Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power (audio)

by David E. Fitch

Publisher:

christianaudio.com

, 2024

Overview

The latest book from the author of The End of Evangelicalism? and The Great Giveaway. History is clear: Whenever the church has aligned itself with worldly, coercive power, it ends up on the wrong side of important justice issues. But when the church cooperates with God’s power through his presence among the least powerful, its witness for Jesus transforms the world into a better place. In Reckoning with Power, David Fitch unpacks the difference between worldly power, or power over others, and God’s power, which engages not in coercion but in love, reconciliation, grace, forgiveness, and healing. In a world where we can see the abuses of power everywhere-in our homes, schools, governments, and churches-Fitch teaches listeners how to discern power and avoid its abuses and traumas. By learning from the church’s historical pitfalls, Fitch empowers Christians to relinquish worldly power and make space for God to disrupt and transform our culture for his kingdom.

Product Details

• Title: Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It’s on the Wrong Side of Power (audio)
• Author: David E. Fitch
• Publisher: christianaudio.com
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Audio
• Subjects: Religion › Christian Church--General; Religion › Christian Ministry--Pastoral Resources; Missio Alliance; Christian Nationalism; Trump
• ISBNs: 9781545925737, 1545925739
• Resource ID: LLS:9781545925737
• Resource Type: Media
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-01-31T18:23:20Z

About David E. Fitch

David E. Fitch (PhD, Northwestern University) is the B. R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary. He is also the founding pastor of Life on the Vine Christian Community, a missional church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. He is the author of The Great Giveaway and The End of Evangelicalism? and is the coauthor of Prodigal Christianity. Fitch coaches a network of church plants in the Christian and Missionary Alliance and he writes, speaks, and lectures on issues the local church must face in mission including cultural engagement, leadership and theology. He has also written numerous articles in periodicals such as Christianity Today, The Other Journal, Missiology as well as various academic journals.