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Summary: A postmodern apologetic, that will crunch a few toes!
Review: This was a GOOD READ! Phillip Yancey is what I would call a skeptic / believer, and as such he is not afraid to approach the tough questions. Because of that, I think this book is DYNAMITE for someone new to Life In Christ, or a skeptic who is exploring spirituality, and is not afraid to peek behind the scenes at Christianity. Because this is exactly what Yancey does - pull back the curtain and look at the stuff behind the perceptions of what this 2000-year-old "religion" is really all about (beyond what the typical church would reveal). Sex - one of the best treatises I have read. Pain & suffering - covers it. Questions - in particular he recognizes and asks many of the key questions we all have about life, and yet his "answers" reveal that he doesn't pretend to have them all, and yet - unveil how to have a confidence AMONGST the unanswered questions! NOW - if you have read the above and think this isn't a book for someone already firmly committed to a life of Discipleship to Jesus, you are mistaken! Yancey will poke you, and step on some raw nerves, and make you blush a tad with embarrassment, and help you rethink your commitment to a live lived with God.
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Summary: Absolutely wonderful book
Review: This was one of my favorite books by this author. In it he was much more encouraging, and gentle, while still writing thoughts that pierced through the fog to the direct matter. He has a way of bringing clarity in his discussions that feel almost like a light bulb turning on. He is not a "feel good" writer, rather getting to the heart and soul and being very real. I admire his ability to admit his weaknesses, and how he found faith from questions and fears. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A Unique Outlook on Life
Review: This was the first book I have read by Philip Yancey and it won't be the last! If you are looking for a unique look on "Christianity", this is a great book for you to read! Very thought provoking and a great book to open up discussions about your life as a Christian. Many parts of the book really hit home and made me think about my perspective on life and how I live every day. A wonderful and insightful book!
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Summary: It's no RUMOR this is a fascinating READ!!!!!
Review: When I first got this book I thought it might be too "heavy & dry" for me. Well, I haven't been able to put it down!
Creativly written this is a book for not only the thinkers but those who have curiosties about Life.
A definate must read for anyone who loves a theological debate...
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Summary: Very Good, But Not CS Lewis
Review: Yancey is an excellent writer and Rumors of Another World adds to this reputation. However, it is a mistake to think him in the CS Lewis or Francis Schaeffer tradition. The former was a scholar and creative writer for the ages who could use journalism, especially broadcast journalism, to good effect. The latter was an effective evangelist, sometimes mistaken for a theologian. By contrast, Yancey is a journalist and a damned good one. Despite how it is frequently practiced these days, journalism can be very thoughtful, articulate, responsible, and capable of sustained reasoning. Think GK Chesterton. Evangelism may use journalistic techniques sometimes but that is not what Yancey is about. And, had he written a scholarly book, he would have lost much of his intended audience: the decidedly non-scholarly person who wonders if his five senses limit what he can know and if he must build meaning only out of these five senses. Yancey argues out of an enlightened classical evangelical Christian position using some of the classical evidences for the existence of God. But this is an incomplete story. To understand why Christianity is a fully, intellectually as well as spiritually, satisfying answer to questions of existence, you need the Church. Christ's presence in the bread and wine is the best "rumor" we have of another world. It is, in fact, the place where the other world meets ours, tangibly and irrefutably. Yancey well makes the argument about the need of "physicality" to reveal the presence of God. Unfortunately, he does not carry this argument to its conclusion. Nonetheless, this remains a very good popular argument for the presence of heaven on earth, or better, for the ultimately ineluctable confluence of heaven and earth. As Jesus once said, if you are not inclined to listen to Moses and the prophets, then having a man rise from the dead to tell you the truth is not going to convince you. Yancey is a prophet to this generation, which is not inclined to spending much time in serious reflection or sustained thought. Listen to him.
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