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Date Author TitleBrian McLaren, whether he likes it or not, is the
de facto spokesman for the emergent church conversation (those in the emergent movement tend to dislike the term "movement.") As such, it is important to examine with care what he is proclaiming...
When
A New Kind of Christian came out, I remember hearing enthusiastic praise from a relative. Soon after picking up and perusing the book, I realized that the content would be quite disagreeable to me--I make no claims of neutrality...
A Time of Departing warns Christians about the dangers of centering or contemplative prayer ("the silence") and the growing appeal that elements of Eastern mysticism and New Age thought hold for many evangelicals...
Greg Stier has a gift for reaching teenagers and encouraging them to share their faith...
I've spent a lot of time critically reading emergent authors lately, I was eager to see Carson's perspective in
Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church...
Gillquist's book reads more like a travelogue than a justification for his move from parachurch evangelicalism to the Antiochian brand of Eastern Orthodox belief...
Blue Like Jazz might appear to be a typically emerging church type of book, but it's not...
Christianity and the Postmodern Turn collects thirteen essays on postmodernism and Christianity...
This is a devotional-style book of short chapters about life on the mission field...
Death by Suburb provides an interesting read, but I have my reservations...
This book was worthwile, but frustrating to read...
Emerging Churches offers an informative survey of the emerging church "conversation" in the words of the leaders...
Fighting For Dear Life filled me with disgust...
Simcha Jacobovici and James Cameron (
Titanic) recently teamed up to produce "The Lost Tomb of Jesus" special...
God Unplugged collects the stories of 44 celebrities who share their stories of coming to faith in Jesus Christ...
Deconstruction, emerging style...
Dr. Downing is on a crusade against modernism, and sees postmodernism as the temporary cure...
Emerging ideas on Christianity...
L'Abri : Non-Fiction : 2007/06/07
I finally visited L'Abri on March 20, 2007...
Sam Harris gained notoriety over the past few years as one of the leading new atheists...
The two authors of
Making Peace with a Dangerous God have written an interesting book that fits well with the emergent shift away from traditional evangelicalism to a more liberal approach to Scripture and theology...
This short book offers an excellent introduction to Jonathan Edwards...
This series of essays honors Millard Erickson.
Stier presents viral evangelism, promoting the idea of a powerful holy epidemic spread by Christian "sneezers"...
Perspectives on Church Government is made up of an introduction followed by five essays defending various views of church polity. Each essay is followed by responses from the other four contributors...
A well-meaning, but misguided, attempt to refute Calvinism...
Pierced For Our Transgressions should be required reading for all Christians...
Postmodern Times was written over a decade ago, yet remains current...
Pulpit Crimes tackles deficiencies in preaching...
Scripture Alone reflects the wisdom author James White has gleaned from numerous debates and discussions with Roman Catholics and Mormons, two very different groups who share the view that the Scriptures do not carry sufficient authority to be the rule of faith...
Pastor/author Mark Atteberry does a fine job of tackling the dumbest things Christians do...
David Wells (not the baseball pitcher) examines the state of evangelicalism...
The latest buzzword in theological circles is
emergent...
I tried to write a full-blown fourth review in my McLaren series, but I couldn't do it, at least not yet. If Brian McLaren has been prodding evangelicals a little in earlier books, this time he's swinging a bat at our heads...
Although Dave Tomlinson's
The Post-Evangelical appears
to have made its greatest impact in the UK, the mindset is familiar to North
Americans as well...
What if the message of Jesus was good news--not just for Christians but also for Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, New Agers, agnostics, and atheists?
Brian McLaren never misses an opportunity to denigrate fundamentalist Christianity, although I don't recall him ever clearly defining just what that might be...
Ed Gungor adds a rather odd book to the collection of responses to
The Secret...
Total Truth stands in stark contrast to the current postmodern fad in evangelical circles. Nancy Pearcy draws on the tradition of Frances Schaeffer as she skillfully examines the historical roots of evangelicalism and the connections to philosophy and science, including Darwinism...
Scott Smith's
Truth & The New Kind of Christian provides an excellent refutation of some common tenets of the emerging church...
Rob Bell has some good things to say, and he has other ideas that should trouble evangelicals...
Waking The Dead typifyies the Eldredge approach to spirituality...
Reading any John Eldredge book is a frustrating exercise...
This book has generated plenty of discussion and controversy...
Whatever Happened To The Reformation? offers up a valuable collection of essays about the state of evangelicalism...
Discernment, the ability to differentiate between true and partially true or false, seems to be fading away in the 21st century...
Wild at Heart has garnered a great deal of enthusiastic attention from diverse supporters over the past couple of years...
