Rating: Summary: Have I really missed the point that Bad! Review: This book is a great read. Mclaren's A New Kind of Christian was the first book of his which I read and opened my mind up for this deeper look at the individual issues. I am normally quite a quick reader, however with this I had to spend a lot of time. I found myself only really ever being able to read a chapter a night so that I could have the entire next day a school and work to formulate my thoughts and process what I had read. I found that I tend to agree with Mclaren more than Campolo however Campolos points were interesting because he brought a more fundamentalist point of view to the table, which made the book feel like you were attending a debate.---Incredably mind flexing---definately worth the money.
Rating: Summary: Great book Review: This is a great book. But there's another book out that few have discovered. The title is "A Mobile Church For E.P.I.C. Times: Crossing Faith Community Borders" by Fred Peatross. Leonard Sweet wrote the Foreword and Brian McLaren wrote a back cover blurb. Pick it up here...on amazon.com
Rating: Summary: Great book for conversation and thought Review: Wow, Mclaren never ceases to amaze me, what writing style! Can you believe campolo and mclaren together? This book is well written and tackles many important topics: salvation, scripture, end times, the environment, evangelism, etc. Among the issues raised in the book are: Is salvation mean only getting to go to heaven? Can an intelligent Christian not believe in the rapture? Is repeating a prayer after someone the only way to become a follower of Christ? One great feature is that the authors take turns writing chapters. And at the end of each, the one who didn't write the chapter throws in their 2 cents to either agree or disagree with the chapter. Great! This book is good if you are just starting to become curious about the emerging postmodern church movement, or if you have been in it for a while.
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