Archive for June, 2009

“I do not know of a single resource on the New Testament and the contemporary importance of community and family that is so well resourced and easy to read as Hellerman’s When the Church was a Family.  But this book is not simply a detailed factual and biblical analysis of Western individualism and biblical community.  [...]


“Community is a word that can mean so many different things to different people. Family is a beautiful metaphor for the church, yet it is often not experienced by the church. In When the Church was a Family Joe raises a hopeful look at how the church today can glean what biblical community was from [...]


“I thoroughly enjoyed the book and am now starting my third reading, this time underlining more and highlighting as well.  It has been more help to me than any other single book I can recall.  I am recommending that we teach it in our Sunday School as an elective subject because I feel there are [...]