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CURRENTLY IN BOOKS Why we should plant churches Ray Klassen “Church Planting: Laying Foundations” CURRENTLY IN BOOKS Christian virtues presented through a variety of characters and settings Elma Martens Schemenauer “God’s Orchard: Fruit of the Spirit in Action CURRENTLY IN BOOKS Open, honest look at raising boys Elfrieda Nikkel “Bringing Up Boys: Practical Advice and Encouragement for Those Shaping the Next Generation of Men” Short stuff

Christians may preach an orthodox doctrine of sin, but they often set up organizations as if they don’t believe in sin, “as if we’re all good and our cause is good and therefore everything that happens in our organization will be good, therefore we need no safeguards against the eruption of evil in our midst – which is a structural denial of their theological profession. In other words, we don’t practise what we preach.” Secular business people aren’t quite so quick to trust each other, because they “often have a more lively and important doctrine of sin than Christians do. . . . It’s also just common sense.” —John Stackhouse, professor of theology and culture at Regent College, Vancouver, cited in B.C. Christian News, July 2000

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