Review
Dying to Live: The 21st Century Church will inspire you as well as provoke you to think. Thomas Hohstadt looks forward and speaks the essence of what the future may unfold and how the Church will relate to it. This book will help you analyze and re-evaluate your effectiveness in reaching the new culture of the Digital Age. -- LaMar Boschman, The Worship Institute, May, 1999
It grows on you, as it strips away unnessary thoughts, it reveals what is often concealed; it explodes certain concepts, while revealing the true truth. . . . There were points of brilliance . . . I am happy as well as honoured to read Dying to Live. -- Joel Young, Author, Behold Yeshua!, April, 1999
It is on target . . . it has passion and conviction, and it is on a theme that is timely . . . Hohstadt is onto important ideas. -- Loren B. Mead, The Alban Institute; Author, The Once and Future Church, April, 1999
Powerful . . . Extraordinary . . . Stimulating . . . His images and prophetic tone are very strong. -- Rex Miller, Strategic Planner and Futurist, May, 1999
Powerhouse . . . true revelation . . . a refreshing clarity of language. -- Ed Chinn, Writer and Organizational Consultant, April, 1999
This is a thought-provoking analysis of how our paradigms of worship are of necessity going to be changing in today's accelerating world. 'Dying to Live' will give you an insightful peek into the landscape that awaits us, and for which we must prepare. -- Bob Sorge, Author, Exploring Worship, April, 1999
"I continue to quote and profit from Hohstadt's book." -- Leonard Sweet, author, SoulTsunami
I was very, very impressed . . . enthralled. The big thing that so impresses me is WHAT Hohstadt is saying . . . how clearly, succinctly, and boldly he's saying it . . . and how much it needs to be heard. -- Brian McLaren, Author, Reinventing Your Church, April, 1999
Product Description
Perhaps most important, it gives a glimpse of God's nature in a new worldly order.
For that reason, this book is not the typical "church growth" book. It does not stand on past paradigms. It does not warm up yesterday's management techniques. It does not pitch old ideas as something new. Instead, it provides a compass that can guide us to a place where no one has ever been.
It paints an accurate picture of the driving forces in the emerging era and presents the astounding opportunities for the New Millennium Church. It describes a new Word for a new age . . . a divine Word for a digital age . . . a transcendent metaphor for a transcendent moment. It lovingly and honestly lays to rest the lost legacies of the past, and describes the "digital demons" of the future . . . or more important, how the church will defeat them.
In short, this book navigates the church through the stormy waters of our approaching time.
