Church Why Bother?, Philip Yancey
Church Why Bother?, Philip Yancey
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Church: Why Bother?

Author: Philip Yancey, Eugene H. Peterson

Narrator: Maurice England

Unabridged: 3 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 02/22/2011


Synopsis

Insights from Philip Yancey's personal pilgrimage away from and back to the church—what made him walk away, and what drew him back.Why are there so many more professing Christians than churchgoing Christians? Is it because something is wrong with the church?In his candid, thought-provoking manner, award-winning author Philip Yancey reveals the reasons behind his own journey back from skepticism to wholehearted participation in the church. This book:Weighs the church's human failings against its compelling worth as the body of Christ.Looks into what God may have in mind for His church.Discusses how the church can reach beyond its walls and into the communities and lives around it to be more than just “Sunday worship.”
Yancey does not whitewash the church's faults. He sets them against the overwhelming balance of its strengths: its heart for God, its care for the hurting, its outreach to the lost, and its value as family and community.This book is for anyone who’s ever wondered: Why bother with church?

About Philip Yancey

Philip Yancey previously served as editor-at-large for Christianity Today magazine. He has written thirteen Gold Medallion Award-winning books and won two ECPA Book of the Year awards, for What's So Amazing About Grace? and The Jesus I Never Knew. Four of his books have sold over one million copies. He lives with his wife in Colorado. Learn more at philipyancey.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tanner

Church as "a space into which belief could flood" (21). St. John of the Cross: "The virtuous soul that is alone...is like the burning coal that is alone. It will grow colder rather than hotter" (23). "We tend to think of church as a kind of theater: we sit in the audience, attentively watching the a......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey

I read this many years ago and it makes some really strong points for not giving up on the church. However, I think it needs an update for the church we see today.......more

Goodreads review by Natasha

For me, this book both struck a chord and fell a bit flat. Yancey is a winsome and entertaining writer and has given us a good personal anecdote on what church is about and why it matters, and what church has done right and not done right. It is not as biblically grounded or theologically robust as......more

Philip Yancey is an author that walks through the flames of his own doubt and feelings as a Christian. He is not an individual that serves you a book full of christianisms. He talks about the rejecting his church for hypocrisy. I love his honestly and description of his journey. He writes to encoura......more

Really useful read as we come out of lockdown and start to engage with people both inside & outside the church........more