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Summary: "Blindest" Spots Actually Belong to Author
Review: Bad theology, odd story illustrations, delusions of grandeur, etc. This is an extremely bad book. It's hard to recall any recent book by a "Christian leader" that was so out of control theologically. Any sane reader of the Bible, especially the NT, would never come up with the wild interpretations Bill McCartney does. There are too many examples in this book to list. Suffice it to say, the author has obvious personal guilt over the issue of racism--which he in turn projects onto the entire Christian community. McCartney's "racism complex" (mostly the black/white issue but some others are thrown in) goes back to his football coaching days when he would take advantage of the athletic talents of countless young African American men. He now, obviously, feels quite guilty about it. The author spends an inordinate amount of time seemingly trying to justify his close friendship with Raleigh Washington--a man who McCartney even details carries himself around with a huge racial chip on his shoulder. To the reader, there is no takeaway--you feel like all you're reading is a man's diary as he's working through some personal torment or something. Bill McCartney and Raleigh Washington have said they expect this book to be another PRAYER OF JABEZ in terms of popularity. Yeah...right. In a previous book, SOLD OUT, McCartney boldy predicted (everything about McCartney is bold, even when he's boldly wrong) that racism in the church in America would be wiped out by the year 2000. So here we are, in 2003, and another McCartney book focused mostly on the same topic and the same goals has been released. If he was right previously, what would be the need for the same message again? If he wasn't right, why would we still listen? It's sad to see the once-good message of Promise Keepers has descended to this.
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