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URCNA MISSIONS
The God Who is There: The Book That Makes Sense Out of Your World
Schaeffer, Francis A. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1968 Although dated, this book provides an analysis of the intellectual and cultural climate of the second half of the twentieth century that still has great application. In addition, Schaeffer offers practical suggestions for evangelizing our world
A Rumor of Angels: Modern Society and the Rediscovery of the Supernatural
Berger, Peter L. New York, New York: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1990 Berger speaks to the alleged demise of the supernatural and how the church can critique modernity. This is a sophisticated work on the sociology of knowledge that the church can make good use of.
Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture
Renn, Aaron M Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2024 Renn argues that Christians have lived in three different worlds throughout the past sixty years. In the positive world (1964-1994), Christianity was held in high cultural esteem. In the neutral world (1994-2014), Christianity was reasonably tolerated. But in the negative world (2014 to the present), the culture has turned openly hostile toward Christianity. After proposing this history, Renn helps us to see the opportunity that
The Gospel Comes with a House Key: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World
Butterfield, Rosaria Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018 Before her conversion, Butterfield was a postmodernist English professor and openly lesbian activist. Having been converted largely through what she calls “radically ordinary Christian hospitality,” she means to promote the same throughout the church. Readers of this book will glean great ideas for developing sustainable practices of hospitality and evangelism. This is essential reading for ministers of the gospel.
Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor’s Journey into Christian Faith
Butterfield, Rosaria Pittsburgh, PA: Crown & Covenant, 2012
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