Command Performance Meaning

Command Performance

With the end of the cold war and the demise of the Warsaw Pact, many people have questioned the long-term rationale for NATO. For the foreseeable future, however, uncertainty about the fate of the Soviet Union and latent instabilities in Eastern Europe will ensure support for the alliance. Accordingly, Stares presents specific recommendations for achieving the fundamental shift in mission.

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The Drama of Doctrine

Observing a strange disappearance of doctrine within the church, Kevin Vanhoozer argues that there is no more urgent task for Christians today than to engage in living truthfully with others before God. He details how doctrine serves the church--the theater of the gospel--by directing individuals and congregations to participate in the drama of what God is doing to renew all things in Jesus Christ. Taking his cue from George Lindbeck and others who locate the criteria of Christian identity in Spirit-led church practices, Vanhoozer relocates the norm for Christian doctrine in the canonical practices, which, he argues, both provoke and preserve the integrity of the church's witness as prophetic and apostolic.