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Why do the personal lives of many modern Christians mirror our surrounding culture? Calling us to reclaim Christianity's potency within Western society, Moreland offers a penetrating critique of postmodernism and naturalism---the worldviews most responsible for the church's waning influence. Drawing lessons from the early church, he charts the way toward 21st-century restoration. Foreword by Dallas Willard. 240 pages, hardcover from Zondervan.
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 240
Vendor: Zondervan
Publication Date: 2007
| Dimensions: 9.00 X 6.00 (inches)
ISBN: 031027432X
ISBN-13: 9780310274322
Availability: In Stock
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Here is penetrating analysis and critique of Western society’s dominant worldviews, naturalism and postmodernism, which have also influenced the church. Moreland issues a bold call to reclaim powerful kingdom living and influence through recovery of the Christian mind, renovation of Christian spirituality, and restoration of the Holy Spirit’s power.
Go to www.kingdomtriangle.com for more information.
J. P. Moreland (PhD, USC; ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) is one of the leading evangelical thinkers of our day as a prolific philosopher, theologian and Christian apologist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology and director of Eidos Christian Center.
With degrees in philosophy, theology and chemistry, Dr. Moreland
has taught theology and philosophy at several schools throughout
the United States. He has authored or coauthored over forty books,
including Philosophical Foundation for a Christian Worldview, Scaling
the Secular City, Does God Exist?, The Lost Virtue of Happiness and
Body and Soul.
He is coeditor of Jesus Under Fire and a frequent contributor to
popular Christian magazines and scholarly journals. Dr. Moreland
served ten years with Campus Crusade for Christ, planted two churches and has spoken on over 200 college campuses, in hundreds of churches and in over 25 debates.
Moreland and his wife and partner in ministry, Hope, have two married daughters, Ashley and Allison.
“Here’s a compelling call for renewing the mind, replenishing the soul and releasing the Spirit. This is vintage Moreland:passionate, practical, well-reasoned and ultimately hopeful. It’s an important book that must not be ignored.”
—Lee Strobel, author, The Case for the Real Jesus
“I profited greatly from reading Kingdom Triangle. J. P. Moreland is one of the keenest thinkers of our day; in this book he will challenge you and in the surprise ending perhaps provoke you. But if so it will lead to a very healthy discussion that is much needed within the evangelical church. A fine and thoughtful piece of work.”
—Chuck Colson, founder, Prison Fellowship
“J. P. Moreland helps us position ourselves for effective action on a
number of issues vital to the Christian faith in our times. With clear
insight and lucid explanations, Moreland puts the thoughtful Christian
in a position to understand the issues swirling about us today and to
return to a responsible presentation of ‘the way of Christ’ as a way of
knowledge. No one is better prepared by thought and experience to do
this than Moreland. He knows about knowledge and about knowledge of
the way of Christ. It is his life.”
—Dallas Willard, author, from the Foreword
“J. P. Moreland reveals the hunger in each of us to be part of a grander story and systematically shows how postmodernism and naturalism fail to adequately address this hunger and to offer a coherent way of living. A powerful assessment of the Western church and culture climate with practical, compassionate insights for the Christian journey.”
—Ravi Zacharias, author and speaker
“This book is gutsy. As I was reading it, I felt like the proverbial frog in the simmering water getting a wake-up call about my spiritual life.”
—Daniel B. Wallace, co author, Reinventing Jesus
“J. P. Moreland has a first class mind and a heart to match. Kingdom Triangle is an astute analysis for our culture and its mindset and a profound way forward for the evangelical church. I highly recommend it.”
—Lance Pittluck, senior pastor of the Vineyard Church of Ana
"Preachers need to understand the culture, but even more they need to have tools for leading their people out of the cultural confusion that characterizes our age. J. P. Moreland has provided a powerful guide for pastors….This is an important book for church leaders." — Preaching magazine
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 stars(5 out of 5 stars)
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Reviewed by Darryl Wooldridge (Long Beach, CA), September 07, 2008 In Kingdom Triangle Moreland speaks against ethical and moral scientism and subsequent relativism. He points to the global South and its precipitous growth in Christian conversions enabled and validated by supernatural testimony. In contrast the West seems to be waning in Christian growth, influence, and belief in the supernatural. In this postmodern world, especially in the West, empiricism has infiltrated the church and is denaturing it of its supernatural roots. Scientism has dismissed Christian thought as simplistic, relative subjectivism. Moreland says, Religion is not thought to be “a domain of fact and knowledge, so there are no experts” (p. 92). His solution is found in three foci: (1) Recover The Christian Mind, (2) Renovate The Soul, and (3) Restore The Spirit’s Power. We must pursue a “development of the life and mind . . . the cultivation of an inner life . . . learning to live in and use the Spirit’s power and the authority of the Kingdom of God. . .” (p. 196).
Kingdom Triangle is, in my view, a critical and important work at this pivotal juncture of history. If a survey of our time can teach us anything, then it teaches us that we are in a grave time, perhaps even the culmination of the age. We have a choice to be co-laborers or to withdraw and stand down in dispassionate malaise or fear. Moreland says we were created for greatness and we desire drama (pp. 19, 21, 192). I agree. He argues for God’s present supernatural involvement in the creation. It is at “the center of the meaning of cosmic history and [our] individual story. . . . Join me in the revolution. This is your opportunity. Seize it and rejoice in it” (pp. 192-199).
I encourage you to read Kingdom Triangle and to respond with boldness to its message and call to be transformed by the renewing of your mind, renovation of your soul, and to open to the outworking of God’s power through the Spirit. We were created for high drama, communion, and service to God and his creation.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Joe Gorra (La Mirada, CA), May 09, 2007 Moreland’s Kingdom Triangle offers a unique and provocative diagnosis of the spiritual, moral, and intellectual impoverishment of our time and the courage to envision a more preferable future. According to Moreland’s own admission, the
Kingdom Triangle is “the single best and most important book I have ever written, including the best seller Love Your God with All Your Mind.” It is a manifesto clarion call to transformative action; a penetrating critique of the powers and persuasions of Western culture that have contributed to our spiritual and existential malaise. The Kingdom Triangle is for the thoughtful Christian who cares deeply about forming a receptive heart that expects the power of God and the presence of His Kingdom to in-break into individual lives and culture in a transformational way. Write a review of Kingdom Triangle: Recover the Christian Mind, Renovate the Soul, Restore the Spirit's Power
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