Rediscovering God's Church - Derek Prince
Published by Derek Prince Ministries International/Whitaker House: New Kensington, PA, USA, 2006. In terms of theology, this is a brilliant and helpful book. Prince looks at what the bible says about the church, including its leadership structure, and presents what he believes it shows in clear detail, with numerous verses to support his view. As Prince himself states in terms of intention: "If we are going to build the real church, we will have to work very hard to get down to the biblical bedrock. We must remove layers of assumptions, traditions, and erroneous teaching to lay a pure foundation. That is what I hope this book will help to accomplish." (page 167). Of course, any opinion should be taken back to the Bible, but Prince does make this easier with his references. I enjoy Prince's theology, which - like my own - tries to take the Bible at face-value as often as possible (genre allowing). This means that, in terms of a New Testament understanding of church, Princ...