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A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, ...120 reviews
Brian D. McLaren

Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2004

Perfect Timing!!
I found this book purely by accident(maybe) while searching for another. The title caught my eye first and upon closer inspection I decided this would be an interesting "read" given the place I was at in my own spiritual search. I found this book very educational and it is written as if I were listening to him personally. Brian did a great job of giving me insight into different religious ... 		  
  







  
  
The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything141 reviews
Brian McLaren

Thomas Nelson, 2006

Transformational
McLaren puts the world of Jesus and what that might mean for us in perspective. Thought-provoking, Scriptural and potentially life-altaring. Much different perspective than most of our modern-day churches give us of Jesus. 		  
  







  
  
Unbinding Your Heart: 40 Days of Prayer & Faith Sharing (All-Church Study & Personal Prayer Journal for the ...3 reviews
Martha Grace Reese

Chalice Press, 2008

Get Unbound!
This approach is, of course, based on "Unbinding the Gospel" and works best with a leadership-based understanding of those principles. And you really want to read that, anyhow. But if you've felt like you've tried "40 Days of . . .whatever" and it just didn't fly, try this -- really. Especially for mainline/oldline congregations who find some of the language or approaches in Saddleback or ... 		  
  







  
  
The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations43 reviews
Dan Kimball

Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2003

Good read
Most of my commentary on this text would simply echo the pros and cons of the other reviews. It is a general intro. to the praxis of emergent ecclesiology. The book was most helpful for me in laying out how other churches are doing the emerging thing. The book was least helpful in Rick Warren's defensive and sometimes critical sidebar blurbs - the other voices and perspectives were ... 		  
  







  
  
Unbinding the Gospel (Church Leaders' Study in the Real Life Evangelism Series)18 reviews
Martha Grace Reese

Chalice Press, 2007

Top-Notch Material for Diverse Mission Fields
This is an impactful book and series. I am currently leading a study in which the partcipants run the gamut from liberal to conservative, and each one is drawn into the material. When churched folk want to reach out to their mission field, they must actually get beyond the walls of their church to do so, and that is plain scary for them. Unbinding the Gospel is their encourager! It goes right ... 		  
  







  
  
Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope40 reviews
Brian McLaren

Thomas Nelson, 2007

One of the most important books I've ever read
McLaren has presented an extremely well-researched and clear overview of the gravest issues in the world today, and what followers of Christ should be doing about them. THis book is eye-opening and hopeful, frightening and empowering. It has changed my life, and I bought 5 more copies to share with others. 		  
  







  
  
Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices9 reviews
Brian McLaren

Thomas Nelson, 2008

Inspiring
In "Finding Our Way Again" by Brian McLaren, he argues that we have forgotten many of the old practices of Christianity. The emergent church movement is rediscovering many of these practices which have not been communicated or presented by the postmodern protestant church. McLaren does not place blame on any one of the present day movements, but it is clear that McLaren thinks that we have lost ... 		  
  







  
  
A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, ...29 reviews
Brian D. McLaren

Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2006

An excellent vision of a Christian orthodoxy
I absolutely loved Brian McLaren's "A New Kind of Christian", a book that opened up a whole new world for me of possibilities of staying within the Christian faith, something on which I had almost given up. Rob Bell's "Velvet Elvis", in a different way, did the same. So I approached this next book by McLaren feeling exceptionally positive towards him and his writing. I wasn't disappointed. ... 		  
  







  
  
Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel30 reviews
Brian D. McLaren, Tony Campolo

Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2006

Give it a read!
If you were raised in the evangelical church with the Bible already mapped out and interpreted for you and then grew up and started coming to some different conclusions- then you're living out what this book talks about. If you find yourself ever thinking "wait a minute. That doesn't say what I was taught that it says!" then you'll want to read it! I loved this book. It described the ... 		  
  







  
  
A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey154 reviews
Brian D. McLaren

Jossey-Bass, 2001

Jaded about Church? Here's an attitude shift.
An attitude shift of looking at how we do our Christianity, how we live it, and how it is expressed by us. There are some controversial points in the book however at it's core, it is calling us to be real and doesn't compromise the message of the Bible at all. It calls us to work with a new paradigm that runs at another level that the traditional church offering it's ministries to its ... 		  
  







  
  
What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church (The Church and Postmodern ...5 reviews
John D. Caputo

Baker Academic, 2007

Derrida = YAHWEH?
This book is a `gift' in the rigorous Derridian sense. Given time, Caputo's work will do some good work loosing up the rusty sprockets in that old, underused relic known as the Evangelical imagination. With characteristic style, Jack Caputo gives Evangelicaland a smart introduction to `deconstruction.' As fun a read as any other Caputo tablet, it shares with those tables many - by now ... 		  
  







  
  
The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church10 reviews
Shane Hipps

Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2006

A Must Read for the Church
Shane Hipps has a knack for being able to effectively read the pulse of our media drenched culture without falling into the polarized positions of most 'Christian' books. Most treatments of culture either wag their finger from afar (void of authentic engagement or understanding), or they immerse themselves so deeply in popular culture, losing their sense of perspective (void of the ... 		  
  







  
  
The Practicing Congregation: Imagining a New Old Church7 reviews
Diana Butler Bass

The Alban Institute, 2004

Thinking off the page
I actually heard Dr. Butler Bass present this material at a clergy day in my diocese last year. Her work is both insightful and challenging. I especially appreciate her willingness to admit the shortcomings of her theories, not just gloss over them. The three-dimensional grid was particularly helpful, especially for those of us in the lower left quadrant -- progressive emergers. It can seem ... 		  
  







  
  
The Last Word and the Word after That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity (J-B Leadership ...118 reviews
Brian D. McLaren

Jossey-Bass, 2008

Hopefully Not McLaren's Last Word!
Absolutely loved this book! It is possibly my favorite of McLaren's books from the New Kind of Christian series. He tackles the subject of the hereafter with amazing finesse. I thought the book was thoughtful,kind and challenging while looking into the subject of hell. His chapter regarding the Holocaust Museum was incredibly moving and personal. The characters vary some from book to book, ... 		  
  







  
  
The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian (J-B Leadership Network Series)38 reviews
Brian D. McLaren

Jossey-Bass, 2008

The Story I found myself a part of . . .
In part 2 of the this series we find the characters coming to the realization of no boundaries, unexpected discoveries, and love for all of creation (not just the human creation). What the author brings forth for all who read is not a pointless liberal agenda, or leftist mentality, but rather a perspective of the truth that transcends categories. It is a story about the inclusive rescue by God ... 		  
  







  
  
More Ready Than You Realize29 reviews
Brian D. McLaren

Zondervan, 2002

What a pleasant surprise!!
To be perfectly honest, I was prepared to hate McLaren's book. I think that I'm about as modern as a person can be, so much of the postmodern conversation irritates me. In the past, I have written and spoken about my thesis that it is impossible to be both postmodern and a Christ-follower. Given that context, I expected that McLaren would just irk me throughout the book. Instead, I thought ... 		  
  







  
  
A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey (J-B Leadership Network Series)
Brian D. McLaren

Jossey-Bass, 2008

A Leadership Network Publication A New Kind of Christian 's conversation between a pastor and his daughter's high school science teacher reveals that wisdom for life's most pressing spiritual questions can come from the most unlikely sources. This stirring fable captures a new spirit of Christianity--where personal, daily interaction with God is more important than institutional church structures, where faith is more about a way of ... 		  
  







  
  
Church on the Other Side, The14 reviews
Brian D. McLaren

Zondervan, 2003

Engage the Postmodern World
There is little doubt left that the word in which we live is undergoing vast changes. The question is how we are to understand and respond to these changes. In The Church on the Other Side, Brian McLaren suggests that a new world requires a new church. McLaren provides thirteen strategies to guide church leaders through the transition from a modern to a postmodern world. Especially helpful are ... 		  
  







  
  
Everything Must Change Participant's Guide
Brian McLaren

Thomas Nelson, 2008 		  
  







  
  
Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives14 reviews
Leonard Sweet, Andy Crouch, ...

Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2003

Decent introduction of topic
The book gives five different perspectives, from five different authors, on how the church should respond to an increasing post-modern culture. It is in a sense a modern day discussion of H. Richard Niebuhr's classic text Christ and Culture. The five perspectives are introduced by Leonard Sweet with a four quadrant matrix. The matrix represents the church's response to cultural change on two ... 		  
  







  




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