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EMA Books (8)
For the next few days, we want to replay the EMA stage recommendations in terms of books, particularly for those who were not able to make it. These are not all the books our BookPanel liked – that would be too long a list – but instead those we wanted to particularly identify as being worthy of some reading time. In each case, there is a very brief review, but the main purpose of the posts is to highlight the titles.
The final stage recommendation from this year’s EMA is Collin Hansen’s Blind Spots. I really like this book even though it is written for primarily an American audience. Collin is asking and answering the question whether a church can be courageous about the truth and the church’s call to proclaim is fearlessly whilst still being compassionate in the way it reaches out. You might think these two are mutually exclusive and Collin makes a plea to not let anything divide them. This is not Lausanne-light nor is it head-in-the-sand hyper-proclamation. I guess you may not end up agreeing with his conclusions, but I found them stimulating, helpful, concise and biblical. Over to you!