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Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope
by Brian D. McLaren
from Thomas Nelson

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• One-sided and exegetically questionable
  One of my biggest frustrations with a lot of what is written by the Christian community is the stark one-sided approach that most of the writers take. In particular I'm talking about the writings of the "Emerging" of "Emergent" authors (yes I know there's a difference but I challenge you to define it) and the conservative, evangelical authors. Scot McKnight said it well on his blog when discussing the concept of gospel, "Too many today want to be faithful to Jesus' use of the word "gospel" and ignore Paul;... more info

• I agree with this book's author!
  I agree with this book's author! I am very pleased to see that there are some Christians who care about making the world we are living in a better place. Like Brian McLaren, I don't approve of Christians who don't care about how bad the world we are living in is, as long as they go to Heaven when they die. I find it very ironic that George W. Bush has shown no evidence of caring about the rich getting richer only at the expense of the poor getting poorer, or any other quality of life issues when he is a... more info

• The good and the bad
  Where would we be without people that actualy take the time to think and analyze the things we think and do. If you're able to put preconcieved ideas out of your head for a bit you'll find this book a very interesting exersize.
  What I was dissappointed in:
  There seems to be a broad acceptance of much of the liberal teaching in this book. While our earth care as a society does have a dismal record many of the things being preached (global warming in particular) simply have yet to be proved. Our... more info

• McLaren's Jesus is not Jesus
  If Brian McLaren wants to write a book about social ills he should do so, but he should leave Jesus out of it. I started reading this book and never finished it because of his blatant twisting of Jesus' message.
  The sad part is that he won't accept the real Jesus in scripture and that is the Jesus that will soften a man's heart and therefore, make a difference in the issues of our day.

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