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Overview<\/h1>\nOverview<\/h1>\nFound in the Middle!<\/i> offers a foundational approach to the theology and ethics that undergird a congregation where moderate Christians can thrive. Wildman and Garner serve as helpful guides on a quest for a humble theology, an intelligible gospel message, a compelling view of church unity, and a radical ethics deeply satisfying to most Christians with both liberal and evangelical instincts.<\/p>\n
Found in the Middle!<\/i> will help pastors, congregational leaders, seminarians, and all thoughtful Christians will learn how truly moderate Christianity can unite the compassionate openness and social activism of liberal Christianity with the magnetism and spiritual fervor of evangelical Christianity. You may feel lost in the middle, but you are not alone there. The middle may be the place where you find yourself living most authentically.<\/p>\nDistinctive Features<\/h1>\n
Found in the Middle<\/i> has a number of distinctive features.<\/p>\n Foreword Chapter 1. Approaching God Theologically<\/strong><\/p>\n A Seminary Journey Chapter 2. God Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n Sizing Up God Chapter 3. In the Grip of a God Beyond Our Grasp<\/strong><\/p>\n The Strange New World of the Bible Chapter 4. Approaching the Gospel Theologically<\/strong><\/p>\n The Christological Whirlwind Chapter 5. Gospel Talk<\/strong><\/p>\n The Human Predicament Chapter 6. God was in Christ Reconciling the World<\/strong><\/p>\n Getting the Story Started Chapter 7. The Practical Problem of Pluralism<\/strong><\/p>\n Church Shopping Chapter 8. Transcending Pluralism: The Classic Formula<\/strong><\/p>\n Flocking Chapter 9. Living with Imperfection: Church Splits and the Ecumenical Ideal<\/strong><\/p>\n Reality of Church Splitting Chapter 10. Radical Discipleship for Moderate Christians<\/strong><\/p>\n What\u2019s Radical about Christian Discipleship? Chapter 11. Radical Inclusiveness for Moderate Christians<\/strong><\/p>\n What\u2019s Radical about Christian Inclusiveness? Chapter 12. Radical Ethics for Moderate Christians<\/strong><\/p>\n What\u2019s Radical about Christian Ethics? Chapter 13. A Guide for Discerning Moderate Christians<\/strong><\/p>\n Evangelical Repentance Chapter 14. Parting Words: What\u2019s Next?<\/strong><\/p>\n For Pastors and Lay Church Leaders Appendix: Resources for Further Study<\/strong><\/p>\n From Amazon.com: This book explained to me how to live a life that I truly believed in. Their first book “Lost in the middle” explained how I was feeling. I was on the verge of leaving Christianity as I could not reconcile my strongly held social justice beliefs coupled with my very personal relationship with Jesus & God, with traditional evangelical and catholic thinking and beliefs. I tried really hard because my fiance is an evangelical christian and I was a catholic but I could not go against who I believed Jesus to be. This book saved my spiritual life which really to me is saying it saved my life. Please read this book if you are struggling and searching for true meaning of Christianity and life like I was. The only negative was that I tried to email the authors at their organization but didn’t get a reply.<\/p>\n From Amazon.com: For those of us who take scripture seriously, too seriously to take it literally; for those of us in mainline churches, happy that the off-brand churches are growing and appalled at some of their theologies, for those of us who label ourselves both liberal (progressive) AND evangelical, this book, with its companion “Lost in the Middle” is a breath of fresh air. Read them! Start with the companion volume first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Overview Found in the Middle! offers a foundational approach to the theology and ethics that undergird a congregation where moderate Christians can thrive. Wildman and Garner serve as helpful guides on a quest for a humble theology, an intelligible gospel message, a compelling view of church unity, and a radical ethics deeply satisfying to most […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":327,"menu_order":91,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1261,"href":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/317\/revisions\/1261"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Table of Contents<\/h1>\n
\nPreface
\nIs this Book for You?
\nA Survey of the Territory
\nAcknowledgements<\/p>\nPart I. God of the Storm<\/h2>\n
\nHumility<\/p>\n
\nTheological Conflict
\nTheological Debate Ruled by Humility and Love
\nThe Quality of God-Talk<\/p>\n
\nThe Holy Spirit and the Trinity
\nMeaning and Purpose of Life, Existence, and History
\nEternal Life and Resurrection of the Dead
\nA Moderate Conclusion<\/p>\nPart II. God Was In Christ<\/h2>\n
\nThe Centrality of Christ
\nNarrative Structures and Plot Details<\/p>\n
\nThe Divine Rescue
\nThe Great Enemy
\nThe Resurrection<\/p>\n
\nThe Problem of Sin
\nThe Person and Work of Jesus Christ
\nConfronting Christ with Christological Speculation
\nFrom Doctrine to Discipleship
\nThe Meaning of Salvation
\nA Moderate Conclusion<\/p>\nPart III. Choosing the Sugar Shack Church<\/h2>\n
\nRevolutionary Christians
\nShopping for a Challenge
\nIn a Small New England Village\u2026<\/p>\n
\nPerseverance
\nHumility
\nEmpathy
\nLove<\/p>\n
\nTheology of Church Splitting
\nBalancing Purity and Unity
\nImplementing the Ecumenical Ideal
\nA Moderate Conclusion<\/p>\nPart IV. The Radical Moderate<\/h2>\n
\nHow do Moderate Christians Become Radical Disciples?<\/p>\n
\nHow do Moderate Christians Nurture Radical Inclusiveness?<\/p>\n
\nHow do Moderate Christians Live Out Radical Ethics?
\nA Moderate Conclusion<\/p>\nPart V. Guide to the Perplexed<\/h2>\n
\nLiberal Repentance
\nWorship is the Bond
\nMessage Matters
\nVibrant Spirituality
\nKingdom Mission
\nReverent Humility<\/p>\n
\nFor Seminarians
\nFor Lay Christians<\/p>\nBlurbs and Links<\/h1>\n