By Martin Robinson
Monarch. 255 pages. £7.99
ISBN 8 85424 251 2
There is surely no more urgent task in our churches today than to bring the gospel of Christ to those around us. We welcome resources which help us to understand modern Western culture and how to communicate the Gospel effectively.
Martin Robinson is Director of Mission and Theology at the Bible Society, and has examined Western attitudes to Christianity and religion in his book The Faith of the Unbeliever. In his present volume To Win the West he gives a brief survey of movements within the church and the progress of Christian mission to help us understand where we are now and how we should best go forward.
Perverted prayer?
Raised in non-conformity, I have never been comfortable with liturgical prayers.While no one would deny the beauty and the …