Great book for Christians struggling with the politicizing of the faith we see today

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	• The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church Gregory A. Boyd Zondervan, 2007 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 63 reviews view larger image
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A Breath of Fresh Air

Boyd's book Myth of a Christian Nation is amazing. Gregory Boyd is a local pastor near my hometown and an evangelical who truly understands what it means to follow Jesus Christ's Kingdom of Heaven, when it is so easy for evangelicals to follow the Kingdom of the World by mistake.

I encourage even the most staunch conservative evangelical to sit down with a cup of your favorite drink and read this book with an open mind. You will never be the same again!

Great book for Christians struggling with the politicizing of the faith we see today

This is the second book from Boyd that I'd read and was very glad I did. For years this merging of faith and politics has been gnawing at my Christianity. I knew there was something wrong with this trend (right-wing zealots tainting the pure message of Jesus' sacrifice and grace), but I couldn't put it into words or a solid argument.

Boyd makes a powerful and prophetic argument that's well writen and clear.

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Fresh perspective on a widly held myth

Gregory Boyd is a theologian with passion, conviction and talent. His well written treatise on the exercise of power and the addiction many in the church have to this obsession with political power is excellent reading. Too bad this is not required reading for all the conservative and liberal christian activist. Take positions, speak passionately on issues, hold strong convictions but remember that the Kingdom of God is not about power . . . it is about service.

Religion is always comfortable with power, control and judgement. Faith and the teaching of Christ on the other hand are about service, sacrifice and unconditional love!

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message needs to be heard

The book isn't perfect, but I felt so strongly about the message I donated it to my church library. He said things in there that I have felt strongly since 9/11. The chapter about "civil religion" particularly spoke to me, as the concept of "God and Country" has always appeared to me as nothing more than an American god. I thought it ironic that while reading the book I saw that D James Kennedy had recently written: "What if America were a Christian Nation, Again" That is why Mr. Boyds message needs to be heard.

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