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If you are seeking to find your place in the body of Christ, identify your gifts and ministry, and understand what your vocation really is, then look no further than Heaven's Answer to Earth's Dilemma. This remarkably insightful book begins by discussing the need for changing the church from a traditional Greek worldview (where ministry is confined within the institution of the church) to a Hebraic worldview (the pilgrim church, where ministry permeates every part of daily life). Gray identifies five creational spheres (relationships that connect us to God): Marriage, Family, Work, Tribe, and Nation. By embracing these spheres of relationship we not only encounter God in every aspect of life, but demonstrate to all creation of what it means to be a people of God in society. The book discusses how each of us can identify our role in the Body of Christ by identifying our grace-aligned vocation and our motivations.
Obtainable Wisdom: Discovering Heaven's Answer is the study guide for Heaven's Answer to Earth's Dilemma. Each chapter of the book is briefly summarised and accompanied with observations and questions to allow readers to gain more understanding of the issues raised in the book. The guide is suitable for individual study or as a valuable resource for group discussion. Presented in a user-friendly format, Obtainable Wisdom: Discovering Heaven's Answer is an opportunity to bring practical theology into everyday life. Together, they are a must-read.
Lisa Limbrick - Alive Magazine |
 Ben Gray has written an excellent book that helps renovate our ideas of what church is and how we were designed to engage in society. He is right in pointing out that any renewal of the church must involve a recalibration of our worldview. Here is an apostolic vision that points the way to a more fruitful future by grounding us in a more faithful past.
Alan Hirsch
Author, ‘The Forgotten Ways’
co-author, ‘The Shaping of Things To Come'
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 Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma is a book that, for many, will become a reference point for years to come. It will certainly challenge us to think about the church and its place in all of society and also help release the power of re-imaging the future. But this is not a book that remains in the realm of concepts, nor at the level of historic critique. Ben also lays down very practical markers that serve as helpful signposts to the way forward. At the heart of the book is a recovery of biblical passion and mission. It reveals how we might live and breathe in a real hope that goes beyond that of seeing the restoration of apostles, to, as Ben says, the release and deployment of an apostolic company (the church) of grace-filled believers to accomplish their God-given assignments in all of life. This is a book written for this time and it will remain as a guide for the years ahead. Those two aspects are the marks of a prophetic piece of writing.
Martin Scott
UK Prophet
Author, ‘Sowing Seeds for Revival’ and ‘Impacting the City’
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 An amazingly brilliant journey! In Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma, Ben Gray will take you from purpose through dysfunction, back to reality and into an overcoming kingdom future. This book is a mind-changer!
Dr Chuck D Pierce
Glory of Zion International Ministries, Inc.,
President Global Harvest Ministries, Harvest Watchman, USA
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 In Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma, Ben Gray lifts our sights immensely. He describes the vast scenario in which God’s people are called to honor and serve Him – not only in church, but also in every realm of life; indeed throughout the whole of creation. He startles and encourages us with the astonishing yet biblical claim that the whole of creation is longing for God’s people to come into their own – something many Christians have never considered or long-since forgotten. Ben Gray’s portrayal of the scale and scope of our calling goes far beyond that found in most Christian writings. He expands our horizons enormously. On the other hand this book is ‘applied theology’. He ‘earths’ the living out, as individuals and churches, of our exalted calling with very practical insights as to what this means in our marriages, families, workplaces, communities and nation. This book is extremely timely and greatly needed. It will spoil you forever for mediocre, domesticated, culturally-modified church. It should leave you trembling with wonder and excitement. And it gives clear direction as to the way forward for 21st century Christians.
Gil Cann
Minister-at-large, Australian Evangelical Alliance.
Editor of ‘Working Together’ magazine, Australia
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 The most important paradigm shift that church leadership can make in the 21st century is to grasp that the kingdom of God is the central theme of the New Testament, nothing else. Everything about us missionally and ecclesiologically comes from this reality. Ben Gray lays out this revolution as well as anyone I have read. It is about the fullness of God working in the body to accomplish His purposes. Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma is a must read book for all kingdom advancers.
Gary Goodell
Director, Third Day Churches, USA
Co-author with Graham Cooke – ‘Permission Granted To Do Church Differently in the 21st Century’
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 Ben Gray has presented an eye-opening expose of the dualistic church praxis that has greatly limited the body of Christ since the 2nd century. Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma is a far-reaching book that reveals the mind of a brilliant apostolic practitioner with a passion to see the nations of the earth experience the kind of Shalom that can only emanate from a vibrant, organic saints’ movement. This will require nothing short of a theological transformation regarding the kingdom of God that can properly perpetuate the present apostolic reformation; even those with a different perspective on church history will thoroughly enjoy this outstanding work; I highly recommend it.
Joseph G Mattera
Presiding Bishop, City Covenant Coalition
Senior Pastor, Resurrection Church, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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 The heart, the priority and the concern of Christ are revealed in John 17 as He prays His last prayer. His final words are for all who will bear witness of His glory after His crucifixion. His church became His priority. All of Christ’s glory and salvation are to be demonstrated by His church. There is no Plan B. This is what the ministry of Open Doors is all about and this is what this book is all about. In this book you will find heaven’s answers to a dilemma that supersedes our knowledge of today’s looming crises. This well-timed, well-researched and well-written book is a must for every church and every believer. It explains God’s purpose for His church – to bear witness... and reflect God’s glory. As Ben rightly promotes: ‘The world is waiting for such a church; it’s been waiting far too long. You are that church – the new ekklesia – the church unlimited!’ (p 105).
Mike Burnard
Open Doors International, Vice President Development, South Africa
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 Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma is a thoughtful look at the current condition of the church with practical and solid recommendations for moving forward. Ben’s insights on the role of work are a fresh contribution to the current faith and work material published to date. Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma is a four-year Bible education in one book! You’ll have a thorough understanding of where we’ve come from and what course corrections are needed for the church to fulfil its mandate in society after reading Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma.
Os Hillman - Author, ‘Today God Is First, The 9 to 5 Window’
President, Marketplace Leaders and International Coalition of Workplace Ministries, USA
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 Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma was a book that I enthusiastically read without putting it down. It flowed nicely from the history of where we have come from as the church, and the ‘Greco-roman’ mindsets that have limited us from living in the supernatural Hebraic and eternal truths of our God. As the book so eloquently points out, knowledge does not equate to practice. Ben F. Gray does not leave us there however, as this book is packed with "how do we go forward solutions", in being the transforming church that brings forth the Father's ever-evolving Kingdom to planet earth. Every leader, and every believer will benefit greatly from reading this excellent book.
Robert Ricciardelli - Founder, Visionary Advancement Strategies and the Converging Zone Network, USA
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 Ben Gray is a natural when it comes to breaking down biblical concepts and expressing their significance to the world today. His knowledge of the Word and depth of insight define his biblical worldview from which comes fresh revelation for the body of Christ.
Dutch Sheets
Author
Senior Pastor, Freedom Church, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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 Ben Gray is not one who has allowed himself to become entrenched in a comfort zone. In Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma, he lets us know that the church of the future will be radically different from the church of the past. This book helps us understand what is happening and how we can leave our comfort zones and position ourselves to move into God’s new season.
Dr. C Peter Wagner
President, Global Harvest Ministries
Chancellor, Wagner Leadership Institute, USA
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 In Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma Ben Gray brings a thoughtful and balanced voice to the table. Eschewing the structural solutions that are all the rage, he calls instead for an incarnational church that hears God’s voice and seeks to engage and impact the bloodied world in which the church finds itself. He summons a leadership that ‘will be marked and measured by the way in which they equip and release others’ into this kingdom-minded pursuit. Like all relevant authors, Ben highlights key issues at the right time. His message is urgent without being frantic. My advice? Read this book, and then sit down and discuss it with anyone who cares about the current state of Western Christendom.
George Otis Jr
Author, President: Sentinel Group, USA
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 With fresh revelation, discernment, practicality and powerful insight, Ben Gray calls every believer in Christ in our day to recognize and fulfil their God-given vocational calling as kingdom people. I highly recommend Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma.
Rev. Larry Kreider
International Director
DOVE Christian Fellowship International, USA
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 Drawing upon his remarkable insights in the fields of history, philosophy, theology and theory of personality, Ben Gray has written a penetrating and passionate celebration of God’s grace in the earth. He skilfully challenges traditional thinking and provokes the right discussion for our day. His perspective is positive, relevant, helpful and inspiring. Thanks, Ben. We can learn a lot from you.
Dr David Cannistraci
Senior Pastor, GateWay City Church, San Jose, California, USA.
Author, ‘Apostles and the Emerging Apostolic Movement’, and ‘God’s Vision for Your Church’
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 Ben Gray represents an uncommon synergy of insights. As an analyst and thinker he is able to provide deep contemporary insight. But he is also a practitioner and from the perspective of a local church pastor and city church leader, he has grounded his insights in earth reality. His love for the body of Christ and its mission in the community permeate the pages of this book with fresh and contemporary wisdom as well as with missionary zeal. I strongly recommend Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma — it has the power to change the course
of your life.
Brian Medway
Senior Pastor, Grace Christian Church, Canberra, Australia
National Chairman, Crosslink Christian Network
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 Throughout history the Lord has raised up radical voices of reformation to challenge the church and to shift us out of our complacency. Ben Gray is one of those voices, and I pray that many outside of his native Australia will listen to his clearly prophetic message. His words are painful at times, but if we allow them to stir our hearts we will enter a new season of effective apostolic ministry.
J Lee Grady
Editor, Charisma Magazine, USA |
 Ben Gray understands history and what the Spirit of God is saying to the church today. I believe he has identified the key to effectiveness for workplace leaders and church leaders in today’s changing world. His biblical approach to the holistic and Hebraic model of the priesthood of believers will eliminate dualism. This book is a fresh reminder of how the church, the people of God, is to be involved in what Christ is doing in our world. I was inspired and refreshed by Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma; it is a word from the Spirit of God for this age.
Kent Humphreys
President FCCI / Christ@Work, USA
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 Ben Gray clearly argues the case for the need for Christians to think and live from a Hebraic Biblical worldview. If Christians are to impact the spheres of creation there needs to be a significant shift from the thinking of the Greek worldview. For those of us who are passionate about seeing the kingdom of God in the workplace Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma is a must read. It provides a firm theological foundation to explore and practice in the exciting realm of work for the glory of God. I commend it to all Christians. It will inspire you to outwork the kingdom and fulfil your creative purpose in God.
Dr Ken Curry
Australian National Director, Health Care In Christ Inc
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 Ben Gray brings careful insight and powerful revelation to his teaching and exhortation. Heaven’s Answer To Earth’s Dilemma is a passionate wake-up call to the church to embrace necessary change in order to come into all that God has planned for it at this moment of strategic opportunity. Believers worldwide will do well to take seriously the words that the Holy Spirit has inspired our brother to pen in this outstanding book, Heaven’s Answer To Earth’s Dilemma.
Robert Stearns
Executive Director, Eagles’ Wings, New York
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 Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma is an important book. For all who are concerned for the direction of the Western church, this book is timely and challenging. Ben Gray is right in subtitling this work, ‘A Grace Revolution’, for it has the spirit of release and empowerment embedded in every chapter. To read this book is to have ‘lights’ go on in the reader’s heart that can only be helpful in the advancement of the kingdom into every area of creation.
Ian Shelton
Senior Pastor, Toowoomba City Church, Australia
Co-ordinator Christian Leaders Network (Toowoomba): One Heart for the Nation (Australia): Translinc (International)
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 Rarely do I find such a complete account of the call of God upon His people to release His kingdom culture into every aspect of society. Ben Gray has taken history, culture, theology, and the praxis of the church – and given us one of the most readable, challenging, authoritative, and exciting accounts I have ever read that explains the challenges, obstacles, and the extraordinary intervention of God when we undertake kingdom ministry in the manner He has always prescribed for us. Finally we have a book that explains why things are the way they are in the church and what we can do about it. This book excites me –and my hope is that every person who is serious about end time issues will read its amazing contents and be challenged, encouraged – and will become engaged in the works of the kingdom of God that are key for authentic societal transformation. This book will change your life – and your ministry – forever!
Rev Dr Alistair P Petrie
Author
Executive Director, Partnership Ministries, Canada
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 Occasionally, a voice is raised up and their life and message is one and the same. Thus is the life of my intercessory and apostolic friend, Ben Gray. Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma brings the heart of God alive and addresses vital issues for the body of Christ worldwide. The spirit of wisdom and revelation saturate the pages of this great book. Read it and be changed!
James W Goll
Author, Conference Speaker
Cofounder Encounters Network, USA
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 In this book, Ben Gray makes an important contribution to the dialogue that has been going on over the past several years concerning the nature of the church and its mission in our contemporary society. He convincingly argues that, rather than functioning as an institution that scarcely exists outside its own walls, God intends for His church to be an ‘apostolic company’ that fulfils His creation mandate by living out the gospel in every sphere of society; marriage, family, work, tribe and nation. We need to take this message to heart and act on it.
Jim Petersen
Author and Missionary, USA
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 The book, Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma by Ben Gray is one of the best I’ve ever read concerning the great reformation that has started to touch the church worldwide. This is an important book for all to read, especially church and marketplace leaders. It raises the right questions, but also gives valuable answers. Yet it leaves enough room to realize that we do need to seek God for a current understanding of God’s kingdom reality for the 21st century. The process of shaking the foundations of the church has barely begun, but it will set in place new and radical kingdom transformations, which will result in a vast harvest that we have not seen since the time of the first apostles. Read this excellent book and expect the Spirit of God to speak to you about His radical grace revolution.
Dr Michael Schiffmann
Founder and Director, Touch the Nations Ministry, Hanover, Germany
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 Sometimes a book comes across my desk asking questions, seeking answers. These books are for seekers. Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma is one such book. Ben Gray is asking important questions about the relevancy of the church as it is currently structured and mobilized in the 21st century. What is the church? How should it look NOW? I loved his fresh and exciting approach to these important questions. This book will provoke new thoughts that will challenge you to change and embrace your destiny.
Barbara J Yoder
Author
Senior Pastor and Lead Apostle , Shekinah Christian Church, USA
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 Ben Gray is a visionary whose heart beats for the kingdom of God, for Christ’s church to be the bride that Jesus will someday return to claim. In Heaven’s Answer to Earth’s Dilemma: A Grace Revolution, Ben takes the reader on a journey of personal discovery. Building on historic and Biblical foundations, Ben sets forth a revelatory strategy for kingdom advance, tempered by insights gained through his extensive relationships with world-class apostolic leaders. This work is timely and points to an apostolic grace that will mobilize the church
before the second coming of Christ.
Dr John McElroy - Director, Southern Cross Association of Churches
Senior Pastor, Churchlands Fellowship, Perth, Australia
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