Church, My Worries, My Love
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Book Introduction
In the era of de-church, at the end of despair and a long path
Bringing warm hope to the church!
The church is a gathering of people loved by God.
At the same time, it is a gathering of people who have been asked to spread that love to the world.
But in church, we experience pain and disappointment rather than love and respect.
Sometimes, people are so hurt that they leave the church.
Philip Yancey had that experience too.
Philip Yancey was tired of seeing the church, which should be a community of love and grace, preaching a gospel of exclusion, falling into legalism, and judging one another.
Eventually, he runs away from the church.
Although he spent the prime of his life outside the church, he movingly tells the story of how he found hope in the church again and returned to it, remembering his destiny that made him unable to help but love the church.
『Church, My Worries, My Love』, which has returned in new clothes, will make you love the church even more passionately.
Bringing warm hope to the church!
The church is a gathering of people loved by God.
At the same time, it is a gathering of people who have been asked to spread that love to the world.
But in church, we experience pain and disappointment rather than love and respect.
Sometimes, people are so hurt that they leave the church.
Philip Yancey had that experience too.
Philip Yancey was tired of seeing the church, which should be a community of love and grace, preaching a gospel of exclusion, falling into legalism, and judging one another.
Eventually, he runs away from the church.
Although he spent the prime of his life outside the church, he movingly tells the story of how he found hope in the church again and returned to it, remembering his destiny that made him unable to help but love the church.
『Church, My Worries, My Love』, which has returned in new clothes, will make you love the church even more passionately.
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To Korean readers
Chapter 1: My Church Wanderings
The days of wandering outside the church / Looking up / Looking around / Looking out / Looking in / A new sign on the shores of Lake Michigan
Chapter 2 Sketch of God
Finding the Right Metaphor for the Church / God's 12-Step Meeting / God's Driver's License Administration / God's Emergency Clinic / God's Train / God's Family / God's Player's Locker Room / The Best Metaphor
Chapter 3 Beyond the Wall
A lump on my left foot / Times of eating tears / Tears are also nutrients / We are strong when we are weak / Calluses that relieve pain / People who keep trying
Chapter 1: My Church Wanderings
The days of wandering outside the church / Looking up / Looking around / Looking out / Looking in / A new sign on the shores of Lake Michigan
Chapter 2 Sketch of God
Finding the Right Metaphor for the Church / God's 12-Step Meeting / God's Driver's License Administration / God's Emergency Clinic / God's Train / God's Family / God's Player's Locker Room / The Best Metaphor
Chapter 3 Beyond the Wall
A lump on my left foot / Times of eating tears / Tears are also nutrients / We are strong when we are weak / Calluses that relieve pain / People who keep trying
Into the book
“Looking back now, the Southern fundamentalist church of my childhood wasn’t just a place of worship or a religious community.
It was a controlled environment and a subculture.
I realize now that the cold-hearted church, filled with only harsh condemnation and no sense of humility or mystery, has long hindered the growth of my faith.
In short, Christianity has blocked the path to Christ.
“It took me a lifetime to return to my faith and the church.” --- p.
12-13
"How did I go from being a church skeptic to an advocate, from a bystander to a participant? Why did I change my attitude toward the church? It's because, over time, I learned what to look for in the church.
When I was young, just as I couldn't choose which school I went to, neither could I choose which church I went to. But later, I exercised my freedom of choice and went to a few churches in succession.
Through that process, I learned that the key to finding the right church lies within me.
My perspective was the key.
When dealing with the church, I have learned to look up, look around, look out, and look in.
“It was thanks to this new perspective that I, who had barely been able to tolerate the church, was able to love the church.”
--- p.
18
"Who is God? Where does he live? How can the world know him? God's presence no longer resides in the tabernacle on the Sinai Peninsula or the temple in Jerusalem.
Instead, God chose to live among ordinary, unworthy people like you and me.... When you look around the pews of a church on Sunday morning, you can see what a risk God is taking.
For some reason, God now reveals himself to the world not through a pillar of fire or cloud, nor through the physical body of his Son who came to Galilee, but through the motley crew of human beings who make up the church I attend and all the other churches that gather in God's name."
It was a controlled environment and a subculture.
I realize now that the cold-hearted church, filled with only harsh condemnation and no sense of humility or mystery, has long hindered the growth of my faith.
In short, Christianity has blocked the path to Christ.
“It took me a lifetime to return to my faith and the church.” --- p.
12-13
"How did I go from being a church skeptic to an advocate, from a bystander to a participant? Why did I change my attitude toward the church? It's because, over time, I learned what to look for in the church.
When I was young, just as I couldn't choose which school I went to, neither could I choose which church I went to. But later, I exercised my freedom of choice and went to a few churches in succession.
Through that process, I learned that the key to finding the right church lies within me.
My perspective was the key.
When dealing with the church, I have learned to look up, look around, look out, and look in.
“It was thanks to this new perspective that I, who had barely been able to tolerate the church, was able to love the church.”
--- p.
18
"Who is God? Where does he live? How can the world know him? God's presence no longer resides in the tabernacle on the Sinai Peninsula or the temple in Jerusalem.
Instead, God chose to live among ordinary, unworthy people like you and me.... When you look around the pews of a church on Sunday morning, you can see what a risk God is taking.
For some reason, God now reveals himself to the world not through a pillar of fire or cloud, nor through the physical body of his Son who came to Galilee, but through the motley crew of human beings who make up the church I attend and all the other churches that gather in God's name."
--- p.
76-77
76-77
Publisher's Review
In this book, the author shares his thoughts on the dual nature of the church.
He reveals his painful struggles that led him to leave the church, and the thoughts and process that led him to return to the church amidst those struggles.
We go to the church and explain that the church cannot be perfect on this earth, but we share about the work of God that takes place in this church, the work of transforming people, and the loving works of Jesus that still work within the church despite the countless difficulties that arise within it.
For readers who are concerned about the church they see before their eyes, this will be an opportunity to embark on a journey of reflection with the author and spend time reflecting on it together.
In Chapter 1, the author talks about the wrong perceptions that the church he grew up in gave him from a young age.
Raised in a conservative church in Georgia, he was implicitly taught by sermons and congregation that the world was a "dangerous place" and that stepping outside the church walls would lead to hellfire.
He eventually decides to break away from the dualistic thinking of church and the world and become a church skeptic.
But he changes from a church skeptic to a church defender, from a spectator to a participant in worship.
Because the way we look at the church has changed.
By seeing 'above' (God), 'around' (neighbors), 'outside' (the world), and 'inside' (ourselves), we realize that the church has 'wide diversity.'
In Chapter 2, Yancey focuses on how Paul introduces God's church in Corinthians and asks Christians what the church is.
To Paul, the church was ‘a field, a house, and a temple.’
Paul's statement that Christ is the head of the church and we are the body is an overwhelming declaration.
Chapter 3 says that although the church is beautiful and good, the reality of the church is not perfect.
A painful reality, one that leaves us with no choice but to shed tears! While the church's facilities and systems may fall short of the world's splendid and high-quality education, buildings, and amenities, the church's mission is still significant, embracing the marginalized, the disadvantaged, the disabled, and the poor.
He reveals his painful struggles that led him to leave the church, and the thoughts and process that led him to return to the church amidst those struggles.
We go to the church and explain that the church cannot be perfect on this earth, but we share about the work of God that takes place in this church, the work of transforming people, and the loving works of Jesus that still work within the church despite the countless difficulties that arise within it.
For readers who are concerned about the church they see before their eyes, this will be an opportunity to embark on a journey of reflection with the author and spend time reflecting on it together.
In Chapter 1, the author talks about the wrong perceptions that the church he grew up in gave him from a young age.
Raised in a conservative church in Georgia, he was implicitly taught by sermons and congregation that the world was a "dangerous place" and that stepping outside the church walls would lead to hellfire.
He eventually decides to break away from the dualistic thinking of church and the world and become a church skeptic.
But he changes from a church skeptic to a church defender, from a spectator to a participant in worship.
Because the way we look at the church has changed.
By seeing 'above' (God), 'around' (neighbors), 'outside' (the world), and 'inside' (ourselves), we realize that the church has 'wide diversity.'
In Chapter 2, Yancey focuses on how Paul introduces God's church in Corinthians and asks Christians what the church is.
To Paul, the church was ‘a field, a house, and a temple.’
Paul's statement that Christ is the head of the church and we are the body is an overwhelming declaration.
Chapter 3 says that although the church is beautiful and good, the reality of the church is not perfect.
A painful reality, one that leaves us with no choice but to shed tears! While the church's facilities and systems may fall short of the world's splendid and high-quality education, buildings, and amenities, the church's mission is still significant, embracing the marginalized, the disadvantaged, the disabled, and the poor.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: October 10, 2019
- Page count, weight, size: 120 pages | 178g | 125*186*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788932817286
- ISBN10: 8932817286
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