Given and Sent in One Love: The True Church of Jesus Christ

by Gerrit Scott Dawson and Mark R. Patterson

Part-poetical, part-polemical, and built on the solid rock of Reformed theology, this refreshing vision helps the Church breathe again. The book includes a study guide, an analysis of the report of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971191913
• ISBN13: 9780971191914
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Reformation Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Author's aim

Gerrit and I wrote this from a deep love for the church and desire to help it to base its life and decisions upon a theological rather than cultural foundation. Many denominations are struggling with their identity and message. It is crucial that the church have the courage and wisdom to think theologically. This book is written for this purpose and goal. It is our hope that all those struggling with the future and direction of the church wrestle with the ideas and questions we set forth, in hope that we might together be faithful to God in our response to His love.

The vision we sorely need to recapture in a time of moral fog

Thank you, Reverends Dawson and Patterson, for painting for us in brilliant clarity the vision of the Church that so many of us seem to have forgotten! The Church in the West, particularly what's commonly known as the "mainline church", has, by and large, lost her bearings inmidst of a dense, often dangerously enticing, moral fog. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), to whom both Dawson and Patterson belong, is one of those denominations that face both an ongoing, rapid membership loss, and a tremendous temptation to redefine who the Church should be, based on popular culture and postmodern trends. In reality, the True Church of Jesus Christ can have no other identity than the one given to her by the God who made and redeemed her, and who gives her her mandate for living. Positive, encouraging, and deeply moving, "Given and Sent in One Love" calls us back to exulting in the grace of the One who designed the Church as the "triple gift"...and Who alone can give to her the gifts of unity, purity, and peace.

gerrit rocks

As I say in the subject - Gerrit rocks! Beyond that subjective assertion, I will say that he is a gifted writer who loves the Lord Jesus. This book is written for a denomination (PCUSA) in crisis - one that struggles to be the faithful bride of Christ. Gerrit gives us a godly vision for who and what we could be as the chosen bride. His "study paper" reads as a devotional. Now, he owes me for saying such nice things. :)