This book by Gary Gilley checks in at 96 pages and gets right to the point.

How does God speak to me today?

How am I supposed to learn God’s will?

Gary Gilley faithfully takes us back to God’s Word for the answers to these questions and others.

This book is available to sign out from the Library book table in the church foyer.

Read here about other fine books like this one from our church library.

Have you taken church membership seriously or are you only dating the Church?

This book is now on the library book table for you to check out.

Stop Dating The Church will help you think carefully about the importance being a member of a local, Bible believing, Bible preaching church.

About the book:

We are a generation of consumers, independent and critical. We attend church, but we don’t want to settle down and truly invest ourselves. We’re not into commitment — we only want to date the church.

Is this what God wants for us?

Stop Dating the Church reminds us that faith was never meant to be a solo pursuit. The church is the place God grows us, encourages us, and uses us best. Loving Jesus Christ involves a passionate commitment to His church — around the world and down the street.

We can’t be apathetic. It’s time to fall in love with the family of God.

“Evangelical Christians have a good and appropriate emphasis on personal salvation. But that emphasis has not been balanced by the inherently corporate nature of the Christian life. Christians belong in churches – the only places where we can thrive and grow spiritually. In this book, Joshua Harris makes this case with wisdom, clarity, and graciousness.”
– Charles W. Colson

“Sadly, many Christians have allowed a consumer-mindset to shape their opinions of the church. Instead of asking what they can give or how they can serve, too many church-goers are only interested in what they can get. In light of this frightening trend, Josh Harris passionately and effectively calls his readers to understand the church’s fundamental importance. As part of God’s perfect plan for His people, the church deserves far more than the half-hearted commitment or apathetic neglect it so often receives. In fact, as Harris astutely observes, the Christian life can never be lived to its fullest apart from a genuine passion for the church. It’s time for believers to take the church seriously, which is why the message of this book is so essential.”
–Pastor John MacArthur

There’s more information as well as a short video from the author introducing the book here.

Many have called this book Piper’s best yet. This book is now on the library book table for you to check out.

The following is from the book’s description at DesiringGod.com

What does the Bible teach about the miracle of rebirth?

In this book John Piper explores Jesus’ peculiar command, “You must be born again.”
When Jesus told Nicodemus, he had to be born again, this devout religious leader was unsure what Jesus meant. It seems nothing has changed. Today “born again Christians” fill churches that are ineffectual at best and sometimes even nonchristian.

The term “born again” has lost its meaning for many. Those claiming to be “born again” live lives that are indistinguishable from those who don’t; they sin the same, embrace injustice the same, do almost everything the same.

Being “born again” shouldn’t be defined by what people say they believe. It should be defined by Jesus.

“When Jesus said to Nicodemus, “You must be born again” (John 3:7), he was not sharing interesting and unimportant information. He was leading him to eternal life… If he does that for you (or if he already has), then you are (or you will be) truly, invincibly, finally alive.” –John Piper

You may also be interested in Tim Challies review here.

This book can also be downloaded as a free PDF for your computer or eReader at DesiringGod.com