My Almost for His Highest

by John Barber

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2010

Overview

In stark opposition to the quest to give our utmost for God’s glory, John Barber argues that the modern evangelical movement has settled for a compromised, “almost” form of Christianity. In My Almost for His Highest, Barber says our churches and our nation are in desperate need of biblical awakening and revival—rooted in local congregations. Barber examines the roots of the compromise, analyzes keys areas of church life where we have abandoned the biblical record, and offers a roadmap for revival and reformation.

Key Features

• Examines the state of modern evangelicalism
• Calls for biblical awakening and revival
• Uses accessible nontechnical language
• Includes a foreword by Ray Comfort

Contents

• “Dad, We Need a Disco Ball!”
• Pulling Back the Screen on the Wizard of Evangelicalism
• How to Shatter the Crystal Cathedral with the Primal Scream
• What to Feed Your Living Bible
• The Evangelical Resolution against Church Discipline and Other Cruel, Inhumane, and Degrading Treatment
• Why “The Consumer Is Always Right” Is Wrong
• The Missing Mark of Authentic Christianity
• Would You Like Your Religion Puréed, Grated, or Mixed?
• The Way Back
• Raising the Dead
• Pulling the Plug on Hot-Tub Christianity
• Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Top Highlights

“The average evangelical church has become an adult recreational center with sacraments. The progressive church needs to come to grips with a simple fact. Innovation is not a sign of the Church.” (Page 24)

“The church that courts unbelievers rather than minister to them always ends up with less gospel, fewer standards, and a smaller distinction between it and the world it claims to be reaching.” (Pages 14–15)

“God does not expect churches to make unbelievers’ preferences a major principle of biblical worship.” (Page 14)

“We cannot grasp the fullness of salvation in Christ until we first grasp the fullness of death in us” (Page 99)

“During the early-nineteenth century, the tenets of liberalism that eventually destroyed many mainline denominations first emerged in Old Testament studies. They quickly spread to New Testament studies and were strengthened in the early-twentieth century through the influence of Darwinism. During the mid-twentieth century, liberalism expanded yet again in the area of the philosophy of religion with the likes of Paul Tillich and the influence of existentialism.” (Pages 28–29)

Product Details

• Title: My Almost for His Highest
• Author: John Barber
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church renewal; Christian life; Compromise (Ethics) › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781608996322, 9781498256988, 9781498272728, 1608996328, 1498256988, 149827272X
• Resource ID: LLS:MYLMSTHSHGHST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:40:42Z

About John Barber

John Barber has served as an evangelist, church planter, broadcaster, educator, and is a pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America. He is also involved with missionary work in Uganda and helped to start a seminary in Kenya. His other books include The Road from Eden: Studies in Christianity and Culture, Art to the Glory of God, Earth Restored, and America Restored.