How Parachurch Ministries Go Off the Rails
By Carl Trueman
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, goes the old saying. And, in the evangelical world, one might add that it’s paved with parachurch organizations which started well and then, at some point, went disastrously off the rails. Why is this the case?
WHY DO PARACHURCH MINISTRIES GO OFF THE RAILS?
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Book Review: Preaching Parables to Postmoderns
Reviewed by Carl Trueman
In this book, Brian Stiller, president of Tyndale University College and Seminary, Toronto, offers guidance on preaching the parables in the contemporary world. He regards parables as particularly useful in this context because, rather than teaching in a direct, didactic fashion, parables offer narrative-like views of the world which challenge the listener in more subtle, yet more disturbing ways. Parables involve less a transmission of information and more a transformation of the reader or the hearer.
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