Heart of the Church, Joe Thorn
Heart of the Church, Joe Thorn
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Heart of the Church
The Gospel's History, Message, and Meaning

Author: Joe Thorn

Narrator: Joe Thorn

Unabridged: 1 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2017

Synopsis

The first in Joe Thorn’s three-book series on the confession, nature, and expression of the Church, The Heart of the Church explores the center of the Church’s life and identity: the gospel.Useful for training in membership classes, discipleship groups, and elder boards—and even for devotional reading—The Heart of the Church is at once theological, practical, and experiential. Readers will not simply be informed, but led to believe in, rejoice in, and be transformed by the truth of God for his gathered people.Drawing from Scripture, church history, and theology, Thorn portrays the gospel in all its kaleidoscopic glory. He expounds its: ·Contents—the basic message of Scripture culminating in Jesus ·Details and definitions—the moving parts of the gospel truth ·Practical implications—the basic marks of every gospel believerWithout the gospel, the church does not exist. This book is Thorn’s full and detailed exploration of the message that is indispensable to the church’s life and identity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dr. David on March 12, 2017

The first review I read of Joe Thorn’s new book, The Heart of the Church was decisively negative. This specific reviewer awarded the book with a dreaded “two stars,” which in the land of book reviews is something akin to wandering through a barren wasteland without water. But nothing could be furthe......more

Goodreads review by Juliana on April 29, 2023

This book is great for foundational truths. It gives you deep theological truths that you can soak on. But it also explains theology & the Gospel so so simply! Great book to take a new disciple (like myself) through......more

Goodreads review by Matt on September 25, 2017

This book is a very basic, very short (can be read in less than an hour) introduction to the heart of a church's confession. Thorn explains the story of the gospel as well as some of the important applications to the Christian's life. He concludes the book by looking at 5 important truths about the......more

Goodreads review by Luke on December 27, 2020

I think I read this short series out of order; this was supposed to be the first book but I read it last...oh well. Regardless, these three “pamphlets” were so well written. I’ve been listening to Joe Thorn’s podcast for a while now and I love the gift that he has for explaining theological concepts......more

Goodreads review by Vijay on March 25, 2017

A very good book. It outlines what we should believe when part of a local church. The following two books will be based on this one I'm sure but Thorn does a great job of giving us an extremely condensed but thoughtful systematic theology of how we should see scripture and Jesus.......more

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