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2 reviews
C. Leonard Allen, Danny Gray Swick

New Leaf Books, 2001

Great Book - A must read for Christians
This book really sets the standard in my opinion, especially for books that specifically deal with the American Restoration Movement of the early 19th Century. It discusses our past as well as potential futures. There is so much meat in the book that it will take several reads to really get it all. I was challenged by this book to really strive for all that the church should and can be. I ...

Communings in the Sanctuary
Robert Richardson

New Leaf Books, 2000

Dr. Robert Richardson, medical doctor, professor and biographer of Alexander Campbell, was the foremost advocate of the spiritual life in the 19th century Stone-Campbell movement. Nowhere is his vision of that life more powerful and eloquent than in the many communion meditations he delivered to the Bethany (WV) church in the 1840s and 50s. At the urging of friends, Richardson collected 24 of them into a small book. It remains today the ...

The Worldly Church: A Call for Biblical Renewal

1 review
C. Leonard Allen, Richard T. Hughes, ...

Abilene Christian University Press, 1991

Outstanding
One of the best books I have read in a while. Excellent, excellent work. It gives us a good understanding of how the world is influencing the church and what we need to do to restore the church. Just what the church needs to hear today.

The Cruciform Church - Revised and Expanded Edition

2 reviews
C. Leonard Allen

ACU Press, 2006

Extremely Insightful
Just what you needed to hear This book has a lot to say about why the church of christ approaches scripture the way it does. And most importantly, what we can do to recover the cross in our churches. Delicately, and with care and fairness, Leonard Allen uncovers the cultural framework that gave birth to the church of Christ hermeneutic, and offers insightful discussion on where to go from here.

Things Unseen: Churches of Christ In (and After) the Modern Age

1 review
C. Leonard Allen

Leafwood Publishers, 2004

An uneven re-writing of his common themes
I am normally a big fan of Leonard Allen's books, but this one struck me as uneven and often a re-writing of some of his other books. Chapter 4's 'Unearthing the Dirt Philosophy' is basically the same material as he and Danny Swick wrote about in chapter 3 of Participating in God's Life. Chapter 5 and 6, which tell of Robert Richardson and Silena Holman, are basically more scholarly re-writings ...

Distant Voices: Uncovering a Forgotten Past for a Changing Church

1 review
Leonard C. Allen

Abilene Christian University Press, 1999

An excellent review of the Restoration Movement
Before Leonard Allen's publication, I am not aware of a book on the Restoration Movement that is written with such clarity and simplicity. It is apparent that he researched the subject well and been able to provide concise quotes from the Restoration leaders to give the reader an accurate synopsis of these historical men and women. He has given a wonderful account of the Restoration Movement ...

Discovering Our Roots: The Ancestry of Churches of Christ

2 reviews
C. Leonard Allen

Abilene Christian Univ Press, 1988

Fascinating!
This book holds the mirror up to Churches of Christ and allows us to see how we have been (and continue to be) influenced by the history and traditions that we tend to deny. As the authors claim, you cannot understand and, if desired, counteract the influence of tradition and history if you do not first admit those influences are present. This book illuminates a lot of blind spots for Churches ...