A New Kind Of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming The Faith (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
I found Brian's book to be very helpful for me as a recovering fundamentalist. Brian's questions, thoughts, and reflections are refreshing, insightful, paradigm-shifting, healing, open-ended, gracious, humble, rooted, Jesus-centered, and kingdom-loving. To me, it is clear that Brian understands Jesus and reflects him. Brian paints a broad picture (addressing the overarching story, scriptures, God, the good news, Jesus, church, sex, the future, pluralism, and the what-to-do-nows) of the good news of the Kingdom and how we are all invited to participate in it. This book was fascinating and thought-provoking, but definitely NOT the kind of book for people who have no interest in looking at their faith in a new light. This is for people who desire to dig deeper. I recommend it highly for people who aren't content to simply swallow what they are fed, and I do believe that it can open up some of the very narrow viewpoints that are often embraced unthinkingly by today's Christians. It is a book that will make fundamentalists and traditionalists absolutely irate, and if you belong to one of those categories, I would suggest giving this a pass. Even if you are a more modern Christian, you will probably find it uncomfortable as the author asks you to expand your mind and consider some interpretations that you've never been asked to consider before. That is not a bad thing; change is uncomfortable. That doesn't make the book less valuable, and even if you disagree with the author's conclusions, it at least opens the door for discourse.
What do You think about A New Kind Of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming The Faith (2010)?
A real challenge to some of our post enlightenment skewed mindsets
—aFreEN
Thought provoking. Lovely. Reading it again immediately.
—soak
Lost the thread a couple of times. Needs another read
—beenu
