A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (797 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061853992 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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He moves into questions regarding God, Jesus, and the Gospel, urging us to trade up our image of God and realize that Jesus came to launch a new Genesis. . All rights reserved. (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly McLaren's fans and detractors have eagerly awaited this book, which promises to codify the beliefs he introduced in his bestselling A New Kind of Christian and other titles. McLaren, one of the most visible f
These believers range from evangelicals to mainline Protestants to Catholics, and the person who best represents them is author and pastor Brian McLaren.In this much anticipated book, McLaren examines ten questions facing today's church—questions about how to articulate the faith itself, the nature of its authority, who God is, whether we have to understand Jesus through only an ancient Greco-Roman lens, what exactly the good news is that the gospel proclaims, how we understand the church and all its varieties, why we are so preoccupied with sex, how we should think of the future and people from other faiths, and the most intimidating question of all: what do we do next? Here you will find a provocative and enticing introduction to the Christian faith of tomorrow.. We are in the midst of a paradigm shift in the church. Not since the Reform
A very important book Mort Coyle Brian McLaren has emerged as a voice that asks aloud the questions that many of us have wrestled with in silence. As a result, he has been lionized (and sometimes idolized) by those who find resonance with his theological ponderings. He has simultaneously been demonized and even slandered by those who are disturbed by his explorations into what it means to follow Jesus in the 21st century. He has become both an antenna an. New Indeed Brian McLaren isn't the only Christian author to identify some of the challenges faced by modern Christianity, he's just part of a growing chorus of writers who admit that Christians can't sit by as traditionalists use their influence to keep the church idling in neutral. The church Christ envisioned was certainly not the impotent version that regularly vies for nation's (world's) attention. Christ saw a church that actua. Many Questions to Ponder The book is well written and provides a different look about Christianty in current times.