Editor’s Note: There’s plenty of material out there on living the Christian life. But there’s not so much, from what we can tell, on living together as a church. More>>

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LIVING AS A CHURCH 
A short class on living together as a church

CONVERSION
God Helps Those Who Help Themselves?
By Brad Wheeler

BOOK REVIEWS
The Living Church
By John Stott
Reviewed by Jonathan Leeman

The Hip Hop Church: Connecting with the Movement Shaping Our Culture
By Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson
Reviewed by Thabiti Anyabwile

The Market-Driven Church: The Worldly Influence of Modern Culture on the Church in America
By Udo W. Middlemann
Reviewed by Mike McKinley

They Like Jesus But Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations
By Dan Kimball 
Reviewed by Kevin McFadden

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
By Shane Claiborne
Reviewed by Shane Walker

Have you ever considered what it means for a church to be healthy? Have you ever thought about how that health is nurtured and sustained? If so, have you reflected on why you answer those questions the way you do?  

NEW PRODUCTS
J. I. Packer and Mark Dever’s
In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement (Crossway) is now available.
Watch out for Thabiti Anyabwile’s What Is a Healthy Church Member? due to be released from Crossway on June 30, 2008.


INTERVIEWS
Life and Preaching with Kent Hughes

Anglicanism and Evangelicalism with Phillip Jensen

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