The ‘Author’s Prayer’ sets the tone: ‘Let the truth go forward. Let men be changed’ (p.viii). The directness in the prayer is replicated in the exposition. The author is a voice crying to recall the church to its true mission. He seeks reformation based on love, truth and prayer. The book consists of ten…
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This is David Wells’ fifth in a series of books assessing the health of modern evangelicalism. Its purpose is to summarise and update the previous four volumes. Using the same five categories that have been prominent throughout (truth, God, self, Christ and the church) he sets out to expose a widespread departure from true…
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Contemporary evangelicalism is an infant phenomenon. It comes out of the charismatic renewal of the late sixties. It is scenic, proselytising, and in earnest. It believes the professing church’s ailment to be mild, basically caused by a number of bad attitudes. So it prescribes modest remedies -discovering positive feelings towards oneself, others and God.…
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