Renewal Through Restoration () von Benny Tabalujan

CONTENTS

Part One: Renewal Through Restoration 1

1. Renewal Among God's People 3

2. Restoration Today 17

3. Reflections on Renewal Through Restoration:

- Being Simply Christian: Is It Possible? Allan McNicol 31

- The Once-for-all Faith Steve Wilson 37

Part Two: Personal - Being in Christ 43

4. Becoming a Disciple 45

5. Towards Maturity in Christ 59

6. Reflections on Being in Christ:

- The Way of Christ Steve Wilson 73

- The Gift(s) of the Spirit Today? Allan McNicol 79

Part Three: Communal - Living as God's People 87

7. Leading and Nurturing God's People 89

8. A Community of Worshippers 105

9. Reflections on Living as God's People:

- On Matters of Opinion Steve Wilson 121

- The Church as the People of God Allan McNicol 127

10. Churches of Christ: Who We Are and What We

Ought to Be Everett Ferguson 135

Part Four: Societal - Engaging the World 147

11. Developing a Biblical Worldview 149

12. Disciples "in" But Not "of" Society 163

13. Reflections on Engaging the World:

- The Defeat of Death Allan McNicol 177

- Christianity's Decline... and Renewal? Steve Wilson 184

Appendix: Churches of Christ in America and Australia 191

Author and Contributors 200

Bibliography 201

Scripture Index 208

Subject Index 216

Discussion Questions 221