- 5. Replanting our Adventist roots -- Adventism -- sect, institution or both -- The Jewish roots of Adventism -- Adventism and New Testament Christianity -- The Protestant heritage of Adventism -- Our Puritan connection -- Adventists and shouting Methodists -- The Millerite heritage of Adventism -- The meaning of 1844 for Adventists today -- Significant dates in Adventist history -- Part III: Adventism & the pillar doctrines of Christianity -- 6. Who is God and who am I? Identity in Christ -- Pictures of God -- Getting the big picture -- Spiritual schizophrenics -- Who are you? -- Your identity in Christ -- The carpenter's construction crew -- 7. Hermeneutics or himeneutics: A God who writes -- The authority of scripture through Jesus Christ -- Seeking God's will in Babylon -- Jesus -- the Word of God -- Sola Scriptura and Ellen White -- Adventists and inspiration -- Taste and see -- 8. The Adventist atheist? Questions about God -- The mystery we call God -- God in a box -- The practical meaning of Trinity -- Father: God's transcendence -- Son: Revealer of divinity -- Holy Spirit: Beyond space and time -- 9. "The earth is the Lord's ..." and other clichés embracing the creatorship of God -- Creation versus evolution -- Creatorship versus creaturehood -- Fundamentalism versus modernism -- Darwinian theory versus scripture -- Jesus and creation -- Science, religion and faith -- 10. Conscientious objectors to the Great Controversy! Adventism and the God of spiritual warfare -- The original source of evil -- Evil, human free choice, and God's will -- Adventists and the Great Controversy -- Human evil and suffering -- AN enemy has done this -- All things, Paul and Pollyanna -- Jesus and suffering -- 11. Do Adventists live disgracefully? At peace with a God who saves -- The doctrine of salvation -- God's everlasting covenant -- The kingdom of God and grace -- Jesus the Second Adam -- Traits of the saved married to Christ -- Celebrating the process of salvation -- 12. Dying rituals or relevant symbols of hope? Adventist ordinances and the God of everyday life -- The symbols of Jesus -- Entrusted to the church -- Baptized into CHRIST -- The daily supper -- Rediscovering the ordinance of service Part IV: Redefining the pillar doctrine of Adventism -- 13. Cutting the leash of legalism! Adventism and the goodness of God -- Thank goodness for legalism? -- The pillars of Adventism -- Adventism and the Law -- The Old Testament Law -- Extremes in lawkeeping -- The condemnation of the law -- Jesus the cure for legalism -- The fulfillment of the Law -- The purpose of the Law -- 14. Holy heresy! Worshipping the radical Lord of the Sabbath -- Getting radical with Jesus -- Symbol of creation and salvation -- The Old Testament Sabbath -- Sabbath in the New Testament -- From Sabbath to Sunday -- Sabbath as a symbol -- Principles of Sabbath observance -- 15. Are we Seventh-day ghostbusters? A God of the whole human being -- Expanding our "holistic" views -- Wholism versus dualism -- The immortality of God -- Human mortality -- The first and second death -- Is the end of the world a barbecue? -- 16. Does God have AIDS? The Sanctuary doctrine and a God who suffers -- Experiential theology -- What is the Sanctuary doctrine? -- Problems with our past Sanctuary theology -- Redefining Christ's intercession -- Christ's intercession and human intercession -- A High Priest who feels our pain -- A High Priest who is in control -- A High Priest who majors in compassion -- 17. Three angels of hope! A God who keeps promises -- Definitions related to eschatology -- Putting Christ back int he center of our eschatology -- The everlasting gospel -- Gospel-inspired worship of the Creator -- Eschatology and false religion -- The judgment as good news -- Adventism versus escapism -- Why Jesus waits -- Second thoughts about the Second Coming -- 18. Are we a non-prophet organization? Adventism and the God who speaks -- Adventist misconceptions about prophets -- What is a prophet? -- The prophetic spirit in the Old Testament -- The gift of prophecy in the New Testament -- Jesus the perfect prophet -- Testing the prophetic gift -- The prophetic ministry of Ellen White -- The prophetic community -- God's remnant -- 19. "Milgram's pilgrims" Adventism and the God of non-conformists -- Jesus the non-conformist -- Studies in conformity and religion -- Healthy and unhealthy religion -- Conformity and Adventist eschatology -- Implications for the future of Adventism -- Revelation 13 and the future of Adventism -- Adventism and the new pantheism Part V: Applying our theology in the church & in the world -- 20. The dangers of growing up in an Adventist home! Blessings and cursings of Adventist family life -- The changing American family -- The changing Adventist family -- Traits of a dysfunctional family -- Traits of a healthy family -- Valuegenesis: Home and school -- Church life and family life -- Biblical principles for today -- You can and should go home again -- 21. Damned through the church? The Adventist church and its future -- Does the church offer "spiritual life insurance"? -- Dysfunctional religion and the church -- From institutionalism to disintegration -- The healthy church -- The future of the church -- Is Adventism headed toward Congregationalism? -- No more pew potatoes -- Dying for a change -- 22. Jesus, Parkinson's law and the Adventist education -- The church and its education dilemma -- The impressive accomplishments of SDA education -- The challenges facing SDA education today -- Principles from the life of Jesus -- How we treat our Adventist students -- God-centered versus human-centered education -- Thinkers versus reflectors -- Christian identity versus existential despair -- 23. Adventism, mission and kingdom theology -- what can we learn from our Third World growth? -- What are you doing with your one and only life? -- The Willow Creek wonder -- Adventist evangelism and culture shock -- A church committed to mission -- Accomplishments of Adventist mission work -- A theology of mission -- Challenges facing SDA mission -- Lessons from the Third World -- Kingdom theology -- the third wave -- Empowering our young people through mission -- 24. The predicament of the prosperous: Adventists and their money -- North American Adventism and upward mobility -- Adventism and the spirit of capitalism -- Redefining stewardship -- Towards a theology of stewardship -- Will we continue to practice what we preach? -- Prophet versus profit: The challenge today! -- 25. The high stakes game of medicine, health and healing -- Healing: Form one extreme to the other -- The medicalization of Adventism -- Strengths of the Adventist heath message -- The high cost of health -- Towards a theology of wholistic health -- 26. Rediscovering our Adventist heritage -- The church and charismatic renewal -- The "Spirit" in early Adventism -- WHen the Spirit come with power -- Have we become the Babylon our pioneers left? -- Four holy ghostbusters -- naturalism -- eating from the tree of knowledge -- Hagiolatry -- worshiping the past at expense of present -- Denominationalism -- boothbuilding for God -- Charismania and charismaphobia -- People of the Word? -- Seven lost biblical truths -- 27. Kingdom life from womb to tomb -- and beyond the tomb -- Adventism and social ethics -- A hierarchy of human need -- The unborn and abortion -- What about our children? -- The geriatric generation -- Minorities and the poor -- In search of a biblical feminism -- 28. From the Adventist gay to Baby Fae! Other controversial issues facing the church -- Adventism, homosexuality and Aids -- Premarital sex, masturbation, pornography -- Rock music, amusements, art and dress standards -- Holy health reform -- Divorce and remarriage -- Nuclear war, politics and the poor -- Adventists and addiction -- Lawsuits and the Adventist Christian -- Is there a "Christian psychology"? -- Adventists and competitive sports -- Is celebration a dirty word? -- Animal rights and human rights -- 29. The heretical imperative -- Adventism, ecumenism and other churches -- Healing the schizophrenic bride of Jesus -- Jesus' last prayer -- God's chosen peoples -- Spiritual ecumenism -- The house of the Lord -- The death of denominationalism -- Healing God's church -- What God hath joined together -- 30. The final frontier: Meeting Jesus through meeting human needs -- No more plastic Jesus -- No more frozen chosen -- Change s a choice -- Back to the bottom line -- Toward a theology of service -- ADRA: The right stuff -- "Just say know."



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